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This semester's essential question:
This semester's essential question:
How do writers use language and narrative to construct and convey truth?
How do writers use language and narrative to construct and convey truth?
November 9th - November 13th
November 9th - November 13th
What happened last week? Click here to see the weekly workflow archive.
Monday, 11/9: Summative Assessment (Day 4 of 4)
Monday, 11/9: Summative Assessment (Day 4 of 4)
Finish work on Summative #1: The Crucible On-Demand Rhetorical Analysis Essays - a series of one-paragraph rhetorical analysis on-demand essays . (See Google Classroom for assessment.)
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📖Continue reading & tagging your independent reading book
Tuesday, 11/10: Self-Directed Learner: Using Aspen to Check-In on Progress
Tuesday, 11/10: Self-Directed Learner: Using Aspen to Check-In on Progress
🏫Take a moment to open Aspen and review your progress. BE sure to:
double-check the Aspen print-out to see if there are any entry errors
look for MI assignment directions in weekly workflow archive (dates for assignment will help here)
meet with Mrs. Juster for a 1:1 conference to update grades, review assignment directions/criteria
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📖Continue reading & tagging your independent reading book
📓Complete Entry #6: Reader's Response to Independent Reading in the front section of your reader’s and writer’s notebook. Due Thursday, 11/12.
Wednesday, 11/11: No School: Veterans Day
Wednesday, 11/11: No School: Veterans Day
Thursday, 11/12: American Literary Periods & Movements: Colonialism & Neoclassicism
Thursday, 11/12: American Literary Periods & Movements: Colonialism & Neoclassicism
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📖Continue reading & tagging your independent reading book
📙Introduction to American Literary Periods and Movements.
Explore literary works from American Colonialism.
Read and discuss “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet (p. 96 in our literature textbook).
Explore literary works from American Neoclassicism
Read and discuss excerpts from “Poor Richard’s Almanac” by Ben Franklin (p. 148 in our literature textbook).
Friday, 11/13: Building Your Stack- Independent Reading Selections
Friday, 11/13: Building Your Stack- Independent Reading Selections
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📙Head up to the LMC to select a book for Independent Reading.
📕Mrs. Wooding will guide you through all of the options for reading - fiction, non-fiction etc. Once you have made your choice, check it out and move on to our new class reading tracker: What’cha Reading?
👥What’cha Reading? You’ll use this space to discover independent reading books your classmates recommend, share your independent reading journey, and keep track of your weekly reading goals. Click here to get started!
🎨Update your "Building My Stack” bookmarks.
🧩Explore the LMC. Find a completely non-digital (analog) game to play in collaboration with your classmates.
So, wait a minute...do I have homework?
So, wait a minute...do I have homework?
Yes- always! First, use this weekly workflow to keep track of deadlines and manage your time outside of class.
Next, thanks to independent reading, you always have reading to do. How much? Your Weekly Goal for Independent Reading (inside class and outside of class) is 40 minutes (minimum).
Lastly, most weeks we're working on vocabulary development. Use this page as a guide for your ongoing vocabulary work.
What'cha Reading? If you’ve switched your independent reading book or moved on to a new one, click here.
📓Reader's & Writer's Notebook
📓Reader's & Writer's Notebook
Entries Prior to This Week
📓Back Half of Notebook
Whole-Class Responses/Prompts
Whole-Class Responses/Prompts
Entry #1: Response to "Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper" by Martin Espada.
Entry #2: The Crucible, Act I (see Google Classroom assignment for prompts)
Entry #3: The Crucible, Act II (see Google Classroom assignment for prompts)
Entry #4: The Crucible, Act III (see Google Classroom assignment for prompts)
Entry #5: The Crucible, Act IV (see Google Classroom assignment for prompts)
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