Monday, November 22, 2010

MODERN PROSE

• We read for seventy-five minutes.
• I did book chats with people who were ready for them.

CREATIVE WRITING


Due

• Musical Memory

Organization

• We got papers back, and we did a folder log-in.

Portfolio

• I showed two slideshows from previous years, Erica's and Miguel's.  We used page 22 to talk about them (creativity, etc.).
• People got on to the student volume and looked at other electronic portfolios there.

Peer Conference

• I explained the checklist for the Prompt Word Poem Trade-and-Grade, and then we drew names for partners, then traded and graded!

Collaborative Writing

• Dialogue Stories--I explained how to do this, using page 37 as a bit of an example, and people got their partners and started typing.  We saved on the Student Volume.  We will finish these tomorrow!

Homework

• None

AP English

Quick Write

• We wrote for ten minutes on Freedom and Entrapment (p. 16; #2).

Organization

• We got back papers.

Small Learning Group (pages 3-30 of Mango)

• I explained how I want these groups to function--equality for all; focus on tasks; warm-up for class discussion.
• I explained items on the agenda:  style discussion (p. 12); character discussion (p. 6); motifs discussion (p. 7)
• We had about ten minutes in groups, and then we had fifteen minutes with the whole-class discussion following.

Reading Quiz

• We took the quiz over pages 3-30 of Mango.

Independent Reading

We used the rest of our time to do the following:

• read pages 31-64 of Mango
• continue annotating.
• continue filling in page 11 (Style).
• continue keeping track of characters.
• do the study guide in your head.

Homework

• VOCABULARY WAR!
• Do anything listed under "Independent Reading" that you did not finish during class.