Thursday, January 10, 2013

Thursday, 1/10/2013


CREATIVE WRITING

·       Pass back papers.
When You Come In
1.      Sign in.

Today
1.      On Your Own
1.      As soon as I’m finished giving directions:  Check your grade on powerschool.  If you have a zero for the Sense Poem or Autobio Poem, read my note on that grade, then follow those directions.
2.     Complete all required steps for Perfect Moment (Look at yesterday’s blog for directions and staple order, please.)  If you fail to follow these directions exactly, you will earn a large penalty on this grade.
3.     Revisions #1-5
4.     Portfolio; Portfolio Eval (green); Reflection (typed, one page)
2.     With Me:  Conference with me about Earthbook submissions--everyone saved FOUR pieces into the "Earthbook Submissions 2013" folder.


Homework
1.      PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION
2.     REVISIONS on PORTOFLIO PIECES #1-5; do you have AT LEAST TEN IMPORTANT CHANGES to each one?



College-Prep Reading


Thursday
1/10/2013

When You Come In
1.      Please sign in.
2.     Put your feast items in the library, please.

Quiz
1.      Vocabulary

12:15:      Socratic Fishbowl—Why?
1.      • Develop your understanding and application of close reading analysis and questioning techniques
2.     • Challenge you to increase depth of analysis through focused discussion
3.     • Support your abilities to make connections from specific to broad ideas
4.     • Increase your awareness of individual participation and group dynamics
5.     • Foster your productive group discussion techniques, active listening skills, and respectful communication
7.     • Foster a positive, safe, and comfortable classroom community

12:30:      Mango Discussions (Socratic Fishbowl)
1.      Complete and overall message of book?
2.     “Red Clowns” (book pages 99-100 and yellow page 16)
a.     What is EXPLICIT?  What is IMPLICIT?
b.     What vocabulary words do we have that would be synonyms?
3.     “The Monkey Garden” (book pages 94-8 and yellow page 15)
4.     How one important motif was developed
5.     Literary elements

Whole-Class Discussion
What are the motifs we see developing?  We will list them here:
1.      Being trapped
2.     Poverty
3.     Trying to find acceptance
4.     Houses
5.     Growing up
6.     Shoes
7.     Role models
8.     Creepy males
9.     Family
10.   Bums
11.    Clouds and daydreaming
12.   Weakness in role models
13.   Mango Street
14.   Nenny (sisterhood)
15.   Culture
16.   Friendship
17.   Being young
18.   Oldest girl taking care of the family
19.   Names
20.  Responsibility
21.   Sympathy
22.   Being belittled
23.   Disappointment—life not living up to your dreams
24.  Arguments (both friendly and otherwise)
25.   Dreams/expectations
26.  Appreciation (E. WANTS to feel appreciated.)

 CPR Skills Reflection (on computer, last thirty minutes of block)

This is due, shared with me, by Saturday, noon.  Thanks!



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