APillionaries--Friday, October 18th, 2013
· The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
Homework Due
1. Put your name in big letters on the
tops of the following pages, then put them in the
correct folders on the
heater, please. I’ll have them back to you in a jiffy!
a. Page 2
b. Page 5
2. Pick
up your journal off the heater.
3. Regarding your annotations over all
assigned pages: I will take up your ENTIRE novella on Tuesday to
assess your annotations. This will be a major homework grade.
Journal (ten
minutes) (DAILY
GRADE)
1. USE THE WHOLE TIME! You’re almost a college
freshman—you should be able to write on demand, then then expand!
2. Review
yesterday’s journal over self-definition and identity.
3. Label: Quick-Write
Topic #2—Esperanza
4. Write
for ten minutes about who Esperanza is. (Use your book as needed,
and answer as many of the following questions as you can.)
a. How
did she get her name?
b. What
does her name mean?
c. How
does she feel about it?
d. Who is
she?
e. Who
does she want to be?
5. If
you finish early, and you’ve exhausted all possible topics for the above
prompts, make a list of questions you have about the first third of the
novella.
6. Start @ 2:00; end @2:10
7. When
I call time, pair-share with the partner I give you.
8. Write
three sentences at the end of your partner’s journal that show a connection you
made, or a comment you have.
9. Trade
papers back, and read each other’s comments. J
Partner Journal Response
1. Write your partner three sentences of specific comments, and
aim for academic language in your writing.
a. At
least three detailed sentences
i. Agree.
ii. Tell
him/her if the journal made you think of a new idea/or something you hadn’t
considered.
iii. Add on
to an idea he/she says.
iv. Compliment
their vocabulary—diction!
v. Disagree,
respectfully. J
vi. Relate
to something
b. Signed by you
c. Trade back with your partner, and read your
comments.
d. Please put this by my candle for turn-in.
· Make sure it’s open to this entry, and your
name is written at the top of the page.
Re-reading Quietly On Your Own (________)
1. Review
your annotations from last night, pages 3-33.
2. Start
filling out page 8 (MOTIFS) and page 11
(STYLE ELEMENTS) in your packet.
Started
at 2:48; ending at 2:55
Class Discussion and
Trios (15
minutes)
1. Compare
your notes from page 8—borrow from each other, until everyone in the trio has
all the blanks on page 8 filled in.
2. Do the
same for page 11.
3. Let me
hear your best academic discussion.
Start @ 2:57; ending
@ 3:12
Quiz, then Quiet, Independent Work Time
1. The rest of the block is dedicated work time for
you. Work your way down the list of items below—all the information
you need should be there.
2. If
you have a question over any of the work, please come back to my table.
Reading Reminder—Annotation
1. How
Do We Annotate?
a. Mark
metaphors and similes with a symbol.
b. Ask
questions
c. Comment.
d. Make
inferences.
e. Motifs
(an idea or object that appears repeatedly)
Start Homework for Monday
1. Read and annotate Mango, pages 31-64—quiz Monday: you prepare for this by (a) reading and annotating,
and (b) quizzing yourself tonight with the study guide questions (page 3 in
yellow packet).
2. Character
chart—page 6
3. Study
Quizlet.
Vocabulary Note—Fiction Terms
Ø There are new
terms on quizlet—fiction terms, a whole bunch of them!
Ø Final vocab quiz =
Thursday, 10/24/2013
Homework
1.
Mango
Assignments Listed Above
2.
Create a final draft of your
essay—due Monday (10/21)
3.
Vocab War—final turn in on Thursday (10/24)
4.
Quizlet = Fiction Terms—quiz Tuesday,
Term 2 (10/29)
Creative Writing:
Friday, 10/18/2013
When You Come In
1.
Grab your manila folder off the circle table.
2.
E-mail me now
if there is anyone you would rather not be paired with for the Musical Memory
peer conference we’re doing later.
Otherwise, I will draw partners randomly.
3.
Pick up
a green sheet and an orange sheet off the heater.
Focus
for the Last Five Days
1.
Showing,
Not Just Telling
2.
Revision
3.
Portfolio
Portfolio—Quick! Help me keep this short!
Ø
Review
and update ideas.
Ø
Where
can you find all information about the portfolio?
Ø
Get
a new checklist.
Ø
Pass
back papers—check off what you have!
Ø
I still have:
o
Musical Memory
o
Fifty-Word Stories
o
Around the Block Poem
Ø
Fill
out the portfolio and revision checklist.
Ø
We
are STILL REVISING! So don’t put a
non-revised or non-edited piece in your portfolio. The piece should be completely polished by
the time you put it in there.
NOTE: I will read your checklist today. I’ll let you know if I see any problems.
IMPORTANT
HELP OFFER
1.
Right
now, review your checklist, and tell me this:
2.
What
is ONE piece you want me to read, then comment like crazy on?
3.
I
will also do a full edit of the piece, if you are using this piece for revision
and/or portfolio.
4.
At
the top of the piece you want me to read for Monday, write me a note at the top
that tells me this:
a.
How you’re using this piece (revision;
portfolio)
b.
WHY you want me to read this one
c.
That you have FOR SURE shared it with
me on google drive (Yes, I want the
PAPER copy, and I want it shared with me.)
5.
This
is free help, people! Take me up on it!
Peer Conferencing: Musical Memory First Draft (Twenty Minutes)
1.
Get a handout called “Musical Memory Reading” off
the heater.
2.
Grab your Musical Memory off the heater, and
write “First Draft” on the top in big letters.
3.
Trade musical memories and sheets with the person
I’ve assigned you.
4.
Follow the directions for the peer conference.
5.
Fill out the “Musical Memory Reading” sheet
thoroughly.
6.
Started @ 11:55!
Revision
1. Get out your pink revision sheet, and re-read the requirements and
expectations. You are responsible for
that information.
2. Get your ORANGE SHEET from the heater, and look at the FOUR
pieces you are revising for a grade.
3. On google drive, pull up
one of your four revision choices, and revise until I stop you,
please. Remember, revisions are ten
percent of your entire term grade.
Homework
· Portfolio construction!
· Revision on four pieces
CPR
Ø Friday, 10/18/2013
The
House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
Homework
Due
1. Put your
name in big letters on the top of PAGE 6, then put on the heater,
please. I’ll have them back to you in a
jiffy!
a. Page 6
2. Regarding your annotations over all
assigned pages: I will take up your
ENTIRE novella on Tuesday to assess your annotations. This will be a major homework grade.
Quick-Write #3: Freedom and Entrapment (page 16; #2)
1.
We will NOT pair-share this entry, but
I would like to read it, so please place it by my candle when I call time.
2.
Start @ 8:30; ending about 8:40
Re-reading
Quietly On Your Own (15 minutes)
1. Review annotations from pages 30-64.
2. Start filling out page 9 (MOTIFS) and page
12 (STYLE ELEMENTS) in your packet.
Ø
Start @8:44; end at 9:00-ish? …a little sooner? We’ll see.
Class
Discussion and Trios (15
minutes)
1.
Compare
your notes from all the following pages.
Borrow from each other, page until everyone in the trio has all the blanks
on all the pages filled in:
a.
8
b.
9
c.
11
d.
12
2.
Let
me hear your best academic discussion.
3.
Mason, Owen, and Logan = trio today
4.
Starting at 9:00; ending around
9:15-ish?
Put your questions on
the white board, and we will talk about them Monday.
Quiz,
Pages 3-30
1.
Turn
it in at my candle, when you finish.
2.
Start
the homework for Monday.
Homework
for Monday
1.
Read
and annotate Mango, pages 65-91.
2.
Fill
out the Character Chart on page 7.
3.
Take
the study guide quiz on page three (in your head) to see if you can answer all
the questions. This will mean you’re
ready for any quiz.
Reading
Reminder—Annotation
1.
Please
annotate the following items as you read, in addition to your own brainy
comments.
a.
Mark
metaphors and similes with a symbol.
b.
Ask
questions
c.
Comment.
d.
Make
inferences.
e.
Motifs
(an idea or object that appears repeatedly)
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