Materials Checklist: Incoming Students (2014 - 2015)

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Soccratic Seminar: The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

Days 1 - 4 Marzano: Academic Game: What Was Said Quiz

Testing Today

Evaluating Periods 2 and 3 today in Vocabulary for placement.

Moving in a NEW Direction

We will continue with Literary Texts, however, (E) will indicate a CCSS exemplar text; EA will indicate a text from a writer with other works identified as exemplars.

The focus for 11th grade will be on American Literature from the Colonial period to the late twentieth century.  I will elaborate on this further as we move along this path.

Want to know what 9th and 10th are doing?  See The Cougar Edge

Literary Analysis

1.

Set the Stage

2.a.
Teach/Reteach 5 Elements of Short Story
Character
(O.Henry, The Green Door from The Gift of the Magi & other stories)
Setting
(O.Henry, The Gift of the Magi & other stories)
Plot
(Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories)
Conflict
(Jack London, To Build a Fire & Other Stories)
Theme
(O.Henry, The Gift of the Magi & other stories)
2.b.

Strategy Instruction: Literary Analysis Project-
 The Short Story

3.

Independent/Shared Re-reading w/Literary Analysis Sheet 
4.
Reflect & Celebration(s)
REMINDERS

Extension Activity

Author Biography

Day 1: Welcome Juniors!

1.

Set the Stage

2.

Timed Reading

Thirsty Plant Texts for Help

TIMED Reading of [assigned] text

3.

Timed Teamwork

(Sit in [assigned] groups of four)

a.  Student A creates 4 thought-provoking questions, using text-based question stems then cuts and passes out all 4 questions to four different classmates.
b.  Student B answers questions in complete sentences and provides text-based evidence (page # , paragraph # and line #) for each answer.  When finished, Student B returns completed answers to Student A.
c.  All Students (As and Bs) correct/check returned questions.
d.  The Teacher adds up the points earned and puts the score on the scoreboard.

3.  

Discussion Challenge.

1. Teacher calls on a group at random to answer any of the questions. The answer must be read exactly as it is written on the paper.
2. Teacher then calls on another group to read its answer to the same question. Whichever group has the best answer, as determined by the class, wins the point.

VARIATIONS

1. Teacher calls on group members at random to assure all group members participate.
2. Teacher assigns one question; discusses the answer; assigns another question; discusses the answer; continues until satisfied.
3. Collections Manger collects papers and teacher chooses answers at random to read to the class.

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