Assignments for the last several days.

Friday, September 10

English III

Objectives:  

• students will think with literature
• Students will develop factual, inductive, and analytical questions based on the literature they are reading. 

Freewrite:  NONE

Lessons:  ***Finish questions from yesterday and turn in.

***Do Reflection

***Be sure that you have submitted your 6-Word Memoir on flowr or through Google Docs.

***Google Reader.

1. Go to Google blog search and search 1 topic that interests you. For example.

                Bmx. Choose two or three blogs to follow. Click on the RSS subscriptions box.

                Play with the settings in Google Reader.   **demonstrate with own blog.

                Like

                Star

                Tagging.

                Recommendations

****Have students post first freewrite/reader response/chunk of writing from this week either on Flowr or on Google Docs and share.  With me.

                 

Talk about titling files in Google docs.

                                Hour_assignment_title

                                                1^st_essay_

                                                3^rd_dollfaceparagraph_

Monday, September 13, 2010

English III

Objectives: TO improve reading comprehension, fluency, and writing about reading.

Lessons:

Sustained Silent Reading:

Timer is set for 30 minutes.

Students read silently for the full time. They may read any BOOK of their choosing.

Last 10-18 minutes of class

Continue to read and/or do Reader Response Journal. 

***I am collecting this Reader Response for  a score!***

Tuesday, September 14

English III

Objectives: 

• students will think with literature
• Students will develop factual, inductive, and analytical questions based on an image they will view. 

Freewrite:  NONE

Lessons: 

Retry Types of Questions focusing on Analytical and Inductive questions.

Students view the painting Pilgrims go to Church by Buroughs and write questions about the painting.
Discuss why the questions might be important to the overall meaning of the painting.

Students view the video called Doll Face.

Each student completes a second worksheet about the video.***Links to worksheet and video coming.

 

Wednesday, September 15

English III

Objectives:  

Students will think with literature

Students will develop factual, inductive, and analytical questions based on an image they will view. 

Freewrite:  real freewrite in Google Docs.

                Title the document Freewrite 9/15

Lessons: 

View the DollFace video again.

Have students write two questions on sticky notes and stick on the board.

Then have each student go and pick one question.

Write a paragraph answering the question. Share with me on Google Docs.

A equals stunning insight. B equals good insight. C equals somewhat insightful. D/F equals student would like to have 2nd chance

Remind students of Good paragraph Structure

                Topic sentence

                Support for topic sentence

                Closer sentence

Thursday, September 16

English III

Objectives:  

Freewrite:   NONE

Lessons:  Counselor Lesson with Mrs. Rose

Friday, September 17

English III

Objectives:  students will think with literature

Students will develop inductive and analytical questions which they will use to guide their independent/SSR reading. 

Freewrite:  None

Lessons: 

Give the Independent reading Assignment.

Proposals due on Wednesday, September 22

**Links Coming**