MONDAY - WEDNESDAY in Library Computer Lab
- Do Now: Get out/Find Your Literary Letter rough draft.
- Behavior Expectations in Library
- 1. Effort Tracking Poster: Keep your name blank!
- 2. No music until you show completed work.
- 3. Silent work time.
- 4. No passes to leave library for any reason.
- 5. Check Points
- Checkpoints:
- a. Heading, Date, Greeting, First Body Paragraph (see rubric)
- b. Complete Second Body Paragraph of your Literary Letter.
- c. Complete Third Body Paragraph and Closing
- d. Print
- e. Staple all rough drafts together with final copy and new rubric on top.
- f. Write your name and date on the rubric.
- g. Have a peer verify you have all checkpoints complete.
- h. Submit your completed project to Mr. DeGrandis.
- When done: Have your work assessed by a teacher to continue.
- Meet in Library Computer Lab Each Day Do Not Go to the Classroom!
THURSDAY - FRIDAY in Library Computer Lab
- Learning Targets
- 1. What is Student Email and how can it help you succeed in English?
- 2. How can you keep track of your English grades on your own?
- Mini-Lesson - Definitions
- A. Student Email - a formal way to communicate with your teacher, professional peers or an employer.
- B. ParentConnect - A way for students to see their grades right from their teachers' grade books.
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud - Article About Student Emails
- Try It Yourself I - Pick one of the scenarios below and email Mr. DeGrandis. Be sure to follow all the rules outlined in the article. Also, be sure to include your current average from ParentConnect. Here are your options:
- a. Send Mr. DeGrandis asking why your grade is so low.
- b. Send Mr. DeGrandis a complaint you have about English class.
- c. Send Mr. DeGrandis a compliment about English class.
- d. Send Mr. DeGrandis a request for all your missing work.
- My email address is: john.degrandis@rcsdk12.org
- Your Grade will be based on me receiving your email, that you wrote a proper email and you included your current class average.
- This is a classswork grade worth 50 points.
- Demonstration of how to write a proper email.
Sample Email
Hi Mr. DeGrandis,
I was wondering if you could let me know why my current average is an 65 because I thought it was much higher? I would really appreciate it if you could get back to me by tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks,
Brad Brady
FRIDAY - Double Period
- Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry
- Independently read your novel for 10 minutes.
- Answer Reader Response - 5 minutes
- Select one of the following reading strategies and respond...
- - Make a connection (text to text, text to self, text to world)
- - Visualize a part of your novel and describe using imagery.
- - Ask a question to clarify your understanding of a part of your novel.
- - Determine/Explain why a part of your novel is important.
- - Make an Inference (logical conclusion) or a Prediction about your novel.
- - Synthesize (put it together)several ideas to create an original idea about your novel.
- Learning Target - Practicing literary synthesis
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud - Bio of Joyce McDonald
- - What were the important elements of the biography?
- - What were the important parts of her life? How do you think they impacted her writing?
- - How do aspects of Swallowing Stones compare to her life?
- Whole-Class Instruction - Synthesizing
- 1. Bringing together things that already exist to create something new that is also useful.
- 2. A good reader will use several reading strategies to synthesize information in a text (connections, important ideas prior knowledge, creating images, and inferring).
- 3. When composing a literary synthesis, the reader is actually forming something new.
- 4. Synthesizing is like a...
- Practice: Read pages 211-214: What does Michael now know? Why does he say that he will tell the truth?
- Assessment: List two examples not discussed in class of synthesis in the real world or in Swallowing Stones.
Period 7
- Learning Target - Practicing literary synthesis
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud - Bio of Joyce McDonald
- Class Discussion
- - What were the important elements of the biography?
- - What were the important parts of her life? How do you think they impacted her writing?
- - How do aspects of Swallowing Stones compare to her life?
- Whole-Class Instruction - Synthesizing
- 1. Bringing together things that already exist to create something new that is also useful.
- 2. A good reader will use several reading strategies to synthesize information in a text (connections, important ideas prior knowledge, creating images, and inferring).
- 3. When composing a literary synthesis, the reader is actually forming something new.
- 4. Synthesizing is like a...
- Practice: Read pages 211-214: What does Michael now know? Why does he say that he will tell the truth?
- Assessment: With your group, come up with at least three examples not discussed in class of synthesis in the real world or in Swallowing Stones. Be ready to share with the class.
Period 7
- DO NOW
- Entry Title: Synthesizing
- - In your own words, explain what synthesizing means to you. Be prepared to share your answer with the class.
- Learning Target - Practicing literary synthesis.
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud - Bio of Joyce McDonald
- Class Discussion
- - What were the important ideas in the biography?
- - What were the important parts of her life?
- - How do you think they impacted her writing?
- - How do aspects of Swallowing Stones compare to her life?
- Practice
- With your group or on your own, come up with at least three examples not discussed in class of synthesis in the real world or in Swallowing Stones. Be ready to share with the class.
- Example: When purchasing a new pair of shoes, people often synthesize information from several places to make get the shoes they want for the best price. They may do the following:
- - Shop in real stores for shoes they like.
- - Surf the web for shoes they like.
- - Read reviews of the shoes by other users.
- - Make a selection.
- - Research options for the best price on the shoes such as Amazon, eBay, or other specialty sites.
- All this info is synthesized to get the shoes they want at the best price.
Period 9
- Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry
- Independently read your novel for 10 minutes.
- Answer Reader Response - 5 minutes
- Select one of the following reading strategies and respond...
- - Make a connection (text to text, text to self, text to world)
- - Visualize a part of your novel and describe using imagery.
- - Ask a question to clarify your understanding of a part of your novel.
- - Determine/Explain why a part of your novel is important.
- - Make an Inference (logical conclusion) or a Prediction about your novel.
- - Synthesize (put it together)several ideas to create an original idea about your novel.
- Learning Target -What is literary synthesis?
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud - Bio of Joyce McDonald
- - What were the important elements of the biography?
- - What were the important parts of her life? How do you think they impacted her writing?
- - How do aspects of Swallowing Stones compare to her life?
- New Entry Titled: Literary Synthesis
- Whole-Class Instruction - Synthesizing
- 1. Bringing together things that already exist to create something new that is also useful.
- 2. A good reader will use several reading strategies to synthesize information in a text (connections, important ideas prior knowledge, creating images, and inferring).
- 3. When composing a literary synthesis, the reader is actually forming something new.
- 4. Synthesizing is like a...
- Practice: Read pages 211-214: What does Michael now know? Why does he say that he will tell the truth?
- Assessment: List two examples not discussed in class of synthesis in the real world OR in Swallowing Stones.
