Sunday

Quarter 4, Week 7 of 10

Independent Learning reader's log will be accepted LATE until 2:15 on MONDAY, MAY 6! 
EA 2 group lesson plan is due THIS Friday for everyone!
Monday, May 6
 or 
Tuesday, May 7
Due Today: TTTC foldable (after seminar)
Learning Target: SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. L.11-12.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. RL.11-12.10 Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Discuss the format for Socratic Seminar Today
    • Inner-circle verbal discussion (rely on INB notes, foldable, and TTTC)
    • Outer-circle electronic discussion (use Google Classroom based on inner-circle)
    • Scoring (ABCDF based on Google Classroom criteria)
    • foldable is due AFTER the Socratic Seminar
  2. After: 4 round Socratic Seminar (7 minutes each)
      • Responding to Social Pressure 
      • Having a Personal Moral Code 
      • Assigning Emotions to Objects 
      • Personal Reactions to the Book
  3. During: Outer-circle electronic discussion (use Google Classroom based on inner-circle)
  4. Next: Title the next page Reflection on The Things They Carried. If you are struggling to start, here are some reflection questions:
      • What emotions did you feel while reading the book? Why?
      • Which characters and scenes could you relate to?
      • Which characters and scenes remained strange or difficult to comprehend? 
      • Was the resolution of the book satisfying? Comforting? Disturbing? Why?
      • Would you say The Things They Carried is a great book? Why?
    Target Practice: I am able to express my ideas about Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried effectively in both verbal and digital discussion. Fist-5?
    Homework
    •  Independent Reading Log will be accepted until Monday, May 6 @ 2:15
    • Finish Section 1 of the lesson plan with your group. If you need ideas, look in the back of your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel online.
    • Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.
    Tuesday, May 7
     or 
    Wednesday, May 8
    Due Today: Groups complete section 1 of Lesson Plan Template
    Learning Target: SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.
    Classwork
    1. Do Now: (if needed) Finish reflection on Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. 
    2. After: Work collaboratively with your group to discuss your Independent Learning book(s) and determine how you want to teach the class. If you are having difficulty choosing a WAY to teach the class, look at your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel for ideas.
      • Then: Whole group review of the lesson plan format provided under Classwork>Quarter 4> EA 2 on Google Classroom
          • Sections 2, 3, 4, & 5
        • Next: Example Lesson Idea: Fruit Haiku!
            • Title the next LEFT page: Could I use this lesson idea to teach my topic? 
            • Write Fruit Haiku! underneath the page title. 
            • Write a three sentence response to the question at the top of the page.
        Target Practice: My group knows how we want to teach our lesson to the class for EA 2. Fist-5?
        Homework
        • Finish work on Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of your lesson plan. If you need ideas, look in the back of your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel online.
        • Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.
        Thursday, May 9 (Periods 4, 5, 6, 7)
         or
        Friday, May 10 (Periods 1, 2, 3)
        Due Today: Completed DRAFT of the lesson plan (midnight on Friday)
        Learning Target: RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. SL.11-12.1.C Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence.
        Classwork
        1. Do Now: Example idea for starting a lesson: Lesson Starters!
            • Title the next LEFT page: Could I use this lesson idea to teach my topic? 
            • Write Lesson Starters! underneath the page title. 
            • Write a three sentence response to the question at the top of the page.
        2. After: Whole group review of the lesson plan format provided under Classwork>Quarter 4> EA 2 on Google Classroom
          • Then: Collaborate with your group to revise any of the lesson plan sections and draft a rationale. If you are having difficulty choosing a WAY to teach the class, look at your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel for ideas.
          • Next: Begin creating the lesson delivery schedule on Google Classroom
              • Talk to your group about who CANNOT go on certain days. Once the plan is set, it CANNOT be changed for any reason.
            Target Practice: My group knows how we want to teach our lesson to the class for EA 2. Fist-5?
            Homework
            • A COMPLETE draft of your lesson plan must be submitted by ONE group member by Friday @ midnight. You will have next week to REVISE as much of it as you want.
            • Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.
            Looking Ahead...
            Revising your lesson to make it great. Let's end the year with some awesome classes taught by...YOU!
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