Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day 7 (9.13.11) B Day

Objective:
Students will create an outline of the British Literary time periods;
review annotation process; learn about Modernism;
and read and annotate a short story.



Class Activities:

  • Computers: Yes
  • Warm Up: On a sheet of notebook paper to turn in: write ten sentences.
    • Two-Sentence Model One
    • Two-Sentence Model Two
    • Two-Sentence Model Three
    • Two-Sentence Model Four
    • Two-Sentence Model Five
  • Organization: On Blackboard/Course Website
    • Students will examine calendars
    • Students will sign up for Tutoring/Remediation
  • Read and Outline: Time Periods Project
    • Students will present.
    • Students in other time period groups will take notes into the "Notes" section of their spiral. (For information on spirals sections, follow this path on the course website: Home>Study Tools/Notes> Course> Spiral Setup)
    • After presenting, students will hand in their individual outlines to T. Holmes for a formative grade.
  • Notes: 
    • Students will take notes on Modernism
    • Students will review Biographical information on Virginia Woolfe
    • Clip: Virginia Woolfe on "Words"
  • Read: "Notes on Annotating"
  • Read and Annotate: "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolfe 


Homework:
  • DUE on Today (9.13.11) B Day: Formative - Sentence Model Notes 1-5 (Copy into Spiral)
  • DUE on Friday (9.16.11) A Day: Formative - Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 6 - 10. (Email to tholmes@irvingisd.net by 11:59 PM!) *Note -- this is the end of the week on Friday, not Thursday!

Work collected in class:
  • Finished Outlines
  • Sentence Model Notes 1-5 (in spirals)
  • Sentence Models 1 - 5 Practice Sentences (10 Total/Two of Each--Turned in on paper in class.)