Friday, February 3, 2012

Day 53 (2.8.12) A Day

Objective:
Students will
begin reading Hamlet.

Class Activities: 
  • Computers: YES 
  • Warm-UP: Grammar Day 9
  • Scoring Practice [SENIORS ONLY]: 
    • Students will read and annotate the Prompt. 
    • Students will read AP Scoring Guide.
    • Students will Read Essays.
      • Students will identify and mark the Thesis.
      • Students will underline the Topic sentences of each paragraph. 
      • Students will identify the rest of the parts of the paragraph using either the 4-Square method or the Jane Schaeffer method and write that information on the side margin, eg:
        • Assertion/Context/Evidence/Commentary
        • Topic Sentence/Concrete Detail/Commentary 1/Commentary 2
    • Students will highlight essays with regards to rubric guidelines.
    • Students will score essays.
    • Class will review essay scores and discuss.
  • TAKS REVIEW [JUNIORS ONLY]:
    • Work with T. Holmes to review results of TAKS practice. 
  • View, Read, and Comprehend: 
    • Hamlet
    • Students will take notes. (Annotations)
Homework:
  1. Read Crime and Punishment.

Work collected in class:

    • Warm-Up: Grammar Day 9
    • Scoring Practice