Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Final Study Island Session- 3/25

Warm Up:
-Students will use BYOD devices or the department computer lab to complete the SACS survey

Work Session:
-The entire class period will be devoted to completion of the final Study Island learning module
-The due date for total completion of all learning modules is this coming Friday
-While students work the instructor will be meeting with key students to discuss a remediation/tutoring plan for the EOCT

Summarizer:
-Completion of the final learning module today will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Monday, March 24, 2014

Snow Days Makeup Packet and "West Side Story"- 3/24

Warm Up:
-Students will complete the rebus puzzle worksheet
-As a class we will correct and discuss the correct answers for this

Work Session:
-Students will be given the first half of class to complete the first half of the comprehensive Snow Day Makeup Packet
-This packet focuses on the four domains students will encounter when they take the EOCT
-For the remainder of class students will view "West Side Story"

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Friday, March 21, 2014

Finishing "Romeo and Juliet"- 3/21

Warm Up:
-Students will work on the Rebus Puzzle handout
-This activity is an extension of yesterday's discussion of riddles
-As a class we will discuss the answers

Work Session:
-Students will pair with their SUPERMAN reading partner to read Act V, scenes 1-2 of the drama
-As a class we will finish reading the play
-Students will take notes on the material they need to study for the final test Monday
-As a class we will finish watching "Romeo + Juliet" if time permits

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Arkham and Act IV- 3/20

Warm Up:
-Students will view the clip from the "Arkham Origins" video game
-Students will work through the accompanying worksheet, which targets author's purpose and inference
-As a class we will discuss these questions and answers

Work Session:
-As a class we will read and discuss Act IV
-Students will choose a poker chip from the basket
-Based on their chip, students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown
-As a class we will discuss these answers
-On the back of the Countdown students will answer the Critical Thinking questions for Act IV

Summarizer:
-Completed 3-2-1 Countdowns and Critical Thinking questions will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Four Panel Performance Task and Starting Act IV- 3/19

Warm Up:
-Students will take brief notes on literary periods from the PowerPoint presentation
-Students will complete the COACH examples directly into iRespond
-As a class we will discuss the question(s) students scored poorly on

Work Session:
-Students will use the Four Panel notes we constructed Monday to begin their three paragraph response to the Act III essay question
-This essay test will also serve as a performance task for this unit
-This will take a majority of the class time, but students that finish early will begin the Snow Day makeup packet

Summarizer:
-Final drafts for the Act III essay test will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Monday, March 17, 2014

Watching Act III and Thematic Essays- 3/17

Warm Up:
-As part of our ongoing test preparation students will be taking the last quarter of the EOCT practice pretest from the COACH workbooks
-Students will be recording answers in their interactive notebooks and will be using the iRespond system to enter these answers tomorrow

Work Session:
-As a class we will view and discuss the Act III portion of "Romeo + Juliet"
-The class will have a mini-Socratic Seminar on four key points made in the drama so far
-Students will be recording their notes during the seminar on the Four Panels on the PowerPoint displayed on the front whiteboard
-If time permits students will begin the rough draft of their thematic essay
-This essay will serve as the performance task for the common assessment given next week

Summarizer:
-Students drafts will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Finishing Act III and Scene Adaptations- 3/13

Warm Up:
-Students will use the iRespond system to answer the remainder of the EOCT practice questions from the COACH workbook

Work Session:
-As a class we will read and discuss Act III, scene 4
-Students will read Act III, scene 5
-Concurrently, students will finish the preliminary discussion notes for Monday's Socratic Seminar
-Students will be assigned their cooperative learning group for the performance task for Acts I-III of the play
-Students will receive written and oral instructions for the scene adaptation activity
-This activity will serve as the Act III performance task
-Students will meet as a group to determine roles, props, etc.

Summarizer:
-Students will complete the adaptation sheet in which they sketch out the rough outline of their scene

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Act III- 3/12

Warm Up:
-Students will transpose paper answer for the first part of the EOCT practice test into iRespond
-Students will use iRespond to take the instructional survey

Work Session:
-Students will pair with their WOLVERINE reading partner to complete all tasks today
-Students will construct Act III Socratic Seminar notes by answering the discussion questions for Act III scenes 1-5
-Reading pairs will finish Act III, using BYOD devices for the analysis portions

Summarizer:
-Students will play Vocabulary Battleship, using the Unit 2 vocabulary list from yeste

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Beginning Act III- 3/11

Warm Up:
-Students will continue the EOCT practice questions
-This practice session will take the first fifteen minutes of class

Work Session:
-Students will receive the graphic organizer upon which they should take notes today
-As a class we will read and discuss Act II, scenes 1-2
-Students will receive the directions for the scene adaptation activity
-Students will break into small groups to begin preliminary planning for the adaptation

Summarizer:
-Students will submit written statements that discuss what scene they are adapting, at least two ideas, and the steps they will need to take to complete the project successfully

Monday, March 10, 2014

Finishing Act II, Practice EOCT, and Act III- 3/10

Warm Up:
-Students will be given the first fifteen minutes to complete the Act II test we began Thursday
-Students are allowed to use the foldable review booklets and textbooks for this assessment
-Students will complete the EOCT Practice #1 questions using the iRespond remotes

Work Session:
-As a class we will view and discuss Act II of "Romeo + Juliet"
-If time permits we will read and discuss Act III, scenes 1-2 together
-Students will break into smaller reading groups to continue reading Act III

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Act II Continued- 3/6

Warm Up:
-Students will meet with their Superman reading partner for five minutes to exchange and review the foldable review booklets that were made for Act II
-Students will take the Act II test, and will be allowed to use their booklets for a resource

Work Session:
-Students will complete anticipatory questions for the Socratic Seminar
-Students will refer to their notes, and use all Romeo and Juliet material in the textbook and interactive notebook to complete two mini-Socratic Seminars
-Discussion questions will be provided by the instructor and a grade for listening, speaking, and viewing will be assessed

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Comedy and Tragedy- 3/5

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on Comedy and Tragedy from the EOCT resources folder
-The instructor will dicuss the coached example from the  COACH workbooks and work through the questions with the class
-Students will use the iRespond system to answer practice questions
-Data on correct/incorrect answers will be instantly displayed and discussed

Work Session:
-In preassigned reading groups students will finish reading and discussing Act II
-Students will complete the foldable review booklets for the Act
-If time permits, students will begin viewing the movie version of Act II

Summarizer:
-Students will complete foldable review booklets and turn them in for a formative assessment

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Finishing Act I- 3/4

Warm Up:
-Students will use the iRespond system to answer EOCT Review A questions
-These questions focus on spelling rules and commonly misspelled words, as indicated in class notes last week
-Instant data for correct/incorrect answers will be displayed and discussed

Work Session:
-Students will view and discuss Act I as we view the movie version of this Act only
-As a class we will read and discuss Act II, scenes 1-2
-Students will break into small preassigned reading groups
-Students will create Act II foldable review booklets to be filled in as the reading progresses
-In groups students will work on finishing Act II

Summarizer:
-Students will begin filling out information for their foldable reviews in their booklets