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