Divergent and Dystopias- 11/11

Warm Up:
-Students will turn in their Choosing Ceremony handout.  This will be corrected as students take the reading quiz
-Students will take the chapters 1-5 reading quiz for Divergent

Work Session:
-Students will take notes on the nature of dystopias from the prepared powerpoint presentation
-These notes will be taken in the interactive notebook
-Students will receive the Four Corners handout to summarize today's information
-Students will view three movie trailers that illustrate dystopian society
-Students will also receive the Trojan War article
-Students will spend the remainder of class filling out the Four Corners handout
-If time remains students may begin reading chapters 6-8 of Divergent  for tonight's homework

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in the Four Corners handout to serve as today's Exit Ticket

Last Day for Study Island- 11/8

Warm Up:
-Students will receive the Writing & Grammar mastery take-home test (part one)
-Students need to return completed packets to the instructor on Monday

Work Session:
-Students will spend the last day of their EOCT review in the department computer lab
-Students will continue to work through the Study Island learning modules
-Completed checklists for Study Island and the blog review games will be due next Wednesday

Summarizer:
-Students will individually meet with the instructor to discuss their progress with the EOCT review packet

Study Island- 11/7

Warm Up:
-Students will finish the last components of the Wake presentations we began yesterday
-Students will be told to turn in the CNN Heroes handout tomorrow

Work Session:
-The remainder of class will be spent in the computer lab working on the Study Island modules outlined in the Learning Contracts
-As students work the instructor will conduct the remainder of the grade conferences and begin speaking to students individually to gauge where they are in the checklist

Summarizer:
-Students will answer today's Essential Question for today's Exit Ticket

Arkham Origins and Author's Purpose- 11/6

Warm Up:
-Students will view the "Arkham Origins" TV Spot trailer
-Students will fill out the trailer handout (this guides student understanding of author's purpose towards mastery)
-As a class we will discuss answers and have an overall conversation about how to find an author's purpose in a work

Work Session:
-Students will have some time to stage their presentations
-A majority of class will be spent as groups present their final products for the Capulet/Montague Wake
-As students present their peers will be filling out the peer grading handout
-If time permits students will begin the take-home writing and grammar mastery test

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in the peer grading worksheets for today's Exit Ticket

Study Island and Learning Contracts- 11/5

Warm Up:
-Students will review the itinerary for the Wake presentations tomorrow

Work Session:
-Students will spend the entire class period on the department computer lab working on the Study Island portion of their Learning Contracts
-Concurrently the instructor will finish the grade/project conferences we began yesterday
-When finished with the conferences the instructor will meet with each student to check the progress of their packet

Summarizer:
-Students will answer today's EQ for today's Exit Ticket

The Wake and Grade Conferences-11/4

Warm Up:
-Students will take brief notes and complete an exercise on author's purpose

Work Session:
-Students will fill out grade/project checklists for individual efforts on the Wake project
-While groups prepare final products for the Wake the instructor will have individual conferences with students
-Students will complete Gallery Walks for the memory board portion of their projects
-The remainder of class will be spent as students present the material they prepared for the Montague-Capulet Wake

Summarizer:
-Students will complete peer and self-grading reflections.
-These will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Field Trip-11/1

NOTE:  I will be chaperoning the field trip to go see "Romeo and Juliet" at the theater today.
-Students that remain will begin working on the learning contract with department laptops