Cultural Heritage Powerpoint- 5/7

Warm Up:
-Students will take a brief quiz on the elements of a persuasive essay
-Students will preview today's session by viewing an exemplar (instructor-made) for the cultural heritage portion of the objective requirement of the project

Work Session:
-Students will be given storyboard/concept web advanced graphic organizers
-Students are encouraged to brainstorm lists of images/symbols associated with their own sense of their cultural/social environment
-Students will use the concept map side of their handouts to organize and group ideas
-Students will storyboard the six powerpoint slides they will be preparing for the second objective requirement of the project

Summarizer:
-Students that finish early will be given the opportunity to continue work on the subjective/creative portions of the project
-All students will individually submit today's notes to be reviewed and assessed by the instructor

Persuasive Essay- 5/6

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes in their interactive notebook on the strength of concluding paragraphs
-Students are shown how to use either a call to action or conclusive remarks with exemplars shown on the class smartboard

Work Session:
-Students will receive an editing "bookmark" that lists MLA editing punctuation
-Students are encouraged to use these punctuation as they peer edit their cooperative learning partner's persuasive essay (rough draft)
-Students will pair to peer edit rough drafts
-Students will individually prepare final drafts of the persuasive essays in their interactive notebook

Summarizer:
-Students that finish early may begin working on the subjective/creative portion of their projects
-All students will be given sticky notes to write a reflection statement on the process by which they wrote their essay and post it on the doorway for today's Exit Ticket

Perusuasive Elements- 5/5

Warm Up:
-Students will be taking the comprehensive final assessment on To Kill a Mockingbird
-To prepare students for the daily schedule during the PBL unit the instructor will present a short presentation on the elements of the persuasive essay
-Students will take notes on this presentation in their interactive notebooks

Work Session:
-Students will be presented with examples of good and bad "hooks" or introductory sentences
-As a class we will discuss what makes a good introductory statement
-Students will practice writing at least three hooks
-Students will Think-Pair-Share these hooks before deciding on one for their own introduction
-Students will take notes on what makes a good thesis statement
-As a class we will unpack the persuasive prompt from the required objective response detailed on the cultural heritage project directions (this is the primary document from the end of year PBL unit)
-Students will prepare their own thesis statements
-As a class we will review the organization of body paragraphs and the importance of transitional words
-The instructor will list the transitional words on the smartboard while students construct the three main body paragraphs of the persuasive essay

Summarizer:
-Students will Think-Pair-Share to edit and advise their cooperative learning partner of the validity and organization of the first four paragraphs of the persuasive essay

Elements of Nonfiction- 5/1

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on the elements of nonfiction
-Students will use the classroom iRespond system to answer exercises focusing on the elements of nonfiction

Work Session:
-Students will be provided with an advanced graphic organizer to organize notes from the documentary
-As a class we will begin viewing and discussing "Blackfish"

Summarizer:
-Students will complete preliminary notes on their advanced graphic organizers and turn them in for today's Exit Ticket

EOCT Reflection and TKAM- 4/30

Warm Up:
-Students will write reflective paragraphs in which they discuss the preparations we did, in class and individually, to prepare for the EOCTs

Work Session:
-As a reward for the hard work students did leading up to the EOCTs we will complete our viewing of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
-Students are reminded that the final test for the novel will take place Monday and they should complete their reading by then

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in reflective paragraphs.  This will serve as today's Exit Ticket.

EOCT (Day Two)- 4/29

NOTE:
-Students will be taking the End-Of-Course test for Ninth Grade Literature & Composition today
-This test will take the entire class

EOCT (Day One)- 4/28

NOTE:
-Students will be taking the End-Of-Course test for Ninth Grade Literature & Composition today
-This test will take the entire class