Monday, October 20, 2014

Get Motivated Monday

Freshman College Prep Agenda
Monday: October 20, 2014
EQ: How do different aspects of writing reveal a “bigger picture”?
Why read?
How does thoughtful, reflective reading provide a more rewarding reading experience?
Tech Expectations: Closed and put away for now

1.     R&R—oral response.  NO folder needed.
2.     Chapter 3 Discussion
a.     Scribe
b.     Task master
c.     Time keeper
d.     Facilitator/encourager


HW: Read Chapter 4 for WEDNESDAY

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1.  What role did you play in your discussion today?
2.  What was the best/worst part of your discussion?


Junior Honors Agenda
Monday: October 20, 2014
EQ: How do I annotate?
How do annotations make me a better reader?

Tech Expectations: Open and on

Return Into the Wild.                                Argumentative Essay due by 3pm on Kaizena.
1.     Turnitin
2.     Annotations
3.     Methods/practice
4.     Annotation focus for Gatsby
5.     Close reading


HW: Chapter 1 due for Wednesday

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR HONORS JUNIOR:
1.  Did you return Into the Wild?
2.  Did you turn in your essay?
3.  What do you think will be easiest to annotate in The Great Gatsby?

Junior College Prep Agenda
Monday: October 20, 2014
EQ: Why read?
How can I develop sentences that exhibit more fluency?
        
Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     R&R—oral response.  NO green booklet needed.
2.     Sentence Fluency—sentence combining
3.     Journal check—reading goals

HW: Road reading [SECTION 3] and reading journal due: TOMORROW

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1.  Are you making strides in achieving your reading goal?
2.  What was best/worst about this section of The Road?