Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Take a Chance Tuesday 3.31.15

Freshman College Prep Agenda

Tuesday: March 31, 2015
EQ: How do I know I’ve achieved my reading goals?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away for now
1.     End of novel Summative Assessment
a.     Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
b.     Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
c.     Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
d.     Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
2.     Read time, if available

HW:  Group reading assignment for: Thursday
Take notes on how the main character has changed.  WHAT changed him/her?
Have specifics to share.

Period 3—Check out:
1.     Hunger Games
2.     Mockingjay
3.     Paper Towns
4.     Maze Runner

Period 1--Check out:
1.     Part Time Indian
2.     Two Towers
3.     Maze Runner

4.     Running Dream



Junior Honors Agenda
Tuesday: March 31, 2015

EQ:  What do I do with my research?
What sources are reliable (or not)?

Tech Expectations: Open and on

1.     Review Time Table/Calendar
2.     They Say; I Say readings
3.     DEJs work time


HW: Final 2 DEJs due TOMORROW




Junior College Prep Agenda
Tuesday: March 31, 2015
  
EQ:  How does Shakespeare manipulate language to express an idea?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     Hamlet soliloquies—present readings and explanations
2.     Sonnet analysis
a.     What you know (R&J)
b.     New: unpack

HW: none