LitCircleUnits1&2

MONDAY WholeClass Lecture/IndividualNovel Choosing Introductionstothree choicesforlitcirclenovels (pp) Havestudentsfilloutnovel choiceworksheet(number choices13) Studentswritereviewfor theirindependentnovelon novelreviewworksheet TUESDAY LargerNovelGroups,Lecture onAuthorBackground Assigngroups(5min)and distributecalendars GivefirstreadingandNB prepassignment,students havetimetowork Pulleachnovelupseparately andgooverauthor/bookbkgd pwpt WEDNESDAY WholeClassWriting Modeling IndividualWritingWork Minilesson:writingan argumentativeCR(goover sampleMonkeysPawAWCR andrubricwiththem) Givestudentsnovelspecific prompts Timetowrite:CRprompt#1, thesewillbecheckedinon Thursday THURSDAY SmallGroupLit.Circle Discussions Beginclasswithareviewof groupworkexpectations:sit lookingatoneanother,listento eachother(knowanduse names!),everyonecontributes. Remindstudentsthattoday andFridayarepractice meetingsforthegraded discussions. Litcirclemeetingsdiscuss characterdevelopmentand plotduringmeetings,circulate, askquestionsifdiscussions arestruggling,checkNBsasa formativeassessmentof1R1 Whengroupsaredonewith theirmeetings,theycanuse theremainderofthetimeto finishupCRsfortomorrowOR continuewiththeirreading SmallGroupWriting PlaylistActivity/Embedding Quotes UseNBentriestomakea playlistforyournovelneedto backupyourchoiceswith textualsupportduring meetings,circulateandlisten, giveLOTFstudentsformative scores FRIDAY LargerNovelGroupWriting Practice&Discussion Whiletheywork,callupeach novelingroupsandlookata sampleCRforthatnovel. Studentsshouldselfassess theirCR. Whiletheyselfassess, checkinCRsforformative assessment

SmallGroupLitCircle Discussions Litcirclemeetingsdiscuss implicitmeaningand connotationduring meetings,circulateand checkNBentriesasa formativeassessment

IndividualWritingSmall GroupLitCircleDiscussions StudentswriteReading ComprehensionConstructed Response(20mins) Canuse notebooks/worksheets/books LitCircleMeetings*teacher visitsCatchergroupformative assessment Passout"LitCircleMeeting #3"worksheettopreparefor

IndividualWriting Minilesson:embedding quotes Timetowrite: ArgumentWritingCRprompt #2 Timetoread/workonprepfor tomorrow

LargerNovelGroup Activities Stationsinnovelgroups Connotation:Makeaword wallofimplicitwordssofar fromyournovel Plotdevelopment:tellyour plotthusfarin5tweets CharacterDevelopment: Charactersketch

IndividualWriting SmallGroupLitCircle Discussions ReadingCRstudents have20mintowriteand thensubmittheywillwrite twoandthenchooseone foragrade. teachervisitsOutsiders groupgradeddiscussion Prepassignment:choose oneofthestation assignmentsfromlast weekanddoitinyourNB (implicitmeaning,character development,orword connotation)

Wednesday IndividualWriting Conferences CRconferences Formativeassessmentof 1W1

SmallGroupLit.Circle Discussions Return2ReadingCRs(no gradesonthem)students have5mintoreviewand submittheirBESTonetobe scored *teachervisitsLOTF groupgradeddiscussion 1SL1 Prepassignment:choose oneofthestation assignmentsfromlastweek anddoitinyourNB

SmallGroupWritingPractice IndividualWriting RewriteActivity Gooverexamplesofword choiceandimpactfrom examplepassage Askstudentstotalkwith peoplenexttothembriefly aboutimpactofspecificwords inthetext(havethem underlined beforehand)/discussaswhole group Complete"PassageRewrite" worksheetingroups Studentsgobacktoseatswith 510minutesleftofclass Passout"exittickets"asking studentstoindividuallyanalyze effectoflanguageonspecific passagesfromnovels. IndividualWriting Conferences IndividualWriting CRconferences

SmallGroupLit.Circle Discussions TeachervisitsCatcher groupgradeddiscussion

LargerGroupNovel Discussions (useitasatestreviewto lookatskills) Selectpassagesfromend ofnovel("Fyou"passage, carouselpassage,andlast chapter WhetherwethinkHolden haschangedornot Themesofcomingto termswithchildrengrowing up/beinginthemiddleof innocence/adulthood. Likesanddislikesof novel/character/themes

IndividualWriting CRconferences ReadAngela'sAshes&Do AnalysisChart workontestreviewdue Friday WorkonargumentCRdue Friday

LargerGroupNovel Discussions IndividualReading IndividualWriting LOTFGroupDiscussion OutsidersGroupDiscussion Restofclassworks independentlyonclause review,Angela'sAshes,CRs

IndividualReading/Multiple Choice UnitTest

StudentsworkonCR,Practice Test,andcomplete1other extensiondocument

WholeClassDiscussion SmallGroupReading DistributeBooks&Assign Groups Discusslitcircles differentlygraded discussion,group expectations(individuals completeworksheetfor eachmeeting) Studentsgetintogroups andassigncalendar(initial meeting) ReadingTime IndividualWriting SmallGroupLit.Circle Discussions IndividualWriting Collectcharacterletter ReadingCR#1 Meeting#2 Studentsshouldhave completedsecond comprehensionworksheet (alllearninggoals) Beginpreppingformeeting 3(readingtime) HandoutGamesat TwilightReadfor Thursday

WholeClassReading PartnerWriting StudentsRead: TheInterlopersbySaki BigChunkLittleChunkActivity FoundPoem

IndividualReading ReadingTime

SmallGroupLitCircle Discussions LitCircleMeeting#1 Circulatetotakenoteson discussion Studentsshouldhave completedfirstcomprehension worksheet ReadingTime

WholeClassReading WholeClassDiscussion ReadHarrisonBergeronby KurtVonnegut Discussion/ reflection CharacterLetterfrom HarrisonsPOVtohis parents1pagedue monday

IndividualWriting&Multiple Choice ArgumentCR(novel) HandoutGamesatTwilight shortanswerquestions CompleteforHW

SmallGroupMultipleChoice Practice Activity:Studentsgetinto groups,receivemultiple choicepractice(yesterdays shortanswerwithmultiple choiceoptions)groupwho getsmostcorrectgetscandy Gooveranswers Studentscompletesecond multiplechoicepractice individually Giveanswers Studentsstudythese practicesoverbreakfortest

WholeClass Discussion/Lecture SmallGroupActivity PropagandaActivity Gooverexamplesof propagandaonpowerpoint (alsopassoutshortoverview ofpropagandatechniques (testimonial, subliminal/transfer,strong words,etc.) Studentsgetintogroupsand createpropagandafromtheir PROTAGONISTSpointofview (againstBigBrother,etc.)

SmallGroupLit.Circle Discussion IndividualWriting Lastlitcirclemeeting gradeddiscussions Studentsturninallprep workfromeachmeeting (individuallymeasuresall learninggoals) Unit2TestMonday