Outside Reading - Honors Designation
Please click link above for info regarding the outside reading required for the Honors Designation. Signed parent consent forms are due this Friday, November 4, 2016. (Don't worry, you don't need to finish reading the book until January!) Honors Designation Pathway FAQ
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Today you continued working on your 6 brainstorming choices for the Of Mice and Men summative assessment.
Please submit to Turnitin.com at the end of class. Today you received:
Of Mice and Men Paragraph Portfolio Assessment There are two columns (theme and character) with six options each. Ultimately you will only be writing on one, but today in class you had to choose your top three in each category. Then you began brainstorming possible responses on all six. These need to be done on a Google doc, and will be turned in online later. Honors Designation
LEARNING TARGET: I will apply my knowledge of concrete detail and evaluate 2-chunk paragraphs, identifying strengths and weaknesses according to a rubric. Empathy Paragraph Student Samples Today we continued watching Of Mice and Men.
Today we began watching the 1992 film of Of Mice and Men. It is directed by Gary Sinise, who read our audio version of the novel.
Today you received the following handouts:
In-text citation and embedding tips Grade 9 Anchor Samples OMAM Your task for today: Work with a partner to evaluate and revise your empathy paragraph. Include your final scale evaluations and revisions on a shared document. Both of you submit to Turnitin.com Today I introduced you to the following procedures for missing/late work:
Incomplete/Missing Assignment Form Late Assignment Form Remember, I don’t accept late work unless you have completed these forms. I handed out informational sheets on the Honors Designation—these need to be signed by your parents/guardians and returned to me on Monday. This is simply an acknowledgment of awareness that the Honors Designation is an option for all students, but will also require additional work. If you want to actually commit to the Honors Designation, you will do so on Tuesday. You received the following rubric: OMAM Summative Rubric. This rubric is what you will be evaluated with on our final for this unit. Today I asked you to work on your empathy paragraph from yesterday, using the rubric as a guide. We finished reading Of Mice and Men today.
Empathy Paragraph Find two Cds (quotes) that help answer the following prompt. Try to use academic terms and skills to shape CM: characterization, predictions, connections:
Today we read Chapter 5, and part of Chapter 6. We are almost done! We only have about ten minutes of reading tomorrow to finish Of Mice and Men.
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