1. Literature Circles ROCK!

2. Thursday, October 2, 2014 Br 32 – Character Analysis based on your Literature Circle Reading! AGENDA Vocabulary Notebook Additions Point of View 1 st Person 3 rd Person 3 rd Person Omniscient Literature Circle Book Planning! WORK – work – work! LITERATURE CIRCLES ROCK!  Literature Circles ROCK!

3. D.E.A.R. DAYS ROCK!

4.  Bell Ringer: Work on your Snapshot Section Summary and record today’s date at the top.  AGENDA  Learning Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says.  I CAN make inferences from a text. Teaching  Read-Decide-Explain “Why is Reading Important?”  Discussion Modeling  Assessment: Formative with Read-Decide- Explain Activity

5. Bell Ringer: #37Work on Character Analysis with your group. Learning Target: I CAN determine the meaning of a word/s: THEME. I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. I CAN make inferences from a text. I CAN determine the use of literary terms through group discussion. I CAN explain the impact of figurative language on a particular part of a literary piece. I CAN work as a productive member of my Literature Circle! Teaching Strategies Used: Review - Modeling – Literature Circle Group Discussion – Close Reading – Annotating Vocabulary Notebook Assessment: Formative with Reading, Discussion, Annotations, and Vocabulary Notebook Entries

6. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 Bell Ringer: #38 Snapshot Summary with your GROUP! WORK in LITERATURE CIRCLE GROUPS – WORK & Discuss! Learning Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. I CAN make inferences from a text. I CAN determine the use of literary terms through group discussion. I CAN explain the impact of figurative language on a particular part of a literary piece. I CAN work as a productive member of my Literature Circle! Teaching Strategies Used: Review - Modeling – Literature Circle Group Discussion – Close Reading – Annotating Vocabulary Notebook Assessment: Formative with Reading, Discussion, Annotations, and Vocabulary Notebook Entries

7. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 Bell Ringer: #39 Snapshot Summary with your GROUP! AGENDA WORK in LITERATURE CIRCLE GROUPS – WORK & Discuss! Teaching Strategies Used: Literature Circle Group Discussion – Close Reading – Annotating - Vocabulary Notebook Assessment: Ms. Williams will score you today based on effort and amount of work completed! DO YOUR BEST or  !

8. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 Bell Ringer: #40 Drop Everything and Read Tracking SHEET! AGENDA DROP EVERYTHING AND READ for 30 minutes! Library to pull up Bookshelf or take AR test for 100 point grade! ZERO VOICE LEVEL ALL PERIOD or 0% grade! Assessment: Mrs. Clark and Ms. Williams will score you today based on effort and amount of work completed! DO YOUR BEST or  !

9. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014 Bell Ringer: GET OUT ENGLISH Rules document…Write #41 Metacognition…WHAT IS IT? At the top. WORK in LITERATURE CIRCLE GROUPS – WORK & Discuss! LITERARY LUMINARY DAY – VOCAB. NOTEBOOKS OUT…FILL EXAMPLES IN! The group with the most…+10! Learning Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. I CAN make inferences from a text. I CAN determine the use of literary terms through group discussion. I CAN explain the impact of figurative language on a particular part of a literary piece. I CAN work as a productive member of my Literature Circle! Teaching Strategies Used: Review - Modeling – Literature Circle Group Discussion –Vocabulary Notebook Assessment: Formative with Reading, Discussion, Annotations, and Vocabulary Notebook Entries

10. Tuesday, October 21, 2014  Bell Ringer: #42 Define metacognition? Discuss!  AGENDA  READ-DECIDE-EXPLAIN CHUNK 2!  Learning Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says.  I CAN make inferences from a text.  Read-Decide-Explain “Why is Reading Important?”  “Reading is important, because…”  Annotation – Decisions – Explanations - Discussion -Modeling- Thumbs  Assessment: Formative with Read-Decide- Explain Activity and Discussion

11. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 #43 Fill in All Bell Ringers on your sheet MARK OFF #43 and don’t worry about it! MINI-LESSON -Freytag’s Triangle & PLOT…– GET VOCAB. NOTEBOOKS OUT - FILL IN EXAMPLES! Learning Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says I CAN explain the impact of figurative language on a particular part of a literary piece. I CAN work as a productive member of my Literature Circle! GET FREYTAG’s DONE THROUGH point 10 of RA! Assessment: Discussion, Freytag’s Triangle, and Vocabulary Notebook Entries

12. Bell Ringer: #46 Prepare to finish our READ- DECIDE-EXPLAIN activity. Get out your chunks! AGENDA Complete Read-Decide-Explain “Why is Reading Important?” THEME – Postmortem of the Protagonist Autopsy of the Antagonist Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. Teaching Strategies Used: Read-Decide-Explain “Why is Reading Important?” Discussion Modeling Assessment: Summative with Read-Decide-Explain Activity

13. Bell Ringer: #46 Prepare to work on your SHAPSHOT SUMMARIES. Get out your chunks! AGENDA Complete ¾ of your SNAPSHOT SUMMARY Post your evidence for a PEER EVALUATION GALLERY WALK on Thursday! 50 points both days! Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. Teaching Strategies Used: SNAPSHOT SUMMARY – POST-IT PROOF -Discussion - Modeling Assessment: Summative with Snapshot Summary

14.  ZERO VOICE LEVEL…ALL PERIOD!  STAR READING TEST…DO YOUR BEST!  YOUV’E GOT THIS!  USE THOSE READING STRATEGIES!  WHILE YOU ARE WAITING ON A COMPUTER or ARE FINISHED…  DROP EVERYTHING AND READ or  WORK ON INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF YOUR LITERATURE CIRCLE ASSIGNMENTS!  I BELIEVE IN YOU

15. Bell Ringer: #50 Work on Freytag’s Triangle until your group is called for the Gallery Assessment Walk! AGENDA Complete ¾ of your Freytag’s Triangle up to FALLING ACTION! Working worth 25 points GALLERY WALK Today! Your Gallery Walk assessment is worth 50 points! Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. Teaching Strategies Used: SNAPSHOT SUMMARY – POST- IT PROOF -Discussion – Freytag’s Triangle Work Assessment: Summative with Snapshot Summary Gallery Walk with Proof Statements – Freytag’s Work

16. Bell Ringer: #51 Get in groups and work on THEME statement and Vocabulary Notebook Work! AGENDA THEME statement first! worth 20 points 30 Vocabulary Notebook examples…worth 30 points! DUE AT END OF CLASS! Target: I CAN find textual evidence for strong support of what the text says. Teaching Strategies Used: THEME -Discussion – Vocabulary Notebook Work Assessment: Summative with Vocabulary Notebook and THEME statement work!