Snow Ball Fight!

December 11, 2015

E.Q.: How do you apply test taking strategies while taking a test?

Demonstrate your knowledge and application of the skills learned this semester.

Obj: I can apply test taking strategies.

I can demonstrate my application of literacy skills. 

Starter:

End of Semester Reflection

Think back to how you performed in this class this semester.

How did you do?

What projects did you enjoy?

What did you learn?

What would you still like to find discover?

This will be hand written and should be approximately one full page.

On the flip side of your paper, you will be writing plus and deltas.

Write yourself a plus and delta.

Then, create a plus and delta for me.

What was done well?

How could I improve?

Vocabulary;

Using the flashcards from yesterday, we will practice by competing against halves of the room.

Activity:

1.  Snow Ball Fight Review

Generate one question that you still have that relates to the final exam.

Write that down on a separate sheet of paper.

We will have a snow ball fight, answering each other's questions.

Once we have thrown our questions, find one to pick up and answer.

Write the answer down on a post-it note and stick it to a wall somewhere.

Generate a second question.

Repeat until time is up.

When time is up, we will rotate around the room making a study sheet off of the responses to the questions.

Closure:

Did the snow ball activity help?

Why or why not?

What improvements could be made?

Tuft of Flowers Review

December 10, 2015

E.Q.: How do you apply test taking strategies while taking a test?

Demonstrate your knowledge and application of the skills learned this semester.

Obj: I can apply test taking strategies.

I can demonstrate my application of literacy skills. 

Starter:

Create your Blackout Poem

Grab a newspaper article from the table and blackout everything except a few words.

Look at the same examples on newspaperblackout for ideas.

Vocabulary:

Using the flashcards from yesterday, we will practice by competing against halves of the room.

Activity:

1. Poetry Multiple Choice Practice

Read the poem and answer the questions.

Make sure you answer all constructed response and multiple choice questions.

Answer the question individually first, and then we will review as a class. 

2.  Snow Ball Fight Review

Generate one question that you still have that relates to the final exam.

Write that down on a separate sheet of paper.

We will have a snow ball fight, answering each other's questions.

Review Question Responses

Closure:

Did the snow ball activity help?

Why or why not?

What improvements could be made?

Person Exam Review

December 9, 2015

E.Q.: How do you apply test taking strategies while taking a test?

Demonstrate your knowledge and application of the skills learned this semester.

Obj: I can apply test taking strategies.

I can demonstrate my application of literacy skills. 

Starter:

Encouraging Note

Take a couple minutes to write yourself a note to read before you take the final exam.

Keep it positive.

Use this to motivate yourself right before you take it.

Think of it as a mini pep talk.

Vocabulary:

Using the flashcards from yesterday, we will practice by competing against halves of the room.

Activity:

1.  Pearson Partner Review

Pearson Exam

Pearson Answer Sheet 

With a partner, you will use each other and the answer sheet to check your answers. 

On a separate sheet of paper, write down your test corrections.

For each question you get wrong, write down the correct answer and a short explanation as to how you could come to that new conclusion.

Next, read over each others essays.

Do they answer the question?

Is there enough evidence?

Explain one thing that is done well and one that can be improved.

2. Poetry Multiple Choice Practice

Read the poem and answer the questions.

Make sure you answer all constructed response and multiple choice questions.

Closure:

Reflect on your test corrections.

Write a 3-5 sentence reflection on how you can prepare based on these results. 

Pearson Exam

December 8, 2015

E.Q.: How do you apply test taking strategies while taking a test?

Demonstrate your knowledge and application of the skills learned this semester.

Obj: I can apply test taking strategies.

I can demonstrate my application of literacy skills. 

Starter:

Brainstorm

Generate at least 3 test taking strategies you can use while taking the final exam. 

Things to Consider:

How should you start?

What do you do when you get stuck?

How do your relieve stress?

How you stay focused?

Activity:

1.  Practice Exam

Today, you will take part of the Pearson English Exam.

Use the link above to access the questions. 

*It covers pieces we specifically read in class. 

By yourself, answer multiple questions 7-15 and respond to the essay question 16.

You may listen to music while you take the exam.

We will go over the answers as a class tomorrow. 

Closure:

Reflect on test.

Did you use any of your strategies?

Explain how they impacted the test or what you could do to practice them. 

Released Exam

December 7, 2015

E.Q.: How do you apply test taking strategies while taking a test?

Demonstrate your knowledge and application of the skills learned this semester.

Obj: I can apply test taking strategies.

I can demonstrate my application of literacy skills. 

Starter:

You are about to take the practice exam from last year.

Predict how you will do.

What questions do you think you will do the best with?

What questions do you need practice with?

You will evaluate your prediction in the closure. 

Vocabulary:

Using the flashcards from yesterday, we will practice by competing against halves of the room.

Activity:

1.  Practice Released Exam

Today you will take the released exam from last year.

Individually, you will have 30 minutes to answer all the multiple choice questions and the critical response. 

We will be going over this as a class. 

Closure: 

Reflect on your practice.  What strategies did you use?  What could have been done more effectively?

By The Sea Continued

December 4, 2015

E.Q: Define poetry terminology.

Identify poetic devices in poetry.

Obj: I can define and identify poetic devices in poetry.

Starter:

Final Free Write Friday!

This is your last Free Write Friday.

Double-Spaced

1/2 page

12 point font

Or respond to this:

Vocabulary:

Using the flashcards from yesterday, we will practice by competing against halves of the room.

Activity:

1.  NC Final Exams Tutorials

2.   Poetry Practice Reviewed

Copy and paste the poem below into a Google Drive.

Read through it two times.

The first time just read it.

The second time make annotations.

When you are done annotating answer the questions posted below the poem. 

By The Sea

I started early, took my dog,

And visited the sea;

The mermaids in the basement

Came out to look at me,

And frigates in the upper floor

Extended hempen hands,

Presuming me to be a mouse

Aground, upon the sands.

But no man moved me till the tide

Went past my simple shoe,

And past my apron and my belt,

And past my bodice too,

And made as he would eat me up

As wholly as a dew

Upon a dandelion's sleeve —

And then I started too.

And he — he followed close behind;

I felt his silver heel

Upon my ankle, — then my shoes

Would overflow with pearl.

Until we met the solid town,

No man he seemed to know;

And bowing with a mighty look

At me, the sea withdrew.  

A.  What is the objective summary of the poem?


B.  Which line best captures the main idea and why?

C.  What is the speaker's attitude?

D.  List a few examples of figurative language?
What does it represent?

E.  What is the overall tone and mood?

Closure:

Using the Learning Target Form assess yourself on your understanding of poetry. 

Poetry Terminology

December 3, 2015

E.Q: Define poetry terminology.

Identify poetic devices in poetry.

Obj: I can define and identify poetic devices in poetry.

Starter: 

Use the McGraw-Hill link to help you study terms that you may still be unfamiliar with. 

Take out your Cornell Notes and make any necessary revisions. 

While you are revising make sure that you are actually studying your notes. 

We will play Quiz. Quiz. Trade. to test your knowledge later. 

Vocabulary:

Terms from notes. 

Activity:

1.  Quiz. Quiz. Trade.

Using the index flashcards from yesterday we will play quiz. quiz. trade. for several minutes. 

a.  Pair Up

Use the stand up/hands up/pair up method for students to find a partner.  Partner A holds up the flash card to show Partner B the term or definition.  Partner B answers. Partner A praises if correct or coaches if incorrect.  They switch roles and Partner B asks Partner A the next term.

b. Hands Up

After thanking each other and switching cards, Partners A and B raise their hands to find a new partner and repeat the process for an allotted amount of time.

2.  Poetry Practice 

Copy and paste the poem below into a Google Drive.

Read through it two times.

The first time just read it.

The second time make annotations.

When you are done annotating answer the questions posted below the poem. 

By The Sea

I started early, took my dog,
And visited the sea;
The mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me,

And frigates in the upper floor
Extended hempen hands,
Presuming me to be a mouse
Aground, upon the sands.

But no man moved me till the tide
Went past my simple shoe,
And past my apron and my belt,
And past my bodice too,

And made as he would eat me up
As wholly as a dew
Upon a dandelion's sleeve —
And then I started too.

And he — he followed close behind;
I felt his silver heel
Upon my ankle, — then my shoes
Would overflow with pearl.

Until we met the solid town,
No man he seemed to know;
And bowing with a mighty look

At me, the sea withdrew.  

A.  What is the objective summary of the poem?


B.  Which line best captures the main idea and why?

C.  What is the speaker's attitude?

D.  List a few examples of figurative language?
What does it represent?

E.  What is the overall tone and mood?

Closure: 

Based on the website of poetic devices answer the following questions: 

3 terms you still need practice with.

2 terms that you have learned from yesterday.

1 question you still have. 

Poetry Analysis Continued

December 2, 2015

E.Q: Analyze the main idea of the poem. 

Create meaning based on your interpretation. 

Obj: I can analyze Harlem Renaissance poetry.

Starter:

Create your own haiku!!

Remember:

First line has 5 syllables.

Second line has 7 syllables.

Third line has 5 syllables.

Activity:

1.  Poetry Analysis

Today will be devoted to reviewing poetry further.

At each table, you will be assigned a poem.

Individually, read the poem and annotate it.

When you are done annotating, write a brief summary of the meaning of the poem.

Poems

If We Must Die

Sympathy

We Wear the Mask 

From the Dark Tower

Things to Consider

Title

Overall meaning

Tone

Setting

Audience

Figurative Language

Theme

 Next, you will compare notes with your table.

What did you have in common?

How did you interpret it differently?

Collaborate with each other for one coherent analysis that you will then create a concept map.

Branches

Title Meaning

Summary

Setting

Author's Purpose

Poetic Devices

Theme

3.  Cornell Notes and Flashcards

Use the McGraw-Hill link to help you study terms that you may still be unfamiliar with. 

You should include terms that are both somewhat and completely unfamiliar. 

When you are done with your notes, use index cards to create flashcards based on those terms.

One side should have the term and the other should have the definition.

Closure: 

Based on the website of poetic devices answer the following questions: 

3 terms you needed to learn

2 terms that you already knew

1 question you still have. 

Harlem Renaissance Poetry Review

December 1, 2015

E.Q: Analyze the main idea of the poem. 

Create meaning based on your interpretation. 

Obj: I can analyze Harlem Renaissance poetry.

Starter: 

Interest Survey

Please fill out the interest survey.

When you are finished, go over your responses in the Poetry Analysis Worksheet.

Activity: 

1. Review Let America Be America Again

Read through the the poem by Hughes linked above, and complete the worksheet that we used for the practice. 

Use the Poetry Analysis Worksheet to create your analysis.

Make sure to make a copy of this document and place it in your assignment folder. 

You may work with ONE partner.

Make sure that this assignment is in your Google Drive. 

We will go over this as a class. 

2. Poetry Analysis

Today will be devoted to reviewing poetry further.

At each table, you will be assigned a poem.

Individually, read the poem and annotate it.

When you are done annotating, write a brief summary of the meaning of the poem.

Poems

If We Must Die

Sympathy

We Wear the Mask 

From the Dark Tower

Things to Consider

Title

Overall meaning

Tone

Setting

Audience

Figurative Language

Theme

 

 Next, you will compare notes with your table.

What did you have in common?

How did you interpret it differently?

Collaborate with each other for one coherent analysis that you will then create a concept map.

Branches

Title Meaning

Summary

Setting

Author's Purpose

Poetic Devices

Theme

Closure:

Using the Learning Target Form assess yourself on your understanding of poetry.