MOVED Day 46 (4/1): The writing on the (Dungeon) walls

Warm Up:

SSR OR Choral Reading: "My Dungeon Shook"

Learning Intentions

• Make connections between specific evidence in a text and broader themes and relationships within and between texts.

Success Criteria

• Successful completion of the "Literary Latrinalia" activity.

Key Questions

1. What does it mean to be Black in America?
2. How do authors use rhetorical strategies to develop strong perspectives?
3. How does Baldwin link personal and national history to construct a complex picture of race in the US?

Agenda:

• Literary Latrinalia: "My Dungeon Shook"

Upcoming:

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me (book check Friday, 4/2)
• Upcoming:
• F: Intro to Between the World and Me
• SPRING BREAK!

MOVED Day 42 (3/26): Common App Essay Revision Workshop

Warm Up:
SSR

Standards:
ELAGSE11-12W3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

• Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
• Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
• Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution). 
• Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
• Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

ELAGSE11-12W5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. 

Learning Intentions (What do we want to 'get'):

1. Narrative essays use personal stories to illustrate deep lessons about life and growing up.
2. Good writing uses active verbs, clearly orders the ideas, and links excellent concrete detail to well-reasoned broader themes.

Success Criteria (How do we know we 'got it'):

Compare your essay to This Narrative Essay Rubric

Agenda:

• Revise your Common App Essay Draft using the feedback that you received from your Peer Group:
• 500-650 Words
• MLA Format
• Be specific & concrete: Paint a picture of a moment in time
• Link your personal experience to broad themes/lessons
• Submit completed draft to Google Classroom

Ongoing Concerns:

• Order O'Brien, The Things They Carried (book check Friday, 10/8)
• Upcoming:
• T: Workshop: Common App Revision
• W: Rhetorical Analysis
• Th: Midterm
• F: Focus Project Product #1 Workday

MOVED Day 41 (3/25): Common App Peer Review Workshop

Warm Up:
SSR

Standards:
ELAGSE11-12W4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.(Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in Standards 1–3 above.)
ELAGSE11-12W5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
ELAGSE11-12W3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Learning Intentions:

We are learning that...

• Strong narratives move readers to respond

Success Criteria:

We will know we have learned when we can...

• Respond honestly to the writing of others.
• Give and receive meaningful critique about writing.
• Use reader responses to improve our writing.

Essential Questions:

1. How can I offer honest critique in a constructive and compassionate manner?
2. How can hearing about the impact of my essay help me make better writing choices?

Agenda:

• Writer's Workshop Peer Review

Ongoing Concerns:

• Finish "Tradition of Nonconformity" essay - OVERDUE - submit to Google Classroom
• Order Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me (book check Friday, 4/2)
• Upcoming:
• F: Workshop: Common App Revision
• M-F: Intro to "The Rhetoric of Race in America"
• SPRING BREAK!