Introduction to English 10: Practicing the Habits of a Lifelong Learner
Essential Questions:
1. Who am I as a reader, writer, student, and person?
2. What habits of mind does it take to succeed in school?
3. What have people said over time about the value of reading and writing?
4. What makes someone a good reader, writer, and overall good student?
A. Opening Assignment: Grammar Book
Dashes and Parentheses
Complete the exercise on page 264. Follow the directions as they are written. If you need to review the rules, please see pages 262-264.
B. EOC Pre-test Data Analysis (1st period only)
C. From your pre-test data, write 3-5 content specific goals. Create two copies (one for me and one for you).
D. Discuss literary glossary vocabulary notebook.
E. Do You Hear What I Hear?
Listening Strategy: Maya Angelou on Writing passage.
F. Discuss PLAN assessment.
G. Collaborative: Create 2 multiple choice questions about the passage.
Create 1 constructed response. For the questions, label the types of questions you create (Look at your notes of Bloom's Taxonomy).The multiple choice questions must be from 2 different levels of learning.
The constructed response must come from the following levels of learning:
Analysis, Synthesis, or Evaluation.
H. Complete the first 3 columns of the Malcolm X KWL Chart.
I. Read "Learning to Read" in chunks, asking questions about what we read as we go.
Chunk 1: Write a KNOWLEDGE question.
Chunk 2: Write a COMPREHENSION question.
Chunk 3: Write an APPLICATION question.
Chunk 4: Write an ANALYSIS question.
Chunk 5: Write a SYNTHESIS question.
Chunk 6: Write an EVALUATION question.
J. Finish last column of the Malcolm X KWL Chart.
K. Read "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros.
L. Closing: Create six questions about "Eleven." You must have one type of each question.
Essential Questions:
1. Who am I as a reader, writer, student, and person?
2. What habits of mind does it take to succeed in school?
3. What have people said over time about the value of reading and writing?
4. What makes someone a good reader, writer, and overall good student?
A. Opening Assignment: Grammar Book
Dashes and Parentheses
Complete the exercise on page 264. Follow the directions as they are written. If you need to review the rules, please see pages 262-264.
B. EOC Pre-test Data Analysis (1st period only)
C. From your pre-test data, write 3-5 content specific goals. Create two copies (one for me and one for you).
D. Discuss literary glossary vocabulary notebook.
E. Do You Hear What I Hear?
Listening Strategy: Maya Angelou on Writing passage.
F. Discuss PLAN assessment.
G. Collaborative: Create 2 multiple choice questions about the passage.
Create 1 constructed response. For the questions, label the types of questions you create (Look at your notes of Bloom's Taxonomy).The multiple choice questions must be from 2 different levels of learning.
The constructed response must come from the following levels of learning:
Analysis, Synthesis, or Evaluation.
H. Complete the first 3 columns of the Malcolm X KWL Chart.
I. Read "Learning to Read" in chunks, asking questions about what we read as we go.
Chunk 1: Write a KNOWLEDGE question.
Chunk 2: Write a COMPREHENSION question.
Chunk 3: Write an APPLICATION question.
Chunk 4: Write an ANALYSIS question.
Chunk 5: Write a SYNTHESIS question.
Chunk 6: Write an EVALUATION question.
J. Finish last column of the Malcolm X KWL Chart.
K. Read "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros.
L. Closing: Create six questions about "Eleven." You must have one type of each question.