Friday, Jan. 30 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Collect ACT essay from yesterday

*Things I’m looking for with this first essay: Intro –thesis (position on paper); Body Paragraphs –topic sentences, supporting details; Conclusion –restate thesis

*Expert group work time –presentations start Monday!!

*Make sure you have a note sheet for your classmates for the presentation

*Note Sheet should highlight the most important portions of your presentation: What will people need throughout the semester about your era (literary techniques, literary terms, characteristics of the era, characteristics and beliefs of movements and eras, etc)

Wednesday, Jan. 28 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Choice Book

*First Quarter: Any book from the list, needs to challenge you though (if one you want to read is not on the list, talk to me and you’ll submit a proposal to me).

*End result: Creative One Pager

*Library- if necessary and your group is ok with you leaving

*Expert Groups: Continue Researching –share your notes with me now, let me know when you think you have compiled enough for me to check

*You need to have all of your information on your Google Doc by the end of work time today!

*Cross Check notes

*Presentation ideas/note sheet

*Rubric

Tuesday, Jan. 27 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Share words/description  

*Binder division

*Expert Groups

*Find out Era

*Begin researching

Monday, Jan. 26 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: find your seat (pick a seat…for now…)

*Expectations

*Analysis of Nancy Mairs “On Being a Cripple”

*Definition of self (one word, definition, and short para why) due tomorrow

*Writer’s Notebook/Binder- need one ASAP (some of you have one from last year, check the boxes)

*What is American Lit?

*“Survey” course, Eras

*Common Themes

*Expert Groups explanation

*ranking for Expert Group preferences by end of block

Expert Group Ranking Link

Click on this link and rank your choices of eras to become an expert in:

First Block:
https://docs.google.com/a/gk12.net/forms/d/1Wiju1jQfedlSRFMTWQQc3IjStATTzq9gEF3-z_TyoH0/viewform?usp=send_form


Fourth Block:
https://docs.google.com/a/gk12.net/forms/d/1Ckz_D8GUIbgzDuriGbHDpMEp8AuSBm5a84qAzkuVRUY/viewform?usp=send_form