Thursday, Oct. 31 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Analysis vs. summary: need to print out a copy of your body paragraphs first
• You need at least three colors of highlighters or colored pencils.
• Find the Summary vs. Analysis handout to use as notes (extras in folder if needed)
• Highlight everything that you feel is summary in one color, everything that is analysis in another color, anything that can be synthesis (and some may be both synthesis and analysis) in the third color
• Read your comments in Turnitin
• Meet with me (bring your highlighted copy)

• Work on changing from first draft to second draft, getting your analysis to be at least two times more than your summary (for Crucible quote analysis), adding more evidence of current connection, depth of analysis (not just that it proves your thesis, but WHY and HOW)

Wednesday, Oct. 30 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Work time while girls are at Women of Tomorrow
• Step 1: Body paragraphs done and uploaded to turnitin
• Step 2: ONE PAGER COMPLETION
• Step 3: Intro and Conclusion first draft
• Step 4: Find a book for the next quarter
• If ladies return, specific work time on one-pagers (presentations are TOMORROW)

Tuesday, Oct. 29 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Blogging About Literature mini-intro
• Writer’s Workshop time to work on body paragraphs, then go into Intro and Conclusion first draft
• write together -analysis practice in Google Drive
• Work on Intro and Conclusion when body rough draft is complete
• Intros: Attention getter, Necessary Information (author’s name, title(italics), plot info related to thesis), Thesis 
• All need to tie together, need fluency, one idea builds to the other
• Conclusions: restated thesis (new words/order, same idea), re-emphasize arguments (not summarize everything you said), explain ‘so what?’ and possibly tie back to attention getter
• Writer’s Workshop: full first/second draft (when you are ready for me to read it, upload it to Turnitin) by end of block-ish (second has the intro and conclusion)
• Better analysis: tied to topic sentences, fully proving the thesis, take parts of the quote to explain
• Take out unnecessary summary!!!

Enrollment key: F2019amlit Class ID: 22251669

Monday, Oct. 28 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Writer’s Workshop time
• 15 minutes work time: Work at whatever step you need to complete (theme tracing, revising for craft/content, revising for editing (and meeting with me), etc. End result: best piece of writing you have ever created)
• Consider using a computer resource for editing assistance:
• Grammarly.com, slickwrite.com, Easy Bib’s grammar portion, Ginger writer, Turnitin’s purple layer, prowritingaid.com, others?
• Draft posted on your blog after 15–should be at a ‘final’ point
• Title the post your story’s title
• I will not be grading THIS online version...
• 10 minutes reading -look for big ideas, WoW, discussion question topics, etc 
• MEETING #4 
• Enhancing Readers’ Understanding
• Need at least 1 images/videos/links posted by tomorrow

Friday, Oct. 25 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Act 4 Discussion Small Groups (directions on previous slide)
• Work time for Web -due TUESDAY
• Analysis Essay Choices
• Crucible Essay Assignment approx. due dates –first draft (body paragraphs typed or handwritten) due Tues (end of block); time for editing draft?
• I will need to see your outline at some point Monday (the earlier I see it, the more time you have to work on the body paragraphs themselves)
• Outline requirements reminder
• At least three main points you are making to prove your thesis
• At least four specific pieces of textual evidence [with page numbers for Crucible] (one for each point, minimum)
• A potential thought for an attention getter
• Necessary Information for Intro
• Crucible Essay Assignment/writer’s workshop time ––first draft body paragraphs due end of Tuesday (after two full class periods of time)
• One Pager Presentations begin less than a week! 

Thursday, Oct. 24 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: The Crucible Act 4 
• Pg 121-145
• In your WN: Explain your understanding of John’s actions in Act 4: Why did he decide to confess, then not? Why does Hale say John is willing to hang? What does Elizabeth say?
• Start A4 Discussion (TQE and more?)
• Read “Echoes Down the Corridor” (hwk)
• Web due Monday, you need to have details (if applicable) from Act 3 and 4
• You should be done with your choice book and working on your One Pager; we will begin talking about the next independent reading requirement in about a week…
• You will want to have your book that you have chosen to read finished by Friday/Monday at the absolute latest: One Pager Presentations begin next Thursday!
• Homework: Echoes Down the Corridor, WEB!!!, one-pager

Wednesday, Oct. 23 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Directions for A3 One Pager Quiz
• When done, put on stool, then work on your web (remember, it is an assessment [not just a quick homework assignment])
• Time to work on: 
• Web
• Have as much done as you can (info Acts 1-3)
• The info you write DOES NOT need to be in complete paragraphs, bullets are fine
• Reading your independent book
• One-pager presentations start NEXT Thursday

Tuesday, Oct. 22 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Finish A3
• In writer’s notebook: What does Proctor risk by claiming he had an affair with Abigail?  What does he gain? How did the pros outweigh the cons in this situation and ‘make’ him admit it? 
• What does John Proctor mean when he says, “God is dead!” (end of act 3)? Why does he say it at this point? What does the rest of his speech to those in the court mean (pg 120)? What do others think he means?  Discuss with partner, jot down notes
• Act 3 Assessment: One Pager tomorrow
• Instead of an Act 4 quiz, we will have the web (for plot and character motivations) and a 2 page assessment on analyzing quotes, understanding big ideas, analyzing the book as a whole
• On Friday?
• HWK: Web; Book/one pager

Thursday, Oct. 17 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Act 3 94-107
• Why is Mary so afraid? 
• Talk about and take notes (pg# and ex.) of how these feelings have motivated people in the play The Crucible: Jealousy, Fear, and Love. Try to look beyond the obvious as well 
• Then individually think of an Additional Emotion and how it is motivating people (you need to pick one emotion that isn’t listed and explain how it motivates). Write a paragraph explaining which will be posted to Your Blog 
• Post your ‘other emotion’ paragraph on your edublogs blog (you made one your freshman year...we’re going to use it again)
• If needed, finish your motivation explanations (jealousy, fear, love, additional emotion); work on web, reading, or one-pager
• Work on your web (it is due on Monday the 28th, read your independent book, or work on your one pager

Wednesday, Oct. 16 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Tangled ‘Web’ Explanation
• Tangled Web assignment, due Monday, Oct. 28
• You need to have the most important details from all acts, including Act 3 and 4
• Act 2 Quiz –turn in to folder in basket when done
• Work on ‘web’, read book, work on one-pager if done reading
• Crucible Act 3
• 83-94
• Danforth: Who is he? What does he care about? 
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• Own book –finish it before the end of the quarter, in the next week and a half we’ll be starting a different reading requirement…

Tuesday, Oct. 15 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: In WN or Notes: Previous Screen: A2S2 Writing and Hale Dynamic Char.
• Focus Points Discussion and more: 
• What happened with Abigail and the doll? Did Mary know what Abby was going to do? What makes you say this?
• Discuss John’s comments on pg 77: What does he mean, what does this show about him? Discuss all parts, translate every part (write it down)
• Pontius Pilate? Why?
• Pg 79 Hale’s speech interpretation (write it down)
• What about what Hale said affected John most? Why? What does he think about himself?
• Re-read John’s last lines in A2 (pg 80-81)- Interpret what he means by that. (write it)
• Talk about what you’ve seen as examples of different focus points (add to reputation/pride, hysteria, trial, etc if you didn’t while reading)
• Discuss answer for A2 S2
• Act 2 Quiz tomorrow
• Own book –finish it soon and work on your one-pager, in the next week and a half or so we’ll be starting a different reading requirement…

Monday, Oct. 14 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Act 2 49-??
•  Do you think Mary actually felt the way she explains on pg 57? Does she believe what she is telling the Proctors?
• What information does Mary Warren give? What is going on in Salem/the court? –add to trial section of notes
• John and Elizabeth’s Relationship –write about it in Character Motivation section of Focus Points
• More on John’s character –specifics from his interaction with Elizabeth throughout act 2(look at stage directions)
• Focus Points: Trial, Motivations, Hysteria, Empowerment
• • Homework: 
  • Scene 2 (pg 148) –read on own –done by tomorrow

Friday, Oct. 11 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Read Miller’s explanations on pages 33-36 writing questions, important ideas, relationship details, etc. down while reading to talk about with partner at intervals: you can pause at different points for discussion with partner
• Discuss 33-36 writing questions down while discussing for whole group at end of partner discussion time: make sure you both understand what he is talking about 
• Big Ideas to Discuss (and fully understand): Hale’s experience with witchcraft, the use of the devil (especially in politics and connecting his ideas on the Red Scare/communism), the devil before Christianity, witchcraft in Salem (in Miller’s opinion)
• Act 1 Overview TQE Discussion
• A1 Quiz with Part 2 of Intro Quiz (details from 33-36) (options: timed with notes, untimed without notes -actually, we all did it timed since that was all the time left in class...)
• When done with quiz:
• One Pager Reminder
• 11ish (counting today) school days until one pager presentations
• Write down some of your thoughts for one pager or read while waiting for all to finish
• HOMEWORK: READ YOUR BOOK FOR THE ONE PAGER!!!

Thursday, Oct. 10 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: ACT Prep
• Finish Acting out Act 1 (28-48)
• What is John Proctor like so far?  Possible Topics: his character, actions, possible motivations as well as your opinion of him
• Contrast the beliefs/actions of the Putnams vs Rebecca Nurse
• Add to character details and relationships; add to focus points
• Motivation –girls and how are those other than the girls motivated? Why do the girls accuse (Abigail, Betty, Tituba)?
• Dynamic Character: John will be one we watch, details of him at beginning?; also Hale
• Hysteria –who contributes, who calms?
• All of the rest…
• Character and Relationships Brainstorming (alone or with partner): I’d suggest jotting a few notes (not for the quiz, but for future benefit)
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• Act 1 Quiz tomorrow

Wednesday, Oct. 9 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Read posts on Classroom and comment on at least one (answer a question, add your opinion, etc)
• Independent Reading –One Pager presentations start on Oct. 30/31
• Crucible Act 1
• Small Group Discussion on 8-21: TQE
• Review 18-20-girls’ motivation: write this on Focus Points
• Read 21-27(?) together