Focus on Personal Essays
Monday 10/20
- BW
- SSR (10 min)
- Complete Belief Consensus (Agree/Disagree)
- Class Discussion: Agree/Disagree and WHY
- HW: Interview a Role Model (due Wed 10/22)
Tuesday 10/21 (Day 1 P-T Conferences)
- BW
- SSR (10 min)
- “Seeing is Believing”:
- Choose a belief statement from yesterday or make one up
- Create a Brainstorming “poster” (Seeing Is Believing)
- Sample:
Wednesday 10/22
- BW
- SSR (10 min)
- Check in Interview HW
- Lesson’s I’ve Learned:
- discuss HW
- as a small group, read through packet of quotations and * (star) ones that speak to you
- Choose your favorite quotation and free write for 10 minutes
- Exit Ticket: write down your own “lesson learned”
Thursday 10/23 (Day 2 P-T Conferences)
- BW
- SSR (10 min)
- “Article of the Week”
- Article of the Week Choices (choose 1)
- Read article with others and talk to the text
- Discuss as a small group
- Write a one page response, using the two questions
- due tomorrow: 15 points
Friday 10/24
- No BW
- Staple ALL bellwork and turn in (from 9/9 to 10/23 – approx. 28 bellworks)
- Bellwork Quiz #2
- SSR (at least 10 min)
- HW: Reading Log #5 (CLICK HERE)