ATOTC - Day 4

Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a great weekend, with the extended snow day dance mix thrown in. I've revised the calendar and I'll be assuming we will not have school tomorrow.

Today we'll listen to chapter 3 and part of chapter 4. For the next day we have school, whenever that will be, please finish reading / listening to chapter 4. You do not need to create another multi-genre piece.

The Dover Mail (from chapter 2)

ATOTC - Day 3

Happy Friday! Class ends at 10:26 today.

Today you'll meet the group you'll be with for this unit.
We'll start by sharing your Multi-Genre responses to chapter 1.
After that, work with your group to name and clarify 2 ideas from the chapter and to create 2 questions you have about it.
We'll share these out loud.

10:00 - We'll listen to chapter 2 together. Please annotate along the way. Afterward, you'll discuss your annotations with your group.

This weekend, you are creating multi-genre response #2! Stay warm!

ATOTC - Day 2

Happy Thursday!
Today we will start our work with A Tale of Two Cities.

Calendar
Annotations
Multi-Genre Project

ATOTC - Day 1!

Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope you had a great long weekend and were able to enjoy the snow - or at least not get stuck in it.

Today we'll start our unit on A Tale of Two Cities (I will abbreviate it as ATOTC).
You need to be sure to have your book with you every day!

To get things started today - a mystery!!

Poetry Out Loud - Day 6

Lots to do today - our last day to prepare before tomorrow's competition!

1. We'll go over the two scoresheets (I'll give you each a physical copy) 
2. I'll review the details for the evaluation criteria
3. We'll watch a few sample videos
4. You'll work with a small group to recite your poem and receive scores from your peers
5. If we have time, people can practice in front of the class

Also, don't forget to buy a copy of A Tale of Two Cities by Wednesday!

Good luck with your final memorization and preparation tonight!

Poetry Out Loud - Day 5

We'll start today with a chance to recite your poem to an assigned partner in preparation for our quiz. The quiz is simple - take out a sheet of paper and write out your poem. Then, exchange pages with your partner and give them a copy of your poem. You will then score each other for accuracy, based on the Poetry Out Loud Accuracy Sheet we will use during our competition (and for all POL competitions). The maximum score you can earn is an 8.

Then, we'll watch a few more videos and discuss what those presenters are doing with their poems and how you might incorporate those skills into your recitation. Following that you'll work in groups of three to continue working on your recitation.

Lastly, it is time to buy our next book - A Tale of Two Cities! You will need it in class next Wednesday, the 23rd. Copies are available now at the bookstore - I HIGHLY recommend you purchase the same edition as everyone else in the class will have so you do not get lost looking for page numbers.

Poetry Out Loud - Day 4

Now that you have your poem and have started to work with it, it's time to get to know it well.

Here's the plan for today:

1. Choose a partner - stand together somewhere in the room (stand, not sit!). Read/recite your poem to that person 2-3 times. Don't forget to switch and listen to the other person's poem!
2. Make a copy of this document to use today. Hopefully the directions there are self-explanatory. Take your time - this should take you 30 minutes or more.
3. When you are finished, upload your work to Schoology
4. While you are doing this I will have a short meeting with you to discuss your grade on the final exam and for the semester, as well as your English class recommendation for next year
5. Lastly, find a different partner to work with and read/recite your poem to that person 2-3 times. Switch!

Your homework is to practice reciting your poem multiple times throughout the weekend. Recite it to your friends, your family, your dog, your snapchat story - whatever works!

On Monday morning we will start with a quiz - you will write out your poem! Good luck with it!

Poetry Out Loud - Day 3

You can either check the work you submitted or refer to this chart to see which poem I've selected for you to work with during this unit.

To help inspire our work today, here are a few more examples of people reciting poems:



Here are our tasks for today:

1. Copy your poem into your notebook - yes, by hand - make sure you are able to read it. Write it a little bigger and a little clearer than you usually write.
2. Read your poem aloud
3. Examine your poem
1. Put a box around words you need to define
2. Mark natural breaks - word, line, sentence
1. See Nate Marshall's "god made the hundreds, man made it wild" for an example of the role of breaks
3. Highlight words/phrases - the center of gravity for each break
4. Notebook reflection:
1. What did the work we did today with this poem – thinking about it, writing it out by hand, speaking and hearing it, looking at the language – help you see and understand about this poem?
2. How do you understand it better or differently
3. What do you see or feel in this poem that you had not before you came to class today?

Poetry Out Loud - Day 2

Greetings! We are going to take the next round of the STAR reading test today. Please do your best on this reading comprehension test. Again, this is so I can understand how you read and learn, then offer you specific help. Do your best.

• Click here to go to the link for the test.
• For your username, use the same name you use to log into your Chromebook
• Your password is your student ID number - but ONLY the number - i.e. 122XXXX - if you are unable to gain access after TWO tries, please ask for help before trying a third time.
• You will be presented with two choices - select STAR Reading
• Sometimes, the system will request a “Monitor Password.” If this happens to you, the password is “admin”
• If you are presented with a list of teachers, please select “Rigler”
• Take the test! Do the best you can!

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Poetry Out Loud!

I hope you enjoyed the videos yesterday and have a little sense of what this project looks like. Here are a few examples (we'll watch a few each day) of some other students (from around the country) to check out and (hopefully) inspire you.

After we watch and discuss them, here is the plan for the day:

1. Go to the website to start the process of choosing a poem 
2. In a new Google doc, copy and paste three poems (including title and author) 
3. For each one, write 3-4 sentences about why you chose it 
4. Submit your work to Schoology by the start of class tomorrow.

Happy New Year! Poetry Out Loud!

Happy New Year! Happy 2019!!
Welcome back!! I hope you had a wonderful winter break!

Congratulations on finishing your finals and completing your first semester of high school!
We will have opportunities to talk about your final essay and your semester grade later this week.

For the next two weeks, we'll be doing something a little different - something many other English classes will also be doing during this time. It's called Poetry Out Loud. Here is a link to the calendar for the next two weeks.

We'll watch a few videos to introduce the project. Then, you will start the process of selecting your poem using this link.