Poetry and Pre-Unit Assessment

Goals:
1. Start/finish "I Am" poem
2. Take a formative assessment for our next unit

Agenda: 
Read
Formative Assessment
"I Am" Poems
Catch Up Time!

1. Formative Assessment: 
Before we begin our next unit, we'd like to know more about your non-fiction reading skills. You did a great job with a very challenging text this week!
Click HERE to take the assessment.

2. "I Am" Poems
Remember the poem template you saw yesterday in Google Classroom?
Open that template and begin your poem.
We are wrapping up our discussion about identity, and this is your chance to think about who you are and what you want from the world.
(If you want to get creative, feel free to add an image. This is a chance you have to express yourself!)

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Catch Up Time! 
Let's Check Ourselves: 

• Are you done with Book #4? 
• Are you missing anything in Power School? 
• Did you finish the two questions in the gray boxes from the article we read this week?

Finish Our Text and Write

Goal: Finish reading "The Complexity of Identity" and create our own "I Am..." poems



Agenda: 

• Read
• Finish "The Complexity of Identity" 
• Start our "I Am" Poems

1. Finish reading "The Complexity of Identity"
Open your copy of the text we've been reading over the past two days. It is the document with boxes for note-taking, and you should be able to find it in your Google Drive. 

2. I Am Poem:

• You have a new assignment in Google Classroom called "I Am Poem." 
• Go to Google Classroom and find the new assignment in the classwork section.
• We will show you an example "I Am" poem so you will have an idea, but you can be creative with yours. 
• You get to begin working on this today in class, but we will also have some time to finish tomorrow. This project is due by the end of the period tomorrow (Friday, 11/30). 

Reminders:

• You should be done with Book #4 and starting Book #5. We will write about Book #4 next week.
• If you have outstanding assignments, be sure to request a regrade. The end of the grading period is this Friday.

Continuing Our New Text

Goal: Finish reading "The Complexity of Identity" and begin to ask questions

Agenda: 
Read
Reading Progress Update
Continue reading our text

1. Complete your READING PROGRESS UPDATE.

2. Open your copy of Beverly Daniel Tatum's "The Complexity of Identity." 
This should be in your Google Drive. It is the document we began reading yesterday, with the boxes available for note-taking and asking questions. 

Reminders:

• You should be finishing Book #4 and beginning Book #5. 
• The grading period is almost over. Be sure you have requested a regrade on any assignments you might have improved.

Revisiting our Gallery + Introduce a New Text

Goal: Introduce a new text based on the work we did with identity

Agenda: 

• Read
• Self scoring your English Journal
• Revisiting our Gallery
• Continuing the conversation on identity
• Introducing a new text

English Journal Self Score

1. Open your English Journal
2. Review the English Journal Scoring Guide. 
3. Determine how you would score your English Journal. 
4. PASTE this sentence below into the TOP of your English Journal and be sure it is complete. 

November 27, 2018 Self Score:        

I believe I have earned a ______ <<(Your score 1-5) on my English Journal because_______________________ _______________ <<(Your reasons you think you earned that score.) 

Revisiting Our Gallery
We are going to tour the photo gallery from yesterday, this time looking through the images together. Before we get started, remember some of the images might be sensitive. It's important to consider this before you speak:

1. Is what I'm going to say kind?
2. Is what I'm going to say helpful? 
3. Is what I'm going to say respectful?

Introducing a New Text 

• Click HERE to get your own copy of the text we're about to read.
• Share your copy with Ms. Daniel (copy and paste: cdaniel@sandi.net).
• Annotate! Highlight! Ask questions! Take notes! 

Reminders: 

• We self-scored English Journals today. Make sure your score is visible as the most recent entry on top. 
• Do you need to request a regrade on anything? The end of the grading period is near. 
• Finish Book #4 and pick out your Book #5. 

Welcome Back: Introduction to Identity

Goal: Begin to construct an understanding of identity

Agenda: 
Read
Gallery Walk
Identity Map

Map Yourself: 

• There is one sheet of paper at each of your desks. 
• In the center of the paper, write your name. 
• In the outer circles, you will write or illustrate different pieces of yourself. You can use this template to help, but feel free to be creative.

Gallery Walk
You may have noticed some photos hanging on the walls around the room. It's up to YOU to make meaning out of these photos. There are no right or wrong answers, but you might find the sentence starters below helpful.


Expectations: 

• Reflect on each image and write your response on a post-it note. Use the sentence starters (right) to help. 
• This is a quiet activity. Act as though you would in a museum - silence, with the exception of low whispers if you must ask questions.
• Please put your initials on each sticky note you write. 

Let's Check Ourselves: 

• Is your English Journal complete? 
• Are you missing anything in Power School? 
• Are you done or almost done with Book #4? 
• Did you finish your review of Book #3 (group novel) from before break?