Thursday, May 9 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Craft Lesson Section: An introduction to a paper should have… A conclusion to a paper should have…
• Intros and Conclusions Notes- put the sheet in your craft lesson section and then follow the steps as you write your intro and conclusion rough drafts
• Writer’s Workshop:
• Upload draft to Turnitin!!!  Use the purple layer, I’ll be commenting during work time
• Write Introduction and Conclusion
• Fix Body Paragraphs
• Read independent book if done with a complete first/second draft
• Writer’s Workshop time
• Peer Edit: you can only edit if your body paragraph rough draft (minimum 4 paragraphs) is complete.  Peer Review on Turnitin
• Write your Intro and Conclusion (you can do this before or after peer editing)
• Self Edit: Fix the issues noted by Mrs. Johnson, the purple layer in Turnitin, and a peer and then print out the new draft.  Self edit this second draft, marking all areas you need to fix or add to.
• Final draft due on Monday.  Make sure I have read through it (and commented on it) before you feel it is ready.  Remember, you need an intro, body (with paragraph on society during the GD) and a conclusion.

Try to think of this for your society paragraph: We can say that people during the GD were or valued because of (what details from your paper?)…

Wednesday, May 8 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Discussion of Social Values paragraphs
• What do the quotes and theme show about society’s values during the Great Depression
• Post on Classroom, then work on your body paragraphs  
• Try to write one for me (together)
• Finish rough draft body paras
• 1 paragraph explaining what the theme of the book and your examples show about the society’s values during the Great Depression
• Try to think of this for your society paragraph: We can say that people during the GD were or valued because of (what details from your paper?)…
• Finish ALL Body Paragraphs
• Writer’s Workshop:
• At the ABSOLUTE minimum, you should have a rough draft of all four body paragraphs ready to print out when class starts tomorrow

Tuesday, May 7 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Theme Essay Writer’s Workshop
• Assignment shared with you in Classroom
• THESIS (Your theme plus the title of the book)
• Picking Quotes: need the three or four BEST for theme
• Outline
• Paragraph format: TIQA
• Outline Check at 3:15
• Thesis and next steps
• Thesis as first sentence on rough draft portion of document
• Your evidence must prove the ENTIRE thesis (theme)
• TIQA- the analysis is the most important part: HOW does the evidence prove/show your theme?
• 3 paragraphs showing the theme of the book (or two with two pieces of textual evidence in each) and possibly intro/conclusion uploaded to Turnitin by end of block tomorrow
• If you need a break, read your independent book

Monday, may 6 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Connecting brainstorming from Wednesday last week to Big Ideas and Themes of the book (What issues are faced today that are mentioned, dealt with, experienced, etc in the book?) CLASSROOM
• For each issue, write what big idea or themes can connect to it
• Theme and Social Issue in the book (posting, meeting with group)
• Post on my Edublogs blog post the ** answers from each of your sheets
• Career Spreadsheet due TOMORROW (if you asked questions at MoT, add answers onto sheet NOW) -20 minutes career time (last class time for awhile)
• Social Issue, Big Idea, Theme on notes document

Friday, May 3 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Read section 5 and 6
• In writer’s notebook: In the section 5 of the book, George says that he sort of knew they would never get the farm but told Lennie about it anyway.  Does he really believe this? Why would he continue telling Lennie of the farm if it isn’t a reality? (answer this on the back of your chronolog)
• Perspective Journal (sections 5 and 6 together as one full page if same character, or can switch characters half-way for 2 separate entries)
• Collect chronolog sheet and perspective journals
• Blog Post (ON YOUR EDUBLOGS BLOG): Slim says to George, “Ya hadda” when talking about Lennie.  Do you agree? What would make you say yes he did, what would make you say no he didn’t and in the end, which would you say more, that this was his only option or that there were others?
• Work/reading time (need all OMM work (other than big idea sheet) by Monday!) then work on career research.  Spreadsheet is due Tuesday -start of class!

Thursday, May 2 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Career Research
• Reminders: you should be putting your interview details into the spreadsheet (as well as your notes from other sources.  YOU SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE DETAILS PER CELL!!!!!
• Spreadsheets are due Tuesday, May 7 (ask questions at Men of Tomorrow luncheon to work into spreadsheet)
• We will talk in a week about making a choice to do the second half of the project (if you are ‘finished’, have me check what you have, then read your independent book if I agree with you...
• Big Idea examples: First post an example from section 4 (66-83) on to edublogs.  Then you need to bring your sheet up. You should have at least one example for each big idea from pages 38-65 and one from 66-83 for all as well. (Use my blog as a resource to help you if needed) Bring to me when done.
• Small Group Discussion

Wednesday, May 1 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: In WN: Start to brainstorm how any ideas from the book are still seen today.  What issues are faced today that are mentioned, dealt with, experienced, etc in the book?
• Reading Section 4
• Characters vs. Society: for the four characters we read about in section 4, how do we see them in conflict with society? What part of society, how is it seen, specifically in what we just read. (add to notes)
• In this chapter, we learn more about Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and Curley's wife. What similarities do these four characters share? Bring up when done.
• In this chapter, we see how some people can be cruel to other people. Find two or three examples--why do the characters need to be so cruel in these examples? Or, are they just ignorantly prejudiced and not really being consciously cruel?  Bring up when done.
• Then work on perspective #5 (66-83): Can be Crooks, Candy, or Lennie
• –NOT George
• Perspective Journals 4 due ASAP and 5 due Thursday
• Career Research