1/23 English III

Remember to turn in M&M words 33-37.

Start new set, with word 38. interject. 

Prefix: inter: among, between    root: ject: to throw         suffix: x

Model: According to most classroom rules, students should not interject during lecture unless they've raised their hand and been called on.

interject: to interrupt, can be rudely or politely

Do own sentence, using context and have a peer review.


Start class with silent reading of A Prayer for Owen Meany-20 minutes. 

Class briefly reviews how to do reading entries, before starting. 

Inferences-reviewed

• Inference: assume what will happen, what currently is happening, or what already happened (not directly stated by author) 
• Do not infer what is directly stated. Example. "Its 40 degrees"  I infer its cold (obviously its cold)
• Only 1 sentence summary-main idea-for each entry (10 pages long). 
• For each entry-must have 5 inference notes
• Extra column-put clues or tell why you assumed, use as much as you can but do not force use
• in strategy column use key words such as: I infer, I guess, I think, I predict. Perhaps.. Maybe. 

Students given 20 minutes to work on R8-R9-Inferences-Due on 1/31 for 80%
Batten walks around and conferences with each student about reading entry, helping students struggling with finding inferences.

After 20 minutes of reading, students should take out R7-Inference Cnotes, and finish their 4 questions on the left side. They need to come up with questions that could potentially be on an exit slip. The questions must be different levels, but there is no specification for how many from each level. The questions can relate to inferences and also reading entry setup, Ra Ta Ta or reading requirements. Before submitting R7 Cnotes, students should answer the EQ in 3 to 4 sentences: How does making inferences help the reader understand purpose and main idea? R7-Inference Cnotes-due today. If turned in after today, they will be late and points will be deducted.

Remember R8-R9 are due 1/31. Students should come in and immediately start reading, during the next class.

Students reminded to submit their Diagnostic alignment guide, test, and answer sheet.

1/17 English III

• 37) Artifice: 
• Prefix: Art: field using skill, technique  root:  facere/fic: to do
• Model: The student's artifice was apparent by his hidden headphones and inability to answer questions reflecting he was listening.
• artifice: false or insincere behavior, deception, trickery
• Come up with your own sentence, using context and have a peer review your sentence.
  
  2)      Save presentations now to Batten's computer. Today last day to present.
  3)      Moving Forward. Students need to listen, they can take notes, but don’t have to. All students will be asked questions immediately following;
  ·         Student Affect: Your letting your lack of confidence, past experiences determine your success
  ·         You are still resisting rigor-I've shown you the statistics, I’ve shown you what professors say, I’ve shown you what college students say, yet you still resist anything challenging and want things to be super easy-step it up please
  ·         Versatile-must juggle- Purpose of portfolio to keep you organized- a lot of you that is your problem. You can’t answer Exit 5, because you lost your R4 Cnotes, you can’t do exit 6, because you lost your expectation cnotes, you can’t do the compare contrast essay, because you lost your W1 Cnotes. Learn how to juggle between assignments during one class period, by organizing them in portfolio.
  ·         Everything builds in here-Essay for example- We read stories first (some of you didn’t do that), we thoroughly went over Compare/Contrast, comparing two reality shows, I walked you through the essay process in detail, 1 day spent just on thesis,  another day on intro, another day on support, another day on conclusion. I gave you a model essay to use, rubric, outline.There was no valid reason for not submitting the essay, yet a lot of you didn't.
  ·         You're Habitually absent
  ·         Habitually tardy
  ·         Not listening-For example, during lecture when I give answers to exit slips
  ·         Not taking Cnotes-again, answers to exit slips are revealed during Cnote process
  ·         You receive multiple strategies, resources for assignments, projects and don’t take advantage. Waste time given. Presentations, for example, time in class to prepare, were assigned early December, projects moved to January, a week after we got back from break. Walked you through Cnotes for 4 classes, had you do questions immediately afterward, Gave you a persuasive packet, making sure to tell you to use it, read it, and it was 25% of your grade. A lot of you, didn’t do presentations, a lot of you never even looked at the packet, most of you didn’t turn in the cnotes.
  ·         You're not using Battensclasess.blogspot.com  You ask questions like: What is exit 5, I wasn’t here for the expectation cnotes, what did I miss. Its all on the site.
  ·         Tutoring Tues/Thurs, during lunch, only a few of you take advantage of this. Some of you come once, and never come back
  ·         You don’t know rules and procedures and you come in every day like its your first. You waste class time because you don’t know things that you should have known since the first week, like how to leave class, what happens if your absent for a presentation/project, How to participate in class, 80% of grade assessments-wasting time on 20% assignments
  ·         Extra Credit-Owen Meany book is 25 points, you were allowed to recycle exit slips, redo assignments. From now on exit slips-only 1 question can be fixed
  ·         Explain 80% grade-Only 6 assignments were your assessment grade. If you didn't turn in one or more of those assessments, you negatively affected your grade. Some of you didn't turn in any assessments, so the highest grade you could have received was a 20% for participation assignments.
  4)      Batten Ra Ta Ta/ Student Ra Ta Ta R7 Inferences continued. Ms. Batten teaches how to do the reading entry for inferences. Students should add to their R7-Inference notes. On the left side of notes, students are to come up with 4 possible Exit 8 Questions. They must be different levels.
  ·         Problems reviewed- students not reading, don’t know character names, in main idea say something that only happened briefly in 10 pages, but isn’t really the main idea, start with: In these 10 pages I read
  ·         Ra Ta Ta reviewed, start with summary, set reader up for what you'll read, wait for them to find-but not forever, explain your thinking-don’t just read