10 th Grade Week 15 Agenda & Obj. 12/9-12/13

1. 10th Grade Week 15 Agenda & Obj. 12/9-12/13 Monday: Expressively Read & Watch Movie Tuesday – Wednesday: Expressively Read • 10.4.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text… connotative… • 10.4.3.3 Analyze how complex characters… develop… • 10.4.2.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development… • 10.4.10.10 By the end of Gr.10, read and comprehend literature… Thursday: Writing Friday: Vocab & Reading

2. Daily Writing: Imagination 12/9/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” ~Albert Einstein • “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~George S. Patton Planner • Quiz Act I & II and Act II vocab tomorrow. • 1st revision of NANO Wri MO novel due Monday, Dec. 16

3. Monday: The Crucible • Show me Act II ?s…movie after vocab review?? If not, move on to Act III. • Review Act II Vocab. Notebook title: Act II Vocab • Write the word & correct definition in your notebook. Memorize for tomorrow! • Quiz on Act I and II and Act II vocab tomorrow.

4. Daily Writing: Respect Others 12/10/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” ~Jackie Robinson • “To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” ~Bono Planner • 1st revision of NANO Wri MO novel due Monday, Dec. 16 • Act III ?s due Friday (about 12 SMALL pgs a day)

5. Tuesday: The Crucible • Quiz on Act I & II questions, Act II vocab and Act III context clues. • When you’re done: • Raise your hand • Read silently & work on study guide questions Act III.

6. Daily Writing: Believe 12/11/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” ~Norman Vincent Peale • “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” ~Dalai Lama Planner • Act III ?s due Friday • 1st revision of NANO Wri MO novel due Monday, Dec. 16

7. Wednesday: Seating Chart • Yusra, Deqa & Osman: Make sure you’re prepared for Act I and II quiz tomorrow. • New seating arrangement! Front near door 3-pod: • Yusra, Fardosa, Iman Front middle 3-pod: • Deqa, Muna & Sumaya Front teacher’s desk 3-pod: • Fatah, Fadumo, Abdirahman Back middle 3-pod: • Osman & Abdikafi

8. Wednesday: Logical Thinking • Logical: reason or sound judgment, reliable inference • Logical fallacy: an error of reasoning. When someone adopts a position, or tries to persuade someone else to adopt a position, based on a bad piece of reasoning, they commit a fallacy. • Watch quick clip (Monty Python Witches) • How are the citizens in this video showing a logical fallacy (or being illogical)? • Read handout & work on activities. • Move on to connecting logical fallacies to The Crucible…

9. Wednesday: Logical Thinking Journal title: Logical Thinking • Using Act I and II, identify different examples of logical fallacies. • Write the pg. # and quote • Identify the type of fallacy it is. • Explain WHY it’s a fallacy • Explain at least two examples of of logical fallacies in our history or current events.

10. Daily Writing: Human Nature 12/12/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • If you could do something without anyone finding out, what would you do and why? • Have you ever had to ask for forgiveness? Did you receive it? Explain. Planner • Act III ?s due tomorrow • 2nd draft NANO Wri MO novel & inner editor worksheet due Monday.

11. Thursday: Revising & Editing NaNoWri Mo • Let me see your logical fallacy journal title. Discuss at your table as I check. • NanoWri Mo Self Editing OR Quiz: • NanoWri Mo Edits: Unleash Your Inner Editor. Inner Editor worksheet and 2nd draft due Monday! • Osman, Yusra & Deqa take Act I and II quiz. • Please respect your peers! If you have a question, raise your hand!

12. Daily Writing: Choice 12/13/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.” ~Wayne Dyer • “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Planner • 2nd draft NANO Wri MO novel & inner editor worksheet due Monday. Forward your shared google doc link when you’re done.

13. Friday: Act III • Show me your Act III ?s • Go through quiz Act I & II. • Review Act III Vocab. Notebook title: Act III Vocab • Write the word & correct definition in your notebook. • Draw illustrations/pictures for each word. • Expressively read from pg. 110 of Act III: Very dramatic stuff!! • Student teacher go through Act III ?s.

14. Hot Seat • Designated “hot seat” in front of the room. 2 minutes to ask the seated person any question in a rapid-fire succession. The hot seat member is allowed to say “pass” for any too personal questions — avoid asking anything too personal, as it can ruin the fun. Sample questions: • “What would you do if you won the lottery?” • “If you could meet and have dinner with any person who ever lived, who would it be and why? What would you ask that person?” • “What three words would you use to describe yourself?” • Questions can be funny, too, such as: • “What was your most embarrassing moment?” • “What was your proudest moment?” • “What was the silliest thing you’ve ever done?”