Week #25 Feb. 21-25, 2011

Main Focus: TAKS Triplet- Great Expectations Chapter XXVII excerpt, "What Are you Talking About?", viewing and representing /OER questions
Other focus: Benchmark test
Grammar: parts of speech, parts of a sentence, phrases/revising and editing
Vocabulary: #s 885-904 moral, morale, motif, offset, portray, preposterous, resort, rudiment, snippet, staid, wayward, admonish, approbation, artifice, bathos, blithe, condole, congest, deference, devout

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Individual reading - due everyday until March 28, 2011
- Do not forget the plot, setting, characters, and other things about Great Expectations. Remember, the test has not been given yet. Keep working on vocabulary assignments and prepare for a major vocabulary test after the TAKS test.

NOTE: An extra credit opportunity was emailed to you. Take advantage of it if you want to earn 10 points added to your average. Please share the opportunity to those who may not have received an email. Thank you. DUE: Feb. 21, Monday.

Objectives:
1. Students will read and comprehend selections.
2. Students will identify and use literary terms and techniques before, during, and after reading.
3. Students will analyze diverse texts and the use of literary terms and techniques in reading selections and use and apply conventions of writing when responding to questions.

Activities:
Monday
1. Take the benchmark test. Go over the test questions and answers.
Questions to ASK when answering questions:
- Do I know what the question is asking? Do I understand the question? What question stem is involved?
- Have I highlighted key words to help me understand the question?
- Do I have annotations on the text or the margin? Have I scanned the questions first so I can annotate the text accordingly?

2. Look at sample responses for OER questions from the previous triplet.

Tuesday
1. Take the reading test based on Great Expectations.
2. Go over the multiple choice questions.

Wednesday-Thursday - Friday
1. Go over multiple choice questions and OER questions.
2. Practice scoring.

Go over the test OER questions and answers.
Questions to ASK when answering questions:
- Do I know what the question is asking? Do I understand the question? What question stem is involved?
- Have I highlighted key words to help me understand the question?
- Do I have annotations on the text or the margin? Have I scanned the questions first so I can annotate the text accordingly?
- Does my answer address the question? Is it engaging or insightful to the reader?
- Does my quote support my response?
- Do I have a commentary that connects my response and my support? Is it analytical?
- Is the response comprehensive? What key words (lit. terms and strategies) are in the response? Are there vocabulary words incorporated in my response from our class list?
- Is my response coherent and consistent?
- ON a scale of 0 to 3, what is my score? What is my peer's score?

NOTE: Film viewing will be postponed indefinitely until all TAKS lessons and activities are covered: Great Expectations TAKS test, TAKS released test, TAKS stems and rubric, and support/evidence.