Peer Revisions

Goal: Give feedback on your rewritten endings to "The Story of an Hour" and make revisions

Agenda: 

Journal 

Revisit our collaborative writing
Rewrite the ending
Submit your best work 

1. Journal 

What do you like about your rewritten ending?

2. Revising Your Work

• On Friday, you used the LIST OF ALTERNATE ENDINGS to start rewriting your ending to "The Story of an Hour" 
• You should have finished on the document in Google Classroom
• You will revise another classmate's work on Peergrade and give feedback on how they might make it better.
• After you evaluate other classmates' work, you will get your own feedback so you can revise your ending and make it as solid as possible. 
• This is a performance task assessment, so your work counts highly toward your grade. Make it your best writing yet.

3. Writing Contest 

• You are going to read your alternate ending to your table group.
• Your table group will choose who will submit their work. 
• The winner of each table must submit their work to the WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION FORM.

4. Write a Precis 

• In Google Classroom there is an assignment called "Rhetorical Precis: "The Story of an Hour" 
• Please write a precis using the template posted in class. 

4. Preview for Tomorrow 
Find out everything you can about Maya Angelou and put what you find in your journal.

Things you should have finished: 

• SOAPSTone Form investigating Chopin's purpose behind the story 
• Formative reading of "The Story of an Hour" with comprehension questions embedded 

If you're done with everything else: 

Check out a book from the class library! 

Open House is tomorrow night at 5PM. 

Please tell your families to come by so I can meet the people who are important to you! 

Rewrite an Ending

Goal: Rewrite the ending to "The Story of an Hour" mimicking the language of Kate Chopin's time

Agenda: 

Journal 

Revisit our collaborative writing
Rewrite the ending
Submit your best work 

1. Journal 

Think about one of the most important hours of your life. What happened that made it so important?

2. Revisit Collaborative Writing 

• Yesterday we experienced collaborative writing (when you passed your journals around the circle and added to classmates' stories)
• There should be at least FOUR sentences in your English Journal explaining your reflection on that task: 
• I (like/dislike) the direction in which my story went. 
• When I started, I was intending _________________.
• However, my classmates decided to take it in a direction where ________________. 
• If I could have written my own ending, it would have been ___________________.

3. Writing Contest 

• Yesterday, a few of you had the chance to brainstorm possible alternate endings to "The Story of an Hour" 
• Here is the LIST OF ALTERNATE ENDINGS brainstormed by 1st and 3rd 
• You can take inspiration from any of them, or you can create your own
• You can handwrite if you want, but eventually your final work has to go on the Google Doc in Google Classroom, so I would suggest you just type it.

4. Sharing your Work 

• You are going to read your alternate ending to your table group. 
• Your table group will choose who will submit their work. 
• The winner of each table must submit their work to the WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION FORM.

5. Revising Your Work (3rd Period) 

• You will revise another classmate's work and give feedback on how they might make it better.
• After you evaluate other classmates' work, you will get your own feedback so you can revise your ending and make it as solid as possible. 
• This is a performance task assessment, so your work counts highly toward your grade. Make it your best writing yet.

Things you should have finished: 

• SOAPSTone Form investigating Chopin's purpose behind the story 
• Formative reading of "The Story of an Hour" with comprehension questions embedded 

Have a fantastic weekend! See you all Monday! 

SOAPSTone and Writing Collaboratively

Goal: Complete SOAPStone of the text "The Story of an Hour" and learn what it means to write
collaboratively

Agenda: 

Journal 

SOAPSTone
Formative
Collaborative Writing

1. Journal 

Have you ever been happy about something that you shouldn't have been happy about? Did you feel guilty for feeling happy in that situation?

2. SOAPSTone

• Some of you got this far yesterday but not everyone did. 
• Your goal is to fill out this SOAPSTone Form with a partner, investigating the elements of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" 
• If you already finished, help someone who wants help.

3. Formative

• If you did not finish your Formative reading of the text yesterday (where you answered questions along the way) please finish. 

4. Writing Collaboratively 

• We are going to experience collaborative writing today.
• We are moving the chairs into a big circle.
• All you need to take with you is your notebook and a writing utensil.

5. Writing Contest 

• Your job is to rewrite the ending of "The Story of an Hour" 
• There is a list of potential alternate endings brainstormed by your classmates in 1st and 3rd period that you can use for inspiration.
• You can handwrite if you want, but eventually your work has to go on the Google Doc in Google Classroom. 
• At the end of the period, you will SUBMIT your writing to THIS SUBMISSION FORM.

Reminders: 

• Tomorrow is NEON DAY. We will also be on Sports Day schedule so we get a longer lunch. Come ready to play!

FAST Assessment (& Reading, of Course)

Goal: Complete FAST Testing (3rd period) and reading our new story

Agenda: 

Journal 

FAST Testing (3rd period) 

New Story 

3rd Period Only: 
FAST Assessment 

Click HERE to go to the Illuminate login for FAST Testing. 

1. Journal 

Write what you remember about the ending of our story yesterday. 

2. Story of an Hour

• Our new story, "The Story of an Hour" is uploaded to Formative. 
• I will help you log into this new site! Don't panic.
• You are going to need your stu.sandi.net login to make this work.
• We will go step by step.

3. Partner Work 

Fill out this SOAPSTone Form with a partner, investigating the elements of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" 

4. Writing Contest 

We are having a writing contest in class tomorrow. There will be prizes involved! 

Reminders: 

• Tomorrow is MEME DAY. (Dress like your favorite meme)

New Story Day! Welcome to Unit 2

Goal: Begin to read our new story, "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin

Agenda: 
Journal
Surveying the Text
Reading the Text
Answering Questions

Before we start: Please fill out THIS CONTACT FORM to help me get in touch with an adult in your life about Open House.

1. Journal: 
The journal prompt for today is a picture of Kate Chopin, our new author. Write about the image on the board.

2. Surveying the text 

• I'm passing out our next reading (welcome to Unit 2!) 
• This reading is complex and you have already collected some background info on the time period (nice!) 
• Click HERE to see all of your beautiful whiteboard work from yesterday. What was happening during the 1890s? 

Hint: This story was first published in VOGUE Magazine (in 1894). 

       

Vogue in 1894

            

Vogue 1960                                 Vogue 2019

3. Reading the Story 

• We are going to listen to the story being read aloud. 
• I will pause so we can answer the questions together. 

REMINDERS:

• On Wednesday we have FAST Testing during 3rd period. Bring a pair of headphones if you have ones that connect to a Chromebook. 
• Tomorrow is DISNEY DAY. Dress up for Spirit Week! :) 

FlipGrid Dramatizations

Goal: Finish our Flipgrid dramatizations

Agenda: 
Journal
Dramatization
Film Script
FlipGrid

JOURNAL: 
How was your weekend? Tell me about it.

1. Recap of Friday: 

• We started our film dramatizations of an author's decision-making process on Friday, but I know there was a lot of work to be done and some of us didn't get there. That's okay! 
• We are going to finish that work today in class.
• Below, I've recapped some of the major points but if you need more detailed instructions you can scroll to last Friday's post (with screenshots and all!)

2. Film Script 

• You should have downloaded a film script template from Friday's blog post and shared it with each other
• Only one group shared it with me. Share it with me now, regardless of whether you're done or not.
• These were your author assignments:

PURPLE TABLE: How Iyengar says we make decisions
          automatic vs. reflective decision-making systems 

YELLOW TABLE: How O'Brien says we make decisions
          quietly, in your own headspace OR until you're pushed to the edge 

GREEN TABLE: How Sandel says we make decisions
          we have to talk other people to make good decisions  

BLUE TABLE: How Frost says we make decisions 
          at every fork in the road, a decision must always be made 

3. Using FlipGrid

• Our FlipGrid classroom can be found online HERE 
• Film your skit/play/film by placing your Chromebook on a table/chair and acting out your script
• When you are done, Flipgrid will tell you to take a selfie for the title card. Please get all of your faces in it so I can see who participated. 
• Title your video with the name of your author. Ex: Iyengar, O'Brien, Sandel, or Frost
• Submit the video and make sure you shared your script with me! (cdaniel@sandi.net)
• Your video will not show up until I approve it, so don't stress when you don't see it available. I will moderate the videos over the weekend and evaluate your work! 

4. After FlipGrid 

• Evaluate at least one video on Flipgrid (one besides yours) using THIS FORM
• Help another group with their video (maybe you can film their work?) 
• Check up on any missing assignments you have (see me if you need help) 
• Look up what was going on in the United States in the 1890s. Collect all the information you can in a fresh Google Doc or in your journal! 
• Check out a book from our classroom library (ask me for a recommendation if you need!)

Things to Know:

• On Wednesday we have FAST Testing during 3rd period. Bring a pair of headphones if you have ones that connect to a Chromebook. 

Dramatizing Decision Making

Goal: Get to the main idea of Frost's poem and prepare for tomorrow's lesson

Agenda: 
Journal
Dramatization
Film Script
FlipGrid

*First period, I know I told you we were reading a different story today. We are instead going to work with the 4 stories we've read so far! 

JOURNAL: 
What do you think you've earned on your English Journal for Week 4?
I believe I have earned a ___ (1=lowest, 5=highest) because _____________________.

1. Dramatization

• Dramatization is a VERB that means "to adapt (a novel or other work) as a play or movie" 
• TODAY your task is to dramatize the way our authors say we make decisions
• That means you are writing a script and acting out a short film 

2. Film Script 

• There is a template for a film script HERE
• ONE person at your group clicks "make a copy" to download the template 
• Share it with the others at your table AND me (cdaniel@sandi.net) 
• Ask Manny to make sure you did it correctly
• Here are your assignments for the script: 

PURPLE TABLE: How Iyengar says we make decisions
          automatic vs. reflective decision-making systems 

YELLOW TABLE: How O'Brien says we make decisions
          quietly, in your own headspace OR until you're pushed to the edge 

GREEN TABLE: How Sandel says we make decisions
          we have to talk other people to make good decisions  

BLUE TABLE: How Frost says we make decisions 
          at every fork in the road, a decision must always be made 

3. Using Flipgrid to Film your Videos

• Use your stu.sandi.net login to get onto Flipgrid (click this link!)
• If you need to enter a Flip code, it's msdaniel or 9268f397 (but you shouldn't need to do that as long as you click the link above) 

• Get yourself to this screen: 
  
• Scroll down to watch the video of me explaining your assignment: 
  
• Watch the video of me explaining the assignment, then write your script with your teammates (link above) 
• When you're ready to FILM, scroll a little lower on that page and find the green plus sign.

• Click on the plus sign to start filming (allow Flipgrid access to the Chromebook's camera and microphone)
  
• Film your skit/play/film by placing your Chromebook on a table/chair and acting out your script
• When you are done, Flipgrid will tell you to take a selfie for the title card. Please get all of your faces in it so I can see who participated. 
• Title your video with the name of your author. Ex: Iyengar, O'Brien, Sandel, or Frost
• Submit the video and make sure you shared your script with me! (cdaniel@sandi.net)
• Your video will not show up until I approve it, so don't stress when you don't see it available. I will moderate the videos over the weekend and evaluate your work! 

BEFORE YOU GO TODAY: 

• If you are done with all of your work, check out a book using the button on the blog >>
• At the end of class, someone needs to sign off the sheet of paper on your table saying that all laptops are plugged in and all supplies are left on the tables. 
• Email me if you have any questions! cdaniel@sandi.net
• See you Monday!