G1 - Due to the Career Fair, half of the class was out for the whole block today. The students who were here chose to discuss Career Options. I gave them a pretty comprehensive career assessment, then we talked about the results and the career options the kids had for many of the career fields they had chosen. No Assignment and no make-up work for today.
G2 - SAT Vocab. Flashcards for Unit #7 DUE today. Due to the Career Fair, almost half of the class was out for the whole block. Those who were here today chose to have an Enrichment Block to work on their assignment for Friday or to complete other work as needed. Assignment: From Monday... Read "Oranges," by Gary Soto, and write two paragraphs about the poem. The first paragraph is about the Subject and Plot. The second paragraph is about the Tone of the poem. This is due on Friday before the Benchmark Assessment.
G3 - Checked summarizing sentences for the Asch article. Groups shared and discussed their interpretations of the assignment, and we discussed the utility of this activity for future summary drafts. I gave students a copy of my "notes" for writing a Summary as well as a sheet of Guidelines to follow as they begin writing their summaries for next time. The rest of the block was spent in the lab practicing writing a summary with the Asch article using the sentences they prepared for today. Assignment: Read "The Perils of Obedience" by Stanley Milgram (p. 212 - 224) and type up a first draft summary of that article. Be sure to read the supplementary materials in the textbook to help you. If you come in empty-handed on Friday, you will receive a ten point penalty on your Draft Work Participation grade for the first 9 weeks. Please make every effort to come to class prepared with your draft! If you do not, your group will not be able to provide you with the peer-editing feedback that you will need to take your paper to the next stage.
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