Friday,+February+4

Lit Circles

 * With your group, use your notes to have a 7 minute Socratic discussion (without the outside circle). (Here's an online timer if you need it.) Use the flip camera to record your group.


 * Use the discussion cards to track your participation. Each member should turn in 2 Take-it-to-the-text cards, 2 follow-up cards, and 2 pose-a-question cards during the discussion.


 * When you finish, watch the video. Discuss with your group the positive and negative aspects of your performance. Did you refer to the text? Did you build off each others' ideas? Were there long awkward silent periods? Was everyone well prepared? Complete the grading rubric. Turn this in, along with your notes handout. ** This time you will leave the video on the flip camera for me to view as well! ** I will grade you with the same rubric and show you some clips during our next class.

[|Inclassdiscussion_assessmentform(1)[1.doc]] [|Post Discussion Report.doc] Check out this sample post discussion report. [|Post Discussion Report- sample.doc]

Make sure you get the preparation handout for next time!

Issue of the Day: Immigration
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Read Aloud
Read the article explaining Arizona's controversial immigration law.

Model questioning author's stance and using WebNotes. ===Awesome Web Tool!!!- You don't have to print all your sources in order to highlight important passages and make notes. Try WebNotes! You can sign up for free and download a very simple toolbar. Here is an example of a page that I annotated using this tool!===

Mini-Lesson: MLA Style
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 * What is MLA Style? Look at the overview on OWL at Purdue's Writing Lab site.
 * Today we are going to look at creating citations for your annotated bibliography and your Works Cited page.[|works_cited.png]
 * First, let's cite the article we read.
 * Now, I have a secret for you... There are great web tools available to help you with citations! You just have to recognize all the parts and be able to check the citation against the MLA handbook.


 * Let's use one to cite this source.
 * Now let's cite the first YouTube video together.
 * Look at this site for help on this!
 * Now you try doing the other!

Guided Practice
With your group, create a Google Doc that is shared with each group member and me (cafeharmon). Create a citation for each source.
 * Source 1
 * Source 2
 * Source 3
 * Source 4 - Look at "Miracle in the Making" which begins on pg.8
 * Source 5

Put these citations in alphabetical order.

Independent Practice

 * Quick Assessment: Log in to QuizStar to take a very short quiz on MLA citations.
 * Work on citing your sources! Make use of the websites and tools I gave you!

Homework
Read and journal! You should be nearly finished with journaling 3 books by now! Bring in journals for grading. Cite all of your 10 sources!

Lit Circles on Thursday- These should finish the book! We will do these in one big Socratic circle. The class (outside circle) will observe and evaluate each group's discussion. Make sure to do your reading and complete the notes handout!