Blog Archives - Literature with Leonetti

February 28, 2017

2/28/2017

Objective: I can practice my test-taking skills to prepare to take the SAT or (re)take the SBA by using the skills we practiced as a class when reading "Femininity" and "About Men" and applying those skills to my independent reading of "A Woman's Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?"
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get a Chromebook and sign in to Google Classroom
- Review your score for "A Woman's Beauty" and your written answer
  - If you have a mustache on your multiple-choice, you have been identified as a student who needs to earn a 3 on the SBA. If not, consider this practice for the SAT. Every student must "sit" the SBA; the other alternative to "testing out" is to earn the equivalent score on the SAT.
- Open the CLASSROOM Beauty Performance Task in Google Classroom--you may take notes here or on a paper copy--your choice--you must turn in your notes on Friday with your essay. Taking notes/annotating is a key test-taking skill.
- Follow along in the Beauty prezi as we continue (you do not need to open this unless you are working from home)
- Review Strong Thesis Statement directions and write your own.
- How does Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" from the 15th century depict beauty? What connection can be made to "A Woman's Beauty"?
- Read Marge Piercy's "Barbie Doll" and Stop and Think: To what extent are others responsible for women's beauty?
- If time, read from The New York Times "The Meanings of the Selfie" by James Franco and answer the short answer questions.
- Exit Task: Put your notes someplace safe if you are not annotating in Google Classroom. In the box is fine, remember to pick them up tomorrow.

February 27th, 2017

2/27/2017

Objective: I can practice my test-taking skills to prepare to take the SAT or (re)take the SBA by using the skills we practiced as a class when reading "Femininity" and "About Men" and applying those skills to my independent reading of "A Woman's Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?"
Agenda:

Entry Task: Write down today's objective and be prepared to read it to the class if called on by Miss Frost.
IMPORTANT: Your work today is an individual test of the skills we have practiced last week to prepare you for the upcoming SBA (about 1/2 of you will retake), but it is also excellent practice for the SAT which many of you will take your junior/senior year to prepare for applying to college next year. Either way, you need to take this week's practice seriously, starting today, as it will result in 2 test grades. 1 for today, and 1 for Friday.
When the reading is handed to you, review number 1 on page 646 (the back) with the teacher.
- As you read, annotate with A for agree and D for disagree (5 points)
- After reading, draft an answer to that question (#1, p. 646) on the back of the reading. At least 5 sentences --a more thorough answer will be 7-10--watch your time here (10 points).
- After you write, show Miss Frost or the substitute your answer for completion, and get the multiple-choice questions. You can use the reading while you answer these (10 points--2 bonus points just for completion!).
Exit Task: Put your name on the Multiple Choice Questions and staple them to your reading and turn into the box.

February 24, 2017

2/24/2017

Objective: I can review what metonymy is and contribute to our class conversation about our favorite books.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your reading folder and book; find someplace comfortable to read
- What is the definition of metonymy?
- Can you find it in The Giving Tree as it is read to you?
  - Add example to your Literary Devices page in your reading folder
- 25 min. Independent Reading
- Class Discussion: What are your favorite books, children or otherwise, why? If you don't contribute verbally, you can write your answer and keep it in your folder to earn the points--make sure you write the questions and date.
Exit Task: Return your reading folder to the file cabinet.

February 23, 2017

2/23/2017

Objective: I can continue my first draft and employ some "tricks of the trade" in my writing to add interest and address my audience.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out a Chromebook
- Open Tricks of the Trade
  - Try to use one in your writing of your first draft--keep track in your Tricks sheet in Google Classroom
- Review expectations for your selection
- Continue Draft 1
  - Sign up for writing help on the board if you need it
Exit Task: Last 5 min. TURN IN YOUR FIRST DRAFT!

February 22, 2017

2/22/2017

Objective: I can consider stereotypes of men and think about whether or not men and women face a parallel but different conflict as women.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Copy the objective and cut and paste the cowboy/farmer into your notebook
- Continue Modernism prezi from slide 46
List 3 traits around the farmer and the cowboy focusing on how they are different
- Read "About Men" by Gretel Ehrlich
- Add 5 attributes to your cowboy from the essay, at least 2 traditionally feminine attributes.
Watch Paul Harvey's "And God Made a Farmer"
- Watch again, and add 5 traits to your farmer from the video, at least 2 traditionally feminine traits.
  - After reading and viewing, create an artistic representation of a farmer or a cowboy with at least 7 of the traits you listed shown--try a color image or a descriptive poem.
Exit Task: Answer the questions in the prezi on slide 54
- Watch the video while you answer.

February 21, 2017

2/21/2017

Objective: I can consider stereotypes of boys and girls and think about how they influence my own actions and decision through reading Susan Brownmiller's "Femininity."
Agenda:

Entry Task: Copy the objective and cut and paste the men/women into your notebook
- Continue Modernism prezi from slide 35
List 5 traits around the man and the woman that you think of for each gender
- Do you take on any of the traits from the opposite gender?
- How acceptable is that in our society?
- Review Mr. Syrie's and Mrs. Leonetti's examples
Get out a pink and blue coloring utensil
As "Femininity" is read to you, highlight traditional male traits in blue, and traditional female traits in pink
- After reading, put a star next to any of the traits that apply to you.
- Answer the questions in the prezi on slide 42
Watch the video
Exit Task: Has your opinion changed today on the questions you answered in slide 42? Why or why not?

February 20, 2017

2/20/2017

President's Day-No School

February 17, 2017

2/17/2017

Objective: I can review what a simile is and explain why I selected the book I did to read for enjoyment.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your reading folder and book; find someplace comfortable to read
- What is the definition of simile?
- Can you find it in My Name is Truth as it is read to you?
  - Add example to your Literary Devices page in your reading folder
- 25 min. Independent Reading
Exit Task: Finish answering questions for Why This Book to be checked.

February 16th, 2017

2/16/2017

Objective: I can begin my first draft and employ some "tricks of the trade" in my writing to add interest and address my audience.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out a Chromebook
- Open Tricks of the Trade
- Open gmail and read email from teacher
- Review expectations for your selection
- Begin Draft 1
  - Try to employ at least one of the tricks presented
  - Sign up for writing help on the board if you need it
Exit Task: Last 5 min. Find a good place to stop and return your Chromebook to the cart.

February 15, 2017

2/15/2017

Objective: I know who Sojourner Truth was and can consider how the role of women has changed since her time.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your notebook for notes
- Continue Modernism prezi from slide 29
- Take notes on Truth and listen to her speech "And Ain't I a Woman?"
- Answer: What are three striking points about slavery and women's rights made in Truth's speech?
- Consider her response in comparison to Judy Brady's "I Want a Wife."
Exit Task: How has the role of women changed (or not) since Sojourner Truth's time?