2014 January Senior English Lesson
My goal for second semester is to have better time management while writing essays
Develop my own ideas and opinions on the reading and be more open to sharing my ideas. I hope to also have developed a greater interest in reading,
I will need to learn to turn out higher quality content more quickly.
Increase my interest in reading. The more I practice this, the more I could improve my English and achieve the goals I set for myself
I really look forward to collaborative discussions. I feel that a student led discussion will force me to get an even stronger grasp of the material. I also feel that I always use the same voice; I want to be able to shift between formal and informal writing at will.
For college, skim reding is an important skill that I need to be able to learn and use. At the moment, I tend to want to read every sentence
As far as senioritis goes, I believe that will start kicking in after I get into a school that I am happy with.
New year, new directions in Senior English
Second semester in senior English, let’s set goals and
design our curriculum together. Some guidelines and goals to consider:
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More choice and structured independence
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Students set own goals for 2nd
semester & for next fall
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Web 2.0—not only consume but produce web content
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More free choice in blogging 
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Daily writing, in class and out
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Blogging about articles, issues, discussions
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More commenting on blogs (even professional
blogs)
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Inquiry guided by innate curiosity & free
choice
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College Essays
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3-5 page essays twice per quarter
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Formulate own questions to explore
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Develop student writing voice between formal and
informal
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More independent reading
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Choose free reading books
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Paper or on device
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In-class Sustained Silent Reading twice a week
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Book talks
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Website
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Launch Buckley school-wide free reading
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What we read together
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The Stranger (Camus)
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Metamorphosis (Kafka)
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SciFi Dune and Fahrenheit 451
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Books to Films
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Blogs and articles shared by students
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Q-TEA (daily)
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Questions (student generated)
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Thesis Claims
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Evidence (text, visual, web)
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Analysis
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Art, Images, blogs, web, books, films
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Student-Led Socratic Discussion
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Students form questions
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Leaderless collaborative discussion
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Everyone participates
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Instructor is hands-off
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Outer circle records observations about group
dynamics, interactions, and probing questions
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Outer circle uses projected backchannel Chatzy.com
or TodaysMeet.com
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Blog afterwards about ideas or group dynamics
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End of year activities
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Learn to skim read to get through 200 pages/week
assigned college reading
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Reading Triage: Close read, Skim Read, Don’t
Read
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Explore college catalogue and present first two
years classes with GE requirements
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Discuss Senioritis
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