Bellwork: “What Did I Read?”

Write a summary of your literature circle text(s).

5-7 sentences Time: 5 minutes.

Homework Work on Word Bank DUE

11/1/2012 Read p xiii-xiv, xxiv-xxvii in Trojan

Women• Take Active Notes• 3 DN's

Period 1 & 5: Goal?

Period 7: Love!

Word Bank Share Didja find a juicy word?

• What is it?• Where’d ya find it/hear it?• What’s it mean?• What part of speech is it?

Extra credit STAMP! Maximum of 3 volunteers

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Literature Circle Rubric How will I be graded?

• Active Notes (Reading: 20 points)• Role Completion (Thinking: 40 points)• Lit Circle Participation (C/S: 10 points)

Self-Evaluation & Teacher Evaluation

Literature Circle Expectations

Actively Listen Take Notes Stay on topic Provide Evidence Equal Participation Be Respectful

Literature Circles Tasks

• Share/Discuss your discussion questions

• Analyze excerpts from the text(s)

• Make connections• Discuss the

theme/purpose of the text(s)

Roles• Discussion

Director• Literary Luminary• Connector• Theme Theorizer

Literature Circles: After the Fact…

Clean up your area!! Turn in:

• Your text with your active notes on it• Your role sheet with the notes you took

today during your discussion Share with the rest of the class

• A summary of your piece• The “gist” of your discussion today/how it

relates to the Trojan War and/or Imperialism

Activity: “What’s in a Sentence?”

Quick-Write• What is a sentence? What are the

components of a sentence? What makes a sentence “good”?

Time: 2 minutes

Sentence Example 1

“For through Pallas’ scheme, Epeius, a Phoecian from Parnassus, fashioned a horse pregnant with arms and sent its deadly weight inside the towers.”

Is this a “good” sentence? Why?

Example Sentence 2

“Just as the mother-bird raises the cry for its nestlings, so shall I begin the chant, a very different measure from that which once I led to honour the Phrygians’ gods as I led the dance with the loud-ringing stamp of my foot while Priam leant on his scepter.”

Is this a “good” sentence? Why?

Examples of “Bad” Sentences Run-On: A sentence with two or more

clauses that doesn’t have any punctuation

Sentence Fragment: An incomplete sentence; usually a dependent clause

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