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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