Thursday, October 13, 2016

9/13 [TH], 2016 -- READ MIB's

 NOTE:  I'm still trying to go through piles of late work, so it may take me time to get all grades updated.  Please be patient.

TURN IN: 

___  "Clinton vs. Trump" 6 Questions (paragraph answers) & Quiz
___   20 2016 Election Vocab (if haven't already)
          * may finish both over the weekend and turn in, if needed


I.  MIB ROUND ROBIN READ AROUND
- everyone looks at an MIB
- trade after a few minutes
- view several and start to see what the variety of quality and depth looks like
* please do not shout out if you have another person's MIB (just read/look through)

- using score sheet, look for various elements that should be on each page/section
- trade another couple of times (get used to looking for elements of each page)

- score someone else's MIB using score sheet
- not trying to grade down; trying to give best grade possible

- score your own, looking for what's there, what's missing, etc.
- write assessment of what grade you think you got,
   what you could do differently for a higher grade
* note this is NOT your actual grade (teacher still has to go over all MIB's)

* * * * 
HOMEWORK -- MAKE UP / MISSING WORK / or EXTRA CREDIT work
* * * * 

* everything below are options to help students raise their grades (not required)
* if you are willing to put in the time, then I will apply the work
   to previous reading/writing assignments

___  Read and take NOTES on CHARLEMAGNE'S LIFE
        Cornell notes (divide parts of his life into separate Cornell Note pages
        * these would count as research for chapters to make up MIB chapters

___  CHARLEMAGNE VOCABULARY
         after reading about Charlemagne, increase your understanding by selecting words
         that are challenging, unfamiliar, colorful, time specific, interesting, or powerful
         (a) word; (b) definition; (c) sentence in which you found the word, using quotation marks;
         (d) write an explanation of Charlemagne's life USING the word; how does the word fit into
         his life.

___  create a MAP of CHARLEMAGNE'S EUROPE

___  research and take notes on the AMISH
        to better help us understand the in class novel we are reading

___   create an AMISH VOCAB in the same format as the Charlemagne list above



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