TKAM Test Review

This is a link (Deas!) to the review powerpoint from class today.

This is the TKAM Test Review Guide I gave to students.

TKAM Test Tomorrow.

Career Fair Essay Drafting

This is a link to Friday's documents about how to begin drafting the essay.

TKAM Pt. 1: Maycomb

After checking and collecting the Phrase HW from Monday, students and I reviewed information we've learned about Maycomb so far.

Why was everyone so surprised that this assignment counted?

It was, like, our 6th practice.

Part 1 of TKAM is more or less exposition: we learn about the timeframe, the fictional town, and the people who inhabit it.

Here are links to the Review Documents that 2nd, 3rd, and 6th period created (which I thought were the strongest and most thorough):

• 2nd Period Notes
• 3rd Period Notes
• 6th Period Notes
• Further Study Material:
• TKAM Historical Background PPT
• TKAM Historical Background PPT (.pdf copy)
• "Flavoring The Stew" Activity from Monday (Complete)
• "But, but! Mr. Tidyman! Will there be vocab words on tonorrow's quiz? How am I supposed to study?!?!"
• Figure it out.

HW:

• Membean assessment tomorrow (online)
• TKAM Part 1 Quiz

Everybody Hates Phrases

Guys, guys, guys. Phrases, as a segment of grammar, aren't hard, they're tricky.

Recall the Allegory of the Train.

Prepositional Phrase Practice 1.5 (The Booster Shot)

Discussions about the TKAM Anticipation Guide were interesting. 6th period in particular delighted me with several original thoughts.

1st period was too spicy. Not bad (though I heard informally that it got worse over the course of the day), just too spicy. Tomorrow I'm going to chill that class out.

HW:

• Membean Quiz tomorrow.

Practice: Adj. Phrases

2 Major Things Happened Today:

• Students *attempted* to complete Phrase Practice #1 (Ex. 2 on pg. 118-119 of the purple book). Since it was practice, I revealed all of the right answers. I should not have been surprised that most everybody got most everything wrong. Ah, but I was.
• Students received the TKAM Anticipation Guide. It became HW for sharing in class tomorrow
• Note: students did not have to respond in writing to each statement. They only had to write down their reasoning for 4 (2 SAs and 2 SDs)

HW For Wednesday:

• Complete TKAM Anticipation guide for discussion tomorrow.
• Membean Quiz on Thurs.
• Flag Football on Friday

STOP: Grammar Time

We started new grammar:

The Phrase

Here is the note-taking sheet I gave students. Yes, it gets filled out, and taped into to the Notes Composition Notebook.

The information is on pages 116-118 in the Purple language book.

HW:

• Membean Quiz Thursday
• Flag Football Game Friday (2-3p)

Welcome to Q2

10/12 - 10/16
Monday was a Teacher Planning Day - No Students
Wednesday was the PSAT. It was insane, and should not count as a school day in any regard.
Tuesday there was a Membean Quiz.
Tuesday and Thursday, students worked on a TKAM WebQuest:

TKAM WebQuest Document

Tuesday they researched an assigned portion individually - 

Thursday they shared what they found with jigsawed groups.

Friday, I gave my own lecture on TKAM background information. I used this powerpoint to emphasize certain points:

TKAM Background & Context Powerpoint

"...but Tidyman...I don't have powerpoint!"

Quit whining.

Here is the powerpoint saved as a .pdf

HW for Monday:

• The next session of Membean closes on Monday, 10/19. Go study some minutes.