9/25 & 9/26 GOOD MORNING! After you have copied the Objective and Homework in your agenda, please get out a piece of paper and label and date it: Quote Response #7 - 9/25 or 9/26. Silently read the quote to yourself. Then, interpret the quote in a 1 chunk paragraph response. You will have 6 minutes for this writing activity. “There is only one real fault, and that is to convince oneself that second best is anything other than second best.” Doris Lessing_British Writer Life Skill: Effort – to try one’s best I will be checking & stamping your possessives homework while you complete the quote response.

9/25 & 9/26 Now, get out a highlighter and prepare to review the Possessives note sheet and the Nouns Possessives homework.

9/25 & 9/26 - Homework Study for the Rhetorical Device Vocabulary quiz by typing each word and its definition 5 times.

9/27 & 9/28 GOOD MORNING! After you have copied the Objective and Homework in your agenda, please keep it handy as we record important information about college testing, admissions, & financial aide. Then, you will have about 12 to 15 minutes to review your words. Now, clear your desks in preparation for the Rhetorical Device Vocabulary Quiz. You will need a pencil. You will need a sheet of paper to use as a cover sheet during the test and a doodle sheet after the test. I will be collecting both. You will have 20 minutes to complete this quiz. When you have finished, please bring me your test and cover sheet. Please make sure each has your name on it.

9/27 & 9/28 Overall class average = 48% / Honors = 60% / E12 = 42% Now, get out a highlighter and a pen with which to take notes. You will need the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Information for English handout. We will discuss the levels of thinking expected on high stakes tests such as the ACT and the SAT. We will use this information when we analyze our performance on the “Yellowstone Autumn” assignment for which the following class averages represent. 1st Period – 1.36 – 34% 4th Period 2.3 – 58% 7th Period 1.36 – 34% 2nd Period – 2.45 – 62% 5th Period 1.85 – 47% 3rd Period – 2.5 – 63% 6th Period 1.25 – 32% Overall class average = 48% / Honors = 60% / E12 = 42%

9/27 & 9/28 - DOK DOK Level 1 DOK Level 2 DOK: Level 3 DOK: Level 4 Literal Requires recall of information such as a fact, term, definition, or a simple procedure Requires students to demonstrate a rote response or perform a simple procedure Interpretative Requires mental processing beyond recall or reproducing an answer Students must make some decisions about how to approach a problem Cognitive demands are more complex than in Level 1 Evaluative Requires planning, thinking, explaining, justifying, using evidence, conjecturing, and postulating Cognitive demands are complex and abstract Extended Thinking Requires complex reasoning, planning, developing, and thinking Usually requires extended time Requires higher-order thinking

9/29 & 10/2 GOOD MORNING! After you have copied the Objective and Homework in your agenda, please note the corrected ACT date for April. I initially told you this test was on 3/14. It is on 4/14. Then, please retrieve your DOK note sheet, a highlighter, and a pen.

DOK DOK Level 1 DOK Level 2 DOK: Level 3 DOK: Level 4 Literal Requires recall of information such as a fact, term, definition, or a simple procedure Requires students to demonstrate a rote response or perform a simple procedure Interpretative Requires mental processing beyond recall or reproducing an answer Students must make some decisions about how to approach a problem Cognitive demands are more complex than in Level 1 Evaluative Requires planning, thinking, explaining, justifying, using evidence, conjecturing, and postulating Cognitive demands are complex and abstract Extended Thinking Requires complex reasoning, planning, developing, and thinking Usually requires extended time Requires higher-order thinking

DOK – Class Example Literal DOK Level 1 DOK Level 2 DOK: Level 3 DOK: Level 4 Literal List the items necessary to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich Interpretative Consider the items necessary to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and use them in such a way to make a sandwich. Evaluative Why would one serve peanut butter and jelly at a 7-year-old’s birthday party instead of liver and onions? Extended Thinking You have been tasked with organizing the food for a 7-year-old boy’s birthday party. There will be 10 guests plus the birthday boy. He has invited 5 boys and 5 girls. Parents will not be eating.

DOK – Small Group Example DOK Level 1 DOK Level 2 DOK: Level 3 DOK: Level 4 Literal List the items necessary to … Interpretative Consider the items necessary to…and use them in such a way to ... Evaluative Why would…? Extended Thinking Please work with your group for 15 minutes to create your own sequenced example of the levels of thinking. You may use any topic that is school appropriate.