1. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Monday Journal Writing:
You are half way through your Senior year. What do you need to accomplish in the upcoming 4-5 months that will give you the best opportunity to succeed when you leave BCHS?

2. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Tuesday Journal Writing:
In an either unbelievable act of mercy or a inconceivable act of treachery, you are allowed one “DO OVER”. Think back to a situation in your life that you would like to re-live. What would you do differently? How differently would it end?

3. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Vocabulary 11 – Quiz Next Monday
Tuesday through Thursday – Revisit Mindsets
Wednesday – POL Step 3 Practice
Poetry Out Loud – Step 3 - Friday, 1-8
Poetry Out Loud – Step 4 will begin Monday, 1-11
Get Texts: Cry, the Beloved Country
Reading the World: Ideas That Matter, 2nd Edition

4. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Pre-assessment and Review
1. What is the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset?
2. What is neuroplasticity?
3. What is critical thinking? What does it mean to be a critical thinker?
4. What is quoting?
 5. What is paraphrasing?
 6. What is summarizing?   
7. What should you always do when you quote, paraphrase, or summarize?

5. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Pre-assessment and Review
8. What is a claim (thesis statement; controlling claim)?
9. What is a counter-claim?
10. What is a claim of fact?
11. What is a claim of value? 
12. What is a claim of policy?
13. What is a warrant?

6. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Pre-assessment and Review
14. What is deductive reasoning? 
15. What is inductive reasoning?
16. What is scientific inquiry?
17. What is conventional wisdom?
18. What are incentives?
19. What is the difference between correlation and cause?
20. What is the purpose of education (formal and informal)?

7. English 200 Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday, 1-5
Re-administer the Mindset Quiz
and
Score
Reflect on your score… what have you learned about yourself since August?

8. Auditorium Poetry Out Loud
English 200 Wednesday, 1-6
Auditorium
Poetry Out Loud

9. English 200 Thursday, 1-7
Daily Writing
John Dewey once said: “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” Explain what Dewey is saying here and evaluate this claim with regard to your own experience with education. Ultimately, what should be the purpose of the formal educational system? How might fixed/growth mindset thinking apply to this purpose?

10. Re-administer the Mindset Quiz
English 200 Thursday, 1-7
Re-administer the Mindset Quiz
and
Score
Reflect on your score… what have you learned about yourself since August?

11. Discuss Pre-assessment
English 200 Thursday, 1-7
Discuss Pre-assessment

12. Practice reciting your poem
English 200 Friday, 1-8
Poetry Memory Quiz
After a short time of study, complete the memory quiz – follow directions
Practice reciting your poem