1. English 10
Mrs. Luehrs

2. What is Your Hope?
Grab a marker and write your hope as you enter, then find your seat. The seating chart is on the stool.

3. Day 1 Objective: Students will familiarize themselves with English 10.
Seating Chart
Syllabus Q/A
Notes collection
Goal Setting

4. Goal Setting
Your task for this activity is to ponder your short, mid, and long term goals. You will then illustrate your goals on a piece of printer paper and present them to the class.
Short term: now-next month
Mid term: this school year
Long term: next two-three years
You should have descriptors surrounding your illustration

5. Day 2 SWBAT: Share their goals and begin QAR discussion. Goal sharing

6. QAR: Question-Answer Relationships
Right there: The answer is “right there: in the text and you can point to it. It is easy to find the answer because the question uses the same words that are in the answer. The answer is in one sentence in the passage.
Example: Who was the main character in ______________?
Example: Identify the character that said “….”.

7. Think and Search: The answer will be pieced together by combining information from two or more sentences. It is in the text but you must “think” then “search” for the answer.
Example: How did _______ change from the beginning of the
book to the end of the book?
Example: How is _______ the same or different from _____?

8. Author and Me: You must use what the author tells you in the text, plus what you already know to get the answer. The answer is not written down in the text. You must put the information from the text with what you know to get the answer.
Example: In what ways do you think that the idea of ______ played a key role in _______________?
Example: Defend or refute the following statement according to your character’s persona: “…”.

9. On My Own: The answer is not in the text
On My Own: The answer is not in the text. You must use your own experiences and background to get the answer. You must think about what you know to get the answer.
Example: Agree or Disagree: Honesty is always the best policy.
Example: Is the idiom, “It’s my way or the highway” an effective method of persuasion?

10. QAR and what that means for your life…
Your homework is to compose three questions that reflect your understanding of Author and Me and/or On My Own from your summer reading book.
Socratic Seminar: Monday HG, Tuesday MSK

11. Day 3
SWBAT: understand the process of QAR and compose higher level Socratic questions for their discussion assessment for summer reading.
Summer Reading Test
QAR on own for seminar

12. Day 4/5
SWBAT: 1) Participate in a Socratic Seminar or 2) Work on their outlines for their summer reading essay.
Division of groups
Outline handout/Quiet work time
Seminar explanation/participation

13. Day 6 SWBAT: Review MLA and begin a writers workshop. MLA Review
Citations
Quotations
Work time

14. MLA Review..New MLA edition, new rules
Books with one author:
Author Last, First. Title of Book in Italics. Publisher, Date.
***We no longer need the city of publication***
Web sites
Author Last, First. Title of Article in Italics. Publisher on the bottom of the web
page, URL (if one or fewer lines long).
***Remember to omit information that is not provided: ie. If there is no author, begin with the title of the article.
***You no longer need the date of access or the last updated/copywrite date

15. In-Text Citations “…….” (Author’s last name pg#).
***Example “…..” (Luehrs 22).
***If there are no standard page numbers, (not a book or PDF of an article, then use paragraph numbers (Luehrs par. 4).
According to Christina Luehrs, “………” (22).
***Notice you do not need author’s last name if it is in the preceding sentence with the quotation.
“…” (First real word of the article if there is not author pg).
***Example: “…” (Thinking 34).

16. Quotations: All must have citations!!!!!!
Direct: Word for word from the text
Paraphrased: In your own words
Summarized: Broken down from large paragraph
Fragmented: only a few words are used

17. Proper topic sentences
Hand out

18. General rules to follow
No first person pronouns….unless you are writing a personal narrative or reflection.
No questions within your essay. If you ask a question, then the reader assumes that you are uneducated.
No “I think” “I feel” “I believe” “In conclusion” phrases…they are understood.
Spell out numbers 1-10
Do not refer to the assignment: “Today, I was asked to write an essay about ….”
Be specific!!! Watch your pronoun usage—don’t say “stuff” “things” etc.
Watch your verb tenses: if you start in past tense, stay in past tense

19. MLA Heading
Last Name # Your First and Last Name Mrs. Luehrs English 10 Due Date Title of Your Essay