Day 1
Put phones, ear buds, head phones away. Never have them out unless specifically told to get them out.
Objective: The students will know writing rules and close reading expectations.
1. Welcome! Sit anywhere that you feel you can listen and learn without interruptions or causing interruptions. We will make a seating chart when the classes are balanced and all changes are made next week. Get out three sheets of paper and a pen.
2. Roll and Intro: Supplies Needed
3. Formal Writing Rules copy to notes.
4. Close Reading Expectations copy to notes.
Supplies Needed for Honors Lit: Warren
1. One inch three-ring binder
2. 5 dividers: Handouts, WPs, Notes, Assignments, Tests/Quizzes
3. Highlighters
4. Blue or Black Pens
5. Pencils for tests
6. Outside Book from Honors Book List
7. Study Sync Text Book (take home and leave it there)
Warren’s Close Reading Rules and Order of Tasks.
Every time that I hand you a literary piece that has been copied in the office, you will be required to Close Read.
When you close read, you will observe facts and details about the text. You may focus on a particular passage, or on the text as a whole. Your aim may be to notice all striking features of the text, including rhetorical features, structural elements, cultural references; literary devices, figurative language, and anything else that we learn during the year.
To do this, you MUST have a pen and one or two highlighters (I actually like to have many different colors).
"Annotating" means underlining or highlighting key words and phrases—anything that strikes you as surprising or significant, or that raises questions—as well as making notes in the margins” (Harvard University).
Before you start to read:
1. Highlight and label Title
2.Highlight and label Author
3.Highlight and label source (if it appeared in a publication)
4.Highlight and label the date that it was written. When you do this, think about what was happening in the world during the time period that it was written.
5.If the piece is short, number all the paragraphs.
While you read:
1. Keep in mind why you are reading the piece (The Writing Prompt).
2.Highlight and annotate in the margin.
3.Try to identify what you are looking for (claims, evidence or TTSCANDI information).
Reread, reread and reread until you know the piece.
For Non-Fiction, you will want to try to identify the:
Thesis
Claims
Evidence that supports claims
TTSTCANDI
For Fiction, you will want to focus on:
TTSTCANDI
Sources:
Harvard University Writing Center
