English 4 CP: 8/23, 27/13

• Bell Ringer
• Handout Work Ethic rubric
• Assign students to determine how this rubric would look in student performance in each layer of grading. What would make a student drop from each level to the next lower level of points
• Activities
• Complete bell ringer with shared examples from students and discussion until it is evident that the rubric is clear, and they understand how it will be used.
• Reminders
• Notebook check sometime next week. They must have their materials ready
• The agenda book has been updated as is the class blog
• Note taking skills
• Model
• Students were shown many examples of my note taking in meetings, trainings, and events
• Teaching
• I used the iPad to read and take notes on an article "Social Structure in the Middle Ages," shown through the projector
• Thoroughly covered how Cornell Notes work
• Normal note taking with all the review processes after
• Assignment
• Students assigned to do Cornell notes based on an article "History of Castles.
• Students worked independently, but will follow up in groups for review parts of Cornell notes.
• Warned that this assignment has two purposes: practice note taking skills and preparation for next project
• Class ran out of time before completing