English 4 CP: 9/5,6/13

Bell Ringer

• What does self government mean in a political context and in a personal context

Activities:

• Complete bell ringer
• Remind students the bell ringers are to push writing fluidity. They are to try to create ideas and develop them. This is informal writing, not edit writing.
• Point out the conundrum of persons who want to be self governing (left alone) and yet act in a way that requires a teacher to govern them.
• Complete the group structure/compare and contrast project
• Continue to push and explain the process of working in groups and quality work.
• Trouble shoot problems in problem/solution format.
• Take up the completed projects.
• Review:
• Students were given a review of the handouts and assignments given to this point in the class.
• Students were shown the expectations of what they should be able to do because of the exercises done in class to this point.
• The review and the expectations from the PowerPoint will be posted behind this agenda in the class agenda book.
• Reminder
• Next class is a 25 point work ethic day
• Next class the Castle Project will begin