English 4 CP: 9/9, 10/13

• Bell ringer
• Students were given a copy of the castle rubric. They broke into informal groups to see if they could guess the assignment from the rubric.
• Activities
• Complete the bell ringer with sharing ideas and Q & A
• Students are provided an introduction slide show
• Showed many castles
• Showed some examples of labeled castles
• Showed different types of castles
• Showed real, pictured, and layouts
• Handed out MLA form
• Went over plagiarism and the need for original work and the punishment for copied work.
• The handout gives the information needed to cite each type of reference work
• Students will be required to do research
• For the teacher designated number of resources, the students will be required to provide he MLA information necessary for a citation based on the handout provided.
• For a formal citation, students will plug the information into citationmachine.net
• Students were severely warned about group choice
• Inactive and dysfunctional groups lose points on work ethic grades and project grades
• The expectation of quality was explained again
• The group and individual expectation was explained again
• Students were given the Castle Assignment handout
• Teacher went over it thoroughly
• Teacher differentiated between group responsibility and individual responsibility
• Students broke in to groups
• Assignment: Each group will turn in a list of the group members.
• This group will exist for the full 3 weeks of the project
• Assignment
• The group will create a timeline of deadlines for the group members
• It is important that students plan to complete all parts of the project on time
• Notice was given regarding the interruption of homecoming next week
• Students were shown a graphic organizer
• Showed the dates of classes between now and project end (9/27/13)
• Showed the items which should be scheduled on the timeline.