English 4 CP: 11/6,713

Bell Ringer

• Bell Ringers are for fluency in writing.
• Students will write a respons journal based on the video "Contraption." They can respond in any direction they desire. They are reminded that this is an example of cause and effect.

Activities

• Students are to add "fluency" to their vocabulary list
• Finish bell ringer with discussion
• Explain: Last class I dictated the notes from Macbeth. Today, we will read and go back over the scene with the students determining what should be noted. - Transition
• We read Act 1, Scene 3 aloud in class with pauses for explanations, questions, and references to the old English style (comparison). We are reading from "No Fear Shakespeare."
• After reading the scene, the class will go back over the scene, page by page, with students deciding which passages should be noted.