DECEMBER 11—You need these items for class.

1. DECEMBER 11—You need these items for class. • Yellow response journal • Reading Folder—clean out one pocket. • Your PCR book (if you finish early) • A pen and a pencil. (The final draft of your open-ended response should be recopied in ink as one would do in high school.) • A highlighter???? Who has the class journal?

2. Critical Reading and Literary Analysis Summative Assessment Week of December 9, 2013

3. DAY THREEObjectives • Finish your outline for the response. • Write the first draft on white lined paper. Skipping lines promotes editing. • Edit first draft carefully. Tomorrow is the last class day allotted for the assessment. Work smart. Work with a purpose.

4. Building Your Outline—About 10 minutes. Check your yellow journal, highlighted sections, and margin notes for important pieces to include as you plan: • Precise vocabulary words • Literary terms to include • Biographical connections • Possible quote • Essential metaphors • Specific details from the excerpt Build a plan that will meet the expectations as explained in the rubric.

5. Writing your 1st Draft—Everyone must complete this first day today!!! • Use the white lined paper. • Be aware of how much you need for a fully developed response. (Probably 3 sides of the lined paper double spaced is the minimum.) • Skipping lines really makes editing and recopying go faster. • Pencil of pen. Cross out rather than erase.

6. Revising your 1st Draft—About 10 minutes Use a pen or a different color pencil. Review the rubric. Also review the 7 Helpful Hints on the back of the rubric. Check for these important pieces to include as you revise: • Precise vocabulary words • Literary terms to include • Biographical connections • Possible quote • Essential metaphors • Specific details from the excerpt Cross out rather than erase.

7. Recopying Your Response—About 15 minutes Use a pen. Write legibly. Review the rubric before you recopy. Also review the 7 Helpful Hints on the back of the rubric. Do not skip lines. Cross out small mistakes rather than erase. Use “sp” or “sp?” if you use a precise vocabualary word whose spelling you aren’t sure of. Put the paper aside for a few minutes when finished. Then re-read it for little details.

8. When you finish…. • Turn in your answer sheet to the multiple choice questions. • Turn in your copy of the multiple choice questions. • Put in one pocket of your Reading Folder these materials…. • the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. • the copy of the open-ended prompt and response paper. • the 2 pieces of lined paper. • Read your PCR book or begin your homework.

9. DECEMBER 9—You need these items for class. • Yellow response journal • Reading Folder—clean out one pocket. • Your PCR book (if you finish early) • A pen and a pencil. (The final draft of your open-ended response should be recopied in ink as one would do in high school.) • A highlighter. Who has the class journal?

10. Materials—Put your name and LAPD on them all. • Copy of the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. • Answer sheet for the multiple choice questions. • Copy of the open-ended prompt and the response sheet for the open-ended prompt. • Your yellow response journal. • Your Reading Folder with a dedicated pocket. • 2 pieces of lined paper for outlining and writing a first draft of the open-ended prompt. • Copy of the multiple choice questions. To be passed out while you read. DO NOT WRITE on this section of the test.

11. HOMEWORK for Wednesday, December 11 • Complete the grammar assignment on nouns, pronouns, and their cases. • Many students need to complete the metaphor analysis make-up assignment.

12. First reading of the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. • READ WITH A PURPOSE. Review the open-ended response before reading. • READ FOR UNDERSTANDING. Highlight what confuses you. Make margin notes when you have questions or make an inference. Note any “AH HA” moments as you read. • READ FOR MEANING. Look over the multiple choice questions, do a second read for these questions and their answers. • ANSWER the multiple choice questions on your answer sheet. • OPTIONAL—You may start your planning for the open-ended response. WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW to begin any writing.

13. DAY TWOObjectives • Do a second read of the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. • Complete the multiple choice questions. • Build your outline for the response. • Write the first draft on white lined paper. Skipping lines promotes editing. • Edit first draft carefully.

14. A second reading of the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. (A required 10 minutes) • READ WITH A PURPOSE. Review the open-ended response before reading and your notes in your yellow journal. • REVIEW your previous highlighted passages and margin notes. What still confuses you? Can you add more margin notes, inferences, or “AH HA” moments? • READ FOR MEANING. Find the three or four important metaphors or similes that relate to the prompt and a possible response. Take time to analyze these metaphors as shown in class last week. • READ FOR MEANING—Several classes and some students need to review the multiple choice questions and then do their reading.