Choral Reading and the Prologue- 9/10

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on punctuation
-For modeling purposes the instructor will review incorrect examples using the document camera and typed, anonymous examples from recent student writing
-The instructor will use the Promethean smart board to show how to proofread, and subsequently correct these errors

Work Session:
-Together we will complete the coached lesson from the COACH workbooks
-Students will work on the lesson practice from the COACH workbooks
-As a class we will discuss correct answers
-Students will complete the literary foils activity we began yesterday (20 minutes will be allotted using the class timer.  Students should manage their time as they complete this task)
-Students will receive their own personal highlighted version of the Prologue from Romeo and Juliet
-Students will be shown a brief clip that illustrates a "living monologue," in which each student has a line or word to emphasize as the class reads the prologue as a whole
-As a class we will practice performing the "living prologue" until the rhythm seems right
-The instructor will record the final product, email the file to his work email, and play it for students to critique
-Students will complete associated vocabulary and critical thinking questions associated with their own highlighted copy

Summarizer:
-Students turn in answers for this last activity to serve as today's formative assessment