Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #11: Curiouser & Curiouser (video)

Spring Memory Book overview – a talk-through of this mostly independent project. (Video on GClassroom)

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: QW/NB #10 +1 – read an additional article (available on GClassroom along with video read-aloud) and complete your own 4 part notepage adding citations when needed + constructing a works cited entry due in your notebook no later than end of day Wednesday 1/19

*All the pieces we are reading and taking notes/practicing citing are building to the first paper we will write in a couple of weeks. They will become source options for the paper we’ll write, so don’t neglect them as unimportant.

Indie Read.

Quickwrite/Notebook #10: “I’ve Talked to Teenage Boys About Sexual Assault for 20 Years: This Is What They Still Don’t Know” by Laurie Halse Anderson (article)* – 4 part notes & citations practice – try combining your “they say” & quote & your “I say” with your question – complete them in whatever order makes sense or feels “right.”

Brief tour/reminders about Purdue’s OWL. Use it as a dependable reference when you don’t know how to cite something (link on the right). How you cite an article depends on how you found it (or what page # info you are willing to look up). Options include as a periodical (hard copy), an article in a web magazine, or even as a pdf. Find details on how to cite any of these on Purdue’s OWL.

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: QW/NB #10 +1 – read an additional article (available on GClassroom along with video read-aloud) and complete your own 4 part notepage adding citations when needed + constructing a works cited entry due in your notebook no later than end of day Wednesday 1/19

*All the pieces we are reading and taking notes/practicing citing are building to the first paper we will write in a couple of weeks. They will become source options for the paper we’ll write, so don’t neglect them as unimportant.

Update your independent reading on the padlet (new code this semester & be sure you log in so you aren’t “anonymous”).

Quickwrite/Notebook #9: “How to Raise a Black Son in America” by Clint Smith (TED talk)* – 4 part notes & citations practice – special note about using timestamps when citing videos

Brief tour/reminders about Purdue’s OWL. Use it as a dependable reference when you don’t know how to cite something (link on the right).

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: QW/NB #9 +1 – read an additional TED talk (video links & transcripts available on GClassroom) and complete your own 4 part notepage adding citations when needed + constructing a works cited entry due in your notebook no later than end of day Monday 1/17

*All the pieces we are reading and taking notes/practicing citing are building to the first paper we will write in a couple of weeks. They will become source options for the paper we’ll write, so don’t neglect them as unimportant.

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #8: Rabbit Hole (What’s the last metaphorical rabbit hole you’ve been down? What topics fascinate you so that you lose yourself in them? Any specific examples?)

OPEN TIME: time for help with citations, time for working on the 4pt notes assigned yesterday, time for reading

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: QW/NB #7 +1 – read an additional essay (available on GClassroom) and complete your own 4 part notepage adding citations when needed + constructing a works cited entry due in your notebook no later than end of day Thursday 1/13

*All the pieces we are reading and taking notes/practicing citing are building to the first paper we will write in a couple of weeks. They will become source options for the paper we’ll write, so don’t neglect them as unimportant.

Quickwrite/Notebook #7: “In Our Genes” by Hannah Moskowitz (essay)* – 4 part notes & citations practice

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: QW/NB #7 +1 – read an additional essay (available on GClassroom) and complete your own 4 part notepage adding citations when needed + constructing a works cited entry due in your notebook no later than end of day Thursday 1/13

*All the pieces we are reading and taking notes/practicing citing are building to the first paper we will write in a couple of weeks. They will become source options for the paper we’ll write, so don’t neglect them as unimportant.