Video How and Why We Read – Crash Course Lit. w/ John Green & Indie read. Book pass.
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Read aloud After the Fall by Dan Santat & Indie read. “Lead” by Don Murray. Quickwrite experiment: write 2 new leads for an existing piece in your writer’s notebook. Pre-conference sheet for this Wednesday’s WRITE CLUB (small moves focus).
Deadline: Next WRITE CLUB will be Wednesday, October 17th. Bring/upload a NEW paper, either MB or QW. (If you’ve written two of the same type, it’s time to switch it up). & bring your completed pre-conference sheet.
Book talks x 2 (1st hour) x 4 (3rd hour) & Indie read. Annotating rap lyrics – tips & pre-writing sheet to help you focus.
Upcoming:
Book talk & Indie read. Book pass. Collected notebooks.
*2nd hour – finish up chapter 1 notes & commentary (no 7th hour – Tribefest assembly)
Deadline: Next WRITE CLUB will be Wednesday, October 17th. Bring/upload a NEW paper, either MB or QW. (If you’ve written two of the same type, it’s time to switch it up).
Choose your read for book club 2 – book needed by Monday, October 22nd. (You can find your book of choice on your own or order through Mrs. C. next week. See prices below). I encourage you to choose what “calls” to you, talk it up with classmates, too. No lone-wolf reading.
The Young Elites by Marie Lu $10 BOOKTALK WITH MARIE LU | THE YOUNG ELITES The Young Elites by Marie Lu book trailer
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older $6 SHADOWSHAPER CYPHER Q&A with Daniel José Older: PART 1 Shadowshaper Book Trailer – (unofficial)
Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena $10 Matt de la Pena Interview
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini $13 The Kite Runner – movie trailer Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner Interview
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie $10 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian Book Trailer (unofficial) 10 Questions for Sherman Alexie
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han $9 To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Trailer BOOKTALK WITH JENNY HAN
Book talks x 2 (1st hour) & Indie read. Lab time for finalizing revisions to paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) & finding song lyrics for annotating in class on Friday. (If you need Mrs. C to print your lyrics, please email them as a Word or Google doc BEFORE class time on Friday).
Upcoming:
Book talk x 2 & Indie read. Everything’s an Argument – finish chapter 1 notes & discussion. Notebook checklists. Lab time.
Deadlines: notebooks collected Friday 10/12 (no exceptions) *If you are in 7th hour and haven’t turned in a notebook – be sure to stop by on Friday!
Updates:
Upcoming: Next WRITE CLUB will be Wednesday, October 17th. Bring/upload a NEW paper, either MB or QW. (If you’ve written two of the same type, it’s time to switch it up).
Book talks x 2 & Indie read. Quickwrite #16: Excerpt from The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. Lyric annotation practice/demo w/ Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie.”
Tomorrow: Lab time for finalizing revisions to paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) & finding song lyrics for annotating in class on Friday. (If you need Mrs. C to print your lyrics, please email them as a Word or Google doc BEFORE class time on Friday).
Upcoming:
Book talk x 2 & Indie read. Everything’s an Argument – chapter 1 notes & discussion. Notebook checklists.
Deadlines:
Updates:
Upcoming: Next WRITE CLUB will be Wednesday, October 17th. Bring/upload a NEW paper, either MB or QW. (If you’ve written two of the same type, it’s time to switch it up).
Book trailers & Indie read. Video: Rapping, Deconstructed – vox.com . Preview: rhetoric of rap paper (where is this going?) a look at Mos Def’s “Mathematics” with annotation and an example paper that deconstructs the rap to show readers how rhetoric works here.
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