🎬 Book Trailers & Indie Read

WRITE CLUB: Share Mark #1 progress (Contract A ≥ 5 pages, Contract B ≥ 4 pages, Hour 8 ≥ 3 pages)

WEEKEND GOAL: If you didn’t hit the Mark #1 target, make this a priority over the weekend. Come back to school Monday caught up and ready to keep moving forward. 🙂

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Student Book Talks Info & Sign-ups – starts Monday 4/15 – completed in notebook, shared informally in class

NEXT TARGET: Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #2 Thursday 4/18 – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A ≥ 10 pages* – ≥ 8 pages for Contract B – ≥ 6 pages for English 8 Hour 8. *any pages – you choose.

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🔬QW#24 & QW #25: Genre Experiments (2 of 3) – Instagram post, itinerary, soundtrack/playlist (focus them on your front-running topic – 5 minutes for each) * Hour 3 will do this Friday 4/12 due to school assembly

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINE: Mark #1 TOMORROW Friday 4/12 – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A should shoot for at least 5 pages* – and at least 4 pages for Contract B / English 8. *any pages – you choose.

📚Indie Read

🔬QW#22 & QW #23: Genre Experiments (2 of 3) – comic/storyboard, haikus, how-to instructions (focus them on your front-running topic – 5 minutes for each)

WRITE TIME ⏰

TO-DO: Watch videos on “required” genres (find them on the Flip)

NEXT DEADLINE: Mark #1 this Friday 4/12 – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A should shoot for at least 5 pages* – and at least 4 pages for Contract B / English 8. *any pages – you choose.

📚Indie Read

STUDY: “Crafting Narrative” by Tom Romano from Fearless Writing (find a copy on GClassroom if you need/want to take a closer look)

WRITE CLUB: Share topics & research design plans (both successes & struggles)

STUDY: Genre possibilities

TO-DO: Watch videos on “required” genres (find them on the Flip)

NEXT DEADLINE: Mark #1 this Friday 4/12 – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A should shoot for at least 5 pages* – and at least 4 pages for Contract B / English 8. *any pages – you choose.

🎬 Book Trailers & Indie Read

🔬QW#20 & QW #21: Genre Experiments (2 of 3) – bio/character sketch, interview questions, sales advertisement (focus them on your front-running topic – 5 minutes for each) – *The point here is to get some practice trying other genres, get you out of your comfort-zone. Along the way, you might end up with pieces that could make their way into your project (or at least genres you might want to include or modify).

DEADLINE/ASSIGN: Research Design – filled in thoroughly no later than end of day Monday 4/8 – Take photos and submit them in GClassroom to show your work 😉(THERE ARE PICTURES OF THE TEMPLATE ON YESTERDAY’S POST!)

PAST DUE: Idea Exploration was due as a Flip video (see assignment sheet for flip code / use your SCHOOL email) 4/1 (check out student-example papers from previous semesters on the Flip, too). If you haven’t turned yours in, do that ASAP. *FLIP TROUBLESHOOTING INFO AT THE END OF YESTERDAY’S POST

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/WRITE (Notebook Pages): Research Design – proposal + sketch/outline + annotated bib (informal) see photos below for layout – Work time to generate ideas, look for sources, and make tentative plans . . .

DEADLINE/ASSIGN: Research Design – filled in thoroughly no later than end of day Monday 4/8 – Take photos and submit them in GClassroom to show your work 😉

PAST DUE: Idea Exploration was due as a Flip video (see assignment sheet for flip code / use your SCHOOL email) 4/1 (check out student-example papers from previous semesters on the Flip, too). If you haven’t turned yours in, do that ASAP.

*troubleshooting Flip.com – 1. go to Flip.com 2. at the bottom left add the join code 3. sign in with Google 4. choose your school email (this should get you in) 5. choose idea exploration and follow prompts to add your topic video 6. you can also see videos about some of the required genres & example papers under the other topics.

📚Indie Read

🔬QW#18 & QW #19: Genre Experiments (2 of 3) – to-do list, dialogue, dictionary-style definitions (focus them on your front-running topic – 5 minutes for each) – *The point here is to get some practice trying other genres, get you out of your comfort-zone. Along the way, you might end up with pieces that could make their way into your project (or at least genres you might want to include or modify). We’ll do this several times in the next couple of weeks.

ASSIGNMENT: Multi-Genre Research Details (as a handout – both contracts A & B) – YOU CAN FIND THESE ONLINE AT THE TAB ABOVE FOR YOUR CLASS. Be sure to choose the class you are enrolled in because the parameters are different! Hours 1 & 3 are DC English 8, Hour 6 is Rhet-Comp II, and Hour 8 is English 8 (no DC).

SHARE: Check out multi-genre project examples (lots of them) – time to browse

TURN IN: Idea Exploration was due as a Flip video (see assignment sheet for flip code / use your SCHOOL email) 4/1 (check out student-example papers from previous semesters on the Flip, too). If you haven’t turned yours in, do that ASAP.

*troubleshooting Flip.com – 1. go to Flip.com 2. at the bottom left add the join code 3. sign in with Google 4. choose your school email (this should get you in) 5. choose idea exploration and follow prompts to add your topic video 6. you can also see videos about some of the required genres & example papers under the other topics.

Read Aloud: What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom

📚Indie Read

STUDY: Intro to Multi-Genre Assignment – Contracts A & B (print copies tomorrow)

SHARE: Check out multi-genre project examples (lots of them) – time to browse

TURN IN: Idea Exploration was due as a Flip video (see assignment sheet for flip code / use your SCHOOL email) YESTERDAY 4/1 (check out student-example papers from previous semesters on the Flip, too). If you haven’t turned yours in, do that ASAP.

🖋️Quickwrite #17: Interest Inventory ?s – set #3

TO-DO: Survey about book club group experience (find it in GClassroom & complete in-class)

📚Indie Read 🙂 Extra-time today!!!

DEADLINE: Idea Exploration due as a Flip video (see assignment sheet for flip code / use your SCHOOL email) no later than Monday 4/1 (check out student-examples from previous semesters on the Flip, too). 🙂

PAST DUE: Book Club Papers / Critical Lit. Analysis & Cited Commentary Revisions!!

See you after Spring Break!

📚Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #16: Interest Inventory ?s – set #2

STUDY: Research Thinking

• Hank & John Green on “how they research” from Dear Hank & John (07:15 – 11: 35) https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john/episodes/haunted-christmas-trees
• excerpt from Minds Made for Stories by Thomas Newkirk (see on GClassroom if you missed)
• video on multi-genre by Tom Romano

NEW ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Idea Exploration due as a Flip video (see assignment sheet for flip code / use your SCHOOL email) no later than Monday 4/1 (check out student-examples from previous semesters on the Flip, too). 🙂

CURRENT/PAST DUE:

• Teacher-Ready Draft of Book Club Analysis / Crit. Lit. Paper due no later than Friday 3/22
• Cited Commentary Revisions were due 3/12 !!!

UPCOMING: research project after Spring Break