Category: DC English 8

Tuesday, March 19th – All Classes

Read Aloud – Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead – & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #15: Interest Inventory ?s – set #1

STUDY/INTRO: Multi-Genre Research Project – overview & a couple examples (more info & examples) on Thursday

DEADLINE: Teacher-Ready Draft of Book Club Analysis / Crit. Lit. Paper due no later than Friday 3/22

UPCOMING: research project after Spring Break

Monday, March 18th – All Classes

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

WRITE CLUB : Critical Lit. Analysis (Group Paper) Edition – Bless, Address, & Press to provide/receive feedback on your draft. Use this feedback and/or discussion to move your paper forward.

DEADLINE: Teacher-Ready Draft of Book Club Analysis / Crit. Lit. Paper due no later than Friday 3/22

UPCOMING: Research Project Introduction & Idea Building (this week) – research project after Spring Break

Thursday & Friday, March 14th & 15th – All Classes

Indie Read

PAST DUE: Mid-Term Reflection Survey (find it on GClassroom and complete ASAP)

Write/Research/Read/Draft Time ⏱️(all week)

DEADLINE: Book Club Analysis due (complete and with MLA citations) no later than end of day Sunday 3/17 (name the doc LastnamesBCA.docx in your draft folder*)

*Hours 1, 3, & 6 just in one of the group member’s folders please.

Tuesday, March 12th – All Classes

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

Write/Research/Read/Draft Time ⏱️(all week)

ENGLISH 8 (8th Hour) Extra: Crash Course Sociology #42 “Health & Medicine” (mostly applicable to writers who read A Fault in Our Stars)

🎯 Draft Target – THURSDAY 3/14

PAST DUE: CCR Revisions was due YESTERDAY 3/11 (rename as LastnameCCRRV.docx when your revisions are complete).

UPCOMING: mid-term survey tomorrow . . . .

Friday, March 8th – All Classes

🎬 Book Trailers & Indie Read

TO-DO: Planning Form on GClassroom (1 per group for DC8 7 DC8A – 1 per person for hour 8)

DEADLINE: CCR Revisions due no later than end of day Monday 3/11 (rename as LastnameCCRRV.docx when your revisions are complete).

UPCOMING: Class time next week for researching, reading, drafting this paper. Rough/complete draft by end of week 3/14 or 15)

Thursday, March 7th – DC English 8 / Rhetoric & Comp

Indie Read

PLAN DAY: Work on Critical Lit. Paper ideas w/ your group. Design & plan, Search for a viable database source, Read information (text chapters, found sources, rewatch videos, etc.)

EXTRA: Crash Course Sociology #11

UPCOMING: Tomorrow you’ll need to put together a working plan.

DEADLINE: CCR Revisions due no later than end of day Monday 3/11 (rename as LastnameCCRRV.docx when your revisions are complete).

Wednesday, March 6th – DC English 8 / Rhetoric & Comp

Indie Read

STUDY: MLA citations review + JSTOR log-in tutorial + Student example paper (critical lit / book club paper)

SHARE: Time for group talk – ideas for your papers

UPCOMING: Time tomorrow for design & plan, searching for sources, reading related materials. Be prepared to share your plan on Friday.

DEADLINE: CCR Revisions due no later than end of day Monday 3/11 (rename as LastnameCCRRV.docx when your revisions are complete).

Tuesday, March 5th – DC English 8 / Rhetoric & Comp.

Indie Read

STUDY/INTRO: Critical Lit. Paper Overview & Assignment (slides & supplemental sources on GClassroom)

book-club-crit-lit-analysis-2024 due 3/17Download

SHARE: Group discussion time for topic possibilities

DEADLINE: CCR Revisions due no later than end of day Monday 3/11 (rename as LastnameCCRRV.docx when your revisions are complete).