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WRITE TIME 🕔

REMINDER: Papers for Seniors Write! are 4 separate docx files in ONE folder (we set them up on Tuesday). Name the docs/files to reflect which paper they are (make it make sense):)

DEADLINES: SENIORS WRITE! papers due in Dropbox no later than end of day Monday 5/1

UPCOMING: Share ONE Seniors Write! paper with others tomorrow – FRIDAY

PAST DUE: MG Paper/Project was due MONDAY 4/24

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Quickwrite #35: “What’s Your Biggest Regret?”

WRITE TIME 🕔

DEADLINES: SENIORS WRITE! papers due in Dropbox no later than end of day Monday 5/1

PAST DUE: MG Paper/Project was due MONDAY 4/24

Indie Read

REMINDERS: MG Research Project WAS due yesterday!! If you have not converted to PDF (directions on the finalizing slides on GClassroom) or moved your finalized project/paper to your submissions folder, do so ASAP.

STUDY: Reader Engagement Tips – how to get your reader involved (with in-class examples)

SET-UP: Folders for Seniors Write! (with assignment review – also posted under ENGLISH 8 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS tab) & time to get started and/or plan this 4-paper personal project

DEADLINES: SENIORS WRITE! papers due in Dropbox no later than end of day Monday 5/1

PAST DUE: MG Paper/Project was due YESTERDAY 4/24

Write Time / Read Time ⏰

DEADLINE: Finalize your MG paper as a PDF & move to your submissions folder no later than end of day (11:59pm) TODAY!!! (directions on making your PDF on the finalizing slides in GClassroom)

Indie Read w/ check-in

Quickwrite #34: Multi-Genre Research Reflection (how did it go? how’s it going? thoughts? likes or dislikes? etc.)

STUDY/INTRO: Seniors Write! (next writing intro) & planning page in writer’s notebook

DEADLINE: Finalize your MG paper as a PDF & move to your submissions folder no later than end of day (11:59pm) Monday 4/24 (directions on making your PDF on the finalizing slides in GClassroom)

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Read Aloud – “Something Hot & Savory” by Tom Romano from Fearless Writing

WRITE CLUB: Multi-Genre Research “Presentation” – share with your group

DEADLINE: Finalize your MG paper as a PDF & move to your submissions folder no later than end of day Monday 4/24

UPCOMING: Details on your last writing assignment(s) of the semester. . . .

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Finalizing your multi-genre research paper/project (reference the slides on today’s GClassroom)

WRITE TIME ⏳for work on MG Project

DEADLINES: FULL MG Project due no later than end of day 4/19 (TODAY!)

UPCOMING: Share your project with your WRITE CLUB group tomorrow (4/20)

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STUDY: MLA Works Cited – video available on GClassroom (as well as the original MLA slides/video from earlier this semester). Quick tutorial with citationmachine.net

WRITE TIME ⏳for work on MG Project

DEADLINES:

• MG Project Mark #2 due end of day 4/18– Mark #2 includes everything from Mark #1 + your poem, writer bio and at least two more pieces/genres of your choosing (dear reader letter optional)
• FULL MG Project due no later than end of day 4/19

UPCOMING: Finalizing & Sharing Your MG Research Project

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STUDY: Quick Read Aloud – “Take a Chance with Your Writing” by Patricia Woodside from Write It Sideways blog

Take a Chance with Your Writing

WRITE TIME ⏳for work on MG Project

DEADLINES:

• MG Project Mark #2 due in-class 4/17 or 4/1 8– Mark #2 includes everything from Mark #1 + your poem, writer bio and at least two more pieces/genres of your choosing (dear reader letter optional)
• FULL MG Project due no later than end of day 4/19

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STUDY: MG Project “checklist,” Order of Impact, and one-doc/page-break demo

WRITE TIME ⏳for work on MG Project

BONUS WATCH: “The art of letting go . . . of the floor” by Siawn Ou (TED Talk)

DEADLINES:

• MG Project Mark #2 due in-class 4/17 or 4/1 8– Mark #2 includes everything from Mark #1 + your poem and at least two more pieces/genres of your choosing
• FULL MG Project due no later than end of day 4/19

PAST DUE: MG Project Mark #1 due in-class Thursday 4/13– Mark #1 includes your 2-3 p research argument (was due 3/28), flash fiction (no more than 500 words – in-class 3/30), photo essay (in-class 3/31) & 1 additional piece of your choosing.