Category: English 8
English 8 – Wednesday, March 22nd
Book Talk & Indie Read
STUDY: Source Search for research project ⏰
DEADLINES:
- Sources emailed to Ms. Walke no later than end of day TODAY!
- Organizational Plan (your research design) due no later than end of day Sunday 3/26
- Draft #5 – Research Argument due in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 3/28
PAST DUE: Topic Proposal – GForm due yesterday 3/21
English 8 – Tuesday, March 21st
Book Talk & Indie Read
TO-DO: Topic Proposal for your Research Argument (& Multi-Genre Project) – fill out the GForm (find it on GClassroom today)
STUDY: Source Search for research topic – you’ll send 2 to 3 quality, usable sources to Ms. Walke
DEADLINES:
- Topic Proposal – GForm due TODAY 3/21
- Sources emailed to Ms. Walke no later than end of day Wednesday 3/22
- Organizational Plan (your research design) due no later than end of day Sunday 3/26
- Draft #5 – Research Argument due in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 3/28
English 8 – Monday, March 20th
Book Talk & Indie Read
Quickwrite #22: Interest Inventory Question #3
STUDY: Multi-Genre Project – Research Angles/Direction (proposal, position, evaluation) quick lecture, paper example videos
English 8 – Friday, March 17th
Indie Read
Quickwrite #20: Interest Inventory Questions #1 (tape in & answer)
STUDY: Research Thoughts – What does it mean to research? Why does it matter? Thoughts from Hank & John Green (from their podcast), Bruce Ballenger (about research papers find this piece as a pdf on GClassroom as material), & Tom Romano (about the kind of project we will be doing)
Click the link to listen ▶️ https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john/episodes/haunted-christmas-trees (07:23 – 11:35)
Quickwrite #21: Interest Inventory Questions #2 (tape in & answer)
English 8 – Thursday, March 16th
Indie Read
STUDY: Research as a Conversation – thinking about research as informed inquiry that lends both logos & ethos to your writing
Click the link to watch ▶️ https://www.library.unlv.edu/node/233
PRACTICE/TO-DO: Check the assignment in GClassroom and complete a short draft (use Gdocs this time) where you join the conversation related to the pieces we read on Monday & Tuesday. Attempt to cite sources in-text with parenthetical documentation. Be sure this is complete by end of day (11:59pm).
PAST DUE: One page ad analysis – Draft#4 was due 3/10
English 8 – Tuesday, March 14th
Book Talk & Indie Read
STUDY/PRACTICE: 4-part notes strategy & basic in-text citation technique
“The Boys Are Not All Right” – Michael Ian Black The New York Times
“The Chambers of a Gun” – Zanne Langlois Button Poetry
TO-DO: Finish/create notespage for “The Chambers of a Gun” poem
PAST DUE: One page ad analysis – Draft#4 was due 3/10
English 8 – Monday, March 13th
Book Talk & Indie Read
Quickwrite #19: What’s wrong with “kids these days”?
STUDY: 4-Part Note Strategy (how to digest sources) – Read “11:20” by Michael Paterniti from Love and Other Ways of Dying – Create a 4 part notepage with “they say” “I say” a quote & a question
PAST DUE: One page ad analysis – Draft#4 was due 3/10
English 8 – Friday, March 10th
Indie Read
WRITE CLUB (sort of)! Read through and give feedback on Draft #4 to partners.
TO-DO: Make any changes to your ad analysis based on commentary.
English 8 – Thursday, March 9th
Indie Read
WRITE TIME🕒 for work on your ad analysis one-pager
DEADLINE: DRAFT#4 – Ad Thinker: a one-pager due no later than end of day Thursday 3/9 (TODAY)
English 8 – Wednesday, March 8th
Book Trailers & Indie Read
STUDY: Persuasive Techniques in Advertisements – review & practice
TO-DO: Partner Sign-up survey in GClassroom
ASSIGNMENT: DRAFT#4 – Ad Thinker: a one-pager due no later than end of day Thursday 3/9 (you will have time to write in class on Thursday . . . )