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 – 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