Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in

Quickwrite #11: Table Topics – questions about your Indie Read

STUDY/CHECK-IN: Submission (paper revision of one of your already written [hopefully] essays) check-in – It’s a Google Form you can find on GClassroom today! due TODAY!

DEADLINE: Teacher-Ready Submission due as MSWord doc in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day Monday 2/20 (find the assignment sheet on the English 8 Writing Assignment tab above)

Indie Read

STUDY: Endings (Kickers) – work in groups to take a look at real endings of books and think about what that closing/kicker did, if it was effective, and why or why not?

DEADLINE: Teacher-Ready Submission due as MSWord doc in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day Monday 2/20 (find the assignment sheet on the English 8 Writing Assignment tab above)

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: 5 Word Focus – a quick way to improve word choice

WRITE/REVISE TIME ⏰

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Teacher-Ready Submission due as MSWord doc in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day Monday 2/20

PAST DUE: Drafts 1 & 2 – be sure to email a teacher if you complete these as late work

Indie Read

STUDY: Leads/Beginnings – work in groups to take a look at real beginnings of books and think about what that opening did, if it was effective, and why or why not?

PAST DUE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir was due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder on 2/8 (progress marks are currently in Skyward. If you complete late work today, be sure to email teachers . . .)

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: Beginnings/Leads – some talk & notes about how to begin and new things to try

Quickwrite Extension: Choose a previous QW and experiment by writing a new beginning for it. Try any techniques mentioned in class today.

PAST DUE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir was due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder on 2/8 (progress marks in Skyward are due TOMORROW morning, so if you complete late work today, be sure to email teachers . . .)

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #10: Code-switching – Key & Peele’s “Phone Call” – your thoughts & reactions

Click link to play video ▶️ https://www.cc.com/video/qvrhhj/key-peele-phone-call

STUDY: Audience – Why is it important? How does it change? Work in class on a jamboard.

PAST DUE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir was due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder on 2/8 (progress marks in Skyward are due Tuesday, so make sure you have a paper. . .)

Indie Read

WRITE CLUB! Bless, Address, & Press on Draft #2 – the song memoir

PAST DUE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir was due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder YESTERDAY 2/8

Indie Read & Read Aloud – “Sh***y First Drafts” by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird

STUDY: Mini-lesson / review – song titles go in quotation marks, album titles get italicized, & both need title capitalization (first, last, & all impt. words – not articles, conjunctions, or prepositions with less than 5 letters)

WRITE TIME 🕑

DEADLINE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of Wednesday 2/8

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #9: Lyrics vs. Poetry (Are songs poems? why or why not? similarities/differences?)

STUDY: Song Lyric Read Like a Writer (RLaW) practice

DEADLINE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of Wednesday 2/8

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ clipboard ✓ in

STUDY: Imagery practice – work in groups to create some writing that evokes an emotion (you’ll spin for one) – then see if your writing was effective – use sensory images and details for best results

ASSIGNMENT: Draft #2 – the song memoir due no later than end of day Wednesday 2/8 (assignment sheet posted yesterday & above at ENG8 Assignment tab)