Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTEBOOK: Imagery – what is it? Practice writing sentences about photos including imagery.

ASSIGNMENT: Draft #2 – the song memoir due no later than end of day Wednesday 2/8

PAST-DUE: Draft #1 was due last week. Make sure it is an MSWord file in your Dropbox draft folder.

Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan Santat

Indie Read

Quickwrite #8: Last Song (check the last song you listened to and write about it)

STUDY: Rhetorical Situation in Poetry – Choose one of the poems below and think about the writer, the reader, and the text (use notes from yesterday’s triangle as a guide)

“Simon Says” by Ashley Davis & Oompa ▶️ https://m.facebook.com/teachfortheculture/videos/powerful-spoken-word-performed-by-ashley-davis-and-oompa-piece-entitled-simon-sa/658053502035379/

PAST-DUE: Draft #1 was due last week. Make sure it is an MSWord file in your Dropbox draft folder.

Book Trailers & Indie Read

Quickwrite #7: Emotional States

STUDY/NOTES: The Rhetorical Situation (If you missed class, you can find these slides on GClassroom. Create a notepage.)

PAST-DUE: Draft #1 was due last week. Make sure it is an MSWord file in your Dropbox draft folder.

WRITE CLUB!

Intro, “rules,” & first attempt. Read & share with your group. Bless, address, & press.

PAST DUE: Draft #1 was due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder 1/26. If you didn’t have a draft today, complete it this weekend.

TO-DO: Make positive changes to Draft #1 (Indelible Moment) as you’d like. Read something awesome!

Book Talk & Indie Read

LAB DAY!! Work time for the Indelible Moment – DRAFT#1 paper. (We’ll work in writing groups tomorrow and you’ll need a paper.)

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day TODAY!!

Check GClassroom for your attendance question (complete by 11:59pm today)

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day TODAY!!

PAST DUE:

• Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY:

• MLA Format – practical set-up of an MLA template in your Dropbox drafts folder. See the tab above “MLA Format Set-Up” for review or if you missed class.
• Adding commentary in MSWord practice – join the practice folder in Dropbox, open the sample paper in Word and use the Review tab to practice adding a comment for the writer.

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day Wednesday 1/25

PAST DUE:

• Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.
• Survey questions about your upcoming draft (indelible moment) – Find this on yesterday’s GClassroom and share your thinking.

Indie Read

Quickwrite #6: Table Topics ?s about your Indie Read + share a little about your choice reading

STUDY: Don Murray’s “Reading as a Writer” from A Writer Teaches Writing (if you missed class, find this text on GClassroom as material and give it a quick read)

TO-DO: Survey questions about your upcoming draft (indelible moment) – Find this on today’s GClassroom and share your thinking.

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day Wednesday 1/25

PAST DUE: Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in

STUDY: Read Like a Writer (RLaW) with text “First Kiss” by Scott Muska – annotate what you find, moves the writer makes, and label them

PREVIEW/NEW ASSIGN: DRAFT #1 – Indelible Moment due as a Word document in Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day Wednesday 1/25 (we’ll be working on this some next week)

PAST DUE: Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.