Category: English 8
Rhetoric & Comp / English 8 – Thursday, January 31st
World Read Aloud focus – begin Long Way Down by Jason Renolds.
Everyone: Yearbook quotes due tomorrow!
Deadlines:
- Rhet-Comp – Draft of CCR w/ works cited page for Monday 2/4 WRITE CLUB
- English 8 – Draft#1 indelible moment for Monday 2/4 in class
Rhetoric & Comp / English 8 – Wednesday, January 30th
No School – TOO Cold….Brrr.
Stay warm, work on your papers, and read something awesome!
-Mrs. C = )
English 8 – Tuesday, January 29th
Book talk & Indie read. Smiley Face 🙂 Tricks + Figurative Language review/handouts. Example paper – indelible moment: teacher edition. Lab time for work on indelible moment.
Deadline Extension: Draft #1 – indelible moment due by Monday, Feb. 4th. (We won’t have more in-class lab time. See Mrs. C if you need media center passes. Or work through Dropbox anywhere you have an internet connection.)
Reminder: Senior quote for yearbook due Fri. Feb. 1st!
Rhetoric & Comp / English 8 – Monday, January 28th
Read aloud & Indie read. Take surveys!
Reminders to be working on your current paper topics (cited commentary & response / indelible moment – depending on the course you are in).
English 8 – Friday, January 25th
3rd hour ONLY: Book trailers & Indie read. Work or read time.
EVERYONE: Think & start writing about your indelible moment. What happened? How will you tell that story?
Deadline: Draft #1 in class in Dropbox Drafts folder by classtime on Wed., Jan. 30th.
Upcoming: In class lab time Tuesday 1/29.
English 8 – Thursday, January 24th
Book talk & Indie read. Notes: Clues to a Great Story – Andrew Stanton Draft #1 assignment details. Partner talk through a possible topic for your upcoming narrative paper.
To Do: Think about what indelible moment you might write about. What happened? How will you tell that story?
Deadline: Draft #1 in class in Dropbox Drafts folder by classtime on Wed., Jan. 30th.
Upcoming: In class lab time on Friday 1/25 & Tuesday 1/29.
English 8 – Wednesday, January 23rd
Book talk & Indie read. Notes: The Rhetorical Situation / Definition of Rhetoric. Read: “The Five Paragraph You-Know-What” by Tom Romano from Crafting Authentic Voice. Draft #1 assignment details.
To Do: Think about what indelible moment you might write about. What happened? How will you tell that story?
Deadline: Draft #1 in class in Dropbox Drafts folder by classtime on Wed., Jan. 30th.
Upcoming: In class lab time on Friday 1/25 & Tuesday 1/29.
English 8 – Tuesday, January 22nd
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #7: Indelible – write about an indelible moment. . Read Like a Write (RLaW) practice with “Ambush” by Tim O’Brien from The Things They Carried.
Are you reading on your own time????
English 8 – Friday, January 18th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #6: Random Pic. Read Like a Write (RLaW) Intro & practice with “Cruel As It Is” by Leonard Pitts, Jr. of Miami Herald.
3 Day Weekend: Read something awesome!
English 8 – Thursday, January 17th
Book talks & Indie read. Quickwrite #5: bodyparts. “What is Writing?” process notes. Dropbox folder troubleshooting (working on the email verification thing).
Reminders:
- Xtra post-its & scotch tape for late homework bonus passes by Friday (tomorrow!)
- Read something awesome!