Category: English 8
Rhetoric & Comp / English 8 – Tuesday, March 3rd
FIELD TRIP!!! Library tour at SIUE, lunch at Morris University Center, & Hamlet viewing at GC Cinema ❤
English 8 – Monday, March 2nd
Indie read. Study: work/write time for DRAFT#3 (KEEP WORKING) and/or completing Flipgrid videos (you should have an intro, a 1 comment 1 question, & this week respond to a question or comment to further the conversation)
TOMORROW: field trip!!! Meet at Exit 1 (8:00 am) – bring $ for lunch (& your permission & trip fee if you didn’t turn them in yet)
Deadline: Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors by 3/6 (end of quarter). See the page tab above for details!
English 8 – Friday, February 28th
Indie read. Study: work/write time for DRAFT#3 (GET STARTED) and/or completing Flipgrid videos (you should have an intro, a 1 comment 1 question, & this week respond to a question or comment to further the conversation)
Deadline: Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors by 3/6 (end of quarter). See the page tab above for details!
Reminder: Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 ASAP
English 8 – Thursday, February 27th
Indie read. BOOK CLUB THURSDAY! – Notebook entry: table topics questions w/ your book club peeps, discuss as you work. Flipdgrid: Add a comment or question or respond to the comments and questions already on Flipgrid. Intro to DRAFT#3.
TOMORROW: work/write time for DRAFT#3
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 ASAP
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!
English 8 – Wednesday, February 26th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #15: TEDTalk responses/commentary – Selfies & Seeing Ourselves by Christina Balch, How to Raise a Black Son in America by Clint Smith, Solution to Gun Violence Found in US History by David Farrell. MLA Citation practice: Choose 1 of the transcripts and highlight 2 prominent lines. Quote 1 and Paraphrase the other with MLA in-text citations following. Use a timestamp format since these works are published as videos instead of text (author xx:xx).
TOMORROW: BOOK CLUB Thursday, Target #2. Be ready and post your 1 comment, 1 question to Flipgrid.
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 ASAP
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!
English 8 – Tuesday, February 25th
Book talk & Indie read. Notebook: Practice MLA In-Text Citations.
Deadlines:
- THURSDAY 2/27 – BOOK CLUB target #2 & post your 1 comment/1 question on Flipgrid
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 asap
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!
English 8 – Monday, February 24th
Indie read. Quickwrite #14: torn sandal photo. Study & Notes: MLA Citation Basics.
Deadlines:
- “teacher-ready” DRAFT#2 with photo in your Draft folder in Dropbox no later than end of day Monday 2/24 – That’s TODAY!
- This THURSDAY – BOOK CLUB target #2 & post your 1 comment/1 question on Flipgrid
Upcoming: MLA citation practice
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 asap
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!
English 8 – Friday, February 21st
Indie read. WRITE CLUB – DRAFT #2.
Deadlines:
- “teacher-ready” DRAFT#2 with photo in your Draft folder in Dropbox no later than end of day Monday 2/24
- Next THURSDAY – new BOOK CLUB target & post your 1 comment/1 question on Flipgrid
Upcoming: MLA citation basics – how to research
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 asap
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!
English 8 – Thursday, February 20th
Indie read. BOOK CLUB THURSDAY! view/make Flipgrid intros, notebook (see bullet points below), discuss, post-it (1 comment 1 question), think about your next target.
Target #1 Notebook Entry:
- Pick a quote or passage (from target 1 section) – probably 2 or 3 sentences
- copy it in your notebook verbatim (in quotation marks & note the page #)
- Why is it significant?
- How does it fit it? (Who says it and/or when in the story does it happen? How does it function in the plot or story as a whole?)
- Why did you choose it?
Deadlines:
- Friday – WRITE CLUB Draft#2 with photo in your Draft folder in Dropbox
- Next THURSDAY – new BOOK CLUB target & post your 1 comment/1 question on Flipgrid
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 asap
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!
English 8 – Wednesday, February 19th
Indie read. Lab/Reading time: work on DRAFT #2 or read for BOOK CLUB or write your notebook entry or do your Flipgrid intro.
Deadlines:
- Thursday – BOOK CLUB Target #1 (& your Flipgrid intro.)
- Friday – WRITE CLUB Draft#2 with photo in your Draft folder in Dropbox
Reminders:
- Bring back Field Trip permission forms + $10 asap
- Tweet about the books you are reading @ReadWarriors. See the page tab above for details and due dates!