Category: English 8
English 8 – Thursday, April 4th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #28: Black-out Poetry Article – History of [Austin Kleon’s] Newspaper Blackout Poems Video – How to Make a Newspaper Blackout Poem Research design – paper handout for notes & template in Dropbox (in your MGPaperStuff folder).
Deadlines:
- Research design for your paper due 4/7 (work in the template in Dropbox – inside the MG folder inside your drafts folder)
- 3 – 4 page “argument” (research paper part) of your MG finished by Fri. 4/12
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Wednesday, April 3rd
Book talk & Indie read. Notes: Conducting Research (an introduction). Share your three multi-genre research ideas & think about which ONE is most viable.
Upcoming: work on research designs
Deadlines:
- 3 feasible ideas for your multi-genre research paper should be in Dropbox already (work in the template in Dropbox – inside the MG folder inside your drafts folder)
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Tuesday, April 2nd
Book talk & Indie read. Notes: Conducting Research (an introduction). Keep thinking about those multi-genre research ideas.
Upcoming: how to build arguments and find direction for your writing
Deadlines:
- 3 feasible ideas for your multi-genre research paper due TOMORROW in class (work in the template in Dropbox – inside the MG folder inside your drafts folder)
- Did you submit DRAFT #4? It was due SUNDAY!
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Monday, April 1st
Book talk & Indie read. Exploring multi-genre research ideas. Time for working – you’ll need three mostly-formed ideas.
Upcoming: how to conduct research, build arguments, and find direction for your writing
Deadlines:
- 3 feasible ideas for your multi-genre research paper due TOMORROW in class (work in the template in Dropbox – inside the MG folder inside your drafts folder)
- Did you submit DRAFT #4? It was due YESTERDAY!
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Friday, March 29th
Hour 3 – SWIC Career Fair
Hour 7 – Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #27: interest inventory ?s #3. Multi-genre paper examples – lots and lots of examples.
Deadlines:
- Submit “teacher-ready” DRAFT #4 by end of day Sunday 3/31 – name it LastnameDRAFT#4 and move it to your submissions folder in Dropbox
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Thursday, March 28th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #27: interest inventory ?s #3. Multi-genre paper examples – lots and lots of examples.
7th hour – youth risk survey
Deadlines:
- Submit “teacher-ready” DRAFT #4 by end of day Sunday 3/31 – name it LastnameDRAFT#4 and move it to your submissions folder in Dropbox
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Wednesday, March 27th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #26: interest inventory ?s #2. Tom Romano talks Multi-genre Intro to Multi-genre assignment & requirements. Informational schedule with due dates.
Thursday/Friday: time to check out example multi-genre papers
Deadlines:
- Submit “teacher-ready” DRAFT #4 by end of day Sunday 3/31 – name it LastnameDRAFT#4 and move it to your submissions folder in Dropbox
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
- End game for MG paper – May 9th
English 8 – Tuesday, March 26th
Book talk & finish WRITE CLUB – for draft #4 (are there citations?) Quickwrite #25: interest inventory ?s #1. Notes: “Mr. Armstrong” documentary segment – how did the writer of the documentary do that? Intro to multi-genre concepts.
Upcoming: next big assignment & lots of examples
Deadlines:
- Submit “teacher-ready” DRAFT #4 by end of day Sunday 3/31 – name it LastnameDRAFT#4 and move it to your submissions folder in Dropbox
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up dates
English 8 – Monday, March 25th
Book talk & Indie read. WRITE CLUB – for draft #4 (are there citations?) Sign up for sessions for Friday’s senior career day at SWIC.
Info on holistic grading and receiving feedback. (Submission #1 coming back to you soon.)
Deadlines:
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day
English 8 – Friday, March 22nd
Book talk & Indie read. Formatting a works cited page. Lab time to continue work on DRAFT #4 & check citations.
Info on holistic grading and receiving feedback. (Submission #1 coming back to you this weekend.)
Deadlines:
- DRAFT #4 – cited commentary & response due classtime on Monday 3/25 for WRITE CLUB
- Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day