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.

CONDUCTING RESEARCH PPT

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