Category: English 8

English 8 – Tuesday, February 5th

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #9:  Table topics card question about your indie read – write about what you are reading.  WRITE CLUB practice with a sample student paper.

Deadline:  Be sure your paper is uploaded into your WC Drafts folder in Dropbox by classtime tomorrow (Wednesday).

English 8 – Monday, February 4, 2019

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #8:  Pick a letter & go.  Meet your WRITE CLUB group:  share today’s quickwrites & then read and do a quick structural analysis of an “indelible moment”  essay.  Note there aren’t really rules – just decisions to be made.

 

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!

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.