Category: English 8
English 8 – Friday, May 4th
Book talk x 2 & Indie read. Multi-genre Presentations! Quickwrite #20: multi-genre experience reflection
Deadlines:
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- Memory Books due Monday 5/21 OR Dear Martin Chapters 1 -14 by 5/9
English 8 – Thursday, May 3rd
Book talk x 2 & Indie read. Multi-genre Presentations!
Deadlines:
- If you didn’t turn in completed final rubrics & mg notebooks + sources, you need to.
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- Memory Books due Monday 5/21 OR Dear Martin Chapters 1 -14 by 5/9
Start thinking about the next work – either the scrapbook project – OR – Dear Martin book club study.
English 8 – Wednesday, May 2nd
Book talk x 2 & Indie read. Multi-genre Presentations!
Deadlines:
- If you didn’t turn in completed final rubrics & mg notebooks + sources, you need to.
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- More presentations tomorrow – this means blogposts should be up
Start thinking about the next work – either the scrapbook project – OR – Dear Martin book club study.
English 8 – Tuesday, May 1st
Book talk & Indie read. Multi-genre Presentations!
Deadlines:
- If you didn’t turn in completed final rubrics & mg notebooks + sources, you need to.
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- More presentations 5/1 & 5/2 – this means blogposts should be up
English 8 – Monday, April 30th
Book talk x 2 & Indie read. Collected completed final rubrics & mg notebooks + sources. Multi-genre Presentations!
Deadlines:
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- More presentations 5/1 & 5/2 – this means blogposts should be up
English 8 AFTER Multi-Genre Preview
After the multi-genre research paper/project you will be able to choose one of the two options:
- The Senior Memory Book Memory Book English 8 Version
- Book Club Read Dear Martin by Nic Stone (you might need to come up with your own copy of the book)
Both options WILL include writing at least one more paper. Start thinking about and planning for the one YOU would like to do.
English 8 – Friday, April 27th
Indie read. Lab time. (Turn in add a song).
Check the separate post for a preview of what comes next!
Deadlines:
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- Final MG due MONDAY by classtime (presentation-ready). Notebooks & sources due Monday 4/30.
- Presentations begin Monday 4/30 – this means blogposts should be up
English 8 – Thursday, April 26th
Indie read. Multi-genre tips: page #s, pdfs, & text boxes. MG project revision & finalization: next steps & rubric instructions.
Check the separate post for a preview of what comes next!
Deadlines:
- MG – Add a song due 4/27 TOMORROW
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- Final MG due Monday by classtime (presentation-ready). Notebooks & sources due Monday 4/30.
- Presentations begin Monday 4/30
English 8 – Wednesday, April 25th
Indie read. Lab time for work on multi-genre paper. Conferring w/ students about MG by appt. time. Multi-genre project: Add a Song assignment.
FOR YOUR CONFERENCE:
- Fill out the pre-conference sheet.
- Have a mostly “teacher-ready” draft of your MG paper uploaded (name the document “LastnameCONFCOPY”)
- Remember to show up! (See the post with conference times if needed).
Deadlines:
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- MG – Add a Song due Friday 4/27
- Final version of your MG paper due By classtime Mon. 4/30
- Presentations begin Monday 4/30
English 8 – Tuesday, April 24th
Indie read. Lab time for work on multi-genre paper. Conferring w/ students about MG by appt. time.
FOR YOUR CONFERENCE:
- Fill out the pre-conference sheet.
- Have a mostly “teacher-ready” draft of your MG paper uploaded (name the document “LastnameCONFCOPY”)
- Remember to show up! (See the post with conference times if needed).
Deadlines:
- Student book talks going on now! (check the date you signed up for)
- Final version of your MG paper due By classtime Mon. 4/30
- Presentations begin Monday 4/30