Book trailers & Indie read.  RLaW –  “Ambush” by Tim O’Brien from The Things They Carried. Expand RLaW thinking by looking at 🙂 tricks and figurative language.

Have a great weekend!  We’ll be writing next week.

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Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #5:  Story Cubes – pick 2 of 5.  RLaW – recap what we found in How I Became a Pirate.  Read:  “Ambush” by Tim O’Brien from The Things They Carried (tomorrow we will “read it like a writer”).

To Do:

• Check:  DID YOU Complete BOTH the reading and writing surveys that we put in the notebook ?
• Have you shared a Dropbox folder with Mrs. C?

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #4: create story “tricycle and/or broken sandal” RLaW:  How I Became a Pirate (find at least 3 items from the “read like a writer” square and highlight & label them).

To Do:

• Check:  DID YOU Complete BOTH the reading and writing surveys that we put in the notebook ?
• Set-up Dropbox as instructed if you didn’t finish or missed class.  (See tab at top for details.)
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by TOMORROW (last day)

Video: “How and Why We Read” – Crash Course w/ John Green (answer 2 open questions). Quickwrite #3:  Wants. Book trailers (YALSA top ten nominees for 2017) & Indie read.

To Do:

• Check:  DID YOU Complete BOTH the reading and writing surveys that we put in the notebook ?
• Set-up Dropbox as instructed if you didn’t finish or missed class.  (See tab at top for details.)
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by next Tuesday 1/16.

Book talk & Indie read. Recap/Finish:  discussion points about writing (cont’d from Monday).  Quickwrite #2:  Events. Definition:  rhetoric & “the rhetorical situation.”

To Do:

• Check:  DID YOU Complete BOTH the reading and writing surveys that we put in the notebook ?
• Set-up Dropbox as instructed if you didn’t finish or missed class.  (See tab at top for details.)
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by next Tuesday 1/16.

Book talk & Indie read (w/ rate calculation to help set individual goals).  Set up notebooks for Spring semester.  Quickwrite #1:  Decisions.

Assignment:  Complete BOTH the reading and writing surveys that we put in the notebook – due tomorrow.

To Do:

• Set-up Dropbox as instructed if you didn’t finish or missed class.  (See tab at top for details.)
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by next Tuesday 1/16.

Book talk & Indie read.  Presentation, discussion, notes:  What is Writing? (to be continued tomorrow).

To Do:

• Writer’s Notebook set-up tomorrow – Tuesday 1/9.
• Set-up Dropbox as instructed if you didn’t finish or missed class.  (See tab at top for details.)
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by next Tuesday 1/16.

Book talk.  Syllabus overview w/ “office” hours pass.  Set-up Dropbox accounts and/or folders and share with Mrs. C.

To Do:

• Writer’s Notebook needed by Monday 1/8.
• Set-up Dropbox as instructed if you didn’t finish or missed class.  (See tab at top for details.)
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by Tuesday 1/16.

Read aloud:  The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.  Course Intro w/ parent letter about indie read.  Video: High School Reading – PK.  Writing:  reading/writing questions.  Book Pass:  keep one, pass one.

Assignment:  Find a book you’d like to read.  Bring it to class – NO strings attached.