E-Learning Day!

STUDY: MLA Citation Basics – Visit GClassroom to find a short video (12 minutes or so) that explains the basics of MLA Citations.

📝Watch and make a note page in your writer’s notebook. Submit a photo of your notepage as evidence of your attention & learning.

* PAST DUE (DC English 8 & English 8): Letter 1 (letter to Mrs. C) was due in Dropbox in-class on Friday – please finish it up if you haven’t (and hours 1 & 3 should check the email sent on Friday regarding that work).

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #3:  “Hands” by Sarah Kay (tape-in)+ Read Like a Writer (annotate)

PAST DUE:

• Grades Survey questions from Monday (in GClassroom stream)
• Sign Up for Dropbox & Share Folders w/ Mrs. C ASAP!

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #2: “Losing Ourselves” – a student documentary by Rachel Wolfe (parts 1 & 2). Your thoughts.

STUDY: Syllabus Overview

TO-DO: Take the grades survey on GClassroom (unless you took it last semester in Mrs. C’s 7A).

*6th HOUR Rhetoric & Comp Accelerated ONLY: Complete the GForm Query Generation after watching “Losing Ourselves” excerpts (parts 1 & 2) & we listened to a bit of the 1% Better podcast episode titled “Transform The World with the Power of Beautiful Questions” (from 9/12/2023) link here if you are interested: https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/the-podcast

PAST DUE:

• Sign Up for Dropbox & Share Folders w/ Mrs. C ASAP
• Intro Survey (or WRITE CLUB survey for returning 6th hour students) – find it in last Thursday’s GClassroom stream

WATCH: Penny Kittle’s reading video (and a little story about this class library)

STUDY: Quick library “tour” & Book Pass (to start or refresh your TBR list) – YOU NEED A BOOK TO READ ON MONDAY!!

TO-DO/ASSIGNMENT: Sign-up for Dropbox (use your own email) & create and share folders with Mrs. C. Directions at the “Dropbox Set-Up” tab above (follow them exactly). Do this no later than end of day Sunday 1/7.

*6th hour returners: If you missed class, ask Mrs. C about folder maintenance.

PAST DUE: Intro Survey (or WRITE CLUB survey for returning 6th hour students) – find it in yesterday’s GClassroom stream

Welcome to a new semester! Let’s get started.

TODAY: welcome, overview, notebooks, quickwrite #1, introductory survey

🖋️Quickwrite #1: “Hands” by Sarah Kay 1) watch the poem 2) trace your hand in the style of the photo 3) write about hands in some way 4) attempt to use all four minutes

TO-DO: Take the survey on GClassroom today. Come to class tomorrow, with your notebook, prepared for adventure.