Book Talk & Indie Read.

READ: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon sections 2 & 3 – pages 24-49. (If you missed class, you can find a PDF on GClassroom to stay caught up.)

Quickwrite #16: “What It’s Like” by Everlast – read, listen, & respond….what do you think?

Book Talk & Indie Read.

READ: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon section 1 – pages 1-23. (If you missed class, you can find a PDF on GClassroom to stay caught up.)

Quickwrite #15: “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” by Cage the Elephant – read, listen, & respond….what do you think?

Indie Read w/ Padlet check-in.

WATCH: Austin Kleon at Bond 2018 (We’ll read his book Steal Like an Artist next week 🙂 )

DEADLINE: Writing #3 – your listicle “__#__Things” due no later than end of day today (submit in GClassroom as soon as possible)

Indie Read.

Writing Day! Work on writing #3 – listicle of either “____ Things You Can Do To Improve Your _______” OR “____ Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to _________” (see the assignment sheet either in GClassroom – it’s a writing assignment – or at the English 9/10 Writing Assignments tab above)

DEADLINE: Writing #3 due no later than end of day Friday 10/15

Writing Day! Work on writing #3 – listicle of either “____ Things You Can Do To Improve Your _______” OR “____ Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to _________” (see the assignment sheet either in GClassroom – it’s a writing assignment – or at the English 9/10 Writing Assignments tab above)

DEADLINE: Writing #3 due no later than end of day Friday 10/15

Book Trailers & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #14: “5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your ___________”

Read: K. Gallagher’s “5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Writing” & J. Reynolds’ “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” – some quick notices about the listicle format

DEADLINE/NEW ASSIGNMENT: Writing #3 – ” _____Things” due no later than end of day Friday 10/15 (there will be in-class time for writing on Wednesday & Thursday this week)

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in.

Mrs. C’s 5 word focus: Use the slide provided on GClassroom today to help improve word choice and elevate your writing.

Writing Time for work on Writing #2 – QW Expanded.

DEADLINE: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your notebook due no later than end of day TODAY. (But really, if you are just getting started turn it in over the weekend.)

Indie Read.

Writing Time for work on Writing #2 – QW Expanded.

DEADLINE: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your notebook due no later than end of day 10/7.

Read Aloud & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #13: Random pic – Take it wherever you want: connect, tell a story, describe, etc. (some pics to choose from on today’s GClassroom stream if you missed)

Writing Time for work on Writing #2 – QW Expanded.

DEADLINE: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your notebook due no later than end of day 10/7.

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Notebook Upside Down: Time Audit. Complete in class as instructed and if you missed class today, check the GClassroom stream for a video version you can complete yourself.

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your ntoebook. See the assignment sheet below for details. There will be class time for work on this Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday – due no later than end of day 10/7.