Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite revision exercise: Use RADaR (Replace, Add, Delete, Reorder) to make just 3 minutes worth of changes to any of the 6 quickwrites in your notebook.

Notebook: Add notes on “Truths About Writing” (find them also attached in GClassroom).

Book talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #6 – “Can We Auto-correct Humanity?” by Prince EA

RLaW: Go over our notices from yesterday in “Cruel As It Is, Somehow We Go On” by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Annotate your copy as needed.

*@ReadWarriors information (see the tab above for details). Basically, when you finish a book, create and turn in a “tweet sheet” to Mrs. C = )

TO DO: Read something awesome & make up any work that is currently not submitted (i.e. your introductory letter).

Read Aloud – The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. Indie read.

Quickwrite #5 – Indie read question cards… If you missed class, just write for 4 minutes about your independent read. How’s it going? What’s happening in your book?

Read Like a Writer (RLaW) practice – “Sometimes the Earth is Cruel” Op. Ed from The Miami Herald Jan. 2010 by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Read through it and using your RLaW half-sheet (it’s in your notebook) find and label at least 5 notices of the writer’s technique, craft, and/or choices.

Deadlines:

• PAST DUE (but you can always turn in work – no deductions) WRITING #1 – LETTER – submit as a Google doc in GClassroom (Assignment sheet available in GClassroom & under the English 9/10 Writing Assignment tab above).

Book talk & Indie Read. Calculate self-paced reading rates and set a weekly page goal for the book you are reading now.

Quickwrite #4 – “Dear Dreamer” by Jason Reynolds – watch the video and then spend 3 minutes writing your thoughts on the next open page in your writer’s notebook

Deadline TODAY:

• WRITING #1 – LETTER – due no later than end of day Monday 8/30 – submit as a Google doc in GClassroom (Assignment sheet available in GClassroom & under the English 9/10 Writing Assignment tab above).

Book Trailers. Intro to Padlet boards – sign up at Padlet.com for free using your Google sign in and school email. Add a post-it that shows which book you are reading and what page you are on. (No consequences and you’ll be setting your own expectations – just a place to keep track of reading progress.)

Indie Read & time to work on writing.

Deadlines:

• WRITING #1 – LETTER – due no later than end of day Monday 8/30 – submit as a Google doc in GClassroom (Assignment sheet available in GClassroom & under the English 9/10 Writing Assignment tab above).

Book Talk & Indie Read. Read Like a Writer (RLaW) intro & practice with Where the Wild Things Are. (See GClassroom for a look at an annotated copy of what we found in class).

Deadlines:

• WRITING #1 – LETTER – due no later than end of day Sunday 8/29 – submit as a Google doc in GClassroom (Assignment sheet available in GClassroom & under the English 9/10 Writing Assignment tab above).

Read Aloud – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Indie Read.

Quickwrite #3 – Missing Spoons

Assignment:

WRITING #1 – LETTER – due no later than end of day Sunday 8/29 – submit as a Google doc in GClassroom

Book talk Book talk & Indie Read (the “rules” of Indie Read).

Quickwrite #2 – “Rethink Homelessness” (watch the video and respond)

Syllabus overview. Check it out at the “Welcome, Syllbi” tab above or as material on the GClassroom.

Book Trailers. Notes: How to Notebook (these go in your writer’s notebook after QW#1).

Book pass – Keep 1/Pass 1. Check out books if you’d like. You NEED a book for reading tomorrow!

Deadlines:

• Quick Grades Survey – find this on GClassroom – just 3 questions and honest answers
• Past due – Day 1 survey (it’s still open)

Book talk. Quickwrite #1 –  “What’s in the Box?”  (try to write for 4 minutes with no stopping, no worries about correctness or if it’s “good”… just go).

Talk about independent reading. Check out Mrs. C’s letter to you by clicking the INDIE READ tab at the top and re-watch the video there if you’d like.

Deadlines:

• Past Due – take the Day 1 Survey on GClassroom
• You’ll need a book to read by classtime on Tuesday!