TODAY – Complete the BOOK RETURN SURVEY/OPTIONS on GClassroom to check-in today.

OFFICE HOURS:  In the zoom from 9 – 12 & 12:30 – 2.  Stop in with questions, get help w/ writing or request a book to read.

DEADLINES:

• BOOK CLUB #2 padlet board answers due no later than end of Sunday 12/6 (if you don’t know how to access this, come see me in office hours and I’ll show you)
• WRITING 6 – ID Exploration (BC#2 paper) due anytime between Friday 12/4 and end of day Sunday 12/6

REMINDERS & PAST DUE:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5&7 – WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5&7– NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  Catching up on these items this weekend will help you be ready to work on your portfolio next week.

UPCOMING: Portfolio work and notebook wrap-ups.

It’s an “on-demand”/asynchronous work day (NO ZOOM).  Here’s what to do:

FIRST:  Be sure to check-in TODAY by answering the attendance question on the GClassroom stream (if you haven’t already)

READ:  Finish your book for BOOK CLUB #2 (if you haven’t already. . . or at least make progress)

WRITE:  Work on answering 4 of the 11 questions on the padlet board for YOUR book club choice (instructions on Monday’s post – just scroll down)

STUDY:  Watch the video introducting the last (before your portfolio) writing assignment of the semester.  You’ll find this on today’s GClassroom stream.

WRITING 6 – ID Exploration (BC#2 paper)

CREATE:  Start thinking about and/or writing this paper.

DEADLINES:

• BOOK CLUB #2 padlet board answers due no later than end of Sunday 12/6 (complete them by Friday if you can)
• WRITING #6 due anytime between Friday 12/4 and end of day Sunday 12/6
• Make-up Work – all 6 writing assignments can still be turned in in your portfolio at semester’s end (last date for those is Sunday 12/13)

UPCOMING:  A quick book return survey & OFFICE HOURS on Friday (from 9am – 12pm & 12:30 – 2pm).  Stop in if you need help or have questions or just want to say hi.

NEXT WEEK: Portfolio work and Notebook wrap-ups.

READ ALOUD: Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

WRITE:  Quickwrite #19 /notes – make notes while watching or respond after watching the New York TImes interviews below

READ: Indian Education by Sherman Alexie

STUDY/CREATE:  Instructions & Passwords for BOOK CLUB #2  Padlet board work.  Click the appropriate link below or visit padlet.com and put in the password listed below (immediately after the link & author’s name) for the book you chose to read.  Then answer (thoroughly) any 4 of the questions between today 11/23 & end of day Sunday 12/6.  Be sure you are logged into Padlet so you name shows & you receive credit for your entries.  (Note: your posts won’t show up until Mrs. C approves them.)

• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – alltheboys
• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline – marrowthieves
• Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez – barelymissing
• Internment by Samira Ahmed – internment
• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay – patronsaints
• Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena – mexicanwhiteboy
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez – mexicandaughter
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu – youngelites

TO DO:  Keep reading!!! END GAME on this book is Wednesday.  Reading time w/ check-ins in class! 🙂

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

READ ALOUD:  Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

WRITE:  Quickwrite #18 /notes – make notes while watching or respond after watching the New York TImes interviews below

READ:  Only Daughter – Sandra Cisneros

STUDY/CREATE:  Instructions & Passwords for BOOK CLUB #2  Padlet board work.  Click the appropriate link below or visit padlet.com and use the “good word” for the book you chose to read.  Then answer (thoroughly) any 4 of the questions between today 11/23 & end of day Sunday 12/6.  Be sure you are logged into Padlet so you name shows & you receive credit for your entries.  (Note: your posts won’t show up until Mrs. C approves them.)

• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – alltheboys
• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline – marrowthieves
• Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez – barelymissing
• Internment by Samira Ahmed – internment
• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay – patronsaints
• Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena – mexicanwhiteboy
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez – mexicandaughter
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu – youngelites

TO DO:  Keep reading!!! (Other than catching up on whatever you might be missing – writing &/or notebook entries – it’s all I’m asking you to do over Thanksgiving break.)  Reading time w/ check-ins in class! 🙂

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

Enjoy your Thanksgiving time off.  See you next Monday!

TODAY – Complete the INDIVIDUAL READING RATE activity & GForm on GClassroom to check-in today.

OFFICE HOURS:  In the zoom from 9 – 12 & 12:30 – 2.  Stop in with questions, get help w/ writing or request a book to read.

BOOK CLUB #2:  Stay on target with your Reading Schedule (slides on GClassroom stream from Wednesday)

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

UPCOMING:  Next week – more BOOK CLUB #2 and (besides reading your book) a break for Thanksgiving Break.  You got this!!

READ ALOUD:  The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad

WRITE:  Quickwrite #17 – watch video “Muslims Read Hate Comments” and write in reaction or response

READ/STUDY:   The One Who Defines Me by Aisha Saeed 

SCHEDULES for BOOK CLUB #2 –  Barely Missing Everything, Internment, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Young Elites, Mexican Whiteboy, Patron Saints of Nothing, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, or The Marrow Thieves  (This is separate from your independent read, but it is OKAY to switch over for a couple of weeks if that’s what you need.  It is also OKAY to keep reading both your independent read AND your big group novel simultaneously.  Only you know you.)

Individual Break-Outs for reading time & teacher check-ins.   Exit ticket posting BEFORE you leave class.  Details in the ZOOM.

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

UPCOMING:  Friday OFFICE HOURS & a Reading Rate Update Activity for attendance/check-in.  Next week – more BOOK CLUB #2.

Visit the SIGN IT! padlet board and add your name as a comment on the appropriate post-it to indicated how many books you’ve read so far this semester.  YES, your books read for this course count! (as well as your independent reading).

WRITE:  Quickwrite #15 – watch the video 6 Photographers/1 Man below and then spend 3 minutes writing in response/commentary/thinking.

READ:  Read Aloud A Different Pond  by Bao Phi

NOTEBOOK:  Quickwrite #16 / notes – make notes while watching or respond after watching the New York TImes interviews below

READ:  “What Did My Mother the Chemist See in Betty Crocker – Celeste Ng

PAST DUE & LAST CHANCE:

• Writing 5 (the rap annotation) was due 11/15 (you can still add it to your Dropbox)
• FINAL DAY to give Mrs. C requests for BOOK CLUB #2 – starts Wednesday!!

Fill out the (fun) survey in GClassrroom to be counted present today.

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day (9am – 12pm & 12:30-2pm) if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by. See me if you need help posting in padlet or need help with Dropbox.

DEADLINES:

• Get your BOOK CLUB #2 selection turned in ASAP.  Contact Mrs. C if you don’t know how to do this.
• WRITING 5 – Annotation – the due date (extended) is now end of day Sunday 11/15

NEXT WEEK:  We’ll start work for BOOK CLUB #2 and get reading!!

NOTES/WATCH:  Crash Couse – What is Justice?

SHARE:  Breakout rooms to share what rap/hip-hop songs you picked for analysis & why.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #14  – We Need Diverse Books Campaign Video

BOOK CLUB #2: Choices, Info, Check out the slides & Choose your book!  (slides & Gform to choose on the GCLassroom stream TODAY!)

DEADLINES:  Your rap annotation (WRITING 5) due by end of day Sunday 11/15 (this is an EXTENSION to the previous due date!!!) – to submit just move it to our shared submissions folder.

UPCOMING:  No School Wednesday in observance of Veteran’s Day.  OFFICE HOURS on Friday.  Check GClassroom for Friday’s activity/check-in – thinking about your own writing process.

Sign into the reading padlet as usual – link on the right hand side of this site w/ code mceng5 – and post your progress there.  This will be checked for attendance purposes!

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day (9am – 12pm & 12:30-2pm) if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by. See me if you need help posting in padlet or need help with Dropbox.

STUDENT PATH SURVEY:  Go to mystudentpath.com Follow these directions LINK HERE (also on the GClassroom stream today) to complete the survey.  Thanks!

REMINDERS/DEADLINES:  WRITING 5 (your rap annotation) start working on it. We’ll visit them again on Monday 11/9 so be sure to have something done by then.

WRITING 5 – Annotation  You can find a video of the steps to completing this assignment on today’s GClassroom stream.  Watch it to clarify the directions, see how to do the annotating in MSWord, and how to resave your work.  Get analyzing & annotating!

NEXT WEEK:  We’ll keep working on our rap annotations and make choices for BOOK CLUB #2.