As USUAL – check-in on the Indie Read board.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #8 – “Changing the World by Changing Yourself”

STUDY:  Watch video & take notes Vernā Myers “How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them” (TEd talk)

BOOK CLUB#1: choices, info, check out the slides & choose your book!

TO DO:  choose your book for BOOK CLUB

PAST DUE: WRITING 3 (poetry + reflection) was due 10/4 (find the assignment on last week’s posts)

Check out the BOOK PASS & BOOK TRAILERS on GClassroom.

1. Check out the new book pass & book trailer slides (spend between 15 – 35 minutes)
2. Post a couple of titles you might want to read on the Indie Read padlet board to check-in for the day and be counted present

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by. See me if you need help posting in padlet.

DEADLINE: Writing 3 due no later than end of day Sunday 10/4

WRITING 3

UPCOMING: Next week we’ll think about confronting biases & the dangers of stereotypes and we’ll check out the options for our first round of BOOK CLUBS!

BEFORE class – sign into the padlet board and post a new reading post-it (the new usual).

STAGGERED ZOOMS TODAY!  Check your time on GClassroom  – based on the novel you are reading for the Big Group Read.

WATCH & WRITE: In class, we’ll watch the video for your read & then create a notebook page with an entry responding to it.  After watching, what are you thinking?  Does it give you insight into the book you just read?  Can you make connections between the video and the book?  What are your impressions of this author?

• Long Way Down  – Dear Dreamer

• The Poet X  – I Use My Poetry to Confront Violence Against Women

• Solo  –  Inside Solo

NEW ASSIGNMENT:  Writing 3 (examining identity through poetry) – submit starting 10/2 and no later than end of day Sunday 10/4

WRITING 3 

PAST DUE:  If you stayed on target, you are finished with your Big Group Read.  Catch up if you’ve fallen behind.

As usual, update your reading (independent or your Big Group Read) on the Indie read Padlet board.  Then, at class time, sign into the Zoom call.

Quickwrite #7:  Work with the poetry in your for-class novel (Solo, Long Way Down, or The Poet X) as instructed

• Choose a single poem you really like
• List words within the poem that you like or list individual words that describe how it makes you feel or what it reminds you of
• Consider and explain why you like those words
• Compare the list of words you chose w/ the explanation

STUDY:  Thinking about how poetry works.  We’ll do some work in groups (based on the book you chose) to make discoveries about the poetry we are currently studying.

TO DO:  Keep reading to target for Wednesday (that’s the end of your book).

PAST DEADLINE:

• Writing 2 was due 9/20 (Some students still need to complete this.  If it’s you, get on that. The assignment can be found on BOTH the GClassroom stream & the website on the posts from Sept. 16th.)
• Time Audit (in your notebook) and the Time Audit Response (GForm) was due Friday 9/25. Find it on Friday’s Classroom stream.

Complete the TIME AUDIT ACTIVITY on GClassroom.

1. Watch the video & complete the notebook work (takes about 15 minutes)
2. Fill out the Time Audit response form (attached to the stream) to check-in for the day and be counted present

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by.

DEADLINE: Work to stay on target for your Big Group Read (use the schedules posted in GClassroom stream)

PAST DUE:  WRITING 2 was due 9/20. Get on it.

BEFORE class – sign into the padlet board and post a new reading post-it.  Include what you are reading, the page # of your progress & the date 9/23.  Keep doing this each class day as a check-in.

STAGGERED ZOOMS TODAY!  Check your time on GClassroom  – based on the novel you are reading for the Big Group Read.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #6 “Take a Knee” by Kwame Alexander CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE VIDEO (I put in a request to clear it, but you might have to watch on another device)…

Kwame Alexander: Take a knee

READ:  At your Zoom meet, we’ll read further (from today’s target) w/ author-read audio.

DEADLINE: Work to stay on target for your Big Group Read (use the schedules posted in GClassroom stream)

PAST DUE:  WRITING 2 was due 9/20. Get on it.

BEFORE class – sign into the padlet board and post a new reading post-it.  Include what you are reading, the page # of your progress & the date 9/21.  Start doing this each class day as a check-in.

Read Aloud.  Kwame Alexander’s How to Read a Book.

Reading schedules for the Big Group Read – either Solo, The Poet X, or Long Way Down.  (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.

DEADLINE: Work to stay on target for your Big Group Read.

PAST DUE:  WRITING 2 was due 9/20 (yesterday). Get on it.

 

Book talks. 🙂

Quickwrite #5:  Watch & respond to the poem below – “Colorblind” by Joseph Capehart

Core Read: Forethought – The Souls of Black Folk by WEB duBois 

Notebook Work:

• 3 important spots to take a closer look – WHY?
• How does this piece compare with other core excerpts we read?

RIGHT NOW:  Choose your BIG GROUP READ – Solo, The Poet X, or Long Way Down – and fill out the Google form indicating which book and how you are accessing it (this is on the slideshow attached to GClassroom!

TO DO:  Read something awesome at least 15 minutes!

DEADLINE:  Writing 2  – submit starting 9/18 and no later than end of day Sunday 9/20

WRITING 2

PAST DUE:  Writing 1 – due 9/6 (but I still need it)

UPCOMING:  Work day on Friday – email Mrs. C if you have questions or need help.

Today, begin by posting a reading check-in on the padlet – USE the link on the right for Indie Read Check-Ins MC Lit / English 5  – add a post-it as instructed.

Book talks. 🙂

Quickwrite #4: American Dream cartoon.  Thoughts?

Core Read: A Letter to My Nephew – James Baldwin (1962)

Notebook Work:

1. Using the pdf of Baldwin’s letter, choose a line (or two) that feels important to you.
2. Copy it word for word onto your notebook page (paper or digital).
3. Put it in quotation marks since it is a quote.
4. Underneath, share WHY you chose this quote?
5. What does it say to you?  Why does it feel important?
6. Does it apply to NOW – 2020?
7. Continue to write any thoughts you have about the quote, related to the quote, things it reminds you of, etc.

TO DO:

• Choose your BIG GROUP READ – Solo, The Poet X, or Long Way Down – and fill out the Google form indicating which book and how you are accessing it (this is on the slideshow attached to GClassroom!  (DO this TODAY! – We start this book next week)
• Read something awesome at least 15 minutes!

PAST DUE:

• INDIVIDUAL READING RATE – this was Friday 9/11 check-in (if you didn’t complete it, do so)
• Writing 1 – due 9/6 (but I still need it)

UPCOMING:  Last core read for this study on Wednesday and details on Writing 2.

TODAY – Complete the INDIVIDUAL READING RATE activity & GForm on GClassroom to check-in today.  Instructor OFFICE HOURS today from 9 – 12 & 12:30 – 2 (Zoom link on GClassroom).  Stop in with questions about the assignment, to get help on platform sign-up/use (Dropbox, Padlet, Flipgrid).

REMINDERS:

• What are you reading?  YOU NEED A BOOK (email Mrs. C to request books for delivery OR find your own read)
• Apply for a GC library card. (Pick up your real card at the main library and maybe get a FREE book).

DEADLINE:

• Individual Reading Rate activity TODAY!!
• CHOOSE your read for the BIG GROUP READ – You’ll need a book by Monday 9/21 – see the slideshow w/links & the GForm to choose your book no later than Wednesday 9/16. (You’ll find this on GClassroom on the stream)

TO DO:  Read at least 15 minutes – EVERY DAY.

PAST DATES:

• WRITING 1 was due Sunday 9/6
• Tech set-up – Dropbox, Flipgrid, Padlet – should be COMPLETE

UPCOMING:

• Next week – more read-together core texts by Black authors as we prepare for reading a verse novel.