Book talk & Indie read. Lab time for work on rhetoric of rap paper.

Upcoming:

• More writing rhetoric of rap papers tomorrow! Prepare by annotating & completing the pre-write.
• New book club after P/T Conferences – week of Oct 22 – 26. Order this week!

Deadline: Rhetoric of rap paper – draft due Monday 10/22. You’ll also need your annotated song lyrics.

Video How and Why We Read – Crash Course Lit. w/ John Green & Indie read.  Book pass.

Upcoming:

• Writing rhetoric of rap papers Tues. & Wed! Prepare by annotating & completing the pre-write.
• New book club after P/T Conferences – week of Oct 22 – 26. Order this week!

Book talks x 2 (1st hour) x 4 (3rd hour) & Indie read. Annotating rap lyrics – tips & pre-writing sheet to help you focus.

Upcoming:

• Writing rhetoric of rap papers NEXT week! Prepare by annotating & completing the pre-write.
• New book club after P/T Conferences – week of Oct 22 – 26. Book talks, selection, info & ordering later this week.

Choose your read for book club 2 – book needed by Monday, October 22nd.  (You can find your book of choice on your own or order through Mrs. C. next week.  See prices below).  I encourage you to choose what “calls” to you, talk it up with classmates, too.  No lone-wolf reading.

 The Young Elites by Marie Lu $10 BOOKTALK WITH MARIE LU | THE YOUNG ELITES The Young Elites by Marie Lu book trailer

 Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older $6 SHADOWSHAPER CYPHER Q&A with Daniel José Older: PART 1 Shadowshaper Book Trailer – (unofficial)

 Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena $10 Matt de la Pena Interview

 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini $13 The Kite Runner – movie trailer Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner Interview

 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian  by Sherman Alexie $10 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian Book Trailer (unofficial) 10 Questions for Sherman Alexie

 To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han $9  To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Trailer BOOKTALK WITH JENNY HAN

Book talks x 2 (1st hour) & Indie read. Lab time for finalizing revisions to paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) & finding song lyrics for annotating in class on Friday. (If you need Mrs. C to print your lyrics, please email them as a Word or Google doc BEFORE class time on Friday).

Upcoming:

• Paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) will be due in teacher-ready form in class on Friday.
• Think about what rap lyrics (or other text-rich lyrics) you will dissect for the rhetoric of rap paper. Bring those lyrics to class on Friday! *if you choose a non-rap song, you have to get it approved by Mrs. C = )
• New book club after P/T Conferences – week of Oct 22 – 26. Book talks, selection, info & ordering later this week.

Book talks x 2 & Indie read.  Quickwrite #16: Excerpt from The First Part Last by Angela Johnson.  Lyric annotation practice/demo w/ Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie.”

Tomorrow:  Lab time for finalizing revisions to paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) & finding song lyrics for annotating in class on Friday.  (If you need Mrs. C to print your lyrics, please email them as a Word or Google doc BEFORE class time on Friday).

Upcoming:

• Paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) will be due in teacher-ready form in class on Friday.
• Think about what rap lyrics (or other text-rich lyrics) you will dissect for the rhetoric of rap paper.  Bring those lyrics to class on Friday!  *if you choose a non-rap song, you have to get it approved by Mrs. C = )
• New book club after P/T Conferences – week of Oct 22 – 26.  Book talks, selection, info & ordering later this week.

Book trailers & Indie read.  Video:  Rapping, Deconstructed – vox.com .  Preview:  rhetoric of rap paper (where is this going?)  a look at Mos Def’s “Mathematics” with annotation and an example paper that deconstructs the rap to show readers how rhetoric works here.

Upcoming:

• Paper #1 (quickwrite expansion) will be due in teacher-ready form in class on Friday (some lab time on Thursday for final revisions).
• Think about what rap lyrics (or other text-rich lyrics) you will dissect for the rhetoric of rap paper.  Bring those lyrics to class on Friday!  *if you choose a non-rap song, you have to get it approved by Mrs. C = )
• New book club after P/T Conferences – week of Oct 22 – 26.  Book talks, selection, info & ordering later this week.

Book talk & Indie read.  Video:  The Art of Rap – Something from Nothing.  (G.)A.P.S. of rap as a writing genre – notes in notebook.  Quick intro comments on rap analysis.

Deadlines:

• Writer’s Notebooks collected today!
• Paper #1 will be submitted to Mrs. C for evaluation & feedback next Thursday 10/11 & Friday 10/12.

Upcoming:  Rhetoric of rap project/paper next week.  Begin thinking about what song you might want to work with.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #15:  “B**** Don’t Kill My Vibe” – Kendrick Lamar.  Notebook checklist (collecting tomorrow). Video:  The Art of Rap – Something from Nothing.

Deadlines:

• Writer’s Notebooks collected tomorrow!
• Paper #1 will be submitted to Mrs. C for evaluation & feedback next Thursday 10/11 & Friday 10/12.