Student book talk & Indie read.  Conferencing &/or work on MG projects.

Deadlines:

• Social Justice multi-genre project “teacher-ready” due end of Mon. 12/4
• Quotable mentions last names P – Z  – Thurs. 12/7
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Upcoming:  Conferencing with Mrs. C all week.  Be ready!

Student book talk & Indie read.  Book pass ❤

Deadlines:

• TOMORROW –  MG project draft (w/ pre-conf.  sheet)
• Quotable mentions last names P – Z  – Thurs. 12/7
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Upcoming:  Conferencing with Mrs. C all week.  Be ready!

Indie read. Lab day for work on Multi-genre paper.

Bring what you have drafted to class on Monday 11/27.  Individual conferring will start next Tuesday.

Deadlines:

• Draft of multi-genre paper for your conference next week/
• Quotable mentions last names H – O – TODAY!
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Indie read. Lab day for work on Multi-genre paper.

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21 (that’s TOMORROW!)
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Indie read. Complete the Multi-genre Design using the template in our shared Dropbox folder.

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Paper #2 optional revisions due by end of Mon. 11/20 (Make sure Revised is in the doc title & return the original paper copy to Mrs. C)

Student book talk & Indie read. Social Justice People:  an overview of Freire, hooks, and Jason Reynolds.  Multi-genre Project handouts to help you write the required genres.

Links to check out:  bell hooks institute What we learn from Paulo Freire  Can You Dab? – Classroom Communities on Jason Reynolds’ school visit

Be prepared to write your MG Design in class tomorrow. (The template will be in Dropbox). know about what topic/issue you want to write about (social justice topics/issues).

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Paper #2 optional revisions due by end of Mon. 11/20 (Make sure Revised is in the doc title & return the original paper copy to Mrs. C)

Student book talk & Indie read. Recap:  social justice by definition & social justice issues.  Multi-genre Project assignment – overview w/ details.  Examples of how multi-genre comes together (on screen & as hands-on examples).

Think about what topic/issue you want to write about (social justice topics/issues).

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Paper #2 optional revisions due by end of Mon. 11/20 (Make sure Revised is in the doc title & return the original paper copy to Mrs. C)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Social Justice – what is it?  SOCIAL JUSTICE ppt slides Watch:  What Is Justice?: Crash Course Philosophy #40 Notebook Listing:  as a class we listed as many social justice issues as we could think of.  Intro to multi-genre concept – Tom Romano explains Multi-genre

Deadlines:

• Paper#3 – “teacher-ready” due by end of TODAY (Use Paper#3 in the saved document title.)
• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Paper #2 optional revisions due by end of Mon. 11/20 (Make sure Revised is in the doc title & return the original paper copy to Mrs. C)

Student Book talk & Indie read.  Video:  The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quickwrite #18:  What is the “danger of a single story?”

Deadlines:

• Paper#3 – “teacher-ready” due by end of Tues. 11/14 (Use Paper#3 in the saved document title.)
• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Paper #2 optional revisions due by end of Mon. 11/20 (Make sure Revised is in the doc title & return the original paper copy to Mrs. C)

Student book talk & Indie read. Paper #3: Complete the pre-conference sheet about your paper.  Students (with complete drafts) work in partners to comment on each other’s papers.

Deadlines:

• Paper#3 – “teacher-ready” due by end of Tues. 11/14 (Use Paper#3 in the saved document title.)
• Quotable mentions last names H – O – Nov. 13 – Nov. 21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30