Book talk. “Lab” day &/or Indie read.

Deadline:  Expand any quickwrite or notebook writing into a larger piece of writing.  (At least a page and a half, typed, double-spaced, MLA style*).  Upload this paper into our shared Dropbox folder for Friday (that’s tomorrow!)

*You can find a Word document with MLA formatting already in place in our shared Dropbox folder.  Open it and adapt as needed to type your paper.  When you re-save, change the document name to reflect your name and the assignment.

Book talk & Indie read.  RLaW: “Cruel As It Is” by Leonard Pitts, Jr.  How was the text written?  What “moves” does the writer make?  See & share what we can find.

Upcoming:  Tomorrow is “lab” day for work on your “essay.”  Expand any quickwrite or notebook writing into a larger piece of writing.  (At least a page and a half, typed, double-spaced, MLA style*).

*You can find a Word document with MLA formatting already in place in our shared Dropbox folder.  Open it and adapt as needed to type your paper.  When you re-save, change the document name to reflect your name and the assignment.

Book talk & Indie read.  Notebook writing:  recap of Verna Myers on Biases – extend your thinking.  What is Writing?  revisited & continued.

Deadline: Write a draft of an “essay” (NOT a five-paragraph monstrosity) that expands one of your quickwrites or notebook writes into bigger thinking. (needed in full on 9/25)

RLaW:  “Cruel As It Is” – Leonard Pitts, Jr. – read through only (we’ll work with it in class on Wednesday).

Cruel As It Is – Leonard Pitts, Jr.

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Book talk & Indie read.  Rhetoric – what is it? A look at definitions & a few notes of importance.

Deadline:  Blog Assign #1 (commentary & related link) sent to Mrs. C’s email by end of day!

Notice & Remind:  The main point of your commentary should NOT be a summary of the book, but your views, thoughts on an important topic or theme addresses BY the book.  You also do NOT need to tell how your secondary work you found (art, poetry, song, video, etc.) connects.  The blog reader should be able to make those connections themselves as long as your commentary addresses the point where the ideas “intersect.”

Book talk & Indie read.  Notebook write (the “upside down”):  Time Audit.  Blog assignment #1 – rubric review and directions for turning in the assignment (email to Mrs. C by end of day on Monday).  Plus:  A Surprise!

Deadline:  If you “improved” your notebook writing, turn it in AGAIN today!

Notice & Remind:  The main point of your commentary should NOT be a summary of the book, but your views, thoughts on an important topic or theme addresses BY the book.  You also do NOT need to tell how your secondary work you found (art, poetry, song, video, etc.) connects.  The blog reader should be able to make those connections themselves as long as your commentary addresses the point where the ideas “intersect.”

Book talk & Indie read.  “Lab” day to work on blog assignment #1.

Notice & Remind:  The main point of your commentary should NOT be a summary of the book, but your views, thoughts on an important topic or theme addresses BY the book.  You also do NOT need to tell how your secondary work you found (art, poetry, song, video, etc.) connects.  The blog reader should be able to make those connections themselves as long as your commentary addresses the point where the ideas “intersect.”

Book talk & Indie read.  Notebook writing:  Choose a line.  Find a spot worth repeating – copy it verbatim into your notebook (include the page #) – then use the tips from yesterday about building a good notebook entry to build an entry based on this quotable moment.  Why is it important, what does it mean, what do you think, etc?

BLOG ASSIGNMENT #1:  You’ll be writing a commentary and searching for a secondary connection to another artistic work (poem, song, video, etc.)  You many work with a partner or by yourself.  (Partners must be reading the same lit circle text, but do NOT have to be in the same class period – can be in 3 or 5).

BLOG ASSIGNMENT #1 – click here

Deadlines:  Resubmit notebooks for more points by end of school day Friday.  THIS TIME ONLY you can add on or make up missed entries.

Keep reading!  Lit. circle finish goal is Friday 9/15 (or at least over the weekend 🙂 )

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Notebook return – how to build a good notebook entry.  Quickwrite #9:  Spoken word poetry – specific to your lit. circle read (see links below if you need to rewatch).

• The Color Purple – “Pinata” by Pages Matam
• The Hate U Give – “How the Hood Loves You Back” by Steven Willis
• Things Fall Apart – “I Am Nigerian” by Nkiru Asika
• Everything Everything – “Oreo” by Tucker Bryant
• All American Boys – “cuz he’s black” by Javon Johnson

Deadlines:  Resubmit notebooks for more points by end of school day Friday.  THIS TIME ONLY you can add on or make up missed entries.

Keep reading!  Lit. circle finish goal is Friday 9/15.

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Notebook writing:  Take notes on the Ted talk video by Verna Myers.  * Collected notebooks.

How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them

Assignment:  Get reading!  Plan to be FINISHED with your book by Friday 9/15.

 

Book trailers & Indie read.  Work with your lit circle books & others reading the same book – anything challenging?  what spots do YOU want to talk about?  Mini-book pass – check out what’s in the media center!

Assignment:  Get reading!  Plan to be FINISHED with your book by Friday 9/15.