📖 Book Talk x 2 & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: Recap of yesterday’s “Danger of a Single Story” – note talk-through + rewatch of highlighted moments (finish QW #20 if you didn’t yesterday)

🖋️ Quickwrite #21: Single Story – / + Exercise

TO-DO: Select your 1st & 2nd choices for the next in-class book club read. Form on today’s GClassroom stream.

PAST DUE: Writing #3 – identity poetry (inspired by book club verse novels) was due as MSWord doc in Dropbox Drafts folder no later than end of day Monday 10/9 – TWO DAYS AGO! (you can turn in your verse novels when this assignment is complete)

📖 Book Talk x 2 & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: “The Danger of a Single Story” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie TED Talk – notes (recap tomorrow)

🖋️ Quickwrite #20: Your thoughts on “Danger of a Single Story” (video above)

PAST DUE: Writing #3 – identity poetry (inspired by book club verse novels) was due as MSWord doc in Dropbox Drafts folder no later than end of day Monday 10/9 – YESTERDAY! (you can turn in your verse novels when this assignment is complete)

VIDEO: “On the Banning of Looking for Alaska” – John Green (vlog brothers April 12, 2016)

📖 Indie Read

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Writing #3 – identity poetry (inspired by book club verse novels) due as MSWord doc in Dropbox Drafts folder no later than end of day Monday 10/9

VIDEO: ABC News “Author (George M. Johnson) Speaks Out Amid Surge in Efforts to Ban Books in Schools and LIbraries” (September 20, 2022)

📖 Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: “Everything You Need to Know to Write a Poem (and how it can save a life)” – D. Tysdal TED Talk + notes recap

UPCOMING: Writing #3 – details tomorrow (you better believe it includes poetry & ties in the verse novel you just read for book club)

VIDEO: Now This News “Authors are speaking out about attempts to ban their books” (December 24, 2021)

📖 Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #19: Endgame 🎯 Book Club Verse Novel – Your overall thoughts?

STUDY/DISCUSSION: 🎯#3 Talk – share thoughts on the cover art from yesterday, endgame thoughts from today’s quickwrite, & anything else that drives conversation about the book

VIDEO: PBS Newshour “Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech” (Mar. 10, 2022)

📖 Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #18: Cover Art? Check out the cover of your book club verse novel. Does it “work”? Why or why not? What could be done differently (or why does it fit just right)? Explain.

READING TIME ⏰

DEADLINE: 🎯#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame) – This is TOMORROW!!

🖋️ Quickwrite #17: Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 (ALA) – Your thoughts? (click the link to check them out)

📖 Indie Read

STUDY: Why Verse Novels? Read School Library Journal article “Verse Novels Forge a Unique Connection with Young Readers” by Amanda MacGregor

XTRA: Check out the blog below – with embedded videos (from your verse novel book club authors 🙂 )

No Extra Words: The Emotional Punch of Novels inn Verse – Library of Congress Blog by Sasha Dowdy

NEXT DEADLINE: 🎯#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame)

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read

Open eBooks codes (see Mrs. C if you missed class): access to tons of great books online for FREE 🙂

STUDY/NOTEBOOK: Time Audit (complete in the upside-down) *If you missed class see the video on GClassroom.

NEXT DEADLINE: 🎯#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame)

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Videos for connection & understanding of your book club verse novels

Click the link for the Punching the Air video – authors interviewed on CBS This Morning: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/punching-the-air-authors-discuss-their-novel-using-poetry-to-cope-with-hate-and-racism/

NEXT DEADLINE: 🎯#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame)

PAST DUE: Writing #2 – Thinking beyond Stamped was due a week ago! (it’s not too late to turn them in)

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/DISCUSSION: 🎯#2 Talk – share poems we analyzed yesterday, fave poems chosen, questions answered & anything else that drives conversation about the book

NEXT DEADLINE: 🎯#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame)

PAST DUE: Writing #2 – Thinking beyond Stamped was due a week ago! (it’s not too late to turn them in)