Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Rap Analysis Assignment Intro & Example, Quote Explain Connect Cycle & Tips for quoting source material

PAST DUE:

• Submission #2 due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day Monday 11/7
• Writing #6 – part 1 select & annotate due in Dropbox (see tech directions) no later than end of day Sunday 11/13
• Book Talk preparation due whatever day you signed up for 🙂

DEADLINE: Writing #6 – part II write the analysis due in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 11/16

Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in

STUDY: “Rapping Deconstructed” video from vox.com

INFO: Quick look at annotation examples for rap lyrics (find them as material in GClassroom) & Book Talk info for our return from “break”

DEADLINES:

• Submission #2 due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day Monday 11/7
• Writing #6 – part 1 select & annotate due in Dropbox (see tech directions) no later than end of day Sunday 11/13
• Book Talk preparation due whatever day you signed up for 🙂

Book Talk & Indie Read

OVERVIEW: Collective Comments on Submission #1

Quickwrite #23: “This is America” by Childish Gambino

STUDY: Art of Hip-Hip – more background, thinking, and intro to the next writing assignment (part 1)

NEW ASSIGNMENT INTRO: Writing #6 – part 1 select & annotate due in Dropbox (see tech directions) no later than end of day Sunday 11/13

DEADLINE: Submission #2 due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day Monday 11/7

UPCOMING/SNEAK PEEK: Book talks by YOU after we return from the November/Fall/Parent-Teacher Conference break. . .

Read Aloud – The Roots of Rap by Carole Boston Weatherford & Frank Morrison

Indie Read w/ rate calculation & challenge/goal-setting

STUDY/READ: “Why Study Rhetoric? or, What Freestyle Rap Teaches Us About Writing” by Kyle Steadman

https://writingcommons.org/article/why-we-study-rhetoric/

DISCUSSION/LISITNG: The Art of Hip-Hop – why rap? & artists we know/love . . .

DEADLINE: Submission #2 due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day Monday 11/7

Indie Read

CONTINUE/READ: Every Day by David Levithan (with audio) p. 461 – 510

Indie Read

Quickwrite #22: n-word (your thoughts and opinions)

STUDY: Examining the conversation around use of the n-word. Watch videos below + scene from Dear White People V1:Ch5 (if you have Netflix it’s from 17:17 – 23:32)

Quickwrite: revisit & add on any additional/new thoughts. . . .

Read Aloud: “The Scariest Story Ever Told” by Colin Nissan

Indie Read

STUDY/WATCH: “Why is Being Scared So Fun?” TED Talk by Margee Kerr

Quickwrite #21: What does “Thriller” have to say about the thriller? Discuss and/or annotate using the lyrics to this iconic Michael Jackson song (after watching the video).

ASSIGNMENT: Submission #2 due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day Monday 11/7

Indie Read with clipboard check-in

Quickwrite #20: Fears – What are you afraid of? Create a list. Then, choose one and expand.

STUDY/NOTES: Rhetorical Analysis + add to this by reading textbook chapter 6 (available on GClassroom as pdf)

READ/ANNOTATE: “Afterword” by Simon Pegg from The Walking Dead Vol.2 by Robert Kirkman (as practice for rhetorical analysis)

ASSIGN: Read & take a few notes on Everything’s an Argument chapter 6

Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITE CLUB – Writing #5 QW or MB – bless, address, & press – then decide what you’ll do with the feedback

Indie Read

Your choice: READING DAY or time for WRITING (paper #5) – WRITE CLUB tomorrow!

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – QW or MB (the type you didn’t do for writing #3) due in Dropbox no later than end of day TODAY 10/26.