Book Talk & Indie Read

Your choice: READING DAY or time for WRITING (paper #5)

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

Indie Read

Your choice: READING DAY or time for WRITING (paper #5)

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

Book Talk & Indie Read

READ:

• “End” from A Writer Teaches Writing by Don Murray – add to your notepage from yesterday
• “And In the End” from Crafting Authentic Voice by Tom Romano – supplemental – you find it in GClassroom as material if you’d like to check it out

STUDY: “That’s a Wrap!” a look at real book endings. What strategies are writers using and how do they affect readers? What do you notice?

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – QW or MB (the one you didn’t do last time) due in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day 10/26 (that’s one week from today)

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ:

• “Lead” from A Writer Teaches Writing by Don Murray – make a notepage (in hour 2 we did this explicitly – in other hours we made some quick annotations & students will need go back a make a quick notepage using them)
• “In the Beginning” from Crafting Authentic Voice by Tom Romano – a read aloud + vote (in GClassroom) on the best beginning as Romano experiments and tries several options for a quick piece he wrote (hour 2 students will need to do this on your own – see today’s GClassroom stream – other hours we did this in-class)

ASSIGNMENT/EXPERIMENT: Revisit at least 2 quickwrites in your notebook and try writing* 2 more beginning options for them. Do not erase your original opening, just draw arrows and write new ones below. *Use a different colored pen if you want.

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – QW or MB (the one you didn’t do last time) due in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day 10/26 (that’s one week from today)

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: “For Starters. . . ” a look at real book openings. What strategies are writers using and how do they affect readers? What do you notice?

PAST DUE:

• Submit QW #19 in GClassroom today. A picture will do nicely – you’ve already done the writing.
• If you missed Friday, be sure to give your WRITE CLUB groupmates some feedback (in MSWord through Dropbox)

ASSIGNMENT: Writing #5 – QW or MB (the one you didn’t do last time) due in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day 10/26

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #19: Mid-Term Reflection – How’s It Going?

STUDY: Revision from feedback. Whole class read + small group work to notice changes writers made by using feedback given.

ASSIGNMENT: Submit QW #19 in GClassroom today. A picture will do nicely – you’ve already done the writing.

PAST DUE: If you missed Friday, be sure to give your WRITE CLUB groupmates some feedback (in MSWord through Dropbox)

Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITE CLUB!! “10 Things” paper.

TO-DO: If you missed class today, conduct your own digital WRITE CLUB by reading your groupmates’ papers and offering commentary in MSWord. Be sure to recognize the moments that shine, ask questions where you want to know more or need clarification, & offer open-ended suggestions for things to improve/try.

Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITING DAY! Work on your “10 Things” paper. Generate some ideas, pick one, and GO. Use the listicle genre that we read yesterday and see where it takes you.

DEADLINE: 10 Things paper due in Dropbox no later than end of day Thursday 10/13 (NOTE: time to write in class on 10/12 & 13 w/ WRITE CLUB on Friday)

Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITING DAY! Work on your “10 Things” paper. Generate some ideas, pick one, and GO. Use the listicle genre that we read yesterday and see where it takes you.

DEADLINE: 10 Things paper due in Dropbox no later than end of day Thursday 10/13 (NOTE: time to write in class on 10/12 & 13 w/ WRITE CLUB on Friday)