Book Talks & Indie Read.

READ LIKE A WRITER: Intro to concepts & slide for notebook. Practice with How I Became a Pirate. (See what you can find & annotate accordingly).

ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW: Letter to Mrs. C due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 8/28

TO DO:

• Send your SWIC ID# to Mrs. C via email (apply if needed)
• Finish your Dropbox sign-up and folder share
• Read something awesome!

Read Aloud – How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannon – & Indie Read.

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION: thoughts from grades survey – “Do grades help you learn? How do grades make you feel? Why do teachers give grades?” & thoughts about the relationship between points and learning (we created a class post-it board).

TO DO:

• Send your SWIC ID# to Mrs. C via email (apply if needed)
• Finish your Dropbox sign-up and folder share
• Read something awesome!

Book Talks & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #4: “Why Grades Shouldn’t Exist” – Alfie Kohn

SWIC: Either apply for a SWIC ID# or lookup your SWIC ID#. Use the link (under links on this site) “Apply to SWIC” to access your # or sign-up. You’ll need your Social Security #. Be sure to use a NON-SCHOOL email address.

DROPBOX: Sign up for Dropbox and share folders with Mrs. C. Find directions at the tab above labeled “DROPBOX SETUP.” Be sure to read the directions – don’t guess! Use a NON-SCHOOL email address.

TO DO:

• Send your SWIC ID# to Mrs. C via email
• Finish your Dropbox sign-up and folder share
• Take the grades survey (on GClassroom) if you haven’t yet
• Read something awesome!

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #3: Missing Spoons

Overview – course syllabus.

TO DO:

• Read the syllabus & ask questions if you have them.
• Complete the survey about grades that’s in GClassroom today.
• Read something awesome!

Tour the mrsconnollysclass.com website! (3rd hour did this yesterday…)

BOOK PASS: Keep 1 Pass 1 format. (You’ll need a book for independent reading in-class on Monday!)

Time for browsing & book check-out.

Reading Wrap-Up!!

Indie Read w/ rate calculation (and average rate). Padlet update + total pages read. Book spines & labeling. Reflection & Goal setting.

DEADLINE: Grade Pitch – your thoughtful and accurate grade pitch video is due in Flipgrid no later than 2pm Sunday 12/19 (these directions are on the portfolio handout)

PAST DUE: Fall Portfolio 2021 – your finalized (and super-clean) portfolio including your reflective letter & abstracts was due in Dropbox Thursday 12/16 – YESTERDAY!!

*All assignments below can be found on GClassroom & the post from Friday 12/10 (and portfolio is on the Rhet-Comp Writing Assignments tab above).

Write/Read/Work time! (last day of “lab” time)

DEADLINES: *All assignments below can be found on GClassroom & the post from Friday 12/10 (and portfolio is on the Rhet-Comp Writing Assignments tab above).

• Fall Portfolio 2021 – your finalized (and super-clean) portfolio including your reflective letter & abstracts is due in Dropbox no later than end of day Thursday 12/16 – TODAY!!
• Grade Pitch – your thoughtful and accurate grade pitch video is due in Flipgrid no later than 2pm Sunday 12/19 (these directions are on the portfolio handout)

PAST DUE: Notebook Tour – Your Flipgrid video tour WAS due MONDAY!! If you haven’t completed this, do so ASAP!