Book Talk & Indie Read.

Rhetoric by Definition: Check the GClassroom for access to the padlet to see which definitions your classmates liked best. Add notes to the page on the rhetorical situation (If you missed class, you can find the slides we reviewed on today’s GClassroom).

TO DO: Read something awesome & revise anything that needs revising.

Read Aloud & Indie Read.

Notebook Upside Down: Time Audit. Complete in class as instructed and if you missed class today, check the GClassroom stream for a video version you can complete yourself.

DEADLINES: Read the defintions of rhetoric and start a notebook page with your favorite 3 and reasons. You can’t be “wrong” but you should be thoughtful.

Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in.

Let’s talk about mail (and email). How to Address an Envelope: an experiment. Then, read “How to Email Your Professor without Being Annoying AF.”

TO DO:

• Read something awesome.
• Revise your work as needed (check your feedback).
• Notebook page: Rhetoric by Definition due no later than end of day Monday 9/20

WRITE CLUB!! Welcome & “rules.”

Follow the Write Club procedures we practiced yesterday to Bless, Address, & Press for each group member’s paper. Be sure to give feedback through MSWord in the margins (not just in discussion) that looks for what’s good = ), asks readerly questions ?, and makes suggestions in the form of “what if…” or “maybe try…”

If you missed class, check the feedback your group members gave you and be sure to give them feedback too.

And know it is always okay to go back and leave more comments later (within the next couple of days) if you need time to process or reread to give good commentary.

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #11: Random Pic (add a quick revise on your own 2 minutes)

Feedback practice with a student sample college app essay. Learn to use Dropbox, open & comment in Word, and Bless, Address, Press. Tomorrow, it’s the real deal.

*IMPT – If you missed class see GClassroom for specific directions on today’s work!

Assignments & Deadlines:

• IN-CLASS Letter Writing finish up if you didn’t in class yesterday (leave in your Dropbox drafts folder)
• WRITING #2 – College App Essay (a complete draft) due no later than end of day TODAY 9/15 )in your Dropbox drafts folder.

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #10 – body parts. Complete a 2 minute quick-revise.

A look at College Letters: an in-class assignment to help you navigate the writing of formal letters. (See GClassroom for details & directions if you missed class).

Assignments & Deadlines:

• IN-CLASS Letter Writing finish up if you didn’t in class (leave in your Dropbox drafts folder)
• WRITING #2 – College App Essay (a complete draft) due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/15 )in your Dropbox drafts folder.

Read Aloud – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak & Indie Read.

“Reading as a Writer” by Donald Murray (1st hour will do this on Tuesday). Notebook: RLaW practice w/ Wild Things text – annotate your notices.

Assignments & Deadlines: WRITING #2 – College App Essay (a complete draft) due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/15 )in your Dropbox drafts folder.

Book Talk & Indie Read – w/ a padlet board check-in (see GClassroom if you need more detailed instructions).

“How and Why We Read” – Crash Course w/ John Green

Notice & trends from the college app essays we read in class yesterday. Add some to your college app essay tips notepage. More detailed overview of the college app essay assignment (you might find topic ideas in the last two quickwrites).

Assignments & Deadlines: WRITING #2 – College App Essay due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/15

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #9: College App Essay “Stories” & What they reveal about YOU

WRITE CLUB: Read example college app essays that got students accepted at Johns Hopkins University. Notice & Note what made them interesting, what they “did,” what admissions might have liked about them. . .

Assignments & Deadlines: WRITING #2 – College App Essay due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/15

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #8: College App Listing – complete as many as you can in 5 minutes

Recap: “Essayification” from Tuesday. What was is about? Hit the high spots.

Read example college application essays by Brittany Stinson and Nichole Perry.

Quick NOTES (in your writer’s notebook) – College App Essay Tips