Book Talk & Indie Read (the “rules” of Indie Read).

Quickwrite #2 – Missing Spoons  (try to write for 4 minutes with no stopping, no worries about correctness or if it’s “good”… just go).

Deadlines:

• Quick Grades Survey (find it on GClassroom) – due by end of today 8/23
• Apply to SWIC or find your ID & send it via email to Mrs. C (directions on GClassroom)
• Sign up for & share Dropbox folders w/ Mrs. C (use an alternative gmail address -NOT the one with your school ID# in it) no later than end of day Monday 8/23
• Past Due – take the Day 1 Survey on GClassroom

Book talk. Quickwrite #1 –  “What’s in the Box?”  (try to write for 4 minutes with no stopping, no worries about correctness or if it’s “good”… just go).

Talk about independent reading. Check out Mrs. C’s letter to you by clicking the INDIE READ tab at the top and re-watch the video there if you’d like.

Book pass – Keep 1/Pass 1. Check out books if you’d like. You NEED a book for reading on Monday!

Deadlines:

• Past Due – take the Day 1 Survey on GClassroom
• Apply to SWIC or find your ID & send it via email to Mrs. C (directions on GClassroom)
• Sign up for & share Dropbox folders w/ Mrs. C (use an alternative gmail address -NOT the one with your school ID# in it) no later than end of day Monday 8/23

TO-DO:  Take the End of Semester Survey attached to today’s GClassroom stream.  It counts for attendance and helps Mrs. C plan for the future.

REMINDERS:

• Spring semester starts Jan. 5th ONLINE.  Be sure to check Skyward and your school email for beginning of semester stuff.  (Note: schedules aren’t finalized right now, so check just the weekend prior to classes starting).

Congrats to my December Grads! And I wish all of you a safe and relaxing break. You deserve it!

Final Reading Rate:  Let’s take 10 minutes to read and calculate (in the “upside-down” of your notebook) an estimated reading rate for your current book.  Put your results in the Individual Reading Rate form on today’s GClassroom post and take a moment to think about how & why your rate may differ (or not) from previous times you measured.  Use this sheet FindYourReadingRate (sorry it’s sideways) to make your calculations.

ASSIGNMENT/TO-DO:  Complete the Reader-Writer Survey posted on today’s GClassroom stream.

PAST DUE:  Everything.  But finish up NOTEBOOK TOURS & FALL PORTFOLIOS if needed.  Ask questions if you need to.

UPCOMING:

• WEDNESDAY will be a final day of OFFICE HOURS which means Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day to answer questions about late submissions and such.
• THURSDAY we won’t meet live but you’ll check-in for attendance by completing an important course survey about how the semester went, the tech we used, etc.

BOOK RETURN REMINDERS:  Be sure to use a sticky note or paper to indicate YOU – so I know who turned in their books.

• BUS SEND BACK – Supply bus run TOMORROW 12/15 (last one)
• EXIT 1 DROPOFF – Only on weekdays from 8am – 3pm (by 12/16 please)
• HOME PICK-UP – If you have extenuating circumstances that make both other options not possible, please contact Mrs. C to arrange this.

LAST Friday Office Hours! Mrs. C will be in the zoom (link on the GClassroom from 9am -12pm and 12:30 – 2pm).  Stop in anytime you aren’t supposed to be in another teacher’s live call to get help or ask questions (or just to work in a breakout space).

Check-in for attendance by answering the question on the GClassroom stream and be sure to get things turned in by deadline.

FOR A GREAT PORTFOLIO ALL YOUR PIECES SHOULD:

✅ be YOUR best writing (revise anything you’d like)
✅ be CLEAN (no comments) and PROOFREAD
✅ be MLA formatted (watch the video and/or check the tab above)
✅ include ABSTRACTS (properly formatted)
✅ have correct DOCUMENT NAMES & appropriate FLAGS
✅ be INSIDE a folder named FALL PORTFOLIO that is INSIDE our shared submissions folder
✅ And you need an intro letter that looks and reads like a letter.

DEADLINES:

• NOTEBOOK TOUR due by end of day Friday 12/11
• FALL PORTFOLIO due by end of day Sunday 12/13
• GRADE PITCH due Sunday 12/13 or Monday 12/14 (Topic will be posted in Flipgrid on Sunday – Finish your portfolio before pitching your grade).

REMINDERS & PAST DUE:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find RHETORIC & COMP – WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & RHETORIC & COMP – NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST. 

UPCOMING:  Next week – quick meets to complete some survey assignments and to wrap up the semester.

Quickwrite #27 – Thoughts and Notices about Independent Reading (check your posts on the padlet board and then reflect) + take time to update your “upside down” (what you’ve read, etc.)

PORTFOLIO & NOTEBOOK TOUR WORK:  Sharing an example letter & then time to work, ask questions, get help, etc.  You can find the details on these on Tuesday’s post & at under the Writing Assignments tab. Also find them explained on the videos from the GClassroom stream from Tuesday.

Portfolio IntroLetter Example 2020

Portfolio Abstract Formatting Example

NEW VIDEO:  MLA format overview & common mistakes (posted on GClassroom yesterday – less than a 5 minute watch)

DEADLINES:

• NOTEBOOK TOUR due by end of day Friday 12/11
• FALL PORTFOLIO due by end of day Sunday 12/13
• GRADE PITCH due Sunday 12/13 or Monday 12/14 (Topic will be posted in Flipgrid on Sunday – Finish your portfolio before pitching your grade).

REMINDERS & PAST DUE:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find RHETORIC & COMP – WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & RHETORIC & COMP – NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST. 

UPCOMING:  Friday OFFICE HOURS aka GET STUFF DONE. There will be a check-in question on the GClassroom & Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day to answer questions, provide assistance, etc.

 

WRITE: Quickwrite #26 – Clint Smith’s “The Danger of Silence”

NEW (END OF SEMESTER) ASSIGNMENTS:

• NOTEBOOK TOUR – details on turning in your notebooks digitally – due no later than end of day Friday 12/11 (there are still the last 2 notebook entries on Wednesday) *for read-through, don’t pick a quickwrite you already expanded please
• FALL PORTFOLIO 2020 – instructions & requirements (including new letter with in-class example) + screenshot of Dropbox folder – due no later than end of day Sunday 12/13 2020 PF screenshot  LETTER & ABSTRACT INFO 2020

Work time – let’s get this started.  Stick around in the zoom or just stop back in if you need help.

REMINDERS & PAST DUE:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find RHETORIC & COMP – WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & RHETORIC & COMP – NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST. 

TODAY – Complete the BOOK RETURN SURVEY/OPTIONS on GClassroom to check-in today.

OFFICE HOURS:  In the zoom from 9 – 12 & 12:30 – 2.  Stop in with questions, get help w/ writing or request a book to read.

DEADLINE:  WRITING 7 (QW or MB) due anytime between Friday 12/4 and end of day Sunday 12/6

REMINDERS & PAST DUE:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find RHETORIC & COMP – WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & RHETORIC & COMP – NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  Catching up on these items this weekend will help you be ready to work on your portfolio next week.

UPCOMING: Portfolio work and notebook wrap-ups.