Check out the BOOK PASS & BOOK TRAILERS on GClassroom.

1. Check out the new book pass & book trailer slides (spend between 15 – 35 minutes)
2. Post a couple of titles you might want to read on the Indie Read padlet board to check-in for the day and be counted present

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by. See me if you need help posting in padlet.

DEADLINE: Writing 3 (QW or MB) due no later than end of day Sunday 10/4

WRITING 3 QW or MB

Memory Book FALL class of 2021

UPCOMING: Next week we’ll bring writing #3 to WRITE CLUB & build our reading stamina.

Book talk x 2.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #10 – body parts

STUDY:  Scholarly Definitions of Rhetoric link to the Padlet board Rhetoric by Definition

RLaW:  Use the “moves” of effective writers slides to read Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros (uploaded to Dropbox Practice Docs) and annotate for big moves/small moves.

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Your Choice – expand any quickwrite from your notebook (QW) or write any digital memory book chapter (MB) – submit starting 10/2 and no later than end of day Sunday 10/4

WRITING 3 QW or MB

Memory book FALL class of 2021

 

The new usual – BEFORE class – sign into the padlet board and post a new reading post.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #9 –  Pick-a-Pic (you choose a picture from the selection on the PDF as inspiration for today’s write)

READ: Read Aloud – Anne Lamott’s “Sh**** First Drafts” from Bird by Bird

STUDY:  A lesson in revision/college apps – 3 drafts of 1 app essay – we’ll use this Padlet board: Revision in Motion  & talk about what revision IS and ISN’T.

ASSIGNMENT:  Read the Scholarly Definitions of Rhetoric (print them out if you’d like/can).  Make a notebook page of your 3 FAVORITE definitions listed – with brief explanations on why you chose these three – due by classtime on Thursday 10/1.

HAVE YOU?:

• Sent Mrs. C your “professional” email? (we did this last week)
• Sent Mrs. C your self-addressed “envelope”? (we did this last week)
• Taken a closer look at your college app essay and made initial revisons? (use your WRITE CLUB experience and/or feedback to drive it)

Complete the TIME AUDIT ACTIVITY on GClassroom.

1. Watch the video & complete the notebook work (takes about 15 minutes)
2. Fill out the Time Audit response form (attached to the stream) to check-in for the day and be counted present

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by.

DEADLINES:

• Don’t forget to send Mrs. C your self-addressed “envelope” (if you haven’t already)
• Write Mrs. C a “professional” email as assigned yesterday
• Take a closer look at your college app essay and make initial revisions anytime between Friday 9/25 and end of day Sunday 9/27 (Still leave it in your DRAFTS folder)

EXTRA:  Read How to Conquer the College Admissions Essay (from The New York Times) for additional tips on how to make this paper remarkable.

BEFORE class – sign into the padlet board and post a new reading post-it.  Include what you are reading, the page # of your progress & the date 9/24.  Start doing this each class day as a check-in.

Quickwrite #8:  5 Things You Can Do to Improve Your ___________________

WRITE CLUBS who didn’t meet on Tuesday will stay and work through the college app essay in small groups.

TO DO:  Read How to Email Your Professor without Being Annoying AF

QUICK ASSIGNMENT:  Write Mrs. C a “professional” email in the style recommended by the article we read.  In the subject line, type I CAN WRITE AN EMAIL.

DEADLINES:

• Don’t forget to send Mrs. C your self-addressed “envelope”
• Take a closer look at your college app essay and make initial revisions anytime between Friday 9/25 and end of day Sunday 9/27.

EXTRA:  Read How to Conquer the College Admissions Essay (from The New York Times) for additional tips on how to make this paper remarkable.

UPCOMING:  An on-demand time audit activity & office hours on Friday & next week – a look at revision &  definitions for rhetoric.

BEFORE class – sign into the padlet board and post a new reading post-it.  Include what you are reading, the page # of your progress & the date 9/22.  Start doing this each class day as a check-in.

Intro & “Rules” of WRITE CLUB.

Some WRITE CLUBS will stay and work through the college app essay in small groups.  Other WRITE CLUBS will work this same process on Thursday.

Watch the video below:

Quick Assignment:  Using the ENVELOPE template attached to the GClassroom stream as an example, create your own slide/envelope and address it TO yourself at your home address and FROM the school (3148 Fehling Rd.).  Save it in your own Drive as LastnameEnvelope and send it to Mrs. C as an GSlide attachment or a PDF.  The subject line of your email needs to be ENVELOPE.

TO DO:  One more video. . . (which you might have to watch on another device? – I’m working on it)

Book talks 🙂

WRITE:  Quickwrite #6: CA listing & Quickwrite #7:  CA storytelling

STUDY:

• College App Essay Tips (Notes part 1)
• Example papers by accepted students – what do we notice?
• Link here to record our notices on the College App Padlet Board
• Read another example (or 2) – find them in your drafts folder in Dropbox & record your notices on the Padlet board
• Notices & Trends (Notes part 2)

DEADLINE:  College App Essay Assignment – complete a draft anytime between Friday 9/18 and end of day Sunday 9/20

TO DO:  Read something awesome – try for 20 minutes per day

UPCOMING:  Work day on Friday.  Email Mrs. C if you need help or have questions.

**Check out Friday’s quick video on MLA Format & then use it on ALL PAPERS.

 

Today, begin by posting a reading check-in on the padlet – USE the link on the right for Indie Read Check-Ins ENGLISH 7A – add a post-it as instructed.

Book talks. 🙂

WRITE:  Quickwrite #5:  Indelible – write about an indelible moment.

STUDY:

• Read “Reading as a Writer” by Don Murray from A Writer Teaches Writing.  
• Review RLaW concepts introduced earlier
• Read “Cruel as It Is” by Leonard Pitts, Jr.  from The Miami Herald (February 2010)
• Work in your new WRITE CLUB groups to RLaW (on the MSWord version of this op-ed in one of your drafts folders)
• Consider/Introduce BIG MOVES / SMALL MOVES

NEW: College Application Essay intro & prompt info. – CHOOSE or BRING a prompt for class on Thursday (Yes, it can be one you’ve been working on).

Common App Prompts 2020-2021

TO DO:  Read something awesome – try at least 20 minutes per day.

DEADLINE: The extended deadline for SWIC course registration is TODAY 9/15.  It could be your last chance to register, so please do so!

UPCOMING:  College application essay work

TODAY – Complete the INDIVIDUAL READING RATE activity & GForm on GClassroom to check-in today.  Instructor OFFICE HOURS today from 9 – 12 & 12:30 – 2 (Zoom link on GClassroom).  Stop in with questions about the assignment, to get help on platform sign-up/use (Dropbox, Padlet, Flipgrid).

REMINDERS:

• Did you register for SWIC? (I’m working on finding out what we do if you missed the deadline.)
• Read at least 20 minutes – EVERY DAY.
• Apply for a GC library card. (Pick up your real card at the main library and maybe get a FREE book).

DEADLINE:

• Individual Reading Rate activity TODAY!!
• By end of day Monday 9/14 – Read “The Essayification of Everything” by Christy Wampole & make a notepage (in your notebook) of anything you find particularly relevant or noteworthy.

UPCOMING:  Next week – read-like-a-writer w/ your WRITE CLUB groups & college application essay work

WRITE: Quickwrite #4:  we’ll watch the video below and then react with a 3 minute in-class notebook write.

STUDY:  Return to thinking from Tuesday about “good” writing.  We’ll refresh our thoughts on the student papers we read & see what we can learn from quantifying our evaluations:  norming out 4s & 1s, what makes a 4 a 4?, why are some evals all over the place?  Visit the goodwrite Padlet board here.

CREATE/PRACTICE:  Quick intro and practice at giving feedback – we’ll use a sample paper that you gave a 2.  Try pointing out at least one thing you like (and why), asking one readerly question, and posing one “what if..” suggestion.

STUDY:  Quick lecture – SOME TRUTHS ABOUT WRITING (take notes on the next page in your notebook)

TO DO:

• By end of day Monday 9/14 – Read “The Essayification of Everything” by Christy Wampole & make a notepage (in your notebook) of anything you find particularly relevant or noteworthy.
• Read at least 20 minutes a day – EVERY DAY.

DEADLINE:  SWIC course registration by 4pm TODAY. Here’s how – watch the video about Dual Credit.on Tuesday’s post  Use the directions to register for class.  Find the codes for your specific course section attached to Tuesday’s GClassroom post.  (Hint: the part of the video specifically about registering starts about 7:25 into the video) Link to SWIC registration HERE.

PAST DATES:

• WRITING 1 was due Sunday 9/6

UPCOMING:  Discovering your reading rate (tomorrow) & more read-like-a-writer w/ your WRITE CLUB groups (next week).