Category: Rhet-Comp 101 / ENG 7A DC

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, September 5th

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Blog post updates.  RLaW:  “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros (work in WRITE CLUB groups).

Upcoming:  MLA format, uploading to Dropbox, and Lab time (work on chromebooks) tomorrow.

Deadlines:

  • “working” draft of either a memory book chapter OR an expansion built on a quickwrite by THIS Friday – Sept. 7th (more details this week)
  • comment (meaningfully) on the posts of your WRITE CLUB group members *

*See the WRITE CLUBs post for your group.

English 7A – WRITE CLUBS – Fall 2018

2nd HOUR

  • Julia, Dustin, Cassie, Rachel
  • Brooke, Taylor, Jerry, Stephanie
  • Zoey, Scott, Jerica, Marley
  • Anna, Alex F., Addison, Atlantis
  • Marla, Jayson, Marissa, Jillian
  • Anthony, Riley, Garrett, Sierra
  • Sam, Damaliha, Kaitlyn
  • Brandon, Jessica, Caitlyn, Skylar

5th HOUR

  • Jade, Brayden, Andrew, Payton
  • Kenzie, Faith, Nick, Amara
  • Taylor, Megan, Jeff, Asael
  • Amanda, Hunter, Josiah, Ellie
  • Alex P., Emily, Sam, Khaly
  • Robbie, Kai, Reanna

7th HOUR

  • Payal, Bek, Peter, Daisy
  • Summer, De’Erion, Cody, Brianna
  • Alex S., Cierra, Chloe, Seth
  • Brennan, Ashley, Emma, Serina
  • Olivia, Andrea, Jake, Brett
  • Alex H., Ethan, Jenny, Analise
  • Alex G., Khushbu, Sydney

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, September 4th

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #6:  IR ? (Table Topics card).  Blog post updates.  Read:  The Essayification of Everything by Christy Wampole.

Deadlines:

  • “working” draft of either a memory book chapter OR an expansion built on a quickwrite by THIS Friday – Sept. 7th (more details this week)
  • comment (meaningfully) on the posts of your WRITE CLUB group members *

*See the WRITE CLUBs post for your group.

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, August 31st

The Book Was Better? – John Green Book/Movie trailers.  Indie read.

Preview:  you will need a “working” draft of either a memory book chapter OR an expansion built on a quickwrite NEXT Friday – Sept. 7th

Chapters to choose from can be found here – Memory book 7a semester 2018(MSWord)   Memory book 7a semester 2018(pdf)

Assignment:  (If you didn’t write during class) QW Xtra on your own this weekend (see info and the pdf on page at top of the website).

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, August 30th

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Quickwrite Xtra info (check the page at top of the website).  Eval of student samples –  a look at the 4’s:  what makes them “good”?  – a look at a 2:  offer a notice of what had potential, a question to drive thinking, and a “what if …” suggestion.

7th hour:  (a couple of extras because we won’t have class tomorrow – WBR!)

Reminders:

  • Recommend books by @-ing @ReadWarriors #warriorsread to keep our twitter going (or fill out a “tweet sheet” in the classroom).
  • Read for a Lifetime sign-ups
  • Suggest names for the “discussion ducky”

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, August 29th

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #5:  a primeval place (b & w photo).  More evaluation of student sample papers – 4’s & 1’s “norming”

Reminders:

  • Recommend books by @-ing @ReadWarriors #warriorsread to keep our twitter going (or fill out a “tweet sheet” in the classroom).
  • Read for a Lifetime sign-ups
  • Suggest names for the “discussion ducky”