Student book talk & Indie read.  Review:  pronoun-antecedent agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement – Khan Academy  Quickwrite #31:  “Before . . .” Endings:  “And in the End” by Tom Romano.  More Rhetorical Analysis FAQs (they are all on the page now – so check them out)

Deadlines:

• Rhetoric of Rap paper (“teacher-ready”) due by end of Sun. 12/3
• Quotable mentions last names P – Z  – Thurs. 12/7
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Upcoming:

• Lab time on Monday 12/4 (for work on last MB or QW paper)
• Tuesday 12/5 – Last WRITE CLUB this semester – bring a new piece MB or QW (balance your papers out)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Review:  subject-verb agreement Subject-Verb Agreement – Khan Academy  Quickwrite #30:  Build it!  Rhetorical Analysis FAQs.

Deadlines:

• Rhetoric of Rap paper (“teacher-ready”) due by end of Sun. 12/3
• Quotable mentions last names P – Z  – Thurs. 12/7
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Student book talk.  Review:  grammatical/syntactical agreement Introduction to Agreement – Khan Academy  WRITE CLUB – rhetoric of rap papers.

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names P – Z  – Thurs. 12/7
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Student book talk & Indie read.  Book pass ❤

Deadlines:

• TOMORROW –  Write Club draft (rhetoric of rap), “before” sheet, lyric annotation, “after” sheet.
• Quotable mentions last names P – Z  – Thurs. 12/7
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Indie read. Lab day for work on “rhetoric of rap” paper.

Assignment: Fill out “after” sheet about your paper.  Have a draft for WRITE CLUB on Monday 11/27.

Deadlines:

• Skyward Quiz on lesser punctuation open until end of day TODAY!
• 11/27 – Write Club draft, “before” sheet, lyric annotation, “after” sheet.
• Quotable mentions last names H – O  – TODAY
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Indie read.  Lab day for work on “rhetoric of rap” paper.

Deadlines:

• Skyward Quiz on lesser punctuation open until end of day Tues. 11/21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21 (that’s TOMORROW)

Indie read.  Annotate lyrics & work on “before” sheet for “rhetoric of rap” paper.

Deadlines:

• Skyward Quiz on lesser punctuation open until end of day Tues. 11/21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21

Student book talk & Indie read.  Review:  . . . / < > { } [ ] (check the punctuation guide for details).  Watch: Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time  Example annotations & example paper for “rhetoric of rap” assignment.

Deadlines:

• Lyrics of your rap song for analysis in class TOMORROW!
• Skyward Quiz on lesser punctuation open until end of day Tues. 11/21
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21

Student book talk & Indie read.  Review:  ( ) hyphens & dashes (check the punctuation guide for details).  More Art of Rap excerpts.

Deadlines:

• Lyrics of your rap song for analysis in class TOMORROW!
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21

Student book talk & Indie read.  Video:  scene from Dear White People Episode 5 (if you missed class, read this article Why Explaining ‘The N-Word’ To Non-Black People Is So Damn Exhausting )Quickwrite #29:  The N-word.  Video: Ta-Nehisi Coates on words that don’t belong to everyone | We Were Eight Years In Power Book Tour

Assignment:  Review how quotation marks ” ” and italics work by checking out The Punctuation Guide

Deadlines:

• Lyrics of your rap song for analysis in class Thur. 11/16
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21