Book talk & Indie read.  Textbook chapter 1 – Argument presentation/discussion.  Quickwrite #17:  Of course.  But mayyybeee . . .

Hr. 1 ONLY – Jostens mtg. & work time

Deadlines:

• “Teacher-ready” College App Essay submissions by end of Wednesday 10/18*.  (Feedback on submission #1 this/next week if you want to wait for it before submitting college app paper).  *This due date updated from what was originally announced.
• If you need more immediate feedback for something REALLY due to a college soon, email Mrs. C = )
• Next paper for WRITE CLUB – either MB Chapter or QW expand – for Monday 10/16.  (In class “Lab” time this Thursday & Friday).
• Skyward quiz open today through end of Monday 10/16.

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #16: Consent & Tea.  Review:  capitalization & end marks (Skyward quiz opens Wednesday).

Textbook Everything’s an Argument issued.  Take a look at Chapter 1 (and make some notes on your post-it for tomorrow).

Upcoming:  Next paper for WRITE CLUB – either MB Chapter or QW expand – for Monday 10/16.  (In class “Lab” time this Thursday & Friday).

Deadlines:

• “Teacher-ready” College App Essay submissions by end of Wednesday 10/18*.  (Feedback on submission #1 this/next week if you want to wait for it before submitting college app paper).  *This due date updated from what was originally announced.
• If you need more immediate feedback for something REALLY due to a college soon, email Mrs. C = )

 

Book recommendation video & Indie read.  Read: “All Parents Are Cowards” – Michael Christie– Look for 🙂 Tricks and other RLaW items – what does the writer do that is of note?  Submission info for College App papers.

DIGITAL SUBMISSION #2

Deadlines:

• Blog post #2 by end of day Monday October 9th.
• “Teacher-ready” College App Essay submissions by end of Wednesday 10/18*.  (Feedback on submission #1 next week if you want to wait for it before submitting college app paper).  *This due date updated from what was originally announced.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #15:  Please Rise for the National Anthem – If You’re Not Too Busy (John Branch – NYTimes).  Blog topic #2 – check the GCHSClassof’18Blog for details.  Smiley Face 🙂 Tricks – intro & search in opening of Dandelion Wine.

Dandelion Wine intro – Ray Bradbury

Deadlines:  Blog post #2 by end of day Monday October 9th.

Upcoming:  “Teacher-ready” College App Essay submissions will be sometime next week.  Revise as you wish and based on feedback from WRITE CLUB.

 

Book talk (+ book trailers in hrs. 1 & 2).  WRITE CLUB – college app essays.

For those absent yesterday:  IF you’d like to experience the evolution of a college app (the stuff we did yesterday), I’ll go over it tomorrow 4-2 (you can come in from study or lunch).

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #14: Random pic take 2 – experiment by changing time or angle, or p.o.v., or genre, or narrator, or . . .  College App Essay:  the evolution of a real college app paper.

Tomorrow:  WRITE CLUB on your college app paper – be sure it’s in the WCDrafts folder you share with your group and that you have completed your pre-conference notes.

Book talk & Indie read.  Notices & trends from the Johns Hopkins accepted college app essays we read in class on Tuesday.  “Lab” day for work on college papers.  Pre-conference sheets for Coll. App. Essay.

Deadline:  College app essay in WCDrafts folder for WRITE CLUB on Monday, October 2!  (Please include the prompt and word limit at the top of your paper).

Order WRITE CLUB shirts through Mrs. C by Tues., Oct. 10th.

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September 29th – 7th hour ONLY

Book trailers & Indie read.  Book pass!

Banned books week video (ALA.org) & Indie read w/ rate calculation. Compare with previous rate & consider the implications.  Update your “mission accomplished” page.  Set semester goals 1) quantity & 2) a non-quantity goal that pushes out of your “comfort zone.”  Crash Course w/ John Green – “How and Why We Read” Add #warriorsread shelfies to twitter 🙂

Tomorrow:  Work on your own college app essay – you may bring in a topic or write to any of the common app prompts #1 – 6.

Banned books week video & Indie read.  Quickwrite #13:  Take a Knee by Kwame Alexander  College application essay examples – notices & trends w/ WRITE CLUB groups.

Upcoming:  Writing your own college app essay – you may bring in a topic or write to any of the common app prompts #1 – 6.

Reminder:  If you can  – take the Skyward quiz today!!!

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #12:  random picture.  College App Essay – it’s important!  Some tips for writing them + two example essays that got students accepted to Harvard & Stanford respectively.  Common App prompts* as possibilities (or you can bring your own topic in – one you are really writing).

*No choosing #7 for the assigned college app essay – you’ll need to write to a prompt.

Zen of Clams – College Essay by Nicole Perry

The Wonder of Costco – College Essay by Brittany Stinson

Common App Essay Prompts 2017-2018

Updates:  I replied to your emails, am working on your fictitious college letters, and need you to still try to take the Skyward quiz today or tomorrow.  You SHOULD have your first submission in our shared Dropbox as of yesterday.