Book talk & Indie read.  WRITE CLUB.

Deadlines:

• Parts of speech quiz on Skyward open until end of day Saturday 9/23.
• SUBMISSION #1 due by end of Sun. 9/24 – follow guidelines/directions on handout digital-submission-1 (choose ONE of the two papers you have written thus far, make it “teacher-ready,” and name your document as instructed).

Book talk.  “Lab” day &/or Indie read.

Deadlines:

• New writing due in Dropbox Drafts folder for Friday WRITE CLUB – tomorrow!
• Be sure to fill out a Pre-conference sheet BEFORE you meet in WRITE CLUB.
• Parts of speech quiz on Skyward open until end of day Saturday 9/23.

Book talk & Indie read.  Parts of speech review:  prepositions, conjunctions, & interjections.  Quiz opens today!  Read:  excerpt “Ch. 1 Sustained Reading” from Minds Made for Stories by Thomas Newkirk.  Note how in “real” writing, genres blend.  Quickwrite #11:  What is privilege? video (1st hour did this yesterday).

What is Privilege? – HuffPost video

Upcoming: “Lab” day tomorrow for work on draft for this week’s WRITE CLUB (memory book chapter or quickwrite expansion).

Deadline:  Parts of speech quiz on Skyward open until end of day Saturday 9/23.

Book talk & Indie read.  Parts of speech review:  verbs & adverbs.  RLaW:  “This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution” – Daniel Jose Older.

1st hour only:  Quickwrite #11:  What is privilege?

Deadline:  This week you’ll write a new paper – your choice, quickwrite expand or memory book – but different from last week.  You’ll need the draft of a roughly 2 page, double-spaced piece in the shared WC draft folders on Friday.

Reminder:  Papers should be in WRITE CLUB even if circumstances keep you from physically being present.  (Also – you should really be present for WRITE CLUB…just sayin’).

Book talk & Indie read.  Parts of Speech review:  Adjectives.  Quickwrite #10:  Who am I, not?  “Reading as a Writer” by Don Murray (from A Writer Teaches Writing).

Reading as a Writer – Murray

RLaW square

Assignment:  RLaW – “This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution” by Daniel Jose Older – bring it annotated to class tomorrow.

Upcoming:  Next week you’ll write a new paper – your choice, quickwrite expand or memory book – but different from last week.

 

Book talk/trailers & Indie read.  Parts of speech review:  intro, nouns, & pronouns.  Notebook write (“upside down”):  Time Audit.

Deadline:  Email & Letter assignment – email by end of Sunday, letter on Monday in class. * note this is NOT what the assignment sheet says.

Reminder:  This weekend would be a great time to use what you learned/discussed/discovered in WRITE CLUB Tuesday and rewrite, re-see, make changes, etc. while your group-talk is “fresh.”  Make sure the paper itself is an MSWord document with perfect MLA formatting.  Then save it and await further instructions.

Upcoming:  Next week you’ll write a new paper – your choice, quickwrite expand or memory book – but different from last week.

1st hour – Jostens mtg.

2nd hour – panoramic pic

7th hour – “Lab” day

Deadline:  Email & Letter assignment – email by end of Sunday, letter on Monday in class. * note this is NOT what the assignment sheet says.

What about WRITE CLUB? Use what you learned/discussed/discovered in WRITE CLUB Tuesday and rewrite, resee, make changes, etc. while your group-talk is “fresh.”  Make sure the paper itself is an MSWord document with perfect MLA formatting.  Then save it and await further instructions.

Book talk & Indie read.  Envelopes?  Quickwrite #9:  College plans?  Letter basics (check the example) & email etiquette (read the articles linked below).

Email and letter assignment

college app letter example with comments

How to Email Your Professor Without Being Annoying AF – medium.com

18 Etiquette Tips for E-mailing Your Professor – US News & World Report

Re: Your Recent Email to Your Professor – Inside Higher Ed.

Deadline:  Email & Letter assignment – email by end of Sunday, letter on Monday in class. * note this is NOT what the assignment sheet says.

What about WRITE CLUB? Use what you learned/discussed/discovered in WRITE CLUB yesterday and rewrite, resee, make changes, etc. while your group-talk is “fresh.”  Make sure the paper itself is an MSWord document with perfect MLA formatting.  Then save it and await further instructions.

Book talk.  WRITE CLUB.

What now? Use what you learned/discussed/discovered in WRITE CLUB today and rewrite, resee, make changes, etc. while your group-talk is “fresh.”  Make sure the paper itself is an MSWord document with perfect MLA formatting.  Then save it and await further instructions.

Book talk & Indie read.  One big WRITE CLUB to run through how it works – commenting on Mrs. C’s paper.

Deadline extended until Tuesday:  First paper/piece – either a memory book chapter or a quickwrite expanded.  You’ll need a draft in class (this means in “YOUR WC Drafts folder”), either essayistic or fiction (about 2 pages typed, double-spaced, MLA formatted).