Book trailers & Indie read.  Commas review:  ,s w/ interrupters & non-essentials.  Quickwrite #19 (hours 2 & 7 only): Build it (collaborative entry w/ pictures).

Deadlines:

• Mid-term Portfolio / upload next “teacher-ready” SUB#3 by end of Sunday 10/23
• “Quotable” mentions for last names J – N by Wednesday 10/26

Upcoming:  A new piece next week (3 day week) w/ lab on Tues. 10/25 & WRITE CLUB Wed. 10/26

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PORTFOLIO, EMAIL MRS. C, BUT DON’T WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON!!  note: this is your opportunity to revise sub2 and your chance to choose which piece becomes assessed as sub3.

It’s the National Day on Writing!  We’ll meet in lab 268 and start with Quickwrite #18.  QW #18:  Choose any one piece from your notebook and write at least 2 new beginnings.  Experiment.  Be different.  (Use the handout “Lead” by Donald Murray for ideas of different kinds of openings if you’d like.)  Then, use remaining time to work on your Mid-term Portfolio (MTPF).

Notes on MTPF:  Basically, the point of this assignment is three-fold. 1) It’s a way to collect all the pieces you’ve completed this semester in one organized location.  2) It provides reflection on some of the main component of this course.  3) It prepares you for the bigger task of your final portfolio at semester’s end (essentially your final grade in the course which everyone must complete).  You can download the “Dear Mrs. C” Q&A sheet below.  Fill in your answers, save with the appropriate document title, and upload into your MTPF.  Also, be sure you are exact and meticulous in putting together your portfolio.  Follow the directions, and ask questions if needed.

dear-mrs-c-qa

Deadlines:

• Mid-term Portfolio / upload next “teacher-ready” SUB#3 by end of Sunday 10/23
• “Quotable” mentions for last names J – N by Wednesday 10/26

Upcoming:  A new piece next week (3 day week) w/ lab on Tues. 10/25 & WRITE CLUB Wed. 10/26

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #17:  character. Commas review:  ,s w/ intro elements/openers (complex sentence & more).  Beginnings:  Look at awesome examples.

dear-mrs-c-qa (download, add your answers – be thorough, save as, add to your portfolio)

Deadlines:

• Mid-term Portfolio / upload next “teacher-ready” SUB#3 by end of Sunday 10/23
• “Quotable” mentions for last names J – N by Wednesday 10/26

Upcoming:  A new piece next week (3 day week) w/ lab on Tues. 10/25 & WRITE CLUB Wed. 10/26

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #16:  emotional state.  Commas review:  ,s w/ conjunctions to join independent clauses (compound sentence).  Reading:  “In the Beginning” by Tom Romano.  Info. on Mid-term Portfolio including detailed instructions and screenshot from Dropbox.

Deadlines:

• Mid-term Portfolio / upload next “teacher-ready” SUB#3 by end of Sunday 10/23
• “Quotable” mentions for last names J – N by Wednesday 10/26

Upcoming:  A new piece next week (3 day week) w/ lab on Tues. 10/25 & WRITE CLUB Wed. 10/26

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Preview – student let book talks (coming in November).  Commas review:  ,s w/ items in a series (& coordinate adjectives).  Reading:  “The Lead” by Donald Murray.

Upcoming:

• Mid-term portfolios this week / upload next “teacher-ready” submission (details tomorrow)
• A new piece next week (3 day week) w/ lab on Tues. 10/25 & WRITE CLUB Wed. 10/26

Deadlines:  “Quotable” mentions for last names J – N by Wednesday 10/26

Book trailers & Indie read.  WRITE CLUB.

Deadlines:

• Skyward quiz on fragments & run-ons – closes end of day Saturday 10/16

Book talk & Indie read.  Thursday = Lab Day!

Reminders – MLA format, title your paper, fill out the pre-conf. sheet, and print for WRITE CLUB (or email Mrs. C in advance of classtime).

Deadlines:

• Friday 10/14 – last names D – I quotable mentions due
• Skyward quiz on fragments & run-ons – closes end of day Saturday 10/16
• New paper for tomorrow’s WRITE CLUB – MB or QW (if you haven’t switched it up yet, it’s time to!!)

Book talk & Indie read.  Presentation:  Is everything an argument?  Quickwrite #15: soundpiece.

Deadlines:

• Wednesday 10/12 – last day for revisions to Submission #1
• Friday 10/14 – last names D – I quotable mentions due
• Skyward quiz on fragments & run-ons – closes end of day Saturday 10/16
• New paper for this Friday’s WRITE CLUB – MB or QW (if you haven’t switched it up yet, it’s time to!!)

Book talk & Indie read.  Review notes:  sentence fragments & run-on sentences (quiz later this week).  Textbook: Everything’s an Argument 6 – look at chapter 1 and take impt. notes on 1 post-it note.

Deadlines:

• Wednesday 10/12 – last day for revisions to Submission #1
• Friday 10/14 – last names D – I quotable mentions due

Upcoming:

• Skyward quiz on fragments & run-ons
• New paper for this Friday’s WRITE CLUB – MB or QW (if you haven’t switched it up yet, it’s time to!!)

1st & 2nd Hours only: Book talk & Indie read.  Recap – Dandelion Wine prologue (Ray Bradbury) &🙂 tricks.  Further work in WRITE CLUB groups finding🙂 tricks (and RLaW notices) in “All Parents Are Cowards” by Michael Christie.

7th Hour: Tribefest

Deadlines:

• Blog #2 entry due Monday 10/10
• Last names D – I “quotable” moments by 10/14