1st & 2nd Hours:  Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #14:  “Tea and Consent”  Blog post #2 intro. (details on GCHSclassof2017blog).  Smiley Face🙂 Tricks intro and search with Dandelion Wine excerpt.

7th Hour:  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.

Deadlines:

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

Book talk & Indie read.  – 1st & 2nd hours

7th hour – Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #14:  “Tea and Consent”  Blog post #2 intro. (details on GCHSclassof2017blog).  Smiley Face 🙂 Tricks intro and search with Dandelion Wine excerpt.

Deadlines:

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

Book trailers & Indie read – reading rate calculation & comparison.  Video:  Crash Course Lit. “How and Why We Read.”

Read something awesome!  Think about your revisions to last week’s paper and/or submission #1.

Reminder:  “Quotable” mentions for letters D – I can be turned in as early as Monday 10/3.

Collective issues from submission #1.  “Crafting Narrative” – what’s important here?  How we can see genre as blended, not compartmentalized.  WRITE CLUB.

Reminder:  “Quotable” mentions for letters D – I can be turned in as early as Monday 10/3.

What you COULD BE working on. . .   revisions to Sub#1 (optional) upload by 10/12, changes to the paper you worked in WRITE CLUB today (upload dates TBD).

 

Thursday = Lab Day

Banned books week video.  Reminders about revision for submission #1 (check the webpost from yesterday).

Deadlines:

• Friday 9/30 – NEW paper for WRITE CLUB (either a memory book chapter or quickwrite expansion)
• Friday 9/30 – completed pre-conference sheet
• Friday 9/30 – Last names A – C – “quotable” mentions due

Remember to print multiple copies of your draft for tomorrow – OR – email Mrs. C your paper in advance to have print-outs ready for class.

Follow these directions and tips to check out your instructor’s feedback and learn to manage revision.

1. Go to our shared Dropbox folder and DOWNLOAD the paper with WFB on the end of the document title.  (You’ll need to open in Word as I didn’t use the Dropbox  comment feature).
2. Check out the comments in the right hand column.
3. Step away.  It takes time to digest feedback and sometimes more than one read through to understand and/or accept it.  (That’s OK)
4. Return to the paper when you are ready to make changes.
5. Sometimes it’s easier to address simple “fixes” first.  Clean up little errors; go back through and watch for other instances of the same kinds of mistakes.
6. Delete the comments by switching to the “review” tab at the top.  (You can eliminate them one at a time or wait and get rid of them all at once.)
7. Tackle the big items – the content, the organization, the beginning, ending, the “and then. . . ” feel, etc.
8. Watch out.  Changes in one place sometimes necessitate changes in other places.  Unfortunately revision can be messy and there are NO guarantees.

When you’ve revised to a point you are content, reread your work and don’t forget to save it.  When it’s ready for review, UPLOAD again to our shared folder.  Make sure to change the flag on the document title from WFB to RV to indicate that revisions have been made to the paper.

Details on earning extra points are on the Grading of Writing page (here on the website) or can be located on the back of your class syllabus.

Deadline for re-submitting SUB1 as “LastnameMB#SUB1RV” or “LastnameQW#SUB1RV” is Wednesday 10/12.

Get serious about revising – you can thank me later. . . or not.

– Mrs. C = )

Banned Books Week video.  Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #13:  Random pic take 2 – choose a different angle, genre, point of view, etc.  REVISION.  Details on submission #1 revision uploads, tips on how to approach teacher commentary, and student-written example of what revision can and should  look like.  Revise “for real.”

Deadlines:

• Friday 9/30 – NEW paper for WRITE CLUB (either a memory book chapter or quickwrite expansion)
• Friday 9/30 – completed pre-conference sheet
• Friday 9/30 – Last names A – C – “quotable” mentions due

Don’t forget we’re in the lab tomorrow.

Banned Books Week Video. Book talks & Indie read. Quickwrite #12:  Random picture.  Reading:  “Crafting Narrative” by Tom Romano + extra from Tohomas Newkirk.  (Annotate & be ready to talk about what’s important here).

A look ahead:  You will need a NEW paper for Friday’s WRITE CLUB (either a memory book chapter or quickwrite expansion – keep in mind you will eventually need some of both).

Reminder:  “Quotable” Mentions assignment – check your due date depending on your last name.  And see examples on the wall if needed.  Letters A – C due THIS WEEK.

Banned Books Week video.  Book talk.  Reading Quickwrite:  Time Audit.  Understanding how feedback works in this writing class.  Indie read.

A look ahead:  You will need a NEW paper for Friday’s WRITE CLUB (either a memory book chapter or quickwrite expansion – keep in mind you will eventually need some of both).

Reminder:  “Quotable” Mentions assignment – check your due date depending on your last name.  And see examples on the wall if needed.  Letters A – C due THIS WEEK.

Book trailers.  FEEDBACK.  Tips ? sheet and WRITE CLUB w/ teacher example college app essay.  Indie read.

Reminder:  “Quotable” Mentions assignment – check your due date depending on your last name.  And see examples on the wall if needed.

Deadlines:

• College Essay – (CASESUB2) -Upload “teacher-ready” draft no later than end of day Sunday 9/25
• Skyward Quiz – capitalization & end marks – open through Sunday 9/25