Book talk & Indie read.  Submission #1 info sheet and demonstration. Quickwrite #8:  College plans?  Reading:  college app essay “The Zen of Clams”  Brief presentation:  Tips for writing college app essays.

Deadline:  Upload SUB1 to our shared Dropbox folder (in an MSWord document, MLA formatted) no later than end of day Tuesday 9/13.

A look ahead:  Consider what college essay prompt you will work on for your next writing assignment.  You may bring one you really need to write OR you may choose from the common app essay prompts  (which you can preview here – Common App Essay Prompts 2016-2017 ).   * Note that lab days will be Thursday and/or Friday this week with WRITE CLUB next Monday due to the upcoming panoramic pic & welcome back rally).

 

Friday = Write Club.

Filled out pre-conference sheet, bless, address, & press.

Shhhhh… you do NOT talk about WRITE CLUB.

Deadline:  You will be submitting a “teacher-ready” version of your first paper by the end of day Tuesday 9/13.  Details on submitting will be given on Monday.

Thursday = Lab day.

Work on paper #1 – you’ll need 4 copies (one for each group member) for WRITE CLUB tomorrow.  If you can’t or don’t want to print at home, send your paper as an email attachment to Mrs. C BEFORE CLASSTIME and it will be ready for you.

See previous day for more details on this paper.

Note:  The questions and/or explanations after a memory book “title” (which, incidentally, you may choose to change) are just suggestions and NOT a prompt.  You don’t have to “hit all the marks” like it’s a test question or a constructed response.  Just write an awesome paper.

* IF you will be gone FRIDAY for legitimate reasons, be sure to upload a copy of your draft into our shared Dropbox folder (name it something logical), so I know that you were prepared.         – Mrs. C = )

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #7:  “5 Ways to Improve Your _______”  Share a QW outloud with your WRITE CLUB group.  MLA formatting paper-about-a-paper.  Preview of lab expectations.

Meet in lab 268 tomorrow!  (Bring your indie read and plan to work on the draft of paper #1 needed in class on Friday.)

 

Book talk & Indie read.  “Monday” reading calculations.  RLaW review – “Cruel As It Is”  Reading:  “The Essayification of Everything” (see link for more)

The Essayification of Everything

Deadline:  Typed draft of paper #1 – either a memory book chapter or a quickwrite expansion – in class this Friday.  (We will be in the lab on Thursday).

Reminder:  If you had trouble with Skyward, the quiz is open until the end of today – get it done!

1st hour only – Vote for Homecoming Court 2016.  Book pass.

Reminders:

• Skyward Quiz (parts of speech) will open at end of day and remain open until the close of Tuesday night 9/6.  Use your notes, phone a friend, but be sure to take it. (If you can’t get in Skyward, let Mrs. C know on FRIDAY.  No excuses next week!)
• WRITE CLUB groups will be online (HERE) at end of today.  Check to see who is in your group.  THEN, go to the class blog and read your fellow group member’s reader/writer statements.  COMMENT on each by leaving a response-type commentary (like a conversation, not a “good job” and NOT comments about member’s writing, just about the content.  Be meaningful, but honest).  Note that comments WON’T show up immediately like blog posts; they have to await Mrs. C’s approval.  Comments are due by end of day Monday 9/5.

If you need into Skyward and have been locked out, email me as soon as possible (Friday during the day please – I can’t send tech requests over the weekend) and a tech request will be sent to get your password reset.

It is my understanding that once tech resets your skyward, you can use your GCSD9 computer password to log-in to Skyward.  If I find out differently, I will update here.

If you are locked out of school computers in general, I can reset that from a school computer.  THEN I can have your Skyward reset through a tech request.

-Mrs. C = )

Check for your group, and then follow the directions on today’s (9/1) post to read your groupmate’s blogs and make appropriate comments on them.  Note that your comments will NOT immediately show up as I have to approve them individually.

1st hour

• Caedon B., Marisela B., TaQuia J., Sarah M.
• Chase J., Tori B., Ivonne L., Emilee P.
• Alex M., Megan B., Louren M., Hannah S.
• Leo N., Ryan W., Adri B., Hannah M.
• Will O., Haley C., Josey S.
• Parker S., Matt W., Alexus C., Ashley P.
• Dominik T., Savanah G., Lexi C., Salena S.
• Jeinner V., Nicole H., Madeline S., Rachel W.

2nd hour

• Brian A., Megan B., Dakota S., Sara P.
• David D., Skylar D., Kayla Z., Skyler S.
• Corey H., Jaxon C., Olivia P., Taylor R.
• Andrew H., Derek L., Audrey J., Holly Z.
• Josh J., Ben P., Autumn K., Paeton P.
• Ian J., Luke W., Mariah M., Mona Z.
• Alex L., Marissa H., Rebecca L., Ashley R., Megan W.

7th hour

• Hannah B., Josh R., Kendrick W., Carter R.
• Lynsey B., Natalie O., Dylan B., Eli S.
• Claire A., Chris R., Austin P.
• Fatima B., Nathan T., Reed H., Jimmy B.
• Kennedi C., Kameron M., Jon B., Jacob G.
• Desteny J., Grace N., David K.
• Kirsten K., Jake J., Kariem A., Luke D.

Book talk.  SWIC registration paperwork.  “Writing Theories” ideas & notes.  Quickwrite #6:  What’s in the Box?

New assignments:

• Skyward Quiz (parts of speech) will open at end of day and remain open until the close of Monday night 9/5.  Use your notes, phone a friend, but be sure to take it. (If you can’t get in Skyward, let Mrs. C know on FRIDAY.  No excuses next week!)
• WRITE CLUB groups will be online (HERE) at end of today.  Check to see who is in your group.  THEN, go to the class blog and read your fellow group member’s reader/writer statements.  COMMENT on each by leaving a response-type commentary (like a conversation, not a “good job” and NOT comments about member’s writing, just about the content.  Be meaningful, but honest).  Note that comments WON’T show up immediately like blog posts; they have to await Mrs. C’s approval.  Comments are due by end of day Monday 9/5.

Book talk & Indie read.  POS review notes:  prepositions, conjunctions, & interjections.  Quickwrite #5:  “Missing Spoons”  RHETORIC – what is it?  definition discussion + notes on the rhetorical situation.  Pre-view:  memory book assignment & chapter possibilities.

PREP CONJ and INTERJ MSWord

PREP CONJ and INTERJ PDF

Reminders:  SWIC registration in class tomorrow.  Bring your ID# (or your SSN if you didn’t sign up yet).  COMPASS test tomorrow after school for those who were notified they need to test.

Upcoming:  Next week we will work on the first written piece, paper, essay, whatever-you-want-to-call-it.  You may write either a memory book piece or an expansion of one of the quickwrites in your notebook – YOUR CHOICE.