Category: Rhet-Comp 101 / ENG 7A DC

Monday, September 25th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ ALOUD: “Sh***y First Drafts” by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird (find a pdf on GClassroom if you want a reread)

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINE: Writing #3 – quickwrite expand or memory book chapter (see sheet below or on the RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGN tab above) due as a complete MSWord draft in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day Wednesday 9/27

Friday, September 22nd – Rhetoric & Comp

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #14: Body Parts

STUDY/MINI-LESSON: Old School Correspondence – envelopes & letters

RECAP/EXTENSION: Notices from yesterday’s RLaW – John Green essays (find them on GClassroom if you want to take a closer look)

DEADLINE: Writing #3 – quickwrite expand or memory book chapter (see sheet below or on the RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGN tab above) due as a complete MSWord draft in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day Wednesday 9/27

Thursday, September 21st – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk x 2 & Indie Read

VOTE: Today’s Topic! (on the GClassroom stream)

STUDY: Essay — Real Essay w/ John Green selections from The Anthropocene Reviewed. Work in WRITE CLUB groups to watch for “moves” and read like a writer.

DEADLINE: Writing #3 – quickwrite expand or memory book chapter (see sheet below or on the RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGN tab above) due as a complete MSWord draft in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day Wednesday 9/27

Wednesday, September 20th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #13: Poem – “You Need to Calm Down” or “Belief”

STUDY: Apply rhetorical situation concepts to poems from QW & introduce “Moves” of Effective Writers aka Big Moves/Small Moves and apply

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Writing #3 – quickwrite expand or memory book chapter (see sheet below or on the RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGN tab above) due as a complete MSWord draft in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day Wednesday 9/27

Friday, September 15th – Rhetoric & Comp

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #12: Random Picture Piece (ask Mrs. C for a picture)

STUDY/READ: “How to Email Your Professor Without Being Annoying AF” by Laura Portwood-Stacer

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Read through the “Scholarly Definitions of Rhetoric” choosing your 3 favorites. Create a notebook page including these 3 faves ❤ AND reasons WHY you chose them (be thoughtful). Do this by classtime on Tuesday 9/19.

Wednesday, September 13th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/PRACTICE: Intro to WRITE CLUB and feedback practice with sample college app paper. Bless, Address, & Press format with comments that include potential :), readerly questions, & suggestions (with open framing).

🖋️ Quickwrite #11: The door

DEADLINE: College App Essay due as an MLA formatted MSWord document in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 9/13 – that’s TODAY!