Category: Rhet-Comp 101 / ENG 7A DC
Monday, August 28th – Rhetoric & Comp
📖 Book Talk & Indie Read
STUDY: Read Like a Writer (slide in class & now in your notebook) Intro to concepts and practice with How I Became a Pirate.
DEADLINE: Letter1 due in Dropbox (as a Word doc) no later than end of day Tuesday 8/29
REMINDER: Send Mrs. C your SWIC ID# or Apply to SWIC (instructions on the GClassroom stream)
Friday, August 25th – Rhetoric & Comp
**REMOTE LEARNING TODAY**
Book Trailers!! (Add titles you might want to read to your TBR)
🖋️ Quickwrite #5: “Rethink Homelessness”
ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Letter1 due in Dropbox (as a Word doc) no later than end of day Tuesday 8/29
REMINDER: Send Mrs. C your SWIC ID# or Apply to SWIC (instructions on the GClassroom stream)
Thursday, August 24th – Rhetoric & Comp
**REMOTE LEARNING TODAY**
Read Aloud: How I Became a Pirate – Melinda Long & David Shannon
STUDY:
- Data/Answers from the “3 Questions About Grades” survey – quick analysis of trends.
- A look at Points vs. Learning
UPDATES/TO-DO:
- Dropbox check-in for folder sharing – If you haven’t yet set these up, please create & share. Directions at the DROPBOX SET-UP tab above.
- Send Mrs. C your SWIC ID# or Apply to SWIC (instructions on the GClassroom stream)
Wednesday, August 23rd – Rhetoric & Comp
**REMOTE LEARNING TODAY**
NOTES: How to Notebook (add this to the next open notebook page)

Quickwrite #3: “Why Grades Shouldn’t Exist” – Alfie Kohn
UPDATES/TO-DO:
- Dropbox check-in for folder sharing – If you haven’t yet set these up, please create & share. Directions at the DROPBOX SET-UP tab above.
- Send Mrs. C your SWIC ID# or Apply to SWIC (instructions on the GClassroom stream)
Tuesday, August 22nd – Rhetoric & Comp
📖 Book Talk & Indie Read
Syllabus Overview
TO DO:
- Create a Dropbox Account (with an outside email) and set-up two shared folders. Find directions on the tab above labeled DROPBOX SET-UP.
- Send Mrs. C your SWIC ID# (or apply online if you’ve not yet earned SWIC credit – instruction slides on GClassroom stream).
PAST DUE: Surveys – both the Intro Survey and the 3 Questions About Grades – It’s not too late to complete them 😉
Monday, August 21st – Rhetoric & Comp
📖Book Talks
Library Intro “Tour,” Book Browse, Check-Out, & Read Time
🖋️Quickwrite #3: What’s in the Box?

DEADLINE: Survey – 3 questions about grades due no later than end of day TODAY 8/21 (Find it in GClassroom)
PAST DUE: Intro Survey (also in GClassroom if you haven’t yet taken it)
TOMORROW: Bring your chromebook!
Friday, August 18 – MC Lit & Rhet-Comp
Book Talk x 2
🖋️ Quickwrite #2: “HS Reading Video” – watch it and write your own reactions, thoughts, or commentary
Book Pass! Add to your TBR as desired.
TO DO: Think about what you want to read. You’ll need something on Monday (some time in class for browsing & checking out).
PAST DUE: Intro Survey – if you still need to finish this or had a few tech hiccups, please do so. 🙂
Thursday, August 17th – All Classes
Today’s “events”:
Class welcome, poem “What You Will Need in Class Today,” brief intro to the course, issue notebooks, checkout the website, and take a survey.
🖋️ Quickwrite #1: 3 Things I Know. . . list & expand
DEADLINE: Intro Survey (you’ll find it on GClassroom) due no later than end of day TODAY, Thursday 8/17
Thursday, August 17th
Rhetoric & Comp – “Finals” December 16th, 19th, & 20th
Student Path Survey – Find a link & directions on GClassroom
READING WRAP UP: last reading rate, book spine list w/ labels, page count estimate.
TO-DO: Surveys – end of semester (anonymous) & reader/writer survey. Find them on GClassroom – the day of your final.
Have a fantastic & restful break! Congrats to December grads!
