Student Book Talk & Indie Read

NEW: MG Project “checklist”

WRITE TIME ⏳for work on MG Project

BONUS WATCH: “The art of letting go . . . of the floor” by Siawn Ou (TED Talk)

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Mark #2 due no later than end of day 4/18 (Contract A any 10 – 14 p / Contract B any 8 p)
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (date by sign up)

PAST DUE:

• Multi-Genre Mark #1 was due in class 4/11 (Contract A any 5 – 7 p / Contract B any 4 – 6 p)
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) was due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrites #37 & 38: Genre Experiment (2 of 3) – top 10 list – OR – recipe – OR – tweet thread/text convo

WRITE TIME ⏳for work on MG Project

Bonus Video: Clint Smith on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert “Poetry is the Act of Paying Attention”

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Mark #2 due no later than end of day 4/18 (Contract A any 10 – 14 p / Contract B any 8 p)
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (date by sign up)

PAST DUE:

• Multi-Genre Mark #1 was due in class 4/11 (Contract A any 5 – 7 p / Contract B any 4 – 6 p)
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) was due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #36: Spring Break Reading Check-in – what did you read over break? how’d it go?

TO-DO: Student Paths Survey – use the link & directions on GClassroom and complete the survey. Thanks 🙂

WRITE CLUB: Mark #1 for multi-genre paper – share your topics, progress, and ideas with your group

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Mark #2 due in class 4/18 (Contract A any 10 – 14 p / Contract B any 8 p)
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)

PAST DUE:

• Multi-Genre Mark #1 was due in class 4/11 (Contract A any 5 – 7 p / Contract B any 4 – 6 p)
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) was due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ: “Crafting Narrative” excerpts by Tom Romano from Fearless Writing (the whole chapter is available as material on GClassroom)

WORK/WRITE/QUESTION TIME ⏰

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Mark #1 due in class 4/11 (Contract A any 5 – 7 p / Contract B any 4 – 6 p)
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)

PAST DUE: Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) was due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30

HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK! READ SOMETHING AWESOME 🙂

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Required Genre Details & Examples (video version on Flip.com – pdf on GClassroom) – a walk-through of what is expected

TIP: Check out the MULTI-GENRE FAQs tab above to see the answers to some of the most common MG questions

WORK/WRITE/QUESTION TIME ⏰

DEADLINES:

• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30
• Multi-Genre Mark #1 due in class 4/11 (Contract A any 5 – 7 p / Contract B any 4 – 6 p)
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrites #34 & #35: Genre Experiment (2 of 3) – comic/storyboard – OR – haikus – OR – how-to instructions

WRITE CLUB – Share your Research Design / Talk about topics & ideas

ASSIGNMENT: Formalize your annotated bib into a typed version with a real works cited entry and an annotation (specific instructions on slides posted in GClassroom)

DEADLINES:

• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)

PAST DUE:

• Research Design due as notebook pages in class Wednesday 3/29
• Idea Exploration due in Dropbox & Flipgrid was due Sunday 3/26

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrites #32 & #33: Genre Experiment (2 of 3) – bio/character sketch – OR – interview questions – OR – sales advertisement

RESEARCH DESIGN & SOURCE SEARCH TIME ⌚

DEADLINES:

• Research Design due as notebook pages in class Wednesday 3/29
• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)

PAST DUE:

• Idea Exploration due in Dropbox & Flipgrid was due Sunday 3/26
• Hamlet Group Work Survey in GClassroom – was due Friday 3/24

P.S. If you submitted a topic video, Mrs. C sent you comments on that video via email. Check them out. If you don’t have a viable topic yet, YOU NEED ONE.

Read Aloud What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom

Indie Read

Quickwrites #30 & #31: Genre Experiment (2 of 3) – to-do/item list – OR – dialogue (real or imagined) – OR – dictionary-style definitions (your own)

STUDY: MG Research Design – Set-Up Notebook 2-page spread to guide your project & start searching for sources

DEADLINES:

• Research Design due as notebook pages in class Wednesday 3/29
• Annotated Bibliography (formal-ish) due in Dropbox by end of day 3/30
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)

PAST DUE:

• Idea Exploration due in Dropbox & Flipgrid was due Sunday 3/26
• Hamlet Group Work Survey in GClassroom – was due Friday 3/24

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #29: Reading Reset? (Write about your current independent reading? How’s it going? Do you need a reset?)

STUDY: Tips for Terrific Topics 🙂 TIP #1 – DON’T recycle an old topic!! (see slide in GClassroom material)

ASSIGN: MG Idea Exploration – Spin 3 ideas for your project. Write them up with a little explanation as to why you are interested or what you might do. Make this a Word doc and leave it in your Dropbox Drafts folder. THEN make Mrs. C a quick Flip video explaining them (code for Flip was given in class). DO both of these items no later than end of day Sunday 3/26.

DEADLINES:

• Hamlet Group Work Survey in GClassroom – complete by Friday 3/24 TODAY!!
• Idea Exploration due in Dropbox & Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 3/26
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1
• Spring Book Talk – 3/28 – 5/11 (sign up in room 251)