Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #28: Interest Inventory Questions #3

OVERVIEW: Multi-Genre Research Project/Paper Overview – Contracts A & B options + physical examples

DEADLINES:

• Hamlet Group Work Survey in GClassroom – complete by Friday 3/24 TOMORROW!!!
• Idea Exploration (more on this on Friday 3/24) 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)

Indie Read

Quickwrite #27: Interest Inventory Questions #2

STUDY: Research Thoughts – What does it mean to research? Why does it matter? Thoughts from Hank & John Green (from their podcast), Thomas Newkirk (about how narrative drives our thinking – find this piece as a pdf on GClassroom as material), & Tom Romano (about the kind of project we will be doing)

Click the link to listen ▶️ https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john/episodes/haunted-christmas-trees (07:23 – 11:35)

DEADLINES:

• Hamlet Group Work Survey in GClassroom – complete by Friday 3/24
• 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: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study was due Monday. . . .

Read Aloud – Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead

Indie Read

Quickwrite #26: Interest Inventory Questions #1

STUDY: Intro to what’s next. Why multi-genre? Read excerpts from “Teaching the Research Paper” by Bruce Ballenger from Nuts & Bolts (you can find this text and a video read-through on today’s GClassroom stream), history of multi-genre in room 251 & example paper(s)

ASSIGNMENT: Hamlet Group Work Survey in GClassroom – complete by Friday 3/24

DEADLINES:

• 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: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study was due yesterday

Indie Read

NEW: Student Spring Book Talk Info (& handout)

LAST DAY: WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

DEADLINES:

• Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of TODAY!!
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

Indie Read

WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

DEADLINES:

• Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of day Monday 3/20
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

Indie Read

SHARE: Meet across WRITE CLUBs to share your progress on the group rhetorical analysis. Share strategies, roles, what you are exploring, things you’ve found, and even excerpts you’ve written.

WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

DEADLINES:

• Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of day Monday 3/20
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

NEXT: Check-in on Thursday for progress on this group paper – be ready to share w/ another group

DEADLINES:

• Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of day Monday 3/20
• Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

Indie Read

WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

DEADLINE: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of day Monday 3/20

UPDATE: Next Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in

GROUP TIME: Work with your WRITE CLUB to make plans for your Hamlet scene analysis paper. Find the slide with recommendations & the project timeline on GClassroom. Be ready to get writing on Monday.

DEADLINE: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

STUDY/WATCH: Finish Hamlet 2000 directed by Michael Almereyda starring Ethan Hawke (scene 14 – 22)

Quickwrite #25: Hamlet Battle x 2 – Almereyda vs. Zeffirelli vs. Branagh – thoughts, comparisons, etc.

SHARE: Meet in WRITE CLUB to talk Hamlet – What’s worth talking about? What inspires analysis?

DEADLINE: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

PAST DUE: Memory Book Shorts (3 of them) most recent was due 3/6