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Quickwrite #36: “How to Start a Movement” – TED Talk by Derek Sivers

WRITE/WORK TIME ⏰

DEADLINE: Digital Memory Book due in Dropbox between 5/4 & 5/8

NEXT WEEK: Final Portfolios, Notebook Videos, Grade Pitch

PAST-DUE: MG Project & Presentations due 5/1

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WRITE/WORK TIME: Memory Book focus & reflections (all the info on the tab above – check out the FAQs on that page, too!)

Check out all the great MG presentations on the Flipgrid!

PAST-DUE: MG Project & Presentations due 5/1 (yesterday)

DEADLINE: Digital Memory Book due in Dropbox between 5/4 & 5/8

NEXT WEEK: Final Portfolios, Notebook Videos, Grade Pitch

Indie Read w/ Padlet check-in

READ/WRITE TIME ⏰: MG Papers, Memory Boook Pieces, Independent Reading

DEADLINES:

• MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1(MG Paper should be a PDF in Dropbox)
• Digital Memory Book in Dropbox due between 5/4 & 5/8

**DON’T FORGET TO CONVERT YOUR MG PAPER TO A PDF!! (directions on the finalizing slides) & USE THE SCREENSHARE OPTION IN FLIPGRID (when you do your presentation)

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Quickwrite #40: “Rewards of Risk Taking” TED Talk by Jared Williams

ASSIGNMENT/NEW STUFF: Memory Book – The Rest of It: an overview 🙂

DEADLINES:

• MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1(MG Paper should be a PDF in Dropbox)
• Digital Memory Book in Dropbox due between 5/4 & 5/8

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READ/WRITE TIME ⏰ MG Papers!

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Project/Paper target 4/27
• MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1

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Quickwrite #39: QUOTES – choose one

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson from Journals with Annotations 1841-1844

“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.” – Chuck Palahniuk from Invisible Monsters: A Novel

“I’m not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they’re gonna do. I’m just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.” – John Green from Looking for Alaska

WRITE TIME ⏰ MG papers!

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Project/Paper target 4/27
• MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1

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Quickwrite #38: “What’s Your Biggest Regret?”

STUDY: Reader Engagement (How Narrative & Specificity Bring Readers Close) – check the PDF on GClassroom

Tips for Finalizing your MG (slides on GClassroom)

WRITE TIME ⏰ MG papers!

DEADLINES:

• MG Mark #3 (everything written) due no later than end of day Monday 4/25
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27
• MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1

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WRITE TIME ⏰ MG papers!

DEADLINES:

• Conference with Mrs. C on your MG progress & ideas 4/20 – 22 (10 minutes as scheduled)
• MG Mark #3 (everything written) due no later than end of day Monday 4/25
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

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Quick tips!! genre specifics, digital links, citation machine, viewing for white-space, threads/unifying elements.

WRITE CLUB: share progress, ideas, etc. on your MG Project/Paper

DEADLINES:

• Conference with Mrs. C on your MG progress & ideas 4/20 – 22 (10 minutes as scheduled)
• MG Mark #2 (any 13 pages) due no later than end of day Wednesday 4/20
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

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Quick tips!! interviews (permissions & timings), images & citing them, page breaks, font colors & size, threads/unifying elements.

WRITE TIME ⏰ MG papers!

DEADLINES:

• Conference with Mrs. C on your MG progress & ideas 4/20 – 22 (10 minutes as scheduled)
• MG Mark #2 (any 13 pages) due no later than end of day Wednesday 4/20
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1