Indie Read

Quickwrites #36 & #37: Genre Experiments – Thinking about MG topics and try 2 of the 3 following genres – TOP 10 LIST (10 to1 or 1 to 10), RECIPE (literal or abstract – w/ ingredients, amounts & directions), TEXT CONVERSATION/TWITTER THREAD (real or fictional)

Time for work on MG – sign-up for conferences – reminders & FAQs.

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

Indie Read

WRITE CLUB: Share progress, ideas, & plans for your MG project. How close did you get to Mark #1?

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES: Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Indie Read & Work Day: Time for hitting Mark #1 for your MG Project and/or escaping into a great book.

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• MG Mark #1 (any 5 pages) due no later than end of day Monday 4/11
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Indie Read w/ padlet check-in

STUDY: “Crafting Narrative” from Fearless Writing by Tom Romano (if you missed class, find the PDF and a video read-through on today’s GClassroom stream)

WRITING TIME: time in class today for multi-genre development

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• MG Mark #1 (any 5 pages) due no later than end of day Monday 4/11
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Indie Read

2nd HOUR – WRITING TIME: time in class today for multi-genre development

NOTE: You can find more details on the required genres (and some you might try) on both GClassroom (as material under classwork) and on the Flipgrid under MG Genre Tutorials. (The ones on FG have audio talk-through.)

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• MG Mark #1 (any 5 pages) due no later than end of day Monday 4/11
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Indie Read

Quickwrites #34 & #35: Genre Experiments – pick one of your potential MG topics and try 2 of the 3 following genres – COMIC/STORYBOARD (w/drawing), HAIKU (3 line poems w/ 5-7-5 syllable pattern – more than1), HOW-TO (practical or abstract)

SHARE/WORK/QUESTION TIME: Share your taregeted idea and research design progress with your WRITE CLUB! Continue to develop this rough plan.

NEW: You can find more details on the required genres (and some you might try) on both GClassroom (as material under classwork) and on the Flipgrid under MG Genre Tutorials. (The ones on FG have audio talk-through.)

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• MG Mark #1 (any 5 pages) due no later than end of day Monday 4/11
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Indie Read

Quickwrites #32 & #33: Genre Experiments – pick one of your potential MG topics and try 2 of the 3 following genres – BIO or CHAR SKETCH (with words or even drawing), INTERVIEW ?s (a fictional interview or real potential questions), SALES ADVERSTISEMENT (visual and/or words)

WORK/QUESTION TIME: Time for work on your research design. Choose your topic and start making a rough plan (you’ll be glad you did).

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• Research Design – due as a work in progress in class on Wednesday 4/6 (TOMORROW!)
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Read Aloud & Indie Read

Quickwrites #30 & #31: Genre Experiments – pick one of your potential MG topics and try 2 of the 3 following genres – TO-DO/ITEM LIST, DIALOGUE (real or fictional), DICTIONARY-STYLE DEFINITIONS (make them up)

OVERVIEW: Research Design (step 2 of MG Project) w/ example

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• Research Design – due as a work in progress in class on Wednesday 4/6
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Indie Read with Padlet check-in/update

Quickwrite #28: Reading Reset? (find a slide w/ questions on GClassroom stream today)

Multi-Genre Idea Exploration – time to think/share/work on these.

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• Memory Book Short (4th & final submission) due no later than end of day Sunday 4/3
• Idea Exploration for MG Project due in Dropbox & Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 4/3 (If you do yours Saturday, Mrs. C will give you feedback by email on Sunday – otherwise you’ll get that by the end of Monday)
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1

Illinois Youth Survey

Indie Read

ASSIGNMENTS/DEADLINES:

• Memory Book Short (4th & final submission) due no later than end of day Sunday 4/3
• Idea Exploration for MG Project due in Dropbox & Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 4/3
• Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27 w/ presentation due 5/1