Student Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #31: “The Rewards of Risk Taking” TED Talk by Jared Williams

QUESTION TIME ⏳

TO-DO: SENIOR REPLAY 🎵 Survey (In GClassroom TODAY!)

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project – FINAL DRAFT due (as a PDF in Dropbox) no later than end of day Sunday 4/28
• Final MG Checklist / Conference Sheet due in class Monday 4/29
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

WHAT’S LEFT? (after the research project)

• MG Presentations: start 4/29
• Spring Portfolio: due 5/5
• Notebook Tour: due 5/6
• Final Exam: Hours 2, 6, 8 – 5/7 & 8 — Hours 1, 3 – 5/9 & 10
• Grade Pitch: due 5/10 (end of school day)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #30: Choose a quote (choose from 3 below & see where it takes you)

STUDY: Finalizing your MG research project (slides on GClassroom for your reference)

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project – FINAL DRAFT due (as a PDF in Dropbox) no later than end of day Sunday 4/28
• Final MG Checklist / Conference Sheet due in class Monday 4/29
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

WHAT’S LEFT? (after the research project)

• MG Presentations: start 4/29
• Spring Portfolio: due 5/5
• Notebook Tour: due 5/6
• Final Exam: Hours 2, 6, 8 – 5/7 & 8 — Hours 1, 3 – 5/9 & 10
• Grade Pitch: due 5/10 (end of school day)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITE CLUB: Multi-Genre Edition ❤

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project – FINAL DRAFT due (as a PDF in Dropbox) no later than end of day Sunday 4/28
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

WHAT’S LEFT? (after the research project)

• MG Presentations: start 4/29
• Spring Portfolio: due 5/5
• Notebook Tour: due 5/6
• Final Exam: Hours 2, 6, 8 – 5/7 & 8 — Hours 1, 3 – 5/9 & 10
• Grade Pitch: due 5/10 (end of school day)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #29: Biggest Regret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R45HcYA8uRA

STUDY: Reader Engagement – tips & advice (slides on GClassroom for reference)

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #3 TOMORROW 4/24 – Keep writing pieces and work to have a full, not necessarily final, draft – Contract A = 15-20 pages – ≥ 11 pages for Contract B – ≥ 8 pages for English 8 Hour 8. BE SURE TO HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED GENRES (see assignment sheet for details)
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

Senior “Skip” Day – Time for reading and work on MG papers. 🙂

NEXT DEADLINE: Mark #3 of the Multi-Genre in class on Wednesday 4/24

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: The Unifying Element – redefined, examples, and group find & explain

WEEKEND GOAL: If you didn’t hit the Mark #2 target, make this a priority over the weekend. Come back to school Monday (or Tuesday) caught up and ready to keep moving forward. 🙂

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #3 Wednesday 4/24 – Keep writing pieces and work to have a full, not necessarily final, draft – Contract A = 15-20 pages – ≥ 11 pages for Contract B – ≥ 8 pages for English 8 Hour 8. BE SURE TO HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED GENRES (see assignment sheet for details)
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITE CLUB: Share Mark #2 progress (Contract A ≥ 10 pages, Contract B ≥ 8 pages, Hour 8 ≥ 5-6 pages)

UPCOMING: A look at unifying elements / threads TOMORROW ❤

WEEKEND GOAL: If you didn’t hit the Mark #2 target, make this a priority over the weekend. Come back to school Monday (or Tuesday) caught up and ready to keep moving forward. 🙂. . . . More writing time tomorrow.

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #3 Wednesday 4/24 – Keep writing pieces and work to have a full, not necessarily final, draft – Contract A = 15-20 pages – ≥ 11 pages for Contract B – ≥ 8 pages for English 8 Hour 8. BE SURE TO HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED GENRES (see assignment sheet for details)
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Multi-Genre FAQs & Tips (find them at the MG FAQ tab above)

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #2 Thursday 4/18 TOMORROW – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A ≥ 10 pages* – ≥ 8 pages for Contract B – ≥ 6 pages for English 8 Hour 8. *any pages – you choose.
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️Quickwrite #28: Multi-Genre “Inventory” – take stock of what big items you might be missing or where you are including them (or plan to include them) in your paper

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #2 Thursday 4/18 – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A ≥ 10 pages* – ≥ 8 pages for Contract B – ≥ 6 pages for English 8 Hour 8. *any pages – you choose.
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)

📚Indie Read

🔬QW#26 & QW #27: 4/15 Genre Experiments (2 of 3) – Top 10 list, recipe, tweet thread or text conversation (focus them on your front-running topic – 4 to 5 minutes for each)

Book Talk Reminders & Sign-Ups

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINES:

• Multi-Genre Research Project Mark #2 Thursday 4/18 – Start writing pieces and bring what you have. Contract A ≥ 10 pages* – ≥ 8 pages for Contract B – ≥ 6 pages for English 8 Hour 8. *any pages – you choose.
• Student Book Talks – completed 4/15 – 5/10 by sign-up date (notebook page + informal presentation)