Indie Read.

MLA Survey for Understanding – honest answers please.

Intro to WRITE CLUB BOOK CLUBS. Timeline, choices, etc. . . . more on this tomorrow.

Indie Read.

WRITE CLUB – Cited Commentary & Response Edition.

E-Learning Day.

ATTENDANCE: Add a post-it to update your independent reading in the padlet (directions in GClassroom today if you need a refresher how-to).

WATCH: Check out the slides & video talk-through on today’s classroom stream. These help you know if your cited commentary does the things it should do. Be ready for WRITE CLUB on Monday.

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – draft with citations (part III) was due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

E-Learning Day.

Answer the attendance survey on GClassroom. Check out the tutorial video posted about your MLA formatted Works Cited page. Be sure yours is correct. Use today as “lab” time to finish up cited commentaries and/or memory book shorts.

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – draft with citations (part III) due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

Caught up? Read something awesome!

E-Learning Day.

Answer the attendance survey on GClassroom. Use today as “lab” time to write a draft of your cited commentary paper.

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – draft with citations (part III) due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

Book Talk & Indie Read

OVERVIEW: Critical commentary paper example and details on part III of assignment. Get writing!

WRITE CLUB: Meet your new group and share QW#16 from yesterday – find out what you all want out of WRITE CLUB this semester.

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – draft with citations (part III) due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

IMPORTANT E-LEARNING INFO: IF school is called for weather, there will be e-learning on those days. This is not quite the same as our full remote schedule, but also isn’t a “snow day” of nothing (it does count as a school day). For E-learning, check the GClassroom stream for instructions on how to check in, what to work on, and how to contact teachers for live/email assistance.

Indie Read.

WRITE CLUB data analysis: work w/ a group to notice trends in the data from the WRITE CLUB survey at the top of the semester

Quickwrite #16: What do YOU want out of WRITE CLUB this semester?

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – draft with citations (part III) due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

Indie Read w/ padlet check-in (add a new post-it to the top of your column to show your reading progress).

Take the quick Illinois CTE survey (find it in today’s GClassroom stream).

RESEARCH TIME: 1. think about what big idea/question you want to explore (within the range of topics mentioned in the source materials) 2. reread / extend your reading to more sources 3. make notes as needed to both collect & further your thinking 4. decide on a topic/issue that you will use for focus 5. know which 2-4 sources have the most potential for citing and be familiar with them

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – ideas/sources (parts I & II) selected by Monday 1/31 & draft with citations (part III) due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

Book Talk & Indie Read.

RESEARCH TIME: 1. think about what big idea/question you want to explore (within the range of topics mentioned in the source materials) 2. reread / extend your reading to more sources 3. make notes as needed to both collect & further your thinking

DEADLINES:

• Cited Commentary & Response – ideas/sources (parts I & II) selected by Monday 1/31 & draft with citations (part III) due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.
• Memory Book Short (your 1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/6. Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.

Indie Read.

“Research Is a Conversation” – video rewatch + NOTES.

NEW ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Cited Commentary & Response overview (parts I & II) w/ a connecting strategy for deciding what to write about and how to build it using the sources we’ve been reading. This week we’ll look at sources/notebuilding – developing ideas that will become the draft (with citations) that is due in Dropbox no later than Wednesday 2/2.

REMINDER/DEADLINE: Memory book short* (your 1st of 4 is due no later than Friday 2/4). Be sure to check the directions on what it is, how to turn it in, etc. on the memory book assignment sheet.