Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite/Notebook #5: “11:20” by Michael Paterniti (Find the text on GClassroom stream today). Use a “They Say”-Quote-“I Say”-Questions pattern* to create a notebook page that summarizes, pulls a quote, explores your own thoughts/ideas/responses and considers any big questions you might have.

*We’ll be using the notetaking strategy/pattern repeatedly, so get comfy with it.

TO-DO: If you didn’t update the new padlet board, do it!! If you didn’t watch the MLA citations video (and create a notepage that was due Sunday…), do that too.

UPCOMING: Citations practice.

Welcome to the remote pause or whatever. We can do this.

Indie Read with a padlet check-in for the new semester. (Link on the right [or scroll down on a phone] and use the new code for this semester.)

Quickwrite #4: Losing Ourselves – watch the first 7 minutes of this documentary and then write whatever strikes you (just parts 1 & 2)

DEADLINE/ASSIGNMENT: Watch the MLA Citations Basics video & create a notepage. THIS IS IMPORTANT!! Get it right early so we don’t have to hassle with citation forms all semester. (Seriously, the video is only 12 minutes long). Find the video & the slides as an assignment in GClassroom. Notepage by end of day Sunday 1/9.

UPCOMING: Next week we’ll start reading critically; practicing citations, quoting, paraphrasing, integrating; and taking semi-structured notes to discover our thinking.

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #3: Boredom / “I’m Bored.”

READ: How (and Why) to Practice Boredom

Syllabus/Course overview – check the slides on today’s GClassroom stream if you missed today. FInd the syllabus on GClassroom as material (classwork) and on the “Syllabi, Welcome” tab above.

TO-DO: Make sure you have something awesome to read. (And if you are new to Mrs. C, be sure to fill out the surveys from earlier in the week).

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #2: “Hands” (take2) respond, react, read it like a writer, etc. what do you notice/like/connect to?

Book Pass: a quick “speed-date” of new book titles to generate some for your TBR (page 2 of the upside-down in your notebook).

*If you are new to Mrs. C, take the reader-writer survey…. on the GClassroom stream today.

Read Aloud Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Benji Davies & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #1: Hands (take 1) – draw an outline of your hand on the page and then fill it with your thoughts about your hands . . . Watch the video below.

Accept the invite to the new GClassroom and complete the survey(s) as instructed. Please pay attention to WHO should fill out which survey.

READ: Read aloud Matt de la Peña’s Love (my favorite for the end of the year).

Update your reading list & let’s reflect on the reading you’ve done this year.

IMPORTANT: Be sure and see Mrs. C at graduation practice on Thursday, May 27th!

WRITE: Quickwrite #30 (THE LAST ONE) – What does it mean to be a warrior?

BOOK RETURNS!!

STUDY: Take With You – a set of slides (with talk-through) that highlights what we learned this year about writing

TO-DO: Take the end of semester survey (contains a permission for use form too). You’ll find it attached to today’s GClassroom post.

PAST-DUE: Everything!!!

TOMORROW: Come back for a special read-aloud and a wrap-up of our independent reading journey.

OFFICE HOURS: Use the zoom link in GClassroom to stop in for assistance or to get answers to your questions. Anytime between 7:20am & 11:20am that you aren’t supposed to be in someone else’s live meet is fine.

CHECK-IN: Update the Padlet with whatever you’ve been reading lately. Take a break from social media and find just a few minutes to escape into a book of your choice.

DEADLINES & REMINDERS:

• SPRING PORTFOLIO – no later than end of day TODAY Friday 5/14 (documents in Dropbox – be sure it’s in your Submissions folder!)
• GRADE PITCH – no later than end of day SUNDAY 5/16 (Flipgrid video)

NEXT WEEK: Senior wrap up.

You got this.