WRITE:  Quickwrite #9 – song lyric response “Whatever I Fear” by Toad the Wet Sprocket or “Not Afraid” by Eminem

Whatever I Fear lyrics PDF

Not Afraidl lyrics PDF

STUDY:

• Cited Commmentary Slides (These guide you through what to look for in this paper. Find them on GClassroom today.)
• Cited Commentary Example paper – Specifically note the ways sources are integrated into the paper, the way the citations are handled both in-text & on the works cited page, the way the writer adds her own perspective – not just reporting what others say.
• Cited Commentary Pre-Conference sheet* (locate this in your Dropbox folder – in the Practice Docs folder – in your drafts folder)

*Not required but it can help you make sure this paper does what it is supposed to do.

DEADLINES:

• First Memory Book Short – due in Dropbox as assigned no later than Friday, February 5th
• Cited Commentary & Response – due no later than end of day Sunday, February 7th (in Dropbox & read in Flipgrid – details soon)

UPCOMING: WRITE CLUB information – Watch for an email with your group Flipgrid codes.  And check back Friday for the Flipgrid assignment that will kick off your new group + OFFICE HOURS as usual.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #8

RECAP: ▶️ “Research is a Conversation” by UNLV Libraries – click ▶️to watch

STUDY:  Works Cited Overview & Purdue OWL / Citation Machine Tutorial (on today’s GClassroom stream)

STUDY/CREATE/SHARE:  A look at the WRITE CLUB data from last semester.  Analysis as a class on padlet – 🔗 link HERE 🔗

DEADLINES:

• First Memory Book Short – due in Dropbox as assigned no later than Friday, February 5th
• Cited Commentary & Response – due no later than end of day Sunday, February 7th (in Dropbox & read in Flipgrid – details later this week)

UPCOMING: Example of cited commentary paper & new WRITE CLUB groups.

TO DO TODAY: Watch the video intro to CITED COMMENTARY ASSIGNMENT IN 3 PARTS  (attached to GClassroom today). Then, complete the GForm that asks for your thinking about topics for this upcoming paper.  Also, take a second to update the reading padlet with your progress – KEEP READING!

OFFICE HOURS from 7:20 – 11:20 am in the zoom.  Stop in anytime you aren’t supposed to be in someone else’s live call, if you have questions, need help, or just want book recommendations.

DEADLINES:

• First Memory Book Short – due in Dropbox as assigned no later than Friday, February 5th
• Cited Commentary & Response – due no later than end of day Sunday, February 7th (in Dropbox & read in Flipgrid – details next week)

NEXT WEEK: We’ll take a look at creating a works cited page & work on the cited commentary.

WRITE:  Quickwrite #7 – ▶️”Dear Basketball” by Kobe Bryant – click ▶️ to watch 

READ: “The Ugly Truth about Beauty” by Dave Barry (essay)

The Ugly Truth About Beauty – Dave Barry PDF(found at pennykittle.net)

STUDY/CREATE/PRACTICE: Return to the “Citations Practice Page” in your notebook and we’ll practice citing both a regular paraphrase & a paraphrase with author mention using Barry’s essay.

STUDY: What is academic research? Check out the video below as it’s a pretty good overview of how to view research as a conversation.

▶️ “Research is a Conversation” by UNLV Libraries – click ▶️to watch

NOTES:  Create a notepage in your notebook w/ the basics from this video – be sure to include the “steps” of eavesdrop, enter, & engage.

DEADLINE/ASSIGN: CITED COMMENTARY ASSIGNMENT IN 3 PARTS Part II Overview (building on what we started thinking about yesterday – we’ll look at part III Friday w/ deadline of Sunday 2/7 for this paper).

TO DO:  Start looking back through the extra pieces from the previous class days.  Check out the essays, TEd videos, articles, poems/songs.  Note the extra ones from earlier in the year that you might want to look at (reposted on the GClassroom today).  21 potential sources provided. Come to class next week with an idea & some selected sources (that you HAVE READ).  How will you contribute to the “conversation”?

UPCOMING:  More on this assignment & how to construct an MLA Style works cited page. . . . and this semester’s WRITE CLUB groups.

FRIDAY:  Office Hours + Info on your Cited Commentary & Response.  There will be a GForm asking about your topic ideas for this piece & you’ll need to complete it to be counted present for Friday.

Update Padlet (as we’ll do the first day of class each week & also on Fridays this semester).

WRITE:  Quickwrite #6 – Previous Experience with Research

CREATE/PRACTICE: Watch/Read several poems and choose one for 4-part notes practice (in our writer’s notebooks as 4Part#4)

▶️”The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman – click ▶️ to watch  

The Hill We Climb – Amanda Gorman PDF

Friend Zone – Dylan Garity PDF

▶️”Take A Knee” by Kwame Alexander – click ▶️ to watch 

Take a Knee – Kwame Alexander PDF

When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny – Blythe Baird PDF

▶️”The Man” by Taylor Swift – click ▶️ to watch

The Man – Taylor Swift PDF

Chambers of A Gun – Zanne Langlois PDF

PAST DUE:

• SWIC registration for this course
• BookTalk in Flipgrid

DEADLINE/ASSIGN:

• CITED COMMENTARY ASSIGNMENT IN 3 PARTS Part I Overview (only think about part I today – we’ll look at part II tomorrow & part III next week w/ deadline of Sunday 2/7 for this paper)
• MEMORY BOOK SHORT #1 window opens today due no later than end of day February 5th (see Digital Memory Book tab above for full assignment sheets)

UPCOMING:  More on this assignment, practice with paraphrasing & looking at research through a conversational lens.

Check-in by updating your reading in the padlet (code is rc102 now) – shoot for 20 minutes per day (or something like that).

TO DO TODAY: Consider your To Be Read list.  Watch some trailers, read some book jackets in the book pass, check out classmates’ book talks in Flipgrid.  Add a couple of titles that sound good to that list.  (Book pass & trailer slides on today’s GClassroom).

OFFICE HOURS from 7:20 – 11:20 am in the zoom.  Stop in anytime you aren’t supposed to be in someone else’s live call, if you have questions, need help, or just want book recommendations.

PAST DUE:  Flipgrid/Notebook Booktalk.  (Still a few people who need to do this.)

NEXT WEEK: We’ll continue note-taking practice, think in our notebooks, and consider viewing research as a conversation.

IF YOU DIDN’T DO THIS YET:  Register for SWIC credit. Follow the link and directions in the GClassroom last Friday!  Watch the attached video (detailed registration info from 8:09 to 10:27).  Be sure to use the Prefix, Course #, Section, & Class # info listed for your hour (details in GClassroom). If you can not locate your SWIC ID#, be sure to stop in office hours and I’ll look it up. YOU CAN’T EARN THE FREE CREDIT IF YOU DON’T SIGN UP!!!

4th Hour ONLY

Book talk & Read Something Awesome!

UPCOMING:  Book Pass & Trailers – build your TBR.  Next week, research as a conversation.

Update Padlet (as we’ll do the first day of class each week & also on Fridays this semester).

READ:  Book talk.

WRITE: Quickwrite #5 – watch the video clip and write “Whatever Makes You Curious”

CREATE/PRACTICE: Read an essay and practice 4-part notes (in our writer’s notebooks as 4Part#3)  *If you missed class, choose any one of the 4 articles below and complete a practice notepage after reading it.

I’ve Talked with Teenage Boys – Laurie Halse Anderson PDF

My Month Without the Internet – Diana Wagman PDF

Split Image – Kate Fagan PDF

The Boys Are Not All Right – Michael Ian Black PDF

STUDY:  Return to the “Citations Practice Page” in your notebook and we’ll practice citing both a regular quote and quoting something quoted..

PAST DUE:  Student Booktalks – BookTalk Notebook-Flipgrid Assignment  due no later than end of day Monday 1/18 & watch the MLA basics video posted on GClassroom last week

DEADLINE/ASSIGN: Intro to Memory Book 8a semester 2021. Note the schedule for MB Shorts (4 short chapters all done before Spring Break with their own target dates). Final digital memory book due no later than May 9th.

UPCOMING:  Book pass & Book trailers end of week and thinking about research as a conversation next week.

Check-in by updating your reading in the padlet (code is rc102 now) – shoot for 20 minutes per day (or something like that).

TO DO TODAY:  Register for SWIC credit. Follow the link and directions in the GClassroom.  Watch the attached video (detailed registration info from 8:09 to 10:27).  Be sure to use the Prefix, Course #, Section, & Class # info listed for your hour (details in GClassroom). If you can not locate your SWIC ID#, be sure to stop in office hours and I’ll look it up. 

OFFICE HOURS from 7:20 – 11:20 am in the zoom (link on GClassroom).  Stop in anytime you aren’t supposed to be in someone else’s live call.

DEADLINES:

• Student Booktalks – BookTalk Notebook-Flipgrid Assignment  due no later than end of day Monday 1/18 (no school that day)
• Watch the MLA Basics video posted on GClassroom.  Let’s make sure we understand why and how we cite.

NEXT WEEK: We’ll continue note-taking practice, think in our notebooks, and introduce the spring portion of senior memory book.

READ:  Book talk.

WRITE: Quickwrite #4 – (Your) My last “rabbit hole”

STUDY:  Basic MLA Citations (slides & video on GClassroom for reference).  Practice w/ quoting from “11:20” – a regular/typical quote & a quote with author mention & constructing a works cited entry.

CREATE/PRACTICE: Watch a video (with transcript) and practice 4-part notes (in our writer’s notebooks as 4Part#2) *If you missed class pick any of the 4 videos/transcripts below and complete your 4 part notes.  Note that citing a video requires a timestamp.

How to Raise a Black Son in America – Clint Smith PDF transcript

Selfies and Seeing Ourselves – Christina Balch PDF transcript

You Are Not Alone in Your Loneliness – Johnny Sun PDF transcript

A Solution to Gun Violence Found in US History – David Farrell PDF transcript

DEADLINES:

• Student Booktalks – BookTalk Notebook-Flipgrid Assignment  due no later than end of day Monday 1/18 (no school that day)
• Watch the MLA Basics video posted on GClassroom.  Let’s make sure we understand why and how we cite.

UPCOMING:  Friday we’ll do SWIC registration online. (Check the website & GClassroom posts.)  You’ll need your SWIC ID#.