Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #26: “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyons – write your own “Where I’m From”  Study/Create/Share:  group work time for Hamlet RA topics – search for sources & work on your design (AT THIS POINT YOU SHOULD:  have a topic, consider your “angle,” have & read at least 3 quality, usable sources.

REMINDER:  Time available during 4th & 5th hour if you want to meet in room 251 to work in groups or with part of your groups or with chromebooks, etc.

Deadlines:

• Hamlet RA Research design due 3/5 (confer w/ Mrs. C in class) – THAT’S TOMORROW!
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Memory Book Short #4 window opens now – write & upload by 3/15

Indie read.  Study/Create/Share:  group work time for Hamlet RA topics – search for sources & work on your design

TOMORROW: field trip!!!  Meet at Exit 1 (8:00 am) – bring $ for lunch (& your permission & trip fee if you didn’t turn them in yet)

Deadlines:

• Hamlet RA Research design due 3/4 or 3/5 (confer w/ Mrs. C in class)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Memory Book Short #4 window opens now – write & upload by 3/15

 

Indie read.  Quickwrite #25: ________teen – an attempt at poetry.  Study/Create/Share:  group work time for Hamlet RA topics

MONDAY: more work time on your Hamlet RA ideas, sources, & research design.

Deadlines:

• Hamlet RA Research design due 3/4 or 3/5 (confer w/ Mrs. C in class)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Memory Book Short #3 Window closes 3/1

Reminder:  Field Trip forms & $ ASAP (FT is Tuesday 3/3)

Indie read.  Quickwrite #24: acrostic poetry.  Study:  Research Design info – check the template in Dropbox, annotated bilbliography, review an example. JSTOR demo and source searching/ topic talk with your group.

TOMORROW: more work time on your Hamlet RA ideas, sources, & research design.

Reminders:

• Field Trip forms & $ ASAP (FT is Tuesday 3/3)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Last week for the Memory Book Short #3 Window

Indie read.  Study:  Strategy Analysis of sample paper (a rhetorical analysis about the humor in Romeo & Juliet) – divide, notice, & highlight claims, evidence, examples, & explanation.  Check out how a literary paper is put together.

IMPORTANT: Tomorrow we will look at online databases, primarily JSTOR, which you NEED your SWIC ID and estorm password to access.  Figure that out before you get to class.

Upcoming:  Sharing ideas about Hamlet with your WRITE CLUB group.

Reminders:

• Field Trip forms & $ ASAP (FT is Tuesday 3/3)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Last week for the Memory Book Short #3 Window

Indie read.  Lecture w/ Notes: Conducting Academic Research.  Hamlet Rhetorical Analysis (group) assignment – info & schedule.  Research Direction/Angle handout.  Quickwrite #23:  idea spinning for your Hamlet paper.  Watch more sonnets 🙂

CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Reminders:

• Field Trip forms & $ ASAP (FT is Tuesday 3/3)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Last week for the Memory Book Short #3 Window

Indie Read.  Crash Course Hamlet part 1 & part 2.  Watch senior sonnets. 🙂

Upcoming:  introduction to academic research – group paper assignment.

Reminders:

• Field Trip forms & $ asap (FT is Tuesday 3/3)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Last week for the Memory Book Short #3 Window

Read aloud & Indie read.  Film Study: Hamlet’s soliloquy 4 x – note film considerations and pick your favorite.  Watch:  Thug Notes Hamlet. 

Deadline:  Get your sonnet videos posted today 🙂 (if you haven’t already)

Upcoming:  A little Hamlet analyis & introduction to academic research – group paper assignment.

Reminders:

• Field Trip forms & $ asap (FT is Tuesday 3/3)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Memory Book Short #3 Window is now open

Indie read.  Quickwrite #21:  Long Way Down – Did Hamlet follow “the rules”? Senior sonnet work time – finish up and post to Flipgrid (see Mrs. C if you still need the flipcode).  And copy your group sonnet into your individual notebook.

Deadline:  Get your sonnet videos posted today or tomorrow 🙂

Reminders:

• Field Trip forms & $ asap (FT is Tuesday 3/3)
• Tweet @ReadWarriors about a book you’ve been reading by 3/6
• Memory Book Short #3 Window is now open