Book talk & Indie read.  Multi-genre Presentations! Read aloud:  “Something Hot & Savory” by Tom Romano [adapted] from Fearless Writing

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Soundtrack #1 – 5 quickwrites due by classtime Wednesday 5/2 TOMORROW

Upcoming:  Memory Books due Monday 5/21 (& yes, you HAVE to come to the “final”)

🙂 Check out the separate post on Memory Books if you need more info or have misplaced your handouts.

Senior accelerated students,

Your memory book project is next, and it is due in its final form on Monday, May 21st.  I can’t wait to see the beautiful tribute to yourself you will create.  Check the downloadable copies of the handouts from both this and last semester (in case yours have gone m.i.a.).

Happy “scrapbooking,”

-Mrs. C = )

Memory Book 7a semester 2017 MSWord

Memory book 7a semester 2017 PDF

Memory book 8a semester 2018 MSWord

Memory book 8a semester 2018 PDF

memory-book-checklist-2018-revise1 MS Word

memory-book-checklist-2018-revise1 PDF

Book talk & Indie read.  Multi-genre Presentations!

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Soundtrack #1 – 5 quickwrites due by classtime Tuesday 5/1 TOMORROW

 

Indie read.  Multi-genre Presentations!

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Soundtrack #1 – 5 quickwrites due by classtime Tuesday 5/1

Book talk & Indie read.  Collected mg notebooks, printed sources, & official rubrics. Multi-genre Presentations!

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Soundtrack #1 – 5 quickwrites due by classtime Tuesday 5/1

Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #22:  “I Go Back” by Kenny Chesney.  Writer’s notebook assignment:  Soundtrack of My Life quickwrites (ST#1 – ST#5).  Work time for finalizing MG, work on quickwrites, or reading.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Final MG due Wednesday 4/25 by 11:59pm TODAY (presentation-ready). Notebooks & sources due Thursday 4/26.
• Presentations begin Thursday 4/26
• Soundtrack #1 – 5 quickwrites due by classtime Tuesday 5/1

Book talk & Indie read. Multi-genre tips:  page #s, pdfs, & text boxes.  MG project revision & finalization: next steps & rubric instructions.  Revising:  Read aloud Don Murray’s “Write to Rewrite” from The Craft of Revision. Two readings on revising from Rule & Wheeler and Chuck Wendig respectively.

Deadlines:

• MG – Add a song due 4/25
• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Final MG due Wednesday 4/25 by 11:59pm (presentation-ready). Notebooks & sources due Thursday 4/26.
• Presentations begin Thursday 4/26

Indie read. Top Ten most challenged books of 2017. Read “Alternate Style” handout.  Conferences & work time.

Deadlines:

• MG – Add a song due 4/25
• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Final MG due Wednesday 4/25 by 11:59pm (presentation-ready). Notebooks & sources due Thursday 4/26.

Book talk and/or Indie read.  Read “Grammar B” handout.  Conferences & work time.

FOR YOUR CONFERENCE:

1. Fill out the pre-conference sheet.
2. Have a mostly “teacher-ready” draft of your MG paper uploaded (name the document “LastnameCONFCOPY”)
3. Remember to show up!  (See the post with conference times if needed).

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Final MG due Thursday 4/26 (presentation-ready)