Book talk and/or Indie read.  Read “Whatever It Takes: Breaking the Rules in Style” by Tom Romano.  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)

Book talk and/or Indie read.  WRITE CLUB – Multi-genre mark #2 day 2.  🙂 your favorite part/genre/moment! Conferences start tomorrow.

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)

 

Book talk & Indie read. WRITE CLUB – Multi-genre mark #2 day 1.  🙂 your favorite part/genre/moment!

Upcoming:  Conference sign-ups tomorrow.  Conferences April 18 – 20.

Deadlines:

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

Book talk & Indie read.  Lab time for multi-genre project work.

Attention:  Mark #2 deadline is 12 – 16 pages.  That does NOT count your title page, works cited page, or end abstracts.  It should contain at this point, all the REQUIRED genres.  It might NOT be your final copy – you can continue to work on this project.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Monday 4/16 for multi-genre mark #2

Book talk & Indie read.  Voice study – a look at writing on voice from writers and writing teachers including Don Murray, Ralph Fletcher, Tom Romano, Peter Elbow, and Rebecca Rule & Susan Wheeler.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Monday 4/16 for multi-genre mark #2

Book talk & Indie read.  Multi-genre quickwrite – CHOOSE: how-to or “dictionary” definitions list (related to your mg topic). Take a quick student paths survey.  Lab time for multi-genre project work.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Monday 4/16 for multi-genre mark #2

Video:  How to Speak to Professors Book intros.  Indie read day!

No class tomorrow due to S.A.T. testing (a great day to work on your multi-genre paper 🙂 )

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Monday 4/16 for multi-genre mark #2

Indie read.  WRITE CLUB – multi-genre mark #1.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Monday 4/16 for multi-genre mark #2

Book talk & Indie read.  Multi-genre quickwrite – CHOOSE: tweet thread or sales ad (related to your mg topic).  MG Scoresheet (for your info). Lab time for multi-genre project work.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Friday 4/6 for Mark #1 (6-8 pgs.) – ANY 6 – 8 pages (it doesn’t have to include the 2 – 3 pg. research/argument – That’s TOMORROW!

Book talk & Indie read.  Multi-genre quickwrite – CHOOSE: haiku or recipe (related to your mg topic).  Read Multi-Genre FAQs. Lab time for multi-genre project work.

Deadlines:

• Student book talks going on now!  (check the date you signed up for)
• Next WRITE CLUB date is Friday 4/6 for Mark #1 (6-8 pgs.) – ANY 6 – 8 pages (it doesn’t have to include the 2 – 3 pg. research/argument