Book talk & Indie read.  Read aloud:  The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett & Gary Rubinstein; and “Perfectionism” from Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird.  Quickwrite #8:  your thoughts on the pressure to be perfect.

Focus ? Sheet for connexions paper (for preparedness pts).  WRITE CLUB tomorrow!

Deadlines:

• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

“Lab” Day or Indie Read

Deadlines:

• Draft of Connexions paper no later than 11:59pm Sunday 1/28.  Upload to Drafts folders.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #7:  table topics question about your indie read.  Revisit:  notes on Breaking Bad.  Read:  Example papers written by students.  Notice:  content, organization, citations, & writing technique.

TOMORROW – Lab day for connexions work.

Deadlines:

• Draft of Connexions paper no later than 11:59pm Sunday 1/28.  Upload to Drafts folders.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Reminders/tips on MLA works cited & Easybib.com use.  Quickwrite #6: Sequencing – make notes on the watching of Breaking Bad S4:E5 “Shotgun” (we’ll review the notes tomorrow to see what we can learn about our own writing from examining the screenplay writing here).

Keep thinking about what you will write for “Connexions” paper – upcoming lab day on Friday.

Deadlines:

• “Teacher-ready” CCMLA no later than 11:59pm TODAY!! Upload to our shared Dropbox folder (as usual).  Don’t forget MLA formatting & works cited.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #4:  Great Gatsby excerpt OR “Sit Still Look Pretty” lyrics – comment, react, respond.  Connexions paper examples.  Quickwrite #5:  “Here Without You” lyrics OR “Barbie Girl” (depends on what you chose for QW#4) – comment, react, respond – THEN connect.

CONNEXIONS assignment.  (Start thinking about it).

Deadlines:

• “Teacher-ready” CCMLA no later than 11:59pm Wednesday 1/24. Upload to our shared Dropbox folder (as usual).  Don’t forget MLA formatting & works cited.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Indie read.  WRITE CLUB – cited commentaries.  Bless, Address, & Press.  Be sure to cite correctly and add a works cited page if you haven’t already (use “insert” and “page break” to start the new page).

Deadlines:

• “Teacher-ready” CCMLA no later than 11:59pm Wednesday 1/24. Upload to our shared Dropbox folder (as usual).
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Book trailers.  In your new WRITE CLUB:  analyze “data” about how the most valuable person made your group experience positive.  Set-up draft folder and share with your group members.  Time for work on cited commentaries, folder clean-up, indie read, and memory book examples.

Deadlines:

• Complete draft of CCMLA for WRITE CLUB and upload to the “WC Drafts – Mrs. C” folder inside our shared Dropbox no later than 11:59pm Sunday 1/21.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Book talk & Indie read.  MLA Basics review.   Meet your new WRITE CLUB!  Look at two student examples of the CCMLA assignment.  Analyze frustration “data” from last semester’s WRITE CLUB experience – suggest improvements.

To Do:  Think about and decide which piece from last week you want to write about this week – maybe even reread it – maybe even start writing it.

Deadlines:

• Complete draft of CCMLA for WRITE CLUB on Monday, 1/22.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

Book talk & Indie read.  Intro & Overview:  Memory Book Project, spring semester.  CITED COMMENTARY MLA  assignment w/ teacher example.

Memory book 7a 2017 (last semester)

Memory book 8a 2018 (this semester)

Warning:  If you haven’t yet cleaned up our shared Dropbox folder, you should have.  Do it A.S.A.P.

To Do:  Think about and decide which piece from last week you want to write about this week – maybe even reread it.

Deadlines:

• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by tomorrow (LAST DAY)
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.

6th hour ONLY (PLD schedule)

Book talk & Indie read. SEARCH IT! notebook research assignment.  Read poems:  “When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny”by Blythe Baird & “Friend Zone” by Dylan Garity.  Quickwrite #3:  a 5 – 10 minute reaction/response on either poem we read (about a page – be specific and willing to refer to the text).

Upcoming:  Next week you will be writing a response based on one of the 6 pieces we read this week (two essay, two articles, two poems).

Deadlines:

• Clean up our shared Dropbox folder by Friday 1/12.
• Late homework bonus pass in exchange for Post-It Notes.  Bring them by next Tuesday 1/16.
• SEARCH IT!  due Monday, February 5
• SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.