Category: Rhet-Comp 102 / ENG 8A DC

English 8A – Thursday, May 11th

Lab Day!  Multi-Genre Research Awards (returned score sheets). Finalize/update books-read list & then turn in Notebooks!  Work on STUFF.

Deadlines:

  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11 (today)
  • Spring Portfolio in Dropbox by end of day 5/12
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

Upcoming:  Lab dayFriday 5/12

English 8A – Tuesday, May 9th

Teacher Read-aloud: “Mission Possible:Write an Essay”  Indie read.  Quickwrite #41: “How to Start a Movement”  Teacher Read-aloud: “The Grief of Receiving Feedback”

Deadlines:

  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11
  • Spring Portfolio in Dropbox by end of day 5/12
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

Upcoming:  Lab days Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 5/10 – 5/12

English 8A – Monday, May 8th

Indie read.  Read-aloud:  “Seek Out Kindly Reproofs” – LA Times op-ed.  WRITE CLUB – share focus pages.  Spring Portfolio information.

LETTER INFO – MSWord

LETTER INFO – PDF

Deadlines:

  • “Add a Song” due in-class Tuesday 5/9
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11
  • Spring Portfolio in Dropbox by end of day 5/12
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

Upcoming:  Lab days Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 5/10 – 5/12

English 8A – Friday, May 5th

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #40: Article + lyrics. Memory book work time with Q & A.

To clarify Memory Book expectations:  Use the checklist (5/3) as the final say-so in WHAT goes in the final book – these are the CORRECT #s.  Use the 8a memory book handout for focus page & reflection details.  Use the 7a memory book handout for chapter #s and titles/topics for the full-length (part I) chapters.

Deadlines:

  • MB Focus pages in-class Monday 5/8
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11

Upcoming:

  • Think about the Memory Book – REREAD the handouts!!  (posted again on last Friday’s (4/28) post – just in case)
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

English 8A – Thursday, May 4th

Thursday = Lab Day.  Book talk.  Quickwrite #39: “May the 4th be with you”  Memory book work time with Q & A.  “Add a Song” assignment intro.  Tomorrow will have “work-time” but we will be in the classroom – bring laptops if you wish.

To clarify Memory Book expectations:  Use the checklist (5/3) as the final say-so in WHAT goes in the final book – these are the CORRECT #s.  Use the 8a memory book handout for focus page & reflection details.  Use the 7a memory book handout for chapter #s and titles/topics for the full-length (part I) chapters.

genre ideas page – Word

genre ideas page – PDF

Deadlines:

  • MB Focus pages in-class Monday 5/8
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11

Upcoming:

  • Think about the Memory Book – REREAD the handouts!!  (posted again on last Friday’s (4/28) post – just in case)
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

English 8A – Wednesday, May 3rd

Book talk & Indie read.  Senior replay – vote for 8.  Quickwrite #38: “I Wanna Go Back”  Memory book checklist (to be turned in with your memory book). Tomorrow is a lab day!

Deadlines:

  • MB Focus pages in-class Monday 5/8
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11

Upcoming:

  • Think about the Memory Book – REREAD the handouts!!  (posted again on last Friday’s post – just in case)
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

English 8A – Tuesday, May 2nd

3rd hour only.  Book talk & Indie read.  Reminders, updates, and extra reading time.

Deadlines:

  • Teacher-ready soundtrack paper by end of day 5/2 (in Dropbox)
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11

Upcoming:

  • Think about the Memory Book – REREAD the handouts!!  Plan for your focus pages (genre pieces).
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

English 8A – Monday, May 1st

Book talk & Indie read. Submission sheet for Soundtrack paper (LastnameST.docx).  Senior calendar to help you plan.  Guest author – E. Katherine Kottaras.

Deadlines:

  • CDs due 5/1 or 5/2
  • Teacher-ready soundtrack paper by 5/2 (in Dropbox)
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11

Upcoming:

  • Think about the Memory Book – REREAD the handouts!!  Plan for your focus pages (genre pieces).
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

English 8A – Friday, April 28th

Book talk & Indie read.  Friday = WRITE CLUB

Deadlines:

  • CDs due 5/1 or 5/2
  • Teacher-ready soundtrack paper by 5/2 (in Dropbox)
  • Optional Hamlet RA revisions by 5/11

Upcoming:

  • Think about the Memory Book – REREAD the handouts!!  Plan for your focus pages (genre pieces).
  • Final version of your Memory book will be due IN CLASS on Monday 5/15 – NO EXCEPTIONS!

Memory book 7a semester 2016

Memory book 8a semester 2017