Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite analysis #9:  “Desire” connect & compare the poems/songs.  Video:  Crash Course Philosophy #27, Language and Meaning.  Article commentary assignment example.

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Issued textbooks & shared WRITE CLUB groups.

Deadlines:

• Article commentary with citations due for WRITE CLUB this Friday 1/20!
• SEARCH IT!  notebook research due by Feb. 1st.  search-it

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.  Meet in the lab tomorrow (Thursday).

Book trailers & Indie read.  MLA citations basics – with handouts.

If you haven’t yet, choose from the 4 articles from your hour or check out the articles read in other hours.  If you want to find your own recent article from TheAtlantic.com,  you can, but be sure to get approval from Mrs. C. (article titles posted last week).

Deadlines:

• Article commentary with citations due for WRITE CLUB this Friday 1/20!
• SEARCH IT!  notebook research due by Feb. 1st.  search-it

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.

Book talk & Indie read.  Article #4 and quickwrite-response (QWR) #8.  Intro and info about the Article Commentary (1st writing assignment).  Choose from the 4 articles from your hour or check out the articles read in other hours.  If you want to find your own recent article from TheAtlantic.com,  you can, but be sure to get approval from Mrs. C.

• Why Trump’s Conflicts of Interest Matter
• When Women Run Companies
• The Sexism They Faced
• Ending Extracurricular Privilege
• How Praise Became a Consolation Prize
• Sneakers Have Always Been Political Shoes
• How Comedy Became Education’s Best Critique
• How University Costs Keep Rising Despite Tuition Freezes
• Where the ‘Bad Kids’ Go to School
• The New Reality TV
• The Link Between Race and Solitary Confinement
• Why the Technology in Rogue One Is So Old-Fashioned

Assignment:  Choose the article you want to respond to (print it if you don’t already have it), and then annotate it looking for quotes you might use in your paper next week.

Deadline:  SEARCH IT!  notebook research due by Feb. 1st.

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.

Book talk & Indie read. Article #3 and quickwrite-response (QWR) #6. SEARCH IT!  research assignment – due Feb. 1st in your notebook.  Quickwrite-genre (QWG) #5:  Desires – create your Top 10 List.

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.

Also note:  ALL English 8A students will meet at 8am on Thursday the 12th (that’s TOMORROW) in room 171.  This will be a brief 10 minute meeting; then, you will return to your regularly scheduled class.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite-genre (QWG) #4:  Diving girl – 1st person narration.  Article #2 and quickwrite-response (QWR) #5.

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.

Also note:  ALL English 8A students will meet at 8am on Thursday the 12th in room 171.  This will be a brief 10 minute meeting; then, you will return to your regularly scheduled class.

Book talk & Indie Read.  Set-up reading notebook info for spring semester, including establishing an initial reading rate.  Articles for response this week:  read article #1 and complete quickwrite-response (QWR) #3.

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.

Also note:  ALL English 8A students will meet at 8am on Thursday the 12th in room 271.  This will be a brief 10 minute meeting; then, you will return to your regularly scheduled class.

Book trailers & Indie read.  Memory book project overview.  Quickwrite #2: RLaW “Can We Autocorrect Humanity?” (audio & written text).  Check out “Four Steps to Choosing a College Major” from the New York Times.

Four Steps to Choosing a College Major

Things to be working-on/thinking-about:

• What will you submit to the SIUE Writer’s Contest?
• Submit it to GCHS Young Authors, too?
• Get a writer’s notebook for MONDAY!
• Straighten up Dropbox to start the new semester in organized fashion.

Indie read.  Quick review of assessment of writing (check website page).  Overview for Spring Portfolio (May 2017).  Quickwrite #1:  Low Battery – double video-watch.  Reading:  “Perfectionism” by Anne Lamott.

To do:  Think about what you want to submit to the SIUE writing contest.  And please straighten up Dropbox by moving last semester’s stuff outside our shared folder.

Intro to English 8A/102 – where we were, where we are, where we go next. . .

Course syllabus review, “office hours” pass, SIUE writing contest info., and GCHS Young Authors submissions.

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.

 

Welcome back to a great Spring semester of 2017!

Get ready to read, write, and think.

– Mrs. C = )