Book Trailers & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #14: “5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your ___________”
Read: K. Gallagher’s “5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Writing” & J. Reynolds’ “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” – some quick notices about the listicle format
DEADLINE/NEW ASSIGNMENT: Writing #3 – ” _____Things” due no later than end of day Friday 10/15 (there will be in-class time for writing on Wednesday & Thursday this week)
Indie Read.
Quickwrite #20: Your thoughts on the n-word
Watch these videos about/from Blackish season 2: ‘Blackish’ Cast Tackles Using the ‘N-Word’ in Season Premiere Dre Debates The Word at Work – Black-ish Dre & Bow Discuss The Word – Black-ish
In-Class excerpt/scene from Dear White People Volume I: Chapter V
& Ta Nehisi Coates on “When Words Don’t Belong to Everyone”
Revisit Quickwrite #20 with additional thoughts considering the videos we watched.4
UPCOMING: SAT for Seniors and reading day tomorrow for those in class.
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in.
STUDY: A look at rhetorical appeal logos and the art of kairos.
Quickwrite #17: “Consent as Tea”
Notebook Clip-In: Thinking about opportunity and noticing a writer’s use of rhetorical appeals logos, ethos, pathos annotate “I’ll Look at Your Facebook Profile…” by Louis Profeta
Have a great extended weekend and read something awesome!
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in.
Mrs. C’s 5 word focus: Use the slide provided on GClassroom today to help improve word choice and elevate your writing.
Writing Time for work on Writing #2 – QW Expanded.
DEADLINE: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your notebook due no later than end of day TODAY. (But really, if you are just getting started turn it in over the weekend.)
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ Padlet check-in.
Group Discussions Novel #2 – Everything Everything or Dear Martin or All American Boys.
DEADLINE/TARGET: Read to target #2 in your new novel no later than classtime Thursday 10/14. (Remember, you have a long weekend, so be sure to read or you might run out of time Tues – Thurs.)
Book Talk & Indie Read.
STUDY: A look at rhetorical appeals pathos and ethos.
Quickwrite #15: “Camaro” by Phil Kaye
Quickwrite #16: “All Parents Are Cowards” by Michael Christie via NYT- Opinionater
PAST DUE: If you haven’t yet submitted SUB#1 and/or it’s audio on Flipgrid, please do so (due 10/3).
Indie Read.
Writing Time for work on Writing #2 – QW Expanded.
DEADLINE: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your notebook due no later than end of day 10/7.
Book Talk & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #19: “3 Ways to Speak English” by Jamila Lyiscott
Watch/Read: How Code Switching Explains the World (NPR)
DEADLINE/TARGET: Read to target #1 in your new novel no later than classtime TOMORROW 10/7.
PAST DUE: If you never completed and/or submitted Writing #3 (identity poetry & reflection) do that ASAP (no late penalties).
Read Aloud & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #14: visual argument / magazine ad – check out an ad and think about what it’s argument is…how does it do that? …who is the audience?….
NOTES: Everything’s an Argument – Argument. Quick lecture to augment the notes you took already on Chapter 1.
UPCOMING: a look at rhetorical appeals (if you want textbook reference check out chapters 2, 3, & 4)
PAST DUE: If you haven’t yet submitted SUB#1 and/or it’s audio on Flipgrid, please do so (due 10/3).
Read Aloud & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #13: Random pic – Take it wherever you want: connect, tell a story, describe, etc. (some pics to choose from on today’s GClassroom stream if you missed)
Writing Time for work on Writing #2 – QW Expanded.
DEADLINE: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your notebook due no later than end of day 10/7.
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