Read Aloud & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #18: Random people pic (see Mrs. C for a picture if you missed class) and then see where it takes you.
Target review (they are on yesterday’s GClassroom stream) & extended reading time.
PAST DUE: If you never completed and/or submitted Writing #3 (identity poetry & reflection) do that ASAP (no late penalties).
Indie Read.
1st hour – testing.
7th hour – Time for work on the assignment for tomorrow.
DEADLINE: Read and create a notepage for chapter 1 of our textbook Everything’s an Argument for class tomorrow 10/5. (This is listed as an assignment in GClassroom, is required in your writer’s notebook, and is available as a pdf with the assignment instructions).
UPCOMING: Rhetorical appeals (chapters 2, 3, & 4 of the text if you want to reference it).
Book Talk & Indie Read.
Notebook Upside Down: Time Audit. Complete in class as instructed and if you missed class today, check the GClassroom stream for a video version you can complete yourself.
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Writing #2 – expand a quickwrite from your ntoebook. See the assignment sheet below for details. There will be class time for work on this Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday – due no later than end of day 10/7.
Indie Read.
Choose Novel #2, set targets, and reading time. (Seniors who were testing – you can find the book schedules on today’s GClassroom stream. Check them there and get reading!)
PAST DUE: If you never completed and/or submitted Writing #3 (identity poetry & reflection) do that ASAP (no late penalties).
Banned Books Week Video & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in đ
NEW ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: SUBMISSION #1 due no later than end of day Sunday 10/3 (w/ audio/video)
Mrs. C’s 5 Word Revision: Reduce wordiness and elevate your writing through word choice. (You can find this slide on today’s GClasroom stream). Apply what you learn here to your two existing drafts.
PREVIEW: Monday’s assignment for Tuesday will be to read CH. 1 of the course textbook (this is required for the college coursework) and to create a notepage in your writer’s notebook with important points and info. (PDF available on GClassroom or ask Mrs. C for a real book if you’d prefer.)
Banned Books Week Video & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in đ
NOTES & Reactions: watch Verna Myers “How to Overcome Our Biases” TEd Talk and think about your own implicit bias… we all have some.
NEXT WEEK: Writing #2 – We’ll be expanding something from our notebooks. So, if you are behind, use the weekend to catch up your notebook entries. Check them out at the tab above that reads “English 9/10 Notebook Checklist.”
Banned Books Week Video & Indie Read w/ padlet check-in. đ
Continued preview of book choices for Novel #2. See the slides on GClassroom today if you missed or need more time to decide. (Click the links on them to watch related videos). See Mrs. C for a book & choose by 10/4.
PAST-DUE: Writing #3 â Identity Poem & Reflection (you can find this on GClassroom or at the MC Lit Writing Assignment tab above) was due 9/29
Banned Books Week Video.
WRITE CLUB!! Follow the Write Club procedures Bless, Address, & Press for each group memberâs paper. Be sure to give feedback through MSWord in the margins (not just in discussion) that looks for whatâs good = ), asks readerly questions ?, and makes suggestions in the form of âwhat ifâŠâ or âmaybe tryâŠâ
If you missed class, check the feedback your group members gave you and be sure to give them feedback too. (I put the workshop tips slides on GClassroom to help you).
And know it is always okay to go back and leave more comments later (within the next couple of days) if you need time to process or reread to give good commentary.
UPCOMING: Details on submitting a paper for teacher feedback – that’s next.
Banned Books Week Video & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #12: “Change the World by Changing Yourself” (click the link below)
Read: Finish All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. If you missed class, you can find a pdf to help you catch up posted as material in GClassroom).
At the conclusion of reading the book: on the same page as QW#12 record your thoughts about this novel. Did you like it? Why? Why not? Could you connect to it? Did it help you understand anything? Give it 3 minutes in your notebook.
Writing #2 – assignment preview. We’ll be working on this next week.
Banned Books Week Video & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #17: “Are You Racist? No isn’t a good enough answer” by Marlon James
Novel #2 – BOOK CLUB preview. Choose from Dear Martin, Monday’s Not Coming, Everything Everything, All-American Boys, and The Hate U Give. Book talks & trailer videos. You’ll be choosing by 10/4.
PAST-DUE: Writing #3 â Identity Poem & Reflection (you can find this on GClassroom or at the MC Lit Writing Assignment tab above) was due 9/29
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