Multi-Cultural Lit – Friday, September 24th

Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ padlet board check-in.

Group Discussions Novel #1 – The Poet X or Solo.

DEADLINES: Writing #3 – Identity Poem & Reflection (you can find this on GClassroom or at the MC Lit Writing Assignment tab above) due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/29

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, September 23rd

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Examining real essay. Read one of John Green’s essays from The Anthropocene Reviewed. (If you missed class, you can find pdfs to choose from on today’s GClassroom stream).

DEADLINE:

  • WRITING #3 – Quickwrite Expansion or Memory Book Chapter (a complete draft) due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/29 in your Dropbox drafts folder

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, September 23rd

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #16: Like Xiaomara / Like Blade – Consider how you can connect with the main character in Novel #1. This might be through views or experiences concerning high school, dads, siblings, rules, God, music, romance, apologies.

More reading time – We will discuss tomorrow, so get as far as you can (preferably the end of the book).

DEADLINES:

  • Read to end of novel Poet X or Solo for tomorrow
  • Writing #3 – Identity Poem & Reflection (you can find this on GClassroom or at the MC Lit Writing Assignment tab above) due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/29

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, September 22nd

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #12: “Belief” or “You Need to Calm Down” (you choose) (read the text and respond, react, comment however you’d like)

belief-you-need-to-calm-downDownload

STUDY: Expand and develop your thinking about reading like a writer, by taking a look at the “moves” of effective writers in terms of big/small moves.

Notice some moves in the poem you chose for quickwriting today.

NEW ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE:

  • WRITING #3 – Quickwrite Expansion or Memory Book Chapter (a complete draft) due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/29 in your Dropbox drafts folder.
Writing #3 – QW or MBDownload

Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, September 22nd

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #15: “White Boy Privilege” by Royce Mann

More reading time. Target for finishing Novel #1 is tomorrow!

DEADLINES:

  • Read to end of novel Poet X or Solo for tomorrow
  • Writing #3 – Identity Poem & Reflection (you can find this on GClassroom or at the MC Lit Writing Assignment tab above)
Writing #3 Identity Poem & ReflectionDownload

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, September 21st

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Rhetoric by Definition: Check the GClassroom for access to the padlet to see which definitions your classmates liked best. Add notes to the page on the rhetorical situation (If you missed class, you can find the slides we reviewed on today’s GClassroom).

TO DO: Read something awesome & revise anything that needs revising.