Book Talk & Indie Read. Read Like a Writer (RLaW) intro & practice with Where the Wild Things Are. (See GClassroom for a look at an annotated copy of what we found in class).
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Book Talk & Indie Read. Read example essays from students who work for Youth Radio. How does racism impact teenagers?
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Book Talk x 2 & Indie Read. Padlet board discussion – “points s. learning” – Do grades really reflect whether you’ve learned? Are grades fair? Can we disrupt this system?
Assignment:
Writing #1 – a letter due no later than end of day Monday 8/30 submit via Dropbox in an MSWord document
Read Aloud – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Indie Read.
Quickwrite #3 – Missing Spoons
Assignment:
WRITING #1 – LETTER – due no later than end of day Sunday 8/29 – submit as a Google doc in GClassroom
Book Talk & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #3 – “History Reconsidered” by Clint Smith
Read: Chapter 1 Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism & You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi (you can find this in GClassroom)
Read Aloud – How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannon. Indie Read.
Quickwrite #3 – “Why Grades Shouldn’t Exist” Alfie Kohn (watch video and respond in your notebook)
Reminders: Finish up any surveys you haven’t done, sign up for Dropbox & share folders if you haven’t, get & share your SWIC ID# with Mrs. C.
Book talk Book talk & Indie Read (the “rules” of Indie Read).
Quickwrite #2 – “Rethink Homelessness” (watch the video and respond)
Syllabus overview. Check it out at the “Welcome, Syllbi” tab above or as material on the GClassroom.
Book talk & Indie Read (the “rules” of Indie Read).
Quickwrite #2 – So Far? (How’s class? The school year? How are you so far?)
Syllabus overview. Check it out at the “Welcome, Syllbi” tab above or as material on the GClassroom.
Book Talk & Indie Read (the “rules” of Indie Read).
Quickwrite #2 – Missing Spoons (try to write for 4 minutes with no stopping, no worries about correctness or if it’s “good”… just go).
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Book Trailers. Notes: How to Notebook (these go in your writer’s notebook after QW#1).
Book pass – Keep 1/Pass 1. Check out books if you’d like. You NEED a book for reading tomorrow!
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Mrs. Connolly's Class 
