Book talk & Indie read. Study: “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” by Jason Reynolds Quickwrite #28: Write your own “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to _________” (make this one good & flag it with a special post-it) Intro: the animation of Into the Spider-verse
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Book talk & Indie read. Book Club target 4 – ENDGAME. Talking w/ a Text to spark group discussions.
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Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #26: Excerpt from The Running Dream. Study: Top 4 Issues in MLA formatting & grade breakdown by points for this course. Portfolio work time.
CHECK YOUR FORMATTING *you don’t need to double space your IntroLetter
Deadline: FALL PORTFOLIO due no later than end of day (11:59pm) Thursday 12/12
Upcoming: Notebook checklists later this week (collected Tuesday 12/17)
*Don’t forget to tweet!
Book talk & Indie read. Study: the power of visuals – “just” words vs. words + visuals 1) “Are You Racist? Non vs. Anti” w/ Marlon James 2) “Sunflowers” by Post Malone & Swae Lee
Deadline: Book reviews due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 12/8
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #27: Muslims Read Hate Comments (video) Read: “The Green Zone Rabbit” by Hassan Blasim
Deadline: Book Club endgame is MONDAY 12/9. Make that book a priority. Don’t let your book club down. 🙂
Book talk & Indie read. Quick-Edit: make quick changes or add small moves to a previous QW (tag w/ post-it) Study: Endings – “And in the End” by Tom Romano from Crafting Authentic Voice. Portfolio Information & Explanation.
Upcoming: quickwrites, portfolio work, one last WRITE CLUB, and end of semester….
Deadline: FALL PORTFOLIO due no later than end of day (11:59pm) Thursday 12/12
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #27: Dreams (list 5 – then choose one and write) Study: quick recap of book review assignment. Work “Lab” time for book review.
Deadline: Book review due in our shared Dropbox folder by end of day Sunday 12/8. Make sure the document name is “BOOK REVIEW.”
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #26: “Conversations on Race w/ Latinos” NYTimes. Reading time (instead of book club target #3)
Deadline: Book Club endgame is MONDAY 12/9. Make that book a priority. Don’t let your book club down. 🙂
Indie read. WRITE CLUB #6: rhetorical analysis edition. Quick reminders about quoting in text.
Tomorrow: a look at endings & portfolio information (It’s getting real, fam)
Reminder: If you haven’t tweeted @ReadWarriors book recommendations, you’ll need 2 for the semester – so get to it!
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #26: Mannequin hands (photo) Study: quick recap of book review assignment. Work “Lab” time for book review.
Deadline: Book review due in our shared Dropbox folder by end of day Sunday 12/8. Make sure the document name is “BOOK REVIEW.”
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