Book talk & Indie read. Student book talk Info, Flipgrid, & Sign-ups. Study: Rhetoric of Rap intro w/ bkgd video excerpts from The Art of Rap.
Upcoming: Book talks THIS Thursday – NEXT Tuesday. Sign up and be ready!
Book trailers & Indie read. Book club target #2: choose an important passage (up to today’s target), copy it word for word, explain why you chose it (what significance does it have?).
Keep reading for the next target!!
Book trailers & Indie read. Quickwrite #23: “We Need Diverse Books” video. Book Club #2: book browse & select.
Writing assignment info: Please update your document names of the pieces you’ve already written to “Piece1.docx” & “Piece2.docx” accordingly. That way, when you work on “Piece3” & “Piece4” we can keep them all straight in Dropbox. (Also note – if your papers aren’t really social justice focused, you will want to reconsider them as they won’t fit in work as a whole).
Deadline:
Book trailers & Indie read. Study: Infinite Possibilities: Tips on Revision & a look at more student revision examples.
Unlimited Power – Manipulation
Deadline: Submission #2 in Dropbox Submissions folder (properly labeled) & audio/video in FLIPGRID (info on the submission sheet) no later than Sunday 11/17 at 11:59pm
If you haven’t already:
Notes: Video “The Benefits of Reading Books – 15 Reasons Why You Should Read More” Reading time for Book Club selections.
Deadline: Target #2 tomorrow! Read, read, read.
Indie read. Quickwrite #22: “Conversations with Asian-Americans on Race” Writing time & tips for planning your pieces.
Writing assignment info: Please update your document names of the pieces you’ve already written to “Piece1.docx” & “Piece2.docx” accordingly. That way, when you work on “Piece3” & “Piece4” we can keep them all straight in Dropbox. (Also note – if your papers aren’t really social justice focused, you will want to reconsider them as they won’t fit in work as a whole).
Deadline:
Upcoming: select new book club books tomorrow.
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #22: Unlimited Power. Study: revision through student drafts. Submission #2 info. & handout on receiving feedback.
Deadline: Submission #2 in Dropbox Submissions folder (properly labeled) no later than Sunday 11/17 at 11:59pm
If you haven’t already:
Indie read. Notebooks: Target 1 – your book so far (what do you think? what surprised you? what’s it about? etc.) Groups formed and schedules created.
Targets are as follows:
Book talk & Indie read. Review Flipgrid how-to. Writing time for work on next two pieces of your assignment.
Writing assignment info: Please update your document names of the pieces you’ve already written to “Piece1.docx” & “Piece2.docx” accordingly. That way, when you work on “Piece3” & “Piece4” we can keep them all straight in Dropbox. (Also note – if your papers aren’t really social justice focused, you will want to reconsider them as they won’t fit in work as a whole).
Deadline:
Upcoming: select new book club books on Friday.
Indie read. WRITE CLUB “10 Things I Have Been Meaning to Say to _______” Assign: complete the process questionaire (no wrong answers – just your answers)
If you haven’t already:
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