English 9/10 – Thursday, October 17th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #14: random pic #. Upside Down: Time Audit activity & observations. Video: Crash Course “How and Why We Read” w/ John Green.
Upcoming: black-out poetry tomorrow!
Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, October 17th
Book talk & Indie read. Calculate new reading rates & think about what they mean. Set both a quantity & “other” goal. Upside Down: Time Audit activity & observations.
Deadlines: End game on Book Clubs Tomorrow. 10/18. FINISH YOUR BOOKS!!
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, October 17th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #14: random pic #. Upside Down: Time Audit activity & observations. Video: Crash Course “How and Why We Read” w/ John Green.
Upcoming: “Lab” day tomorrow & new draft QW or MB for next Monday 10/21 WRITE CLUB.
Don’t forget: Check out the @ReadWarriors tab above for Twitter book recommendation requirements. I’ll be looking for each of you to have one for October, November, & December. Details above!
English 9/10 – Wednesday, October 16th
Book talk & Indie read. Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon: read & write down points 8) “Be Nice (the world is a small town)” 9) “Be Boring (it’s the only way to get work done)” and 10) “Creativity is subtraction” Quickwrite #16: Video – “Why Does Music Make You Feel Emotional?”
Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, October 16th
Book talk & Indie read. Crash Course Video: “How and Why We Read” Study: experiences with racism via New York Times & NPR. Quickwrite #15: your own experience with racism (could be against you, could be an observer, could be mistakes you’ve made in the past).
Deadlines: End game on Book Clubs Friday 10/18. FINISH YOUR BOOKS!!
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, October 16th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #13: Video – Marlon James “Are you racist? ‘no’ isn’t a good enough answer” RLaW: “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros – notice and annotate what you find.
Upcoming: New draft QW or MB for next Monday 10/21 WRITE CLUB.
Don’t forget: Check out the @ReadWarriors tab above for Twitter book recommendation requirements. I’ll be looking for each of you to have one for October, November, & December. Details above!
English 9/10 – Tuesday, October 15th
Book talk & Indie read. Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon: read & write down points 6) “The Secret: do good work & share it with people” and 7) “Geography is no longer our master” Quickwrite #15: Revisit QW #12, #13, & #14 and look at what you wrote about the songs we checked out last week. What commonalities do you notice? What do these songs show us about life? Discuss.
Hint: We will be writing in-class tomorrow about these thoughts about music and its themes and impacts.
Tomorrow: the conclusion of Steal Like an Artist.
Multi-Cultural Lit – Tuesday, October 15th
Book talk & Indie read. Book Club: target #3 with table topics as conversation generators. Notebook: Make a notes page for book club target 3 – ideas.
Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, October 15th
Book talk & Indie read & Read Aloud. Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” from Bird by Bird. Rhetoric by Definition – discussion, definition, notes.
Upcoming: New draft QW or MB for next Monday 10/21 WRITE CLUB.
Don’t forget: Check out the @ReadWarriors tab above for Twitter book recommendation requirements. I’ll be looking for each of you to have one for October, November, & December. Details above!
English 9/10 – Friday, October 11th
Book talk & Indie read. Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon: read & write down points 4) “Use your hands” and 5) “Side projects and hobbies are important” Quickwrite #14: Choose “Time of Our Lives” by Pitbull & Ne-Yo – OR – “Eastside” by Halsey, Khalid & Benny Blanco.
IMPORTANT! – If you have NOT finished your paper related to Long Way Down (imitate & expand), do so ASAP (by the end of the week)!!
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