Multi-Cultural Lit – Friday, October 11th

Book talk & Indie read.  Study/Quickwrite #14:  spoken word poetry by book club.  Check them all out, but create a notebook quickwrite on the one connected to your book.

Next book club target:  Tuesday10/15

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, October 11th

Book talk & Indie read.  WRITE CLUB:  College App Essay.

Assign:  Definitions of Rhetoric.  Read it for Tuesday.  Mark your three favorite definitions with stars.  Write in the margin WHY you picked them.  Go deep, not just because I liked them.  We will be discussing on Tuesday.  Rhetoric is part of the course title. Let’s figure out what it is.

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!

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, October 10th

Book talk & Indie read.  Pre-conference sheet for College App Paper (due in WRITE CLUB tomorrow) – spend no more than 10 minutes.  “Lab” time for work on college app paper – OR – read if you are done with your college paper.

Deadline:  College App Essays due for WRITE CLUB Friday, Oct. 11 – that’s TOMORROW!  Name your document “LastnameCollegeApp.docx” and just follow standard MLA formatting.

Other Info:  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 9th

Book talk & Indie read. Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon:  read & write down points 2) “Don’t wait to find out who you are to get started” and 3) “Write the book you want to read”  Quickwrite #13:  “What It’s Like” by Everlast.

 

IMPORTANT!  – If you have NOT finished your paper related to Long Way Down (imitate & expand), do so ASAP (by the end of the week)!!

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, October 9th

Book talk & Indie read.  New reading rate calculations & some thought about how it differs (or not) and why that might be?  Quickwrite #12:  Body parts (see Mrs. C for the slide).

Study:  college app essay topic development – on a half-sheet make notes on the following

  • which prompt are you answering?
  • what topic do you plan to develop?
  • a few notes & ideas of what you will write/explore
  • IF you plan on bringing a pre-written app essay to class for Friday, then develop another potential topic here.

Deadline:  College App Essays due for WRITE CLUB Friday, Oct. 11 (aka Thursday 11:59pm).  You WILL have lab time in class on Thursday.

Other Info:  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 8th

Read aloud & Indie read.  Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon:  read & write down point 1) “Steal Like an Artist”  Quickwrite #12:  “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” by Cage the Elephant.

 

IMPORTANT!  – If you have NOT finished your paper related to Long Way Down (imitate & expand), do so ASAP (by the end of the week)!!