Video:  “The Book Was Better?” w/ John Green.  Book/Movie trailers: If I Stay by Gayle Forman, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (Love, Simon), Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, Divergent by Veronica Roth.  Indie read. Verified Dropbox folders.  Quick demo of dropbox upload, backdoor MSWord use, naming your dcuments, and MLA formatting info (find details at the “MLA Format” page tab above).  Preview/intro to Quickwrite Xtras (find details at the “Quickwrite Xtra” page tab above).

To Do:

• Create and share Dropbox folders (If you need to create a separate gmail account for this, go to gmail.com and do so.)
• Think about paper #1 (deadline Tues., Oct. 1)
• Have a great Homecoming Weekend & read something cool.

Parameters for Paper #1:

1. Write EITHER a memory book chapter (any from 1 – 17) OR expand a QW from your writer’s notebook
2. Type it in MSWord – about 2 pages, double-spaced, TNR12 or Calibri11 are good fonts (directions on format in the MLA tab at top of website)
3. Upload it later to your Drafts folder in Dropbox

Banned books video – 7 recommendations from littlebookowl.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #7:  primeval place.   Study:  What makes writing “good”?  take a look at a paper w/ potential and practice helpful feedback techniques.

To Do:

• Create and share Dropbox folders (If you need to create a separate gmail account for this, go to gmail.com and do so.)
• Think about paper #1 (deadline Tues., Oct. 1)
• Keep reading!

Parameters for Paper #1:

1. Write EITHER a memory book chapter (any from 1 – 17) OR expand a QW from your writer’s notebook
2. Type it in MSWord – about 2 pages, double-spaced, TNR12 or Calibri11 are good fonts (directions on format in the MLA tab at top of website)
3. Upload it later to your Drafts folder in Dropbox

Banned Books Week video – ClimbtheStacks recommendations.  Indie read.   Study:  What makes writing “good”?  finish read & eval, then norm & decide what makes a paper a “4”?

To Do:

• Create and share Dropbox folders (If you need to create a separate gmail account for this, go to gmail.com and do so.)
• Think about paper #1 (deadline Tues., Oct. 1)
• Keep reading!

Parameters for Paper #1:

1. Write EITHER a memory book chapter (any from 1 – 17) OR expand a QW from your writer’s notebook
2. Type it in MSWord – about 2 pages, double-spaced, TNR12 or Calibri11 are good fonts (directions on format in the MLA tab at top of website)
3. Upload it later to your Drafts folder in Dropbox