Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, March 20th

Book talk & Indie read.  Sign up for student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Quickwrite #27:  Interest inventory ?s #2. Notes:  “Mr. Armstrong” documentary segment – how did the writer of the documentary do that?  Intro to multi-genre concepts. Tom Romano talks Multi-genre

Upcoming:  next big assignment & lots of examples

Deadlines:

  • Hamlet RA “teacher-ready” draft upload to Hamlet RA folder in Dropbox by end of day Sunday, March 24th
  • Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day

English 8 – Tuesday, March 19th

Indie read.  Sign up for student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Intro:  Research Is a Conversation – Shafer Library  With notes on “They Say. . . I Say. . .” Lab time to start work on DRAFT #4.

Deadlines:

  • DRAFT #4 – cited commentary & response due classtime on Monday 3/25 for WRITE CLUB
  • Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, March 19th

Indie read.  Sign up for student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Quickwrite #26:  Interest inventory ?s #1. Hamlet rhetorical analysis:  last day for in-class group collaboration & finalization.

Deadlines:

  • Hamlet RA “teacher-ready” draft upload to Hamlet RA folder in Dropbox by end of day Sunday, March 24th
  • Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day

English 8 – Monday, March 18th

Indie read.  Sign up for student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Quickwrite #23:  Watch/Read Zanne Langlois’ poem  “The Chambers of a Gun” – write a response.  Practice quoting, paraphrasing, and creating a citation for the work (on citation machine & in your notebook).

Draft #4 Introduction – handout & timeline.

Deadlines:

  • DRAFT #4 – cited commentary & response due classtime on Monday 3/25 for WRITE CLUB
  • Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, March 18th

Book talk & Indie read.  Sign up for student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Hamlet rhetorical analysis:  WRITE CLUB (sort of) – give feedback on another group’s paper.

Deadlines:

  • Hamlet RA “teacher-ready” draft upload to Hamlet RA folder in Dropbox by end of day Sunday, March 24th
  • Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday & Friday, March 14th & 15th

Book talk & Indie read.  Sign up for student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Hamlet rhetorical analysis:  collaboration & write time.  See schedule updates (extensions) on yesterday’s blog post.

Deadlines:

  • Hamlet RA complete draft (one per group) with citations due in class Monday, March 18th
  • Hamlet RA “teacher-ready” draft upload to Hamlet RA folder in Dropbox by end of day Sunday, March 24th
  • Student book talks (including Flipgrid) due by individual sign-up day

English 8 – Wednesday, March 13th

Book talk & Indie read.  Student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Quickwrite #21:  Read Michael Ian Black’s Op-Ed “The Boys Are Not All Right” – write a response.  Practice quoting, paraphrasing, and creating a citation for the work (in your notebook).

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, March 13th

Book talk & Indie read.  Student book talk for this semester – including new flipgrid portion.  Hamlet rhetorical analysis:  collaboration & write time.  See schedule updates (extensions) below.

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Deadlines:

  • Hamlet RA complete draft (one per group) with citations due in class Monday, March 18th
  • Hamlet RA “teacher-ready” draft upload to Hamlet RA folder in Dropbox by end of day Sunday, March 24th