Book trailers & Indie read. Beginnings slides based on Don Murray’s “The Lead.” Quickwrite #15: Take a look at drafts 1 & 2 (that YOU wrote) and experiment by writing new kinds of leads for these pieces.
Deadline: Notebooks collected Tuesday, February 26th
Upcoming: Writing DRAFT #3.
Reminder: You should have two drafts (indelible moment & a review) in your Drafts folder in Dropbox. If this isn’t true, get on it ASAP!!!
Indie read. Sonnet share ❤ Quickwrite #24: The Rules. Videos: Crash Course Hamlet – Part I Crash Cours Hamlet – Part II Notebook checklist. Hamlet as a comic.
Deadline: Notebooks collected Tuesday, February 26th
Upcoming: Writing about Hamlet!!
Book talk & Indie read. Let’s talk beginnings: Don Murray’s “The Lead.” Work with a group to find beginnings and add them to a poster. Choose one to examine for Quickwrite #14. Write it down (include the author & title) and explain what makes it an “effective” lead.
Reminder: You should have two drafts (indelible moment & a review) in your Drafts folder in Dropbox. If this isn’t true, get on it ASAP!!!
Quickwrite #23: Deaths in Hamlet (keep track of them here). Read/watch Hamlet Act V.
Deadline: Share senior year sonnets tomorrow! (They go in your notebook as QW #22)
Book talk & Indie read. WRITE CLUB – Draft #2 (the review).
Now, use feedback from today to make the next move on your papers!
(Or just WRITE THEM!!! You know who you are. . . )
Book talk & Indie read. Sonnets! A quick review of iambic pentameter. An intro to Shakespearean sonnet form.
Quickwrite #22: Write a sonnet about senior year with your WRITE CLUB group!
Deadline: Share senior year sonnets on Friday!
Tomorrow: Hamlet Act V – spoiler alert “they all die”
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Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #13: Fears. Work on Draft#2 – pre-conference sheets. WRITE CLUB is tomorrow!
Deadline: DRAFT #2 – the review – is due in your Drafts folder in Dropbox by classtime on Wednesday!!!
Book talk & Indie read. Read/watch Hamlet Act IV scenes 4 – 7.
-Mrs. C = )
PLD 1/2 day schedule:
3rd hour – Indie Read / work on draft#2
6th hour – Reading Day! ❤
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