Book talk & Indie read.
Hour 3 – Quickwrite #10: Top 3’s. A look at reviews as a genre – read and analyze a review of The Fault in Our Stars.
Assignment: Choose one of the two album reviews & do some analysis like we did in class today.
Hour 7 – WRITE CLUB. Now use what you learned to make your paper better.
Book talk & Indie Read. Structural analysis – check out the maps. Intro to Hamlet. Read/watch Act I scene 1.
Deadline: Submit a “teacher-ready” draft of your CCR by end of day Sunday, Feb. 10th. Include an audio via flipgrid. Login with flipcode 251rc102 and your school @gcsd9.net email.
Ongoing Hamlet assignment: Each day we read/watch, do what you need to do to have an idea of what’s going on (e.g. reread, check sparknotes, get a no-fear version, ask, etc.).
Book talk & Indie read.
Hour 3 – WRITE CLUB. Now use what you learned to make your paper better.
Hour 7 – Quickwrite #10: Top 3’s A look at reviews as a genre – read and analyze a review of The Fault in Our Stars. (WRITE CLUB tomorrow).
Book talk & Indie Read. Structural analysis – map out the essay you annotated earlier in the week with your WRITE CLUB group. Intro to Shakespeare (hours 1 & 2).
Deadline: Submit a “teacher-ready” draft of your CCR by end of day Sunday, Feb. 10th.
Upcoming: Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #9: Table topics card question about your indie read – write about what you are reading. WRITE CLUB practice with a sample student paper.
Deadline: Be sure your paper is uploaded into your WC Drafts folder in Dropbox by classtime tomorrow (Wednesday).
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #16: Expand thoughts on what you need to do to give or receive feedback in productive ways. Collected pre-conference sheets for CCR.
Hours 1 & 2: WRITE CLUB your Cited Commentary & Response papers. The usual Bless, Address, & Press.
Hour 6: Think/read about giving and receiving feedback. Work with your WRITE CLUB to complete a structure analysis of a “This I Believe” essay. Note how it’s set up and how it doesn’t succumb to formula.
Deadline: Submit a “teacher-ready” draft of your CCR by end of day Sunday, Feb. 10th.
Upcoming: Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #8: Pick a letter & go. Meet your WRITE CLUB group: share today’s quickwrites & then read and do a quick structural analysis of an “indelible moment” essay. Note there aren’t really rules – just decisions to be made.
Everyone: Meet your WRITE CLUB group.
Hour 1: Indie read & SWIC registration paperwork.
Hours 1 & 2: Think/read about giving and receiving feedback. Work with your WRITE CLUB to complete a structure analysis of a “This I Believe” essay. Note how it’s set up and how it doesn’t succumb to formula. YOUR papers in WRITE CLUB tomorrow!
Hours 2 & 6: Finish Long Way Down.
Hour 6: WRITE CLUB your Cited Commentary & Response papers.
Read something awesome!
World Read Aloud Day!
Jason Reynolds’ Long Way Down continued.
2nd & 6th hour SWIC registration.
Everyone: Finish your papers for Monday!! (If you haven’t already).
World Read Aloud focus – begin Long Way Down by Jason Renolds.
Everyone: Yearbook quotes due tomorrow!
Deadlines:
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