Book talk & Indie read. Notes: The Rhetorical Situation / Definition of Rhetoric. Read: “The Five Paragraph You-Know-What” by Tom Romano from Crafting Authentic Voice. Draft #1 assignment details.
To Do: Think about what indelible moment you might write about. What happened? How will you tell that story?
Deadline: Draft #1 in class in Dropbox Drafts folder by classtime on Wed., Jan. 30th.
Upcoming: In class lab time on Friday 1/25 & Tuesday 1/29.
Book talk & Indie read. Partner work to build your topic & get started. Cited commentary & response assignment Part II – write & cite (pre-view of tomorrow).
To do: Continue thinking about the issues around your topic for this piece. Reread any of the related mentor texts. Make notes as you’d like.
“They Say / I Say” template strategies
Reminders:
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #7: Indelible – write about an indelible moment. . Read Like a Write (RLaW) practice with “Ambush” by Tim O’Brien from The Things They Carried.
Are you reading on your own time????
Book talk & Indie read. “Research is a Conversation” – Shafer Library version Building thoughts and sources for a future writing piece while building citations entries (MLA Style). Quickwrite #13: “Sit Still Look Pretty” – Daya. Quickwrite #14: “Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster the People. Quickwrite #15: “Eat It” – Weird Al Yankovic. Cited commentary & response assignment Part I – thinking…
To Do: Build works cited entries for the works we read today & think about what you might pursue in piece #1. Be ready to discuss it with others.
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Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #6: Random Pic. Read Like a Write (RLaW) Intro & practice with “Cruel As It Is” by Leonard Pitts, Jr. of Miami Herald.
3 Day Weekend: Read something awesome!
Book talk & Indie read. Building thoughts and sources for a future writing piece while building citations entries (MLA Style). Quickwrite #10:“When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny” – Blythe Baird Quickwrite #11: “The Friend Zone” – Dylan Garity Quickwrite #12: “The Chambers of a Gun” – Zanne Langlois
To Do: Build works cited entries for the works we read today.
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Book talks & Indie read. Quickwrite #5: bodyparts. “What is Writing?” process notes. Dropbox folder troubleshooting (working on the email verification thing).
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Book talk & Indie read. Building thoughts and sources for a future writing piece while building citations entries (MLA Style). Quickwrite #8: “Lady Gaga’s R. Kelly Apology Is a Reminder that Abuse Isn’t Provocative” – Spencer Kornhaber Quickwrite #9: “The Boys Are Not All Right” – Michael Ian Black
To Do: Build works cited entries for the two works we read today.
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Book talk & Indie read. “What is Writing?” concept notes. Dropbox folder shares.
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Book talk & Indie read. Building thoughts and sources for a future writing piece while building citations entries (MLA Style). Quickwrite #6: “A Solution to Gun Violence Found in US History” – David Farrell Quickwrite #7: “Selfies and Seeing Ourselves – One Artist’s Look in the Mirror” – Christina Balch
To Do: Build works cited entries for the two works we read today.
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