Book talk & Indie read. Dropbox set-up.
7th hour — Quickwrite #4: excerpt from Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. Reading & writing and their inverse relationship.
Reminders:
Book talk & Indie read. Brief intro to read, write, think activities for next few days – building thoughts and sources for a future writing piece while building citations entries (MLA Style). Quickwrite #4: “Feminism” from Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Quickwrite #5: “11:20” from Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti.
To Do: Build works cited entries for the two works we read today.
Reminders:
Indie read with rate calculation and goal setting.
3rd hour – reading & writing and their inverse relationship, Quickwrite #4: excerpt from Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life.
7th hour – video: How and Why We Read (and Write) – Crash Course w/ John Green, Quickwrite #2: excerpt from The Terrible Two. Quickwrite #3: “Poem for an Inked Daughter”
Reminders:
Indie read with rate calculation and goal setting. MLA Citations:the basics (.ppt)
Reminders:
Book trailers & Indie read. Video: How and Why We Read (and Write) – Crash Course w/ John Green Quickwrites #2 & 3 – write from excerpts.
Read something awesome!
Book trailers & Indie read. Data analysis of post-it note reading & writing data.
1st hour – senior meeting
Assignment: Choose one of the first three quickwrites. Attempt some MLA citation by adding in-text MLA style citation after the quote you started your piece with. Then write a work cited entry (again MLA style) for the source. (You will have to look up some info.) Use the Purdue OWL for MLA explanation and guidance and search the book sources on google or Easybib for other publishing info. (This assignment can be done ON the notebook page with your entry.)
Book talks & Indie read / book browse. Notebooks: reading and writing surveys.
Read something awesome – at least 10 minutes!
Book talks & Indie read. Quickwrites #1, 2, & 3.
1st hour only – MLA intro & assignment to choose one of your quickwrites and attempt to cite MLA style both your in-text quote and the source in a work cited entry format. Use the Purdue OWL for reference.
Book talks & Indie read. Review course syllabus. Info on “office” hours passes & late homework pass bonus options. SIUE Contest info – think about what you might submit to win writer’s cred & $$.
Deadline: Writing contest entries to Mrs. C via email by Wed., Jan. 16th (see details on page above).
Book talks & library tour. Review course syllabus. Info on “office” hours pass and late homework pass bonus option. Notebook overview and quickwrite #1 – reader/writer statement (history).
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