Thursday, October 26th – English 9/10

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

NOTEBOOK: Add on to Soundtrack Page for Solo by Kwame Alexander – add Tracks #9 & 10 thoughts (3 words, reminds me of, connect to novel)

STUDY/READ: Solo by Kwame Alexander w/ Mary Rand-Hess p. 310 to 350 (read in class with audio – see Mrs. C if you miss a day and need to borrow a book)

Thursday, October 26th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Quick Look at the pitfalls of 5-paragraph formula – click link to read blogpost ⬇️

https://blog.heinemann.com/why-the-five-paragraph-essay-is-a-problem-now-and-later

WRITE TIME ⏰

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day TODAY 10/26 

Wednesday, October 25th – English 9/10

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

WATCH: Inside Solo – Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand Hess on the writing of the novel and it’s connections to music

STUDY/READ: Solo by Kwame Alexander w/ Mary Rand-Hess p. 260 to 310 (read in class with audio – see Mrs. C if you miss a day and need to borrow a book)

Wednesday, October 25th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/PRACTICE: Rhetorical Analysis attempt – work w/ a partner to try your hand at writing rhetorical analysis. Choose one of two texts (see yesterday + texts available on GClassroom). See slide below.

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Thursday 10/26 (some writing time tomorrow)

Tuesday, October 24th – English 9/10

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

NOTEBOOK: Add on to Soundtrack Page for Solo by Kwame Alexander – add Track #8 thoughts (3 words, reminds me of, connect to novel)

STUDY/READ: Solo by Kwame Alexander w/ Mary Rand-Hess p. 210 to 260 (read in class with audio – see Mrs. C if you miss a day and need to borrow a book)

Tuesday, October 24th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

PARTNER NOTE REVIEW: Check your notes for Everything’s an Argument Ch. 6 with your partner – add anything that it feels like you are missing

STUDY: Rhetorical Analysis (a recap + moving forward) – some slides (you can find for reference these on GClassroom) + Practice texts – choose 1

Reese Witherspoon’s speech at Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2015
Clint Smith’s “Danger of Silence” TED Talk

TO-DO: Choose (w/ your partner) which text you will work w/ to annotate and analyze tomorrow in class)

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Thursday 10/26 (adjusted from10/25) (some writing time on Thursday)

Tuesday, October 24th – Multi-Cultural Lit

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #27: N-word (your thoughts + reprise after videos)

STUDY: A look at how Blackish (ABC TV) & Dear White People (Netflix) address the n-word in television/streaming episodes + Tanehisi Coates interviewed on his book tour (watch videos below)

Netflix’s Dear White People, Season 1: Episode 5 (about 20 minutes in)

QW 27+ : Revisit your earlier quickwrite with new thoughts

NEXT DEADLINE: Book Club Novel 🎯#2 Thursday 10/26 – KEEP READING!

Monday, October 23rd – English 9/10

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read

NOTEBOOK: Add on to Soundtrack Page for Solo by Kwame Alexander – add Tracks #6 & 7 thoughts (3 words, reminds me of, connect to novel)

STUDY/READ: Solo by Kwame Alexander w/ Mary Rand-Hess p. 182 to 210 (read in class with audio – see Mrs. C if you miss a day and need to borrow a book)