VIDEO: “On the Banning of Looking for Alaska” – John Green (vlog brothers April 12, 2016)
📖 Indie Read
READ/STUDY: “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” by Jason Reynolds – click to read
TO DO: Work with a partner to Read Like a Writer – choose 1 of 3 texts (“10 Things,” “Camaro,” or “All Parents Are Cowards” and annotate it for what you find . . .
UPCOMING: Writing #3 next week!
VIDEO: “On the Banning of Looking for Alaska” – John Green (vlog brothers April 12, 2016)
📖 Indie Read
ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE: Writing #3 – identity poetry (inspired by book club verse novels) due as MSWord doc in Dropbox Drafts folder no later than end of day Monday 10/9
VIDEO: ABC News “Author (George M. Johnson) Speaks Out Amid Surge in Efforts to Ban Books in Schools and LIbraries” (September 20, 2022)
📖 Indie Read
STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 30 – 32 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)
VIDEO: ABC News “Author (George M. Johnson) Speaks Out Amid Surge in Efforts to Ban Books in Schools and LIbraries” (September 20, 2022)
📖 Indie Read
STUDY: Rhetorical Appeals – logos & kairos (quick notes + thought application through quickwrites)
🖋️ Quickwrite #20: “Consent as Tea” – Blueseat Studios
🖋️ Quickwrite #17(reprise): Magazine Ad – return to yours and take a few minutes to note specific use of pathos, ethos, logos in the visual/written argument made
🖇️CLIP-IN: “I’ll Look at Your Facebook Profile” by Louis M. Profeta (click link to read on LinkedIn) – find & annotate examples of emotional connection (pathos), proof/evidence for the argument (logos), & reasons the writer is credible/believable (ethos)
VIDEO: ABC News “Author (George M. Johnson) Speaks Out Amid Surge in Efforts to Ban Books in Schools and LIbraries” (September 20, 2022)
📖 Indie Read
STUDY/NOTES: “Everything You Need to Know to Write a Poem (and how it can save a life)” – D. Tysdal TED Talk + notes recap
UPCOMING: Writing #3 – details tomorrow (you better believe it includes poetry & ties in the verse novel you just read for book club)
VIDEO: Now This News “Authors are speaking out about attempts to ban their books” (December 24, 2021)
📖 Indie Read
STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 27 (p. 248) – 29 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)
VIDEO: Now This News “Authors are speaking out about attempts to ban their books” (December 24, 2021)
📖 Indie Read
STUDY: Rhetorical Appeals – pathos & ethos (quick notes + thought application through quickwrites)
🖋️ Quickwrite #18: “Camaro” by Phil Kaye – focus on pathos
🖋️ Quickwrite #19: “All Parents Are Cowards” by Michael Christie – focus on ethos
Click to read: https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/all-parents-are-cowards/
PAST DUE: Submission #1 (one of the two papers you’ve written for class) MSWord doc (in Dropbox submission folders) to Mrs. C + audio (on Flipgrid) was due 10/1 – (If you had tech issues, communicate with Mrs. C & get them submitted asap) *you can find the details under RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGN tab above
VIDEO: Now This News “Authors are speaking out about attempts to ban their books” (December 24, 2021)
📖 Indie Read
🖋️ Quickwrite #19: Endgame 🎯 Book Club Verse Novel – Your overall thoughts?
STUDY/DISCUSSION: 🎯#3 Talk – share thoughts on the cover art from yesterday, endgame thoughts from today’s quickwrite, & anything else that drives conversation about the book
VIDEO: PBS Newshour “Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech” (Mar. 10, 2022)
📖 Indie Read
🖋️ Quickwrite #17: Cover Art? Check out the cover of Jackpot. Does it “work”? Why or why not? What could be done differently (or why does it fit just right)? Explain.
STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 26 – 27 (p. 248) (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)
VIDEO: PBS Newshour “Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech” (Mar. 10, 2022)
📖 Indie Read
🖋️ Quickwrite #17: Magazine Ad – What does it “do”? How? + Where (which magazine) did it some from? Why does that matter?
REVIEW/RECAP: Everything’s an Argument CH 1 – notes & overview
PAST DUE: Submission #1 (one of the two papers you’ve written for class) MSWord doc (in Dropbox submission folders) to Mrs. C + audio (on Flipgrid) was due 10/1 – (If you had tech issues, communicate with Mrs. C & get them submitted asap) *you can find the details under RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGN tab above
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