Tuesday, October 3rd – Multi-Cultural Lit

VIDEO: PBS Newshour “Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech” (Mar. 10, 2022)

๐Ÿ“– Indie Read

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Quickwrite #18: Cover Art? Check out the cover of your book club verse novel. Does it “work”? Why or why not? What could be done differently (or why does it fit just right)? Explain.

READING TIME โฐ

DEADLINE: ๐ŸŽฏ#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame) – This is TOMORROW!!

Monday, October 2nd – Rhetoric & Comp

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Quickwrite #16: Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 (ALA) โ€“ Your thoughts? (click the link to check them out)

๐Ÿ“– Indie Read

STUDY: Notetaking Skills Crash Course

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE/WORK TIME: Notes on Chapter 1 – Everything’s an Argument (college textbook – you can find a pdf of the chapter on GClassroom if you didn’t check out a book in class today)

PAST DUE: Submission #1 (one of the two papers youโ€™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

Monday, October 2nd – Multi-Cultural Lit

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Quickwrite #17: Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 (ALA) – Your thoughts? (click the link to check them out)

๐Ÿ“– Indie Read

STUDY: Why Verse Novels? Read School Library Journal article “Verse Novels Forge a Unique Connection with Young Readers” by Amanda MacGregor

XTRA: Check out the blog below – with embedded videos (from your verse novel book club authors ๐Ÿ™‚ )

No Extra Words: The Emotional Punch of Novels inn Verse – Library of Congress Blog by Sasha Dowdy

NEXT DEADLINE: ๐ŸŽฏ#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame)

Friday, September 29th – English 9/10

๐ŸŽฌBook Trailers & Indie Read

Open eBooks codes (see Mrs. C if you missed class): access to tons of great books online for FREE ๐Ÿ™‚

STUDY/READ:ย Jackpotย by Nic Stone Chapters 21 (p. 186) โ€“ 23 (find the text on GClassroom โ€“ read in class with audio)

Friday, September 29th – Rhetoric & Comp

๐ŸŽฌBook Trailers & Indie Read

Open eBooks codes (see Mrs. C if you missed class): access to tons of great books online for FREE ๐Ÿ™‚

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Quickwrite #15: “59” Poem by Harry Baker

RECAP: Items of review from yesterday’s WRITE CLUB – length of papers? & MLA formatting (specifically, before & after spacing tutorial)

ASSINGMENT/DEADLINE: Submission #1 (one of the two papers you’ve written for class) due as MSWord doc (in Dropbox submission folders) to Mrs. C + audio (on Flipgrid) no later than end of day Sunday 10/1

STUDY: Five Word Focus – a quick way to up your word choice & readability (check the slide in GClassroom or take a pic in class)

Thursday, September 28th – English 9/10

๐Ÿ“– Book Talk & Indie Read

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Quickwrite #15: Next? If you were writing Jackpot, what would happen next? To Rico? Zan? the lotto money? the little old lady? etc.?

STUDY/READ:ย Jackpotย by Nic Stone Chapters 19 (p. 168) – 21 (p. 185) (find the text on GClassroom โ€“ read in class with audio)

PAST DUE: Writing #1 โ€“ Thinking beyond Dear Martin was due in GClassroom was due last MONDAY (and you CAN STILL turn it in!!!)

Thursday, September 28th – Multi-Cultural Lit

๐Ÿ“– Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Videos for connection & understanding of your book club verse novels

Click the link for the Punching the Air video – authors interviewed on CBS This Morning: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/punching-the-air-authors-discuss-their-novel-using-poetry-to-cope-with-hate-and-racism/

NEXT DEADLINE: ๐ŸŽฏ#3 Wednesday 10/4 (endgame)

PAST DUE: Writing #2 โ€“ Thinking beyond Stamped was due a week ago! (itโ€™s not too late to turn them in)