Friday, September 8th – Rhetoric & Comp

WATCH: “The Book Was Better?” – vlog bros. video w/ John Green

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ check-in

STUDY: What did we notice about successful college app essays? Your collected and condensed thoughts. Plus, tips for the college app essay.4

ASSIGNMENT: College App Essay due as an MLA formatted MSWord document in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday, September 13th.

Writing #2 – College App 2023 due 9/13Download

https://www.commonapp.org/blog/2023-2024-common-app-essay-prompts

Friday, September 8th – Multi-Cultural Lit

WATCH: “The Book Was Better?” – vlog bros. video w/ John Green

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ check-in

STUDY: Read CHS. 23 & 24 of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

PAST DUE: Letter #1 – about you – due as an MSWord document in Dropbox no later than end YESTERDAY 9/6 (find this assignment sheet at the MC LIT WRITING ASSIGN tab above or scroll down to last Friday’s post) IT’S NOT TOO LATE!!

UPCOMING: Finishing Stamped, thinking & writing, & choosing books for book club read #1

Thursday, September 7th – Multi-Cultural Lit

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Read CHS. 21 – 23 (to p. 196) of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

PAST DUE: Letter #1 – about you – due as an MSWord document in Dropbox no later than end YESTERDAY 9/6 (find this assignment sheet at the MC LIT WRITING ASSIGN tab above or scroll down to Friday’s post) IT’S NOT TOO LATE!!

Wednesday, September 6th – Multi-Cultural Lit

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #8: Choose a Clint Smith III poem – “a lineage” or “For Charles” (tape in and write in response to)

STUDY: Read CHS. 19 & 20 (most of) of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

DEADLINE: Letter #1 – about you – due as an MSWord document in Dropbox no later than end TODAY Wednesday 9/6 (find this assignment sheet at the MC LIT WRITING ASSIGN tab above or scroll down to Friday’s post)