Tuesday, September 5th – Multi-Cultural Lit

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read w/ rate calculation (notebook upside-down)

STUDY: Read CHS. 16 – 18 of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

TUTORIAL: How to name/rename your document in Dropbox – Letter #1 should be named “YourlastnameLetter1.docx”

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

Friday, September 1st – English 9/10

WATCH: “How & Why We Read” – Crash Course w/ John Green

Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ check-in

🖋️ Quickwrite #7: Indelible (list for 1 minute – choose one and expand for 3 additional minutes)

STUDY/READ: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Chapter 11 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

TO-DO: Catch up on reading Dear Martin (if needed) with the pdf provided on GClassroom if you need to fill in gaps. And read something . . . just because.

Thursday, August 31st – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #7: Missing Spoons

SHARE: Meet your WRITE CLUB! Share a quickwrite by reading one aloud to your groupmates (low pressure, any of the 7 writings, no feedback). Then, if you don’t already, get to know each other. 🙂

PAST DUE: Letter1 due in Dropbox (as a Word doc) was due Tuesday 8/29 – YESTERDAY! (assign sheet at the R&C WRITING ASSIGN tab above)

Wednesday, August 30th – English 9/10

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Chapters 6 – 8 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

POST-IT: Dear Martin – fave moment so far & fave character so far

TO-DO: Catch up on reading Dear Martin with the pdf provided on GClassroom if you need to fill in gaps.

Wednesday, August 30th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #6: Primeval Place

STUDY: What is “good” writing? (contin’d: data from yesterday’s eval + what makes a “4” or a “1”? + commentary/suggestions for a “2 or 3”)

PAST DUE: Letter1 due in Dropbox (as a Word doc) was due Tuesday 8/29 – YESTERDAY! (assign sheet at the R&C WRITING ASSIGN tab above)

REMINDER: Send Mrs. C your SWIC ID# or Apply to SWIC (instructions on the GClassroom stream)

Wednesday, August 30th – Multi-Cultural Lit

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Read CH. 10 of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

🖋️ Quickwrite #7: “History Reconsidered” by Clint Smith

UPDATE: Dropbox progress check-in for folder sharing – If you haven’t yet set these up, please create & share. Directions at the DROPBOX SET-UP tab above. Let Mrs. C know if you have questions or are having trouble with this.