Tuesday, August 29th – English 9/10

📖 Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Chapters 4 & 5 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

🖋️ Quickwrite #6: Dear __?___, Who would you write to to tell your own story or work through things? Either fill in the blank and get writing (vent or talk about what’s going on with you) Or fill in the blank and then explain your choice (why would you write to them?).

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

Tuesday, August 29th – Rhetoric & Comp

Read Aloud – The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds – & Indie Read

STUDY: What is “good” writing? (read & evaluate sample student papers on a 4 to 1 scale)

DEADLINE: Letter1 due in Dropbox (as a Word doc) no later than end of day Tuesday 8/29 – TODAY! (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)

Tuesday, August 29th – Multi-Cultural Lit.

Read Aloud – The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson – & Indie Read

STUDY: Read CHS. 5 – 9 of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

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.

Monday, August 28th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Read Like a Writer (slide in class & now in your notebook) Intro to concepts and practice with How I Became a Pirate.

DEADLINE: Letter1 due in Dropbox (as a Word doc) no later than end of day Tuesday 8/29

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

Monday, August 28th – Multi-Cultural Lit

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Read CHS. 3 & 4 of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

🖋️ Quickwrite #6: In section one of Stamped (chs. 1 – 4) – what surprised you? what confused you? what are YOU thinking?

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.

Friday, August 25th – English 9/10

**REMOTE LEARNING TODAY**

Book Trailers!! (Add titles you might want to read to your TBR)

🖋️ Quickwrite #5: “Rethink Homelessness”

FOR MONDAY: We will continue Dear Martin starting with chapter 2, so if you missed class on Thursday, check the pdf in GClassroom to read chapter 1.

Friday, August 25th – Multi-Cultural Lit

**REMOTE LEARNING TODAY**

Book Trailers!! (Add titles you might want to read to your TBR)

STUDY: Read CH. 2 of Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi (audio in class – text available on your GClassroom)

🖋️ Quickwrite #5: So Far? How’s this class going so far? Explain with details.

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.

Thursday, August 24th – English 9/10

**REMOTE LEARNING TODAY**

Read Aloud: Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak

🖋️ Quickwrite#4: Missing Spoons (where are the ones that are missing?)

STUDY/READ: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Chapter 1 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)