English 8 – Friday, March 17th

Indie Read

Quickwrite #20: Interest Inventory Questions #1 (tape in & answer)

STUDY: Research Thoughts – What does it mean to research? Why does it matter? Thoughts from Hank & John Green (from their podcast), Bruce Ballenger (about research papers find this piece as a pdf on GClassroom as material), & Tom Romano (about the kind of project we will be doing)

Click the link to listen ▶️ https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john/episodes/haunted-christmas-trees (07:23 – 11:35)

Quickwrite #21: Interest Inventory Questions #2 (tape in & answer)

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, March 16th

Indie Read

SHARE: Meet across WRITE CLUBs to share your progress on the group rhetorical analysis. Share strategies, roles, what you are exploring, things you’ve found, and even excerpts you’ve written.

WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

DEADLINES:

  • Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of day Monday 3/20
  • Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

English 8 – Thursday, March 16th

Indie Read

STUDY: Research as a Conversation – thinking about research as informed inquiry that lends both logos & ethos to your writing

Click the link to watch ▶️ https://www.library.unlv.edu/node/233

PRACTICE/TO-DO: Check the assignment in GClassroom and complete a short draft (use Gdocs this time) where you join the conversation related to the pieces we read on Monday & Tuesday. Attempt to cite sources in-text with parenthetical documentation. Be sure this is complete by end of day (11:59pm).

PAST DUE: One page ad analysis – Draft#4 was due 3/10

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, March 14th

Book Talk & Indie Read

WRITE/RESEARCH/COLLABORATE TIME 🕒

NEXT: Check-in on Thursday for progress on this group paper – be ready to share w/ another group

DEADLINES:

  • Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study due no later than end of day Monday 3/20
  • Memory Book Short (4th/final) due anytime between 3/19 & 4/1

English 8 – Tuesday, March 14th

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/PRACTICE: 4-part notes strategy & basic in-text citation technique

“The Boys Are Not All Right” – Michael Ian Black The New York Times

“The Chambers of a Gun” – Zanne Langlois Button Poetry

TO-DO: Finish/create notespage for “The Chambers of a Gun” poem

PAST DUE: One page ad analysis – Draft#4 was due 3/10

English 8 – Monday, March 13th

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #19: What’s wrong with “kids these days”?

STUDY: 4-Part Note Strategy (how to digest sources) – Read “11:20” by Michael Paterniti from Love and Other Ways of Dying – Create a 4 part notepage with “they say” “I say” a quote & a question

PAST DUE: One page ad analysis – Draft#4 was due 3/10