Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, February 7th

STUDY/READ: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (starting at p. 146)

Quickwrite #16: Long Way Down – reactions, thoughts, whatever

DEADLINES:

  • PART IV CCR assignment – teacher-ready draft submission due in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day TODAY!! 2/7 (details on yesterday’s post & at RCAssignment tab above)
  • Memory Book Short (1st) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/12* (see directions on the Memory Book Info sheet)

*updated and delayed due date from the original

PAST DUE: Take the MLA Citations Understanding Survey in GClassroom (posted and was due Friday 2/3)

English 8 – Tuesday, February 7th

Indie Read & Read Aloud – “Sh***y First Drafts” by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird

STUDY: Mini-lesson / review – song titles go in quotation marks, album titles get italicized, & both need title capitalization (first, last, & all impt. words – not articles, conjunctions, or prepositions with less than 5 letters)

WRITE TIME 🕑

DEADLINE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of Wednesday 2/8

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, February 6th

Quickwrite #15 (HR. 2): Rereading. . .  thoughts/experiences, yes?no? why(not)?

Quickwrite #15 (HRS. 3 & 7): Poetry . . . thoughts/experiences, etc.

STUDY/READ: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (to p. 146)

DEADLINES:

  • PART IV CCR assignment – teacher-ready draft submission due in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day Tuesday 2/7 (details on yesterday’s post & at RCAssignment tab above)
  • Memory Book Short (1st) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/12* (see directions on the Memory Book Info sheet)

*updated and delayed due date from the original

PAST DUE: Take the MLA Citations Understanding Survey in GClassroom (posted and was due Friday 2/3)

English 8 – Monday, February 6th

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #9: Lyrics vs. Poetry (Are songs poems? why or why not? similarities/differences?)

STUDY: Song Lyric Read Like a Writer (RLaW) practice

DEADLINE: Draft #2 – Song Memoir due as MSWord doc in Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of Wednesday 2/8

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, February 3rd

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ ✓ in

Quickwrite #14: YOUR Shakespeare Experience

STUDY: Shakespeare background + reading tips for Elizabethan English

TO-DO: Take the MLA Citations Understanding Survey in GClassroom

DEADLINES:

  • PART IV CCR assignment – teacher-ready draft submission due in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day Tuesday 2/7 (details on yesterday’s post & at RCAssignment tab above)
  • Memory Book Short (1st) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/12* (see directions on the Memory Book Info sheet)

*updated and delayed due date from the original

English 8 – Friday, February 3rd

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ clipboard ✓ in

STUDY: Imagery practice – work in groups to create some writing that evokes an emotion (you’ll spin for one) – then see if your writing was effective – use sensory images and details for best results

ASSIGNMENT: Draft #2 – the song memoir due no later than end of day Wednesday 2/8 (assignment sheet posted yesterday & above at ENG8 Assignment tab)

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, February 1st

Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan Santat

Indie Read

Quickwrite #13: What do YOU want out of WRITE CLUB this semester?

WRITE TIME ⌚

DEADLINES:

  • CCR draft (2-3 pages + citations) due no later than end of day TODAY!
  • Optional – pre-conference sheet for the CCR (can help you make sure you are “on the right track”)
  • Memory Book Short (1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/5 (see Digital Memory Book directions for details)

UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.

English 8 – Wednesday, February 1st

Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan Santat

Indie Read

Quickwrite #8: Last Song (check the last song you listened to and write about it)

STUDY: Rhetorical Situation in Poetry – Choose one of the poems below and think about the writer, the reader, and the text (use notes from yesterday’s triangle as a guide)

“Simon Says” by Ashley Davis & Oompa ▶️ https://m.facebook.com/teachfortheculture/videos/powerful-spoken-word-performed-by-ashley-davis-and-oompa-piece-entitled-simon-sa/658053502035379/

PAST-DUE: Draft #1 was due last week. Make sure it is an MSWord file in your Dropbox draft folder.