Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY:

• MLA Format – practical set-up of an MLA template in your Dropbox drafts folder. See the tab above “MLA Format Set-Up” for review or if you missed class.
• Adding commentary in MSWord practice – join the practice folder in Dropbox, open the sample paper in Word and use the Review tab to practice adding a comment for the writer.

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day Wednesday 1/25

PAST DUE:

• Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.
• Survey questions about your upcoming draft (indelible moment) – Find this on yesterday’s GClassroom and share your thinking.

Indie Read

Quickwrite #6: Table Topics ?s about your Indie Read + share a little about your choice reading

STUDY: Don Murray’s “Reading as a Writer” from A Writer Teaches Writing (if you missed class, find this text on GClassroom as material and give it a quick read)

TO-DO: Survey questions about your upcoming draft (indelible moment) – Find this on today’s GClassroom and share your thinking.

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day Wednesday 1/25

PAST DUE: Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in

STUDY: Read Like a Writer (RLaW) with text “First Kiss” by Scott Muska – annotate what you find, moves the writer makes, and label them

PREVIEW/NEW ASSIGN: DRAFT #1 – Indelible Moment due as a Word document in Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day Wednesday 1/25 (we’ll be working on this some next week)

PAST DUE: Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.

Read Aloud – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Indie Read

STUDY: Read Like a Writer (RLaW) – an overview of the concept of watching for moves writers make

NOTEBOOK: RLaW practice with Where the Wild Things Are text – annotate on text – find “moves” & label them

TO-DO: Read something enjoyable!

PAST DUE: Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #5: Indelible (write about a moment in your life so permanent it can’t be erased)

RECAP/WRAP-UP: Add definition of essay to your notes from yesterday.

STUDY/NOTES: Truths About Writing (see Mrs. C for a short lecture video if you missed class today)

TO-DO: Read something enjoyable!

PAST DUE:

• Complete Dropbox set-up and folder share. See instructions above at the “Dropbox Set-Up” tab (follow directions).
• Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post