Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, December 6th

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: The Craft of Revision by Don Murray (excerpts) – ways to “unfinal” a draft + a revision attitude / zoom-in & levels of meaning handout/reminders

REVISE TIME ⌛

DEADLINE: Radical Revision (see assignment sheet for details) due in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 12/7

UPCOMING: Next week portfolio work, & then the “final” wrap-up of our semester

ON-GOING: Book Talk preparation due whatever day you signed up for 🙂

Multi-Cultural Lit – Tuesday, December 6th

Read Aloud – Duck!Rabbit! by Amy Krause Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld

Indie Read

STUDY/CONNECT: Take a few minutes and check out (revisit) the website for the author you are reading now. Use the links below.

https://www.jennyhan.com/

http://www.randyribay.com/about.html

https://erikalsanchez.com/

https://mattdelapena.com/

NOTESPAGE: Return to the notepage from 11/29 (3 questions you’d ask your author about the story) and make some notes about your author. What’s important about them personally, what else have they written, what awards have they won? Why does WHO the author is matter?

READING TIME ⌛

DEADLINE: Target #3 (endgame) for Novel #4 Thursday 12/8

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, December 5th

Student Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: The Craft of Revision by Don Murray (excerpts) – diagnoses “no focus,” form/order & development/ “superficial”

ASSIGNMENT: Radical Revision due in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 12/7 (note the slightly different tech directions)

Radical Revision due 12/7Download

UPCOMING: Next week portfolio work, & then the “final” wrap-up of our semester

ON-GOING: Book Talk preparation due whatever day you signed up for 🙂

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, December 2nd

Student Book Talk & Indie Read with clipboard check-in

STUDY/NOTES: The Craft of Revision by Don Murray (excerpts) – intro ideas, diagnoses “too little information” & “no voice”

UPCOMING: Next week “radical” revision, the following week portfolio work, & then the “final” wrap-up of our semester

ON-GOING: Book Talk preparation due whatever day you signed up for 🙂