Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, October 20th

Book Talk & Indie Read

READ:

  • “End” from A Writer Teaches Writing by Don Murray – add to your notepage from yesterday
  • “And In the End” from Crafting Authentic Voice by Tom Romano – supplemental – you find it in GClassroom as material if you’d like to check it out

STUDY: “That’s a Wrap!” a look at real book endings. What strategies are writers using and how do they affect readers? What do you notice?

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – QW or MB (the one you didn’t do last time) due in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day 10/26 (that’s one week from today)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, October 20th

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #24: Mid-Term Reflection – How’s It Going?

NOTEBOOK: Passage/Quote Search – Find a passage that you think is IMPORTANT to your group novel. Note the page # and explain why it matters.

DISCUSSION: Novel #3 by group (at target #2) – What’s worth talking about? Use today’s notebook passage search to push you when conversation stalls or you don’t know what to share.

ASSIGNMENT: Submit QW #24 in GClassroom today. A picture will do nicely – you’ve already done the writing.

TO-DO: Keep reading! Target #3 – endgame is next Thursday 10/27.

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, October 19th

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ:

  • “Lead” from A Writer Teaches Writing by Don Murray – make a notepage (in hour 2 we did this explicitly – in other hours we made some quick annotations & students will need go back a make a quick notepage using them)
  • “In the Beginning” from Crafting Authentic Voice by Tom Romano – a read aloud + vote (in GClassroom) on the best beginning as Romano experiments and tries several options for a quick piece he wrote (hour 2 students will need to do this on your own – see today’s GClassroom stream – other hours we did this in-class)

ASSIGNMENT/EXPERIMENT: Revisit at least 2 quickwrites in your notebook and try writing* 2 more beginning options for them. Do not erase your original opening, just draw arrows and write new ones below. *Use a different colored pen if you want.

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – QW or MB (the one you didn’t do last time) due in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day 10/26 (that’s one week from today)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, October 19th

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #23: “This Land” by Gary Clark, Jr.

Read Reviews:

Texas Monthly: Review: Gary Clark Jr.’s New Music Video, “This Land,” Is a Furious, Beautiful Statement https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/gary-clark-jr-this-land-music-video/

NPR Interview: Racism In American South Inspired Gary Clark Jr.’s ‘This Land’ https://www.npr.org/2019/02/23/697005120/racism-in-american-south-inspired-gary-clark-jr-s-this-land

Downbeat: Gary Clark, Jr. This Land https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/this-land

Revisit QW#23 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?