Book Talk & Indie Read
Quickwrite #20: n-word (your thoughts and opinions)
STUDY: Examining the conversation around use of the n-word. Watch videos below + scene from Dear White People V1:Ch5
Quickwrite: revisit & add on any additional/new thoughts. . . .
TO-DO: Stay on target for Novel #3.
Indie Read
CONTINUE/READ: Every Day by David Levithan (with audio) p. 19 – 56
PAST DUE: Writing #2 – Expanding Thinking from All American Boys WAS due end of day Thursday 10/6 (you can find the assignment under the ENGLISH 9/10 WRITING tab & on GClassroom) – turn it in!!
Book Talk & Indie Read
WRITING DAY! Work on your “10 Things” paper. Generate some ideas, pick one, and GO. Use the listicle genre that we read yesterday and see where it takes you.
DEADLINE: 10 Things paper due in Dropbox no later than end of day Thursday 10/13 (NOTE: time to write in class on 10/12 & 13 w/ WRITE CLUB on Friday)
Book Talk
Reading Day! Stay on schedule to reach target #2 of our 3rd novel by Wednesday 10/19.
PAST DUE: Writing #2 (& Writing #1) – If you haven’t turned these in, do it ASAP!!
Book Trailers & Indie Read
Quickwrite #14: FEAR – What are you afraid of?
START/READ: Every Day by David Levithan (with audio) p. 1 – 19
PAST DUE: Writing #2 – Expanding Thinking from All American Boys WAS due end of day Thursday 10/6 (you can find the assignment under the ENGLISH 9/10 WRITING tab & on GClassroom) – turn it in!!
Book Trailers & Indie Read
STUDY/READ: “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” by Jason Reynolds. Working with your WRITE CLUB group, read it like a writer & share what you notice. (link below)
https://www.powells.com/post/lists/ten-things-ive-been-meaning-to-say-to-you
ASSIGNMENT: 10 Things paper due in Dropbox no later than end of day Thursday 10/13 (NOTE: time to write in class on 10/12 & 13 w/ WRITE CLUB on Friday)
Book Trailers & Indie Read
Quickwrite #19: Table Talk ?s (Novel #3 so far)
DISCUSSION: Novel #3 by group – What’s worth talking about? Use today’s Quickwrite to push you when conversation stalls or you don’t know what to share.
TO-DO: Keep reading – Next target is Wednesday 10/19
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ check-in
VOTE: Next read for in-class novel. Vote on today’s GClassroom stream.
Write Time ⏰ for work on Writing #2.
DEADLINE: Writing #2 – Expanding Thinking from All American Boys – we will be working on this IN-CLASS this week – come prepared with thoughts, these excerpts & a charged Chromebook – due end of day Thursday 10/6 (you can find the assignment under the ENGLISH 9/10 WRITING tab & on GClassroom)
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ check-in
STUDY/NOTES: Rhetorical Appeals – logos (appeal to logic) & kairos (moment of opportunity)
Quickwrite #18: “Consent as Tea” by BlueSeat Studios
REPRISE – Quickwrite #15: Revisit your magazine ad with your partner and talk about it. Notice how the appeals are used to “argue” the reader’s need for this product. Add to your quickwrite as needed.
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ check-in
Quickwrite #18: “Three Ways to Speak English” – Jamila Lyiscott TED Talk
STUDY: Codeswitching – “How Codeswitching Explains the World” NPR (click link below to read)
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/08/176064688/how-code-switching-explains-the-world
REPRISE: Revisit today’s quickwrite and add some (additional) thoughts on codeswitching
TO-DO: Read your Book Club Novel to target #1 for Tuesday 10/11
PAST DUE: Writing #2 – Identity Poetry + Reflection WAS due in Dropbox no later than end of day 10/2 (see assignment at the MULTI-CULTURAL LIT WRITING tab above)
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