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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)
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STUDY/NOTES: Rhetorical Appeals – pathos (appeal to emotion) & ethos (appeal to credibility)
Quickwrite #16: “Camaro” by Phil Kaye – extra focus on emotional appeal used in this piece
Quickwrite #17: “All Parents Are Cowards” by Michael Christie – extra focus on how credibility matters in this piece (click link below to read)
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/all-parents-are-cowards/
TO DO: Read something . . . . Just. Because.
PAST DUE: Submission #1 WAS due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day 10/2
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Quickwrite #17: People Pics – Write about your initial assumptions. Then consider how stereotype & bias play into those.
STUDY: Concept Maps (in groups by Novel #3 book choice). What feels important so far?
TO DO: Stay on schedule with reading Novel #3
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)
Indie Read
NOTEBOOK: Thoughts on Writing #2 Readings (2 min. for ea. of 3 selections)
WRITE TIME: Work on Writing #2 – Use your notebook thoughts from today to help you decide which topic to pick – CHOICE #1, CHOICE #2, or CHOICE #3
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)
REVIEW: Notetaking with Crash Course: Study Skills
Indie Read
Quickwrite #15: Visual Argument – Magazine Ad. What does the ad try to do? How? / What magazine is it from? Why does that matter?
NOTE REVIEW: Everything’s an Argument Chapter 1 (slides – you can find them on GClassroom if you need to recap)
TO DO: Read something . . . . Just. Because.
PAST DUE: Submission #1 WAS due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day 10/2
Book Schedules for Novel #3: Target dates – 1. Tues. 10/22 2. Wed. 10/19 3. Thur. 10/27
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NOTEBOOK: Predictions & Outcomes Part I – Start a two-page spread with Predictions on the left and Outcomes on the right (kind of a before & after). Spend 5 minutes listing as many predictions as you can make about what will happen in the novel or to the characters, etc. (We’ll come back to outcomes later – just leave it blank for now. . . .)
TO DO: Stay on schedule with reading Novel #3
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)
Indie Read
STUDY: Reading in preparation for Writing #2 – expanding thinking from All American Boys
ASSIGNMENT: 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 🙂
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STUDY/NOTES: Everything’s an Argument Ch. 1 – Read + Create a Notepage (time in class to work)
DEADLINE: Notepage on CH 1 due tomorrow 10/4 in class (you can check out a book or find a pdf on GClassroom if you need time beyond class to finish)
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CHOOSE Novel #3 – Issue novels & begin reading!
ASSIGNMENT: Get started. Read the 1st 15 – 20 pages for tomorrow 10/4.
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NOTES: “How to Overcome Our Biases – Walk Boldly Toward Them” – Verna Myers TED Talk
TO-DO: Read something – anything you want 🙂
UPCOMING: Writing next week – inspired by All American Boys.
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