Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, September 26th

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ ALOUD: “Shitty First Drafts” from Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (find it in GClassroom if you missed class)

WRITE TIME: ⏰ Writing #3 – make decisions, get started, write something

DEADLINE: Writing #3 QW expansion or MB chapter due in Dropbox no later than end of day Wednesday 9/28 (see assignment sheet under the RHET-COMP WRITING ASSIGNMENT tab)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Monday, September 26th

Book Talk (this week’s book talks are your choices for next class-novel/book club read) & Indie Read

Quickwrite #14: “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon (read and comment/react – find a copy of the poem on GClassroom if you need it)

CREATE/NOTEBOOK: Attempt to imitate or mirror Lyon’s poem by taking her structure and making the poem about you. How can you use it to reflect where you come from? Poetry writing practice.

DEADLINE: Target #3 – the end of Novel #2 (Poet X or Solo) by classtime on Wednesday 9/28. KEEP READING!

English 9/10 – Friday, September 23rd

BBW Video: Ta-Nehisi Coates on CBS This Morning & Book Talk & Indie Read with check-in

NOTEBOOK UPSIDE-DOWN: Time Audit – a look at how we use our time and what we prioritize (if you missed class, check the GClassroom for a video walk-through)

TO-DO: Read something thought-provoking or rebellious or fabulous!

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, September 22nd

BBW Video: from Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien (click link below) & Indie Read

https://www.wmtw.com/article/activism-against-school-book-bans/39284302

STUDY: Essay – Real Essay – a look at essay with John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed and some group analysis of both structure and “moves”

DEADLINE: WRITING #3 – expand a quickwrite or write a memory book chapter – due in Dropbox drafts no later than end of day Wednesday 9/28

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, September 22nd

BBW Video: from Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien (click link below) & Indie Read

https://www.wmtw.com/article/activism-against-school-book-bans/39284302

Quickwrite #13: “Dear Uncle Sam” by Josh Indigo (click link below)

https://powerpoetry.org/poems/dear-uncle-sam

Reading time! ⏰

NEXT TARGET: Wednesday 9/28 (finish books The Poet X or Solo) Keep reading!