Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, September 21st

BBW Video: “On the Banning of Looking for Alaska” – John Green & Indie Read

Quickwrite #12: “Belief” by John Mayer – OR – “You Need to Calm Down” by Taylor Swift

STUDY: “Moves” of Effective Writers (Big Moves/Small Moves) + apply to the quickwrite material – what “moves” are these writers using?

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

Writing #3 2022 QW-or-MBDownload

Multi-Cultural Lit – Tuesday, September 20th

BBW Videos: 10 most challenged books of 2021 & Indie Read

POST-IT: Fave poem (so far) from either The Poet X or Solo (title & page #)

DISCUSSION: Novel #2 by group – use the quickwrites in your notebook to drive discussion when you need a push

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

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, September 19th

Read Aloud – I Am a Story by Dan Yaccarino – & Indie Read

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 talk-through)

PREVIEW: Senior Memory Book – an overview and chapter choices for personal writing

Memory Book Fall Class of 2023Download

ASSIGNMENT: Read the scholarly definitions of rhetoric handout (both sides!) and create a NOTEBOOK page (next in your writer’s notebook) of your 3 faves ❤ and explain why (not randomly chosen or for length) due for class time TOMORROW 9/20