Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, April 28th

Indie Read

Quickwrite #40: “Rewards of Risk Taking” TED Talk by Jared Williams

ASSIGNMENT/NEW STUFF: Memory Book – The Rest of It: an overview 🙂

DEADLINES:

  • MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1(MG Paper should be a PDF in Dropbox)
  • Digital Memory Book in Dropbox due between 5/4 & 5/8

English 8 – Thursday, April 28th

Indie Read

Quickwrite #35: QUOTES – choose one

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson from Journals with Annotations 1841-1844

“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.” – Chuck Palahniuk from Invisible Monsters: A Novel

“I’m not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they’re gonna do. I’m just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.” – John Green from Looking for Alaska

WRITE TIME ⏰ work on Seniors Write! project

DEADLINE: Seniors Write! Project due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 5/1

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, April 26th

Indie Read

Quickwrite #39: QUOTES – choose one

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson from Journals with Annotations 1841-1844

“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.” – Chuck Palahniuk from Invisible Monsters: A Novel

“I’m not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they’re gonna do. I’m just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.” – John Green from Looking for Alaska

WRITE TIME ⏰ MG papers!

DEADLINES:

  • Multi-Genre Project/Paper target 4/27
  • MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1

English 8 – Tuesday, April 26th

Indie Read

Quickwrite #38: “What’s Your Biggest Regret?”

WRITE TIME ⏰ work on Seniors Write! project

DEADLINE: Seniors Write! Project due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 5/1*

*Please use your in-class work time!!

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, April 25th

Indie Read

Quickwrite #38: “What’s Your Biggest Regret?”

STUDY: Reader Engagement (How Narrative & Specificity Bring Readers Close) – check the PDF on GClassroom

Tips for Finalizing your MG (slides on GClassroom)

WRITE TIME ⏰ MG papers!

DEADLINES:

  • MG Mark #3 (everything written) due no later than end of day Monday 4/25
  • Multi-Genre Project/Paper due 4/27
  • MG Presentation due in Flipgrid no later than end of day Sunday 5/1

English 8 – Monday, April 25th

Indie Read

STUDY: Reader Engagement (How Narrative & Specificity Bring Readers Close) – check the PDF on GClassroom

WRITE TIME ⏰ work on Seniors Write! project

DEADLINE: Seniors Write! Project due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 5/1*

*Please use your in-class work time!!