Book Talk & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #3: Boredom / “I’m Bored.”
READ: How (and Why) to Practice Boredom
Syllabus/Course overview – check the slides on today’s GClassroom stream if you missed today. FInd the syllabus on GClassroom as material (classwork) and on the “Syllabi, Welcome” tab above.
TO-DO: Make sure you have something awesome to read. (And if you are new to Mrs. C, be sure to fill out the surveys from earlier in the week).
Book Talk & Read Aloud (The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds).
Quickwrite #2: Missing Spoons
One more survey! Find the “Grades Survey” on today’s GClassroom stream and answer the 3 questions there.
Quick tour of the class website (get familiar with it) and the class library procedures (check out the Indie Reads tab above for more info).
TO-DO: Be ready to select a book – you’ll soon need one for independent reading.
Indie Read.
Quickwrite #2: “Hands” (take2) respond, react, read it like a writer, etc. what do you notice/like/connect to?
Book Pass: a quick “speed-date” of new book titles to generate some for your TBR (page 2 of the upside-down in your notebook).
*If you are new to Mrs. C, take the reader-writer survey…. on the GClassroom stream today.
New Survey! Find the reader-writer survey on today’s GClassroom stream and complete it.
Book Pass: a quick “speed-date” of new book titles to generate some for your TBR (page 2 of the upside-down in your notebook).
TO-DO: Be ready to select a book – you’ll soon need one for independent reading.
Read Aloud Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Benji Davies & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #1: Hands (take 1) – draw an outline of your hand on the page and then fill it with your thoughts about your hands . . . Watch the video below.
Accept the invite to the new GClassroom and complete the survey(s) as instructed. Please pay attention to WHO should fill out which survey.
Notebook Introductions.
Quickwrite #1: What’s in the box? (write for 4 full minutes)
Accept the invite to GClassroom & take the Intro Survey that is in the stream today (no wrong answers).
Watched a video – check it out below.
Welcome to a new semester! It’s 2022 and graduation is around the corner. Let’s make this one count.
Class survey day! Please take both surveys (one about your progress & the other about the course).
Celebrate the semester with a movie!!
Reading Wrap-Up!!
Indie Read w/ rate calculation (and average rate). Padlet update + total pages read. Book spines & labeling. Reflection & Goal setting.
DEADLINE: Grade Pitch – your thoughtful and accurate grade pitch video is due in Flipgrid no later than 2pm Sunday 12/19 (these directions are on the portfolio handout)
PAST DUE: Fall Portfolio 2021 – your finalized (and super-clean) portfolio including your reflective letter & abstracts was due in Dropbox Thursday 12/16 – YESTERDAY!!
*All assignments below can be found on GClassroom & the post from Friday 12/10 (and portfolio is on the Rhet-Comp Writing Assignments tab above).
Indie Read
Write/Read/Work time! (last day of “lab” time)
DEADLINE: Reflective Letter & Grade Pitch due no later than end of day TODAY 12/17 (details & assignment sheet posted in GClassroom)
PAST DUE: Notebook Tour was due Wednesday in Flipgrid (more details & join code in GClassroom) – if you haven’t done this – get on it ASAP!!
IMPORTANT: ALL late work accepted until Sunday 12/19 @ 2 pm. NO work will be evaluated or accepted after that time.
Mrs. Connolly's Class 