Thursday, January 18th – All Classes

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

STUDY: 4 Part Note-Taking Strategy Practice & MLA Tips (They Say, Quote, I Say, Question format)

📝 NOTEPAGE: Practice 4-Part Note Strategy & MLA In-text Citations – text/essay varies by class (find digital copies in today’s GClassroom stream)

  • DC8 Hour 1 “The One Who Defines Me” by Aisha Saeed from Our Stories, Our Voices
  • DC8 Hour 3 “Binge” by Tyler Oakley from Binge
  • Rhet-Comp 8A “Feminism” by Roxane Gay from Bad Feminism
  • Eng8 “The Social Ranking” by Taylor Lorenz from Extremely Online

PAST DUE:

  • Notes from E-learning day (see Tuesday’s GClassroom)
  • Letter 1 (DC8 & Eng8) was due in Dropbox in-class on Friday (check your email for notices about missing or too short work)

Wednesday, January 17th – All Classes

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

STUDY: 4 Part Note-Taking Strategy (They Say, Quote, I Say, Question format) & Practice

📝 NOTEPAGE: Practice 4-Part Note Strategy & MLA In-text Citations – text varies by class (find digital copies in today’s GClassroom stream)

  • DC8 “11:20” by Michael Paterniti from Love and Other Ways of Dying
  • Rhet-Comp 8A “In Our Genes” by Hannah Moskowitz from Our Stories, Our Voices
  • Eng8 “Googling Strangers” by John Green from The Anthropocene Reviewed

PAST DUE:

  • Notes from E-learning day (see yesterday’s GClassroom)
  • Letter 1 (DC8 & Eng8) was due in Dropbox in-class on Friday (check your email for notices about missing or too short work)

Tuesday, January 16th – All Classes

E-Learning Day!

STUDY: MLA Citation Basics – Visit GClassroom to find a short video (12 minutes or so) that explains the basics of MLA Citations.

📝Watch and make a note page in your writer’s notebook. Submit a photo of your notepage as evidence of your attention & learning.

* PAST DUE (DC English 8 & English 8): Letter 1 (letter to Mrs. C) was due in Dropbox in-class on Friday – please finish it up if you haven’t (and hours 1 & 3 should check the email sent on Friday regarding that work).

Thursday, January 11th – DC English 8 / Rhetoric & Comp

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

STUDY: What Makes Writing “Good”? Part 2: what makes writing effective – a closer look at the 4’s and 1’s

RLaW: Practice reading like a writer w/ Tim O’Brien’s piece “Ambush” from The Things We Carried (DC add RLaW slide to inside notebook cover)

PAST DUE:

  • Grades Survey questions from Monday (in GClassroom stream)
  • Sign Up for Dropbox & Share Folders w/ Mrs. C ASAP!

Tuesday, January 9th – DC English 8 / English 8

📖 BookTalk & Indie Read

VIDEO: Alfie Kohn “Why Grades Shouldn’t Exist”

STUDY: What Makes Writing “Good”? Part 1: a look at sample papers & some quick evaluation/comparison.

PAST DUE:

  • Grades Survey questions from yesterday (in GClassroom stream)
  • Sign Up for Dropbox & Share Folders w/ Mrs. C ASAP
  • Intro Survey (or WRITE CLUB survey for returning 6th hour students) – find it in last Thursday’s GClassroom stream