English 9/10 – Thursday, December 2nd

Read Aloud – Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld

Indie Read.

Writing time for work on writing #4. TRY THIS: If you’ve finished the draft, check for Mrs. C’s “5 words to replace” & make positive changes. Then, see where your paper might need more detail (where will readers want to know more?) and add it.

DEADLINE: Writing #4 – another quickwrite expanded due no later than end of day Friday 12/3 (we will have in-class time for finishing up tomorrow)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, December 2nd

Read Aloud – Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #35: poems from Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham & Charles Waters – find them on GClassroom (under classwork) and write a page in your notebook as you wish

Use extra time to keep reading!

DEADLINE: End of books for next Tuesday 12/7. Keep reading!

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, December 1st

Book Talk & Indie Read.

IN-CLASS: Pre-conference sheet work for Writing #7 (think back through your paper). Complete partner survey (find it on today’s GClassroom stream).

PAST DUE: Writing #7 – QW or MB (last draft of the semester – IMPT – check the directions as this one will be working with a partner NOT WRITE CLUB!) was due end of day Tuesday 11/30 – be sure you have a complete draft for Thursday

Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, December 1st

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #34: notebook commentary on poetry/poet videos/articles with perspectives from Novel #4 (Mexican-American, Filipino-American, Muslim-American)

One Mexican American’s Identity Struggle: Confronting Race and Belonging

Artists Among Us: Seattle poet embraces responsibility to help ‘make sense of things’ (click link)

DEADLINE: End of books for next Tuesday 12/7. Keep reading!

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, November 30th

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #26: Choose a “Character”

DROPBOX: If you haven’t already, create and share the partner write folder for writing #7 (share with Mrs. C) and then put this new draft IN this folder (NOT in the regular drafts folder).

Time for writing/reading!

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINES:

  • Student-Led Book Talk (find the assignment and the varied/scaffolded due dates in GClassroom) ends 11/30
  • Writing #7 – QW or MB (last draft of the semester – IMPT – check the directions as this one will be working with a partner NOT WRITE CLUB!) due no later than end of day Tuesday 11/30 (TODAY)

English 9/10 – Tuesday, November 30th

Read Aloud – Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena & Christian Robinson

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #29: Choose a “Character”

Read Like a Writer: Using the read like a writer sheet (inside your notebook cover) and highlighters or pens or pencil, look for the writer’s “moves” in Last Stop on Market Street. What do you “like?” What does the writer do to make it “good”?

DEADLINE: Writing #4 – another quickwrite expanded due no later than end of day Friday 12/3 (we will have in-class time for drafting this week starting tomorrow)

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, November 29th

Book Talks & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #25: “Poem for an Inked Daughter” by Jean Wyrick + 2 minute quick revise

STUDY: Commas review and practice “quiz”

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINES:

  • Student-Led Book Talk (find the assignment and the varied/scaffolded due dates in GClassroom) ends 11/30
  • Writing #7 – QW or MB (last draft of the semester – IMPT – check the directions as this one will be working with a partner NOT WRITE CLUB!) due no later than end of day Tuesday 11/30