9/11/19

Wednesday, September 11th

*Read: 10m
*Outline conferences
---Finished? Begin drafting in a Google Doc.
---COMPLETED First Draft Due Monday before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: By producing a topic outline, we will prepare to compose well-organized analytical writing.

9/9/19

Tuesday, September 10th

*Read: 10m
*Study: Essay Scoring Guide
*Write/Craft: Outline conferences
---Due TOMORROW.
---Finished? Begin drafting in a Google Doc.

*OBJECTIVE: By producing a topic outline, we will prepare to compose well-organized analytical writing.

9/8/19

Monday, September 9th

*Read:  10m
*Study:  Becker's Outline
*Write/Craft:  Your Outline
---Define your theme FIRST!
---Due by Wednesday, 10pts

*OBJECTIVE:  By producing a topic outline, we will prepare to compose well-organized analytical writing.

9/6/19

Friday, August 6th

*Read:  20m
---Finish (first) book by Monday!!!
*Write (5m):  Pre-pre-writing . . . (handout)
*Share:  Genre-Alike Groups
---Round-robin:
------2-3 sentence summary of your book
------What prompt are you leaning toward?  Why?
------Share some of your other thoughts from today's writing.

*OBJECTIVE:  Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

9/4/19

Thursday, September 5th

*Finish Discussing "Orwell's Warning"
*Read:  20m
*(Pre)Write:  Get acquainted with the essay prompts.
---By tomorrow:  To which one are you most drawn?  Why?

*OBJECTIVE:  Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

9/3/19

Wednesday, September 4th

*Read: 10m
*Study: "Orwell's Warning"
---Read by paragraphs, round-robin.
------Take notes in margins:  What are you noticing?
---Work with your table to generate 3, 2, 1 . . .
*Share: Review

*OBJECTIVE: Review writing with consideration for the task, purpose, and audience.

9/2/19

Tuesday, September 3rd

*Book-talk: Watched by Marina Budhos
*Read: 10m
---Finish (first) book by Monday!
*Study: Reading for big ideas.
*Craft/Write: Tag your book with 7-10 Post-Its to mark passages that develop 1-2 big ideas.
---Zero in: One book, 1-2 topics/themes you're considering.
*Share
---My book is about . . . (< 3 sentences)
---The theme I'm noticing is . . .
---One of the scenes in which this idea is developed is . . .
*Collect Journals!

*OBJECTIVE: Using appropriate text, determine two or more themes in a text, analyze their development throughout the text.