Friday, August 31st

*Read:  10m
*Journal #7:  Text-to-Reader Connections (7m)
---Do you have experiences that connect you to the character(s), setting, plot, or conflict in your book? Have you lived a story that relates to it? What's the connection?  Explain/Explore that connection in writing.
------If you have NO personal connection to your book . . .
---------Who do you think is the ideal reader for your book? Who really, really needs to read it? Why?

*Formative Reflection

---Pull up doc, see comments, ask questions

---Use OTHER journal entry (#3 or #4) to try again (on loose leaf)?

------Use models on cheat sheet!  Ask questions!

---Not resubmitting?  Read on!
*Turn in journals.

*OBJECTIVE:  By studying model sentences, we will learn to attach, punctuate, and document quotes correctly.

Thursday, August 30th

*Wrap up from Wednesday

---What rules or advice would you give to a writer who wanted to write a piece like this?

---Is literature dying/dead?  Who/What is killing it?  Can it be saved?  Should it be saved?

*Read:  10m

*Start thinking . . . 

---Do you have experiences that connect you to the character(s), setting, plot, or conflict in your book?  What stories have you lived that relate to it?  What did you learn from your experience?  What are you learning from the book?  Explain/Explore that connection in writing.

------If you have NO personal connection to your book . . .

---------Who do you think is the ideal reader for your book?  Who really, really needs to read your book?  Why?

*OBJECTIVE: Study a mentor text to learn how to organize a personal/analytical essay.

Wednesday, August 29th

*Read:  10m
*"Is Literature Dead?"
---Highlight
------Color 1:  Narrative
------Color 2:  Analysis
------No highlight:  Not sure.
*What rules or advice might you give a writer who set out to write a piece like this?


*OBJECTIVE:  Study a mentor text to learn how to organize a personal/analytical essay.

Tuesday, August 28th

*Read:  10m
*Community Cards (galore)
*HW:  Read "Is Literature Dead," by David Ulin for tomorrow.
---Consider:  Is it?  Can written stories matter in 2018?

*OBJECTIVE:  Get acquainted.  Encounter another mentor text for analytical writing.

Monday, August 27th

*Parental Consent Forms?
*BookTalk: Kissing Ted Callahan by Amy Spalding
*Read: 10m
*Write: Journal #6: Emerging Themes
---At its heart, my book is about [one word, brainstorm first]. In it, my author shows how [explain your emerging ideas about one of the themes of your book--start offering some supporting details by considering multiple characters, situations, conflicts, etc.].
*Study/Share: Create Topic-word Compendium
*Craft: Choose another topic, and draft another theme-sentence: In my book, my author shows how . . .

*OBJECTIVE: Identify and define topic and theme.

Friday, August 24nd

*Book Talk:  Feed by M.T. Anderson
*Read:  10 min
*Study/Craft/Share:  "We Are (Still) Living in an Orwellian World" by Thomas E. Ricks
---Read, pause, discuss, share:  Author's purpose?
---What can we learn about analytical writing from this essay?

*OBJECTIVE:  By studying a mentor text, we will learn one way to organize analytical writing.

Thursday, August 23rd

*Parental Consent Forms?
*If you finish a book . . .

*Read:  10 min
---Conferences
*Community Cards
*Finish Google Classroom Assignment
*Write: Type EITHER journal #3 or #4 into the Google Classroom assignment you find in the "Classroom" tab.
---Google Login: [regular school login] @ g.fhsdschools.org
---Google Password DEFAULT: Fhsd + [student ID#]
---classroom.google.com
------enroll
------DUE FRIDAY BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

*OBJECTIVE: Embed and attach quotations correctly in academic writing.