Thursday, August 29th

*Read:  10m
*Journal #6:  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?  What difference might it make to that person?

*Formative Reflection

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

---Use OTHER journal entry (#3 or #4) to try again (New G-Class assignment)?

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

---Not resubmitting?  Read on!
*Journal Scoring Guide
---Due TUESDAY!

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

Wednesday, August 28th

*Read:  10m
*"Orwellian World" Wrap-up
---How might we use this as a model?

*OBJECTIVE:  Consider alternate ways of organizing your writing

Tuesday, August 27th

*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?
---Reverse Outline
---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.

Monday, August 25th

*BookTalk: Kissing Ted Callahan by Amy Spalding
*Read: 10m
*Write: Journal #5: 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 23rd

*Read: 10m
*"Is Literature Dead?"
---Highlight
------Color 1: Narrative
------Color 2: Analysis
------No highlight: Not sure.
*What general 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.

Thursday, August 22nd

*Read:  10m
*Community Cards (galore)
*HW:  Read "Is Literature Dead," by David Ulin for tomorrow.
---Consider:  Is it?  Can written stories matter in 2019?
---Also, "Punctuating Quotes" Google Classroom assignment due by end of day today!

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

Wednesday, August 21st

*Grab a Chromebook.  Leave it closed for now.
*Read:  10 min
*Craft/Share:  Working with a partner and the cheat sheet, read/edit/revise journal #3 & #4.  Pick one to submit.
*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 THURSDAY, 11:59pm

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