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1. Warm-Up: Diction practice in Writer's NB (see above link)
2. Prezi on Narratives & Description (see above link)
3. Quiz (on Canvas) on elements of writing (the reading you did in Writing with a Purpose). If you were absent, you must see me to make an appointment to make this up.
4. Read "Once More by the Lake" by E.B. White:
-annotate
-finish for HW and answer discussion Qs on Canvas by tonight, 11:59 pm.
Labor Day
1. Summer reading in class essay. Log into Canvas and type up.
1. Summer Reading Assignments due
2. Socratic Seminar on summer readings
*due next Tuesday: Read pages 128-146, 397-399 in your Writing with a Purpose textbooks and take notes in your Writer's Notebook.
*due next Thursday: Imitation writing on Richard Selzer's The Exact Location of my Soul (log on to Canvas to see this assignment instructions).
*Please get a novel of your choice to read for Silent Sustained Reading in class. Please have one handy by next Tuesday. We may not have time to do SSR every day, but there will be days when I ask you to take out your SSR book and read during class. I will expect you to have one ready at all times starting from next Tuesday.
1. Warm up: Diction practice (in Writer's NB)
2. Richard Selzer's "The Exact Location of the Soul"
**Summer assignment due tomorrow
**Socratic Seminar tomorrow (on summer readings)
**In class essay on summer readings Friday
1. Warm-up (in Writer's NB): Diction practice
2. Annie Dillard Packet:
-Read from Holy the Firm (annotate and discuss)
-Review close reading strategies
*HW: Read "How I Wrote the Moth Essay," annotate, and then answer the discussion questions on Canvas. See below link for instructions on how to get to Canvas.
*Summer reading assignments due this Thursday
*In class essay on summer reading this Friday
**Period 2: sign up on Canvas
1. Writer's NB: Warm-up/Review
-Read student samples of response to Obama's speech and discuss strengths and weaknesses
2. Glossary of Terms (Quiz on next Friday; quiz may also include items from your Writer's NB)
3. Voice Lessons Prezi Presentation (take notes; link is above)
4. Diction practice in Writer's NB (see above link).
5. Annie Dillard's from Holy the Firm:
-passed out but did not get to read; bring back to class tomorrow
**Summer reading assignment due THIS THURSDAY:
-Socratic Seminar on Thursday
-In class essay on summer reading this Friday
Period 2:
Do not freak out if you are unable to log in to Canvas. There was an error and I had to go back and delete and add you all again. I read through all the responses before they were deleted, so you will get credit for what you posted. If you were not finished, you can simply turn in a handwritten copy (or email me) of your response by Monday. I apologize for this inconvenience! In the meantime, please check your school Google account (your [email protected]). You should have received an email from canvas inviting you to my page. At the bottom of that invitation, click on where it says in small print "Click here to finish the registration process." Once you are on my page, accept the invitation to join.
1. Warm-up
2. Go to your school Google account (your [email protected]), click on the small print at the bottom under the Canvas logo.
3. Accept the invitation at the top.
4. Go to the Discussion board, read, and respond.
