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Tue, Jan 5
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In-class: writing habit questions and class policies and procedures
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Thu, Jan 7
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In-class: personality tests |
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Tue, Jan 12
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In-class: annotating results of personality tests |
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Thu, Jan 14
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In-class: brainstorming colors, objects, etc. related to yourself. Read Zora Neale Hurston's "Colored Me" essay circling colors and objects, then discussing what we think they represent. We filled out the pre-writing questions using Hurston's format. Started our own draft of the "Colored Me piece. |
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Tue, Jan 19
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Last writing day for the "Colored Me" piece. |
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Thu, Jan 21
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Today we began the editing/revising portion of our "Colored Me" essay. We are reading our piece looking for the tone. Then, in the Classes folder, we answered questions about our piece. Lastly, passing our drafts to our peers, we labeled what we thought the tone of their piece was, what was really strong, and labeled areas that needed more. |
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Tue, Jan 26
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Ok...finally getting my act together and updating the homework/assignments! Please see the above days for what we did in class. Because we do not have much homework, you need to come see me right away if absent, because we will have worked all hour on a piece. Points come from completing tasks in class, so you will need to show me your work that you will make up outside of class.
For TODAY, you need to have completed your 1st draft, questions/reflections, and gotten notes from your peers on tone of the piece, praises and critiques.
In class today, we are doing the 2nd day of editing/revising and adding babystepping and a thoughtshot to our pieces. Answer those questions as well. By the end of the hour, turn in your 1st and 2nd drafts.
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Thu, Jan 28
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Turn in your "Colored Me" piece after you complete the reflection questions. |
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Tue, Feb 2
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Starting next piece. We will read several models and discuss what is effective. What do we notice. Today we write NAME piece. |
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Thu, Feb 4
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2nd day on memoir. Today we are writing the SNAPSHOT piece. Then, we will write the BOUNDARIES piece. |
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Tue, Feb 9
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Spend 3-5 minutes writing a short paragraph for 7 of the 10 prompts. Write in present tense as if the event is just happening. Then, go back to one of the pre-writing and spend several more minutes adding to a paragraph that you feel could “go” somewhere.
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Thu, Feb 11
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More journal writing prompts (Snapshot Example) about you. We will use some of these for your next Memoir Piece. |
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Tue, Feb 16
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More journal writing prompts about you. We will use some of these for your next Memoir Piece. |
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Thu, Feb 18
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Take your brainstorming and write 2 full paragraphs that expand your snapshots. Add dialogue, action, and sensory details. |
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Tue, Feb 23
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Finish writing 3rd snapshot. |
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Thu, Feb 25
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Looking at all your pieces, choose 3 snapshots that you are connected to. Think about what these reveal about you....what could this say about you...what topic(s) are in each? |
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Tue, Mar 2
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Finish writing snapshots and fill out the MOP ---map of the piece that will help you see common thematic topics in all your writing. |
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Thu, Mar 4
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Start conferences with me about your memoir piece. Bring in examples and questions.
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Tue, Mar 9
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HW: work on memoir. Some of you are further than others; come see me if you need help! |
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Thu, Mar 11
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HW: come see me for your conference! Your memoir is due on Tuesday at the beginning of class: 3 snapshots weaved together to create one, cohesive piece that has a message. |
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Tue, Mar 16
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Sources for reviews:
MOVIES:
Rotten Tomatoes – Critics
Roger Ebert from sunTimes
Metacritic
Fashion:NYTimes Fashion Page
Music:Metacritic
Games:Metacritic
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Thu, Mar 18
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| Mon, Mar 22 |
No School |
| Tue, Mar 23 |
No School |
| Wed, Mar 24 |
No School |
| Thu, Mar 25 |
No School |
| Fri, Mar 26 |
No School |
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Tue, Mar 30
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Turn in your review piece. Begin the fictional Pet Peeves essay...due Thursday. |
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Thu, Apr 1
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In class, finish your Pet Peeves essay-->min. 1 page, double-spaced with strong narrative, description, dialogue, creativity. |
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Tue, Apr 6
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Today we discussed how we are moving from memoir (highly narrative and descriptive) to a Review paper, then to the Pet Peeves essay, and now the Process Paper. We looked at various versions and discussed 2 types: process instruction which DOES use "you" as it assumes the reader will use the instructions as a guide or process explanation which DOES NOT use "you" as you are allowing the reader to understand something better, but not to accomplish it, necessarily. The 4 ideas were to write about 1) something you know how to do well; 2) something the authors of the The Worst Case Scenario books would enjoy; 3) something funny (start with an embarrassing moment and then explain how not to do that); or 4) something ridiculous (how to get an elephant off your roof).
We will finish these in class on Thursday.
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Thu, Apr 8
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Tue, Apr 13
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Thu, Apr 15
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Tue, Apr 20
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Thu, Apr 22
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Tue, Apr 27
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Thu, Apr 29
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Tue, May 4
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Thu, May 6
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Tue, May 11
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Thu, May 13
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Mon, May 17
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Wed, May 19
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Thu, May 20
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Graduation |
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Fri, May 21
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