College Reading and Writing

1.  Characters 2. Reading- You need to be on page 177 for Tuesday Essay rewrites are due by November 6th- HARD DEADLINE!!!

1.  College Brain Storm Questions    -  Here are our Questions 2. SLPL Reading- you need to be on page 138 for tomorrow HW- Reading....get it done

1.  Meet with groups to go over presentations (15 minutes) 2.  USA Today Stigma Readings Presentations 2. Silver Linings Playlist (page 138 for Thursday) HW- SLPL Reading HW- Cause and Effect Essay rewrites are due 11/6

1. SSR/ Silver Linings Playlist 2. Fragment/Run-on Quiz 3. "Empirical" sentence writing HW-  Jigsaw presentations TOMORROW

Here is a little humor to start the day....if you have head phones 1.  Homework Self-Eval #4 2. Work Day- you may complete the following: Stigma Jigsaw (groups) , Silver Linings Playlist reading (individual), Cause and Effect Essay rewrite (individual), SSR (individual) HW-  Jigsaw presentations TUESDAY          Cause and Effect rewrites are due NEXT WEEK!

1. Revisions of your Cause and Effect Essay.  This is a must. Once we have talked, you have revised, and you have resubmitted, you may: - Work on your USA Today Stigma Jig Saw - Read SLPL (you need to be on page 138 on the October 31st HW-  Jigsaw presentations TUESDAY

JIGSAW PREP- 5 min 1. Revisions of your Cause and Effect Essay.  This is a must. 2. Take a few minutes and touch base on who is doing what for your JIGSAW that is due Tuesday! Once we have talked, you have revised, and you have resubmitted, you may: - Work on your USA Today Stigma Jig Saw - Read SLPL (you need to be on page 138 on the October 31st HW-  Jigsaw presentations TUESDAY

1. Book Talks    - Copy and Paste your book log  HERE!  (Yes, you are getting graded on it)    -  Select a leader -  This person will make sure that one person does not talk too long and move the conversation to the next topic if it's died our or not going anywhere.    -  Select a starter - This person will decide the order of the discussion.  You will be talking about questions 1,3,6,8,10,12.   THE CONVERSATION MUST START WITH QUESTION 1    -  Select a time keeper - this person will make sure the conversation on each topic goes for at least 2 minutes but not more than 4 minutes    -  Select a questioner - This person's job will be to ask questions of the people in the group (this means you need to listen and pay attention) if the conversation is drying up, but the group has not spent 2 minutes on the topic. What am I looking for? A positive attitude and experience A genuine conversation about your book You are engaged in the discussion and paying attention (evid

1. Stigma Reading-we need to get a vocab word here too 2. Go over  Jigsaw Activity - This is an out of class assignment (due 10/29) 3. Choice- do you want time to work on your Jigsaw or to begin reading SLPL? Reminder- The book talks are tomorrow!

TESTING DAY

1. SSR- Complete your book log doc.  Our book talks will be on Friday 2. Run-on sentences 3. Class Calendar (handout) 4. SLPL-book hand out.  Annotate for MH and STIGMAS 5. Stigma Reading (handout) 6.  USA Today- Jigsaw Assignment - go over Thursday if needed 7. Return Essay Rubrics

1. SSR/Book log- our book talks are in one week! 2. Fragments-2 quick practices 3. Finish your Essays if need be.....

You will have the entire time to work on your  CAUSE AND EFFECT Essay .  They are due Friday!

You will have the entire time to work on your  CAUSE AND EFFECT Essay .  They are due Friday! Mrs. Hardy will be here today to help us as well.  Ask her questions.  It is good to get fresh eyes on an old problem.

You will have the entire time to work on your  CAUSE AND EFFECT Essay .  They are due Friday!

1. SSR 2. Fragments/Run-on's 3.  Cause and effect Essay-Go Over and begin working on HW- Outlines are due TOMORROW! My garage is leaking (not good).  I have a guy coming to my house to look at it, and I might be out.  You are to work on your cause and effect essay tomorrow.  It is due FRIDAY!

1. SSR/Book Log- book talks in two weeks 2. Fragments 3. Writing-from yesterday

1.  Rubric 2. Go over paragraphs 3.  Unit I Essay Essay will be due in one week (10/11)

Outline Go over sample paragraphs. HW- Annotate paragraphs for tomorrow.  "It's go time"

Sorry I am out today.  I am at East for a training.  Please be good for the sub. 1. Please finish watching Two American Families.  Here are two links in case one does not work.  We left off at about 25-30 minutes in. I have my computer with me.  EMAIL me with any questions or problems. Two American Families Two American Families- PBS