Eng.+12+Sept.+2014

Labor Day || Sept. 2, 2014 First day of school > (What do you notice? Look at craft and reading strategies).
 * Sept. 1, 2014
 * 1) [|Syllabus]
 * 2) Read and annotate Walt Whitman's [|"There Was A Child Went Forth"]
 * 1) [|Introductory collage assigned] || Sept. 3, 2014
 * 2) Set-up of Writer's Notebook
 * 3) [|Initial Assessment]
 * 4) Return to poem from yesterday.
 * 5) Again discuss craft. Look at models. Begin writing own. Use [|scaffold], if necessary. || Sept. 4, 2014

[|Abby's essay] [|Michael's essay] [|My essay] 4. Brainstorm beliefs || Sept. 10, 2014 [] [] []
 * 1) Continue working on poem.
 * 2) Work on collage, if time allows. || Sept. 5, 2014
 * 3) Share introductory collages
 * 4) Continue set-up of Writer's Notebook/Portfolio ||
 * Sept. 8, 2014
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Rough draft of poem is due--share with group using P-Q-S
 * 3) Revise
 * 4) Begin[| six-word stories] || Sept. 9, 2014
 * 5) [|WITD]
 * 6) Final draft of poem is due
 * 7) Work on six-word stories & [|upload]
 * 8) [|This I Believe] examples :
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Add six-word stories
 * 3) Reading/Listening to "This I Believe" essays (What do you notice?)
 * 4) Listen:

Examine craft in # "This I Believe" essays (What do you notice?)
 * Message
 * What works/doesn't
 * Techniques used || Sept. 11, 2014
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Continue Reading/Listening to "This I Believe" essays (What do you notice?

Listen: [] [] []

Read:

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[] || Sept. 12, 2014
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) View [|six-word stories]
 * 3) Begin drafting of own "This I Believe" ||
 * Sept. 15, 2014

[|WITD]

Drafting [|Rubric] || Sept. 16, 2014 >
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Drafting
 * 3) [|Rubric]
 * 4) Grammar || Sept. 17, 2014
 * 5) [|WITD]Constitution Day [|--Info on the 1st Amendment]
 * 1) Drafting and work with writing group || Sept. 18, 2014
 * 2) [|WITD]
 * 3) Grammar
 * 4) Revise first draft of "This I Believe" with writing partner || Sept. 19, 2014

1. [|WITD] 2. Submit "This I Believe" by start of class, regardless of attendance

3. Read and annotate article ||
 * Sept. 22, 2014

[|WITD]

Examine [|tips] for college essays.

[|University of Chicago's Prompts]

[|Brainstorming for college essays]

[|Prompts to choose from]

[|Oscoda Foundation] || Sept. 23, 2014

[|WITD]

Review steps and tips

Continue with [|Prompts to choose from (unless you have your own)]

[|Attack a Prompt](taken from MSU, U of M, and GVSU apps)

[|Common Application Prompts and Tips] || Sept. 24, 2014

[|Examine examples of scholarship/application essays]

[|Rubric]

Begin getting signatures for t-shirt || Sept. 25, 2014

NWEA Testing || Sept. 26, 2014

Writing groups meet and revise using P-Q-S

[|Rubric] ||
 * Sept. 29, 2014

Work on essays

[|Examine examples of scholarship/application essays]

Writing groups meet and revise using P-Q-S || Sept. 30, 2014

NWEA Testing || Oct. 1, 2014

Notes on Anglo-Saxon culture and Old English

[|Resume template #1]

[|Resume template #2] || Oct. 2, 2014

NWEA Testing || Oct. 3, 2014

College Essays are due (One should be 500 words and the other 250)

[|Rubric]

Introduction to epic poetry and Beowulf

Begin reading Beowulf

Begin [|quote and paraphrasing #1 (Heroes)] ||

[|Maya Angelou "Phenomenal Woman"]

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