English Amped Today’s Agenda 2nd Hour Class Meeting! Friday, Aug 14, 2015 2nd Hour Class Meeting! Woosh, Woah, Zap & Splat (?) Silent ORWS Take out School Fee receipts 3rd Hour Collaboration ORWS Mrs. Cooper: JOBS!!!! Codes Gallery Reflection FAF Homework Home ORWS Session due Wednesday Reminder: Pay $15 to Mrs. by 9/16 for the PSAT. “Disappointment, Frustration, Confusion, Failure—These mark the beginning of learning, not the end.” Mrs. Cooper’s code Meeting (10) Sunbathing (20) Silent ORSW (20) 3rd Collaboration (20) Codes Gallery (10) Reflection (5) FAF (15)

More people have joined us… Let’s get to know each other! Woosh, Woah, Zap, Freak Out Splat: Kaitlyn

ORWS 20 minutes Silent Continue your “I remember writing” Write something new Read (see the box) and respond Write about class Write about your life Write for a publication (see the box) Search for prompts

ORWS 20 minutes Collaboration Conference Continue your “I remember writing” Write something new Read (see the box) and respond Write about class Write about your life Write for a publication (see the box) Search for prompts

Write something nice about 3 people’s work. Share Codes Gallery Hang up your codes (and poem and reflection if you want) around the room. Write something nice about 3 people’s work. Share

Featured Artists Friday

Albert White Hat’s Miseducation Narrative Question to ponder: What do you think it would have been like for you if you were a student at an Indian Boarding School? Listen to the narrative of Albert White Hat (start video at 5:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avt-5cfb3ng

David Sedaris Elaine Richardson Amy Tan Sherman Alexie

What stands out stylistically? What sentences stand out (syntax)? 1. Choose one author. 2. Choose how to read: the piece (silent in the hall or out-loud in the group.) Richardson Tan 3. Annotate the piece: What stands out stylistically? What sentences stand out (syntax)? Mark or summarize major events. What is the author’s purpose? Sedaris Alexie

What stands out stylistically? What sentences stand out (syntax)? 1. Choose one author. 2. Choose how to read: the piece (silent in the hall or out-loud in the group.) Richardson Tan 3. Annotate the piece: What stands out stylistically? What sentences stand out (syntax)? Mark or summarize major events. What is the author’s purpose? Sedaris Alexie

What stands out stylistically? What sentences stand out (syntax)? 1. Choose one author. 2. Choose how to read: the piece (silent in the hall or out-loud in the group.) Richardson Tan 3. Annotate the piece: What stands out stylistically? What sentences stand out (syntax)? Mark or summarize major events. What is the author’s purpose? Sedaris Alexie

Choose 2 short, critical paragraphs to share with the class Choose 2 short, critical paragraphs to share with the class. Why did you choose these? What might we emulate as writers from these passages? Why? Richardson Tan Sedaris Alexie