1. 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)

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Featured Artists Friday

7. 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)

8. David
Sedaris
Elaine
Richardson
Amy Tan
Sherman
Alexie

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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