AGENDA 8/31

Review vocabulary words from The Glass Castle 

Seminar Prep: Question for Tuesday
To what extent are rules necessary for children's healthy development and to what extent are they restricting and limiting?

• How much should parents shelter/protect their children?
• How should parents encourage independence and resourcefulness?

Prepare for seminar by finding and marking 2 excerpts from The Glass Castle 

Also, complete Guided Reading assignment for article from The New Yorker: "Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert


HW: Free Choice Book Letter due to Turnitin.com before 12:01am Wednesday, September 5
"Sense of Place" writing assignment - typed rough draft due 9/10 in class
Share Pust's sample "Sense of Place" writing assignment
If you didn't finish selecting and marking your 4 passages from The Glass Castle, or finish the Guided Reading assignment from The New Yorker: "Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert, please finish these before Tuesday's class. Bring The Glass Castle and your completed Guided Reading assignment on Tuesday!

AGENDA 8/30

Last five vocabulary words from The Glass Castle 
Share Pust's sample "Sense of Place" writing assignment
Seminar Prep: Question for Tuesday
To what extent are rules necessary for children's healthy development and to what extent are they restricting and limiting?

• How much should parents shelter/protect their children?
• How should parents encourage independence and resourcefulness?

Prepare for seminar by finding and marking 2 excerpts from The Glass Castle 

Also, complete Guided Reading assignment for article from The New Yorker: "Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert


HW: Free Choice Book Letter due to Turnitin.com before 12:01am Wednesday, September 5
"Sense of Place" writing assignment - typed rough draft due 9/10 in class
Refer to Pust's sample "Sense of Place" writing assignment
If you didn't finish selecting and marking your 4 passages from The Glass Castle, or finish the Guided Reading assignment from The New Yorker: "Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert, please finish these before Tuesday's class. Bring The Glass Castle and your completed Guided Reading assignment on Tuesday!

AGENDA 8/28

Discuss tone and strategies/techniques used in Muir's "First Glimpse of the Sierra"

HW:

AGENDA 8/27

Discuss excerpt from The Glass Castle, pages 150-151. Focus on tone and techniques used to convey tone/author's argument.

Give registration directions for ClassDojo and Turnitin

Share and explain Summer Free Choice Book Letter (continue this tomorrow if needed)

HW: Begin thinking about your Summer Free Choice Book Letter, due Tuesday, 9/4 to Turnitin.com.

AGENDA 8/24

11CP Syllabus Quiz
Six Word Memoir Gallery Walk & Voting

Read aloud and discuss tone and strategies/techniques used in the excerpt from Walls' The Glass Castle