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The Concord Town Dump

Sua Sponte

4/30/2015

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The class and homework should also be on the Final Site calendar:
  • The Chapter 7 Analysis should be posted to you blog
  • By Thursday: Read chapter 8: complete an active reading rubric; write a literary analysis paragraph (using this rubric) The literary analysis paragraph is the thoughtful response. You may work with a partner.
  • Post The Chapter 8 reading analysis to your blog.
  • Before Friday: Read Chapter Nine 
  • Weekend Homework: Complete a rubric, and write a "Personal Reading Response" using the Response Rubric.

I'll be back in school on Friday.

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Due Monday

4/26/2015

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All you are required to have completed by tomorrow is

  1. Read through Chapter 7
  2. Complete Active Reading Rubric (located on my blog)
  3. Post the "Thoughtful Response" on the discussion board and Finalist.
  4. One 'interesting to you" blog post. (due Tuesday)
Chapter 8 will be due on Tuesday--and we will be filling out an active reading rubric for that.




I will be gone Tuesday-Thursday for father-inlaw's funeral. The classwork and homework will be posted in Final Site.





Your blog work for last week was great. I will post comments and grades as soon as I can. It has been hectic at my house, as you can imagine.

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Active Reading Rubric

4/22/2015

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Download the Active Reading Rubric
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Tuesday

4/20/2015

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I am out today. 

Spend the class period commenting on your classmates (all of them) writing pieces from last week...be sure to post "specific" (as in your refer to something in each post) "supportive" (as in find a nice way of offering a response--even if it is a criticism or you are pointing out a writing mistake) and "substantial" (meaning there has to be some meat in your sandwich!)


For Homework, read Chapter 7.
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Update

4/17/2015

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For journaling this week you can write:

Four small entries: Minimum 150-200 words each.

OR

Two medium: minimum 350 words each (or a Ewing Style Video Entry or a podcast with a written intro.)

OR

One Fitz-style: minumum 600 words  (Or a narrrative Adobe Voice Video)

Post everything to your blog before Tuesday

You can also do all of these for double the credit!

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Class and Homework: 4/6-4/12

4/7/2015

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Crazy that we have not had class yet! I LOVED your first Voice Videos--as did my wife who listened to all of them as I commented on them last night. A few of you still need to get your videos posted.

Because so many of you are still on school revisits, I will post the work for the week, and we can work on this in class and at home:

READING:
  1. Read Chapter 3 by Wednesday
  2. Reading Chapter 4 by Friday

WRITING: (We can work on this in class and as homework over the weekend)
  1. Personal Essay: Using the Fitz Style Journal Entry Rubric, write a journal entry that reflects on some aspect of your Fenn Experience. Be sure to follow all the details of the rubric! Post on your blog and comment by mid week next week.
  2. Voice Video:
  • Option #1: Write a literary analysis paragraph about a theme of All Quiet on the Western Front that strictly follows the Fitz's Literary Analysis Rubric. Complete as a voice video.
  • Option #2: Write a narrative paragraph--using the rubric-- about some aspect of reading All Quiet on the Western Front. Complete as a voice video.

Post video to your blog.
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Voice Video Paragraph

4/1/2015

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For Homework, create your own voice video that uses my narrative paragraph formula. My video shows the steps.

Try to have it completed by class time on Friday.  I can help you upload it to your blog, "if" you can't figure it out. 

If completed, there is no homework over the weekend.

Steps:
  1. Use the narrative paragraph rubric to write the paragraph (download the rubric on the sidebar)
  2. Recreate the paragraph as a Voice video.
  3. Save to your camera roll.
  4. To upload to your blog, save to your school youtube account. Get the share code link. Post on your blog as "Voice Video #1: Title of Project"
  5. Comment on all the videos by Tuesday.


Have fun. I am looking forward to watching these!

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