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Friday: "This I Believe" Mini-Exhibition and Feeback

9/16/2016

Starter: No Starter Today

Classwork:

Grade Check
- Personal Essay Quiz Link
Work Time
Gallery Walk
Feedback:

Homework:

Podcast due by end-of-day today.
DP update due by end-of-day today.

Thursday: “This I Believe” Work Time

9/14/2016

Starter: No starter today.

Classwork:

Record Your Podcast
- Audacity Instructable
Update Your DP
- How to Embed Text
- How To Embed Audio
Give Project Feedback
Challenge Extensions:
- Ensure that your piece is exactly 1:58 to 2:02 and extra high quality for KDUR.
- Create a complimentary art piece or video.
- Express your belief in another form of writing, such as a poem, play, op-ed, or how-to.

Homework:

Final podcast audio due by end-of-day Friday.
DP update due end-of-day Friday.

Wednesday: Podcast Rehersal and Recording

9/14/2016

To Start: No starter today.

Classwork:

Binder Quiz
Podcast Rehersal and Recording
Sign Up for a Recording Slot

Homework:

Final podcast is due on Friday.
DP update is due on Friday.

Tuesday: Proofreading Protocols

9/13/2016

Starter: No starter today.

Classwork:

Proofreading Mini-Lesson
- Proofreading Checklist
- Proofreading Marks
Challenge Extension Options:
- Ensure that your piece is exactly 1:58 to 2:02, evergreen, and extra high quality for KDUR.
- Create a complimentary art piece or video.
- Express your belief in another form of writing, such as a poem, play, op-ed, or how-to.

Homework:

Final essay drafts due to GoogleClassroom tomorrow.
Binder quiz tomorrow. To get full credit, you need:
- A binder with five dividers: Starters, Notes, Classwork, Readings, Resources (or Reference)
- All of the papers and notes from this project.
- To sort the papers into sections, and then by date.
- No loose papers.
Final project products due on Friday.
DP updates due on Friday.

Friday: Writing Conferences

9/9/2016

To Start:

Turn in your starters.
- You should have a total of five clearly labeled starters, for 8/31, 9/1, 9/2, 9/6 and 9/7.
- Put all of your starters in a single document, or staple all of the pages together.
- Attach the GoogleDoc to the GoogleClassroom assignment and press turn in twice.
- Or, turn them into the inbox, with a heading like this:

Classwork:

Work Time
- Read your essay aloud.
- Check your essay against the rubric.
Conferences with Ally
- If you were absent, please share a copy of your essay with Ally ASAP so that I can read, comment, and be ready to conference on Tuesday.
Peer Critique, if needed.

Homework:

Second "This I Believe" drafts finished and ready for proofreading by the start of class Tuesday.
Final "This I Believe" drafts are due at the start of class on Wednesday.
Binder quiz next Wednesday. Make sure you're organized and ready to