One-Word Biographies: September 29, 2017

Focus: How can a one-word biography help you uncover a shift you've undergone?

1. Warming up with ELIC Words, List 1 (www.quizlet.com) and round-robin storytelling

2. Offering you an overview of our memoir unit

3. Friday freewriting: Click HERE for today's memoir slides on creating one-word biographies

4. Five-minute spontaneous share

HW:

1. Read pages 174-207 for next Tuesday in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; complete your journal entry using either the three passage, three question format or one of the more creative choices. Do what works for you! 

If you miss a Fishbowl or Socratic, you must make it up. Read over the syllabus and blog comments, then add an extended comment to the class blog. 

2. We will continue our READING JOURNAL CONFERENCES in class next Monday and Wednesday. Click HERE for the rubric. 

3. MONDAY IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ANY WORK FROM THE LAST SIX WEEKS.