Sunday, September 22, 2019

Coffeehouse Reading: September 23, 2019

Focus: What can we learn about empathy through sharing our stories?

1. Warming up with three good things, baked goods, and an overview of how the note cards work
  • On each note card, please write your name.
  • Which stories were shared that made you feel empathy for the writer? How so?
2. Sharing our personal essays in a coffeehouse reading

3. Submitting our essays to Turnitin and going over the independent reading one-minute speech

HW:
1. Submit your essays to Turnitin by 4:00 today.

2. Bring your independent reading books to class on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

3. for WEDNESDAY: Bring your book club book and signed green letter to class (you get an extra day to do this).

4. For FRIDAY: Independent books must be 100% finished before you walk into class. If you haven't been committing to the weekly hour of reading for the past five weeks, you will need to use this week to make up for it. 

5. For MONDAY, SEP 30: ALL MAKE-UP / REVISED WORK FROM THE FIRST 6 WEEKS IS DUE. This includes signed letters, surveys, personal essay submissions, and all four independent reading thought logs.

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