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Quest English 8: Blog #8: To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #1
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Blog #8: To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #1. This blog post should cover the events of Chapters 1-10 in. To Kill a Mockingbird. Minimum Text References and Citations. 4 (Including works outside of. To Kill a Mockingbird. Sunday, May 10 at midnight. It must be done before large group discussion. You are very welcome to include references to other works, including books, stories, videos, music, and other things. Helpful links: Sample Reader's Notebook from CIS Literature.
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Quest English 8: Blog #6: Making Progress on your Nonfiction Project
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Sunday, February 15, 2015. Blog #6: Making Progress on your Nonfiction Project. Saturday, February 28. This blog is an official check in on your research process. Welcome to your first blog post on your nonfiction project. You've decided a topic and even started some research on it. You're in the process of collecting information and finding experts to contact or experiences you can have related to your topic. Please try to write this as a cohesive post instead of just listing and answering questions.
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Quest English 8: Blog #8: Claim, Evidence, Warrant
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Monday, February 2, 2015. Blog #8: Claim, Evidence, Warrant. Due: Friday, February 13 at midnight. Minimum links (evidence): 3. Note: This blog entry is worth more than the traditional 25 point blog entry. You will be evaluated by more than one person, including members of the Journalism 2 class at Buffalo High School. Also, this page may be even more helpful with examples. We're pretty awesome at creating arguable claims, and we're starting to get great at Evidence. Warrant is giving us a headache.
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Quest English 8: Blog #9 (For real): To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #2 (2/3)
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Blog #9 (For real): To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #2 (2/3). This entry should cover the end of the book. Monday, June 1. 400 of your own words, not counting quotations. Be sure you are using a lens and continually returning to the text. Feel free to refer to class discussions. Helpful links: Sample Reader's Notebook from CIS Literature. For this blog, try to move beyond just the reader response lens - just your reactions to the text. Quote passages and paraphrase scenes.
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Quest English 8: Blog #7: Julius Caesar and Leadership
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Blog #7: Julius Caesar and Leadership. Due Date: Friday, May 1. Outside links required: one. Correctly cited text references required: 2. For the complete text of Julius Caesar, with both the original text and the modern translation, check out No Fear Shakespeare: Julius Caesar. Consider the story of Julius Caesar and reference it as you respond to the text. Your response should focus on the ideas of Power and Leadership. Does this play portray an ideal leader? What kind of lea...
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Quest English 8: Blog #9: To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #2
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Monday, May 11, 2015. Blog #9: To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #2. This blog post should cover the events of Chapters 11-19 of. To Kill a Mockingbird. Minimum Text References and Citations. 4 (Including works outside of. To Kill a Mockingbird. Wednesday, May 20 at midnight. It must be done before large group discussion. You are very welcome to include references to other works, including books, stories, videos, music, and other things. Helpful links: Sample Reader's Notebook from CIS Literature.
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Quest English 8: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Blog #3: The Stranger. Friday, October 10 by midnight. Your blog post this week will be based on a creative response to. By Camus. You can pick from the following options or pitch a different idea to McCallum before writing. These prompts will evolve over time, so make suggestions, corrections, etc. Your response should be at least 400 words long. Do more than one of these prompts. Meursault does not shoot the Arab. Meursault is found not guilty of murder. Your writing can in...
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Quest English 8: February 2015
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Sunday, February 15, 2015. Blog #6: Making Progress on your Nonfiction Project. Saturday, February 28. This blog is an official check in on your research process. Welcome to your first blog post on your nonfiction project. You've decided a topic and even started some research on it. You're in the process of collecting information and finding experts to contact or experiences you can have related to your topic. Please try to write this as a cohesive post instead of just listing and answering questions.
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Quest English 8: June 2015
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Monday, June 1, 2015. Blog #10: Your Nonfiction Project. Thursday, June 4. You've got your nonfiction project complete and you've shared it with the class. You've put in a lot of time, effort, and energy over the past few months, and you've learned something because of it. Now, it's time to share what you've learned. This blog has two requirements:. Share your project in some way. Embed your Prezi or YouTube video. Upload your podcast to SoundCloud and embed it. Reflect on your project. Quest 8 Blogs 201...
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Quest English 8: May 2015
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Blog #9 (For real): To Kill a Mockingbird - Reader's Notebook #2 (2/3). This entry should cover the end of the book. Monday, June 1. 400 of your own words, not counting quotations. Be sure you are using a lens and continually returning to the text. Feel free to refer to class discussions. Helpful links: Sample Reader's Notebook from CIS Literature. For this blog, try to move beyond just the reader response lens - just your reactions to the text. Quote passages and paraphrase scenes.