Monday, October 22, 2012

10/22




Warm-up:  Why did you choose the non-fiction book 
that you did?  What do you expect to learn as you read 
it?  In the past, what active reading strategies have 
worked best for you to understand and enjoy books?

Classwork:  Go over write alike homework, look at
samples, launch independent books, go over style
analysis and checkpoint annotation assignments


Homework:  Read independent books.
First checkpoint due 10/26.


1st checkpoint
10/26
2nd checkpoint
10/31
3rd checkpoint
11/7
Into the Wild
Chapters 1-8 (pg 85)
Chapters 9-13 (pg 132)
Chapters 14-Epilogue (pg 203)
Being a Black Man
to end of “His Last, Best Cause” (pg 109)
To end of “Meaning of Work” (pg 193)
From “In or Out…” to end of book (pg 288)
The Other Wes Moore
Part 1 – Chap 1-3 (62)
Part 2 – Chap 4-6 (122)
Part 3 – chap 7- Epilogue (180)
Nickel and Dimed
Pg 86 to “The Superwoman mood….”
Pg 169 to “On the Day of my Move….”
To the end of the afterword
Bird by Bird
Introduction – False Starts (84)
Plot Treatment – Writing Groups (161)
Someone to Read Your Draft – end of book
The Winter of Our Disconnect
To the end of Chapter 3 (around pg 99)
Chapters 4-5 (around pg 181)
Finish the book
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Introduction and Part One (pg 96)
Part 2: Chapter 4-7 (pg 180)
Finish the book
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Preface and Chapters 1-3 (pg 65)
Chapters 4-6 (pg 130)
Finish the book

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