ENGLISH 5 – 5/3/21, Monday

5-5:10:  How are you feeling, now that the semester is over?  Plans for Summer? 5:10-5:40:  Sedaris…. -Your opinion. -What he showed you. -How you connected with him. -Are you going to read other works of his?  Why or why not? -Again, considering out semester’s dominant idea or theme of Truth, how is Sedairs’ truth-telling different…

ENGLISH 5 – 4/26/21, MONDAY

5-5:10:  How are you closing up the semester?  What is your plan, strategy, vision? 5:10-5:35:  Sedaris Observations?  Don’t worry about spoiling anything.. even if you reveal some occurrence or development we still have to read. 5:35-6:  Building the singular idea… using the books we’ve read.  Start researching around your idea… you will be required to…

Versal

Quite lazy, my own mentality made me Synapses, place where the blade be Punctuation fluctuation, no holds on my mold My circulation in a place between hellish and cold Begin more organizing, sort by sizing Dependent on weather how mood is synthesizing A new current deciding – nothing new just a rewrite resume Door key…

ENGLISH 5 – 4/21/21, Wednesday

5-5:10:  Ideas you had today…. Ideas that made you stop and think more about hat idea.. 5:10-5:30:  You idea for the semester….  Where are you with it?  Some ideas of what you want to build…. 5:30-5:50:  Build an idea now around this question – “Does Sedaris provoke more questions or answers? OTP:  Questions offer more…

ENGLISH 5 – 4/19/21, Monday [WEEK 14!!!]

5-5:10pm:  What you want to do with this week, and how you’ll make that happen… 5:10-5:35pm:  Sedaris, your notes from the reading over the weekend… BE SPECIFIC.  Cite passages, be ready to engage each other, build ideas, and support the opinions you post. 5:35-6pm:  Talk to us about Sedaris and attitude, outlook on life… his…

ENGLISH 5 – 4/14/21, Wednesday

5-:510:  What makes you happy?  What are the truths in that happiness? 510-5:25:  Sedaris….  Opinions.  Good, bad, indifferent.  BRING IT.  Just support your opinions, of course. 5:25-5:50:  When we read your story, we will…….. 5:50-6pm:  Forget tonight’s page for now, what’s in your blend of thoughts and visions? ASSIGNMENT:  Read the next 4 essays in…

ENGLISH 5 – 4/12/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  What music did you listen to today, at the beginning?  What was the first track you heard?  What did it do for you? 5:10-5:35pm:  You and writing about you…. Where do you start?  Why? What do you want readers leaving with? OTP:  Leave your own essay having learned many things about our character and…

English 5 – 4/5/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Settle in, talk to  each other about your day and your thoughts on the day itself, what it taught you. 5:10-5:35pm:  Your story… what characters are in it and how will you teach us about these characters? 5:35-6pm:  What is the truth to your story?  And if it’s not just one, then how many? …

ENGLISH 5 – 3/31/21

5-5:10pm:  How was your day?  What did you see?  Where were you?  What did you do? *For tonight’s page:  There is always instruction right next to you and all around you.  Always.  Invariably. Also, if you’re ever “bored”, or blocked with writing, YOUR writing, make it not so.  And yes, it’s that easy. 5:10-5:35pm:  How…

English 5 – 3/17/21, Wednesday

Quick meeting tonight…. 5-5:10pm:  Intro…..  How was/is your day?? 5:10-5:35pm:  Irby….  Where are you in the book?  (Don’t worry about spoiling…. Even if you know what happens, you still have to read and for your own opinions and reactions.) What is in your reactions?  How is Irby narrating her days versus Lawson? 5:35-5:50pm:  What do…