WEDNESDAY
- Welcome – completed learning survey
- Course outlines, website
- Poem – “Hands” by Sarah Kay. Write a letter of introduction (see handouts)
- Discuss Mentor Texts – See “It’s Complicated” mentor texts (see readings and resources)
- Answer questions from the Lens Of A Reader and Writer (see handouts)
- Assign partners and go over the collaborative portraits assignment (see handouts)
FRIDAY
- Welcome new students, review assignment, assign interview partners
- Mentor texts from “It’s Complicated” – discuss questions from the Lens Of The Writer (see above)
- Partners to interview each other
- H.W. – Type out a transcript of your interview and bring a hard copy to class Monday. Bring your laptop/device to craft your final product on Monday.