Make Cycles

infographic of make cyclesYou can find our current Make Cycles in the drop down menu and on the Make Cycles page. New Make Cycle released every two weeks.

Calendar

Events in September 2020

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August 31, 2020
September 1, 2020

All day: Mentor Texts

All day
September 2, 2020

Work with mentor texts by Alma Flor Ada and Jacqueline Woodson

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September 3, 2020
September 4, 2020
September 5, 2020
September 6, 2020

All day: Make Cycle 1: Make

All day
September 7, 2020

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September 8, 2020

All day: Read

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September 9, 2020

  • Chapter 1 from About the Authors “Writing Workshop: A Happy Place Where We Make Stuff” (p. 1-22) and 
  • Unit of Study A: “The Kinds of Things Writer’s Make…” (p. 155-158) and
  • Unit of Study B: “Where Writers Get Ideas” (p. 159-164) and respond to prompts.
September 10, 2020
September 11, 2020
September 12, 2020

All day: Watch TED talk and write lists

All day
September 13, 2020

September 14, 2020
September 15, 2020

All day: Mentor Texts work

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September 16, 2020

September 17, 2020
September 18, 2020
September 19, 2020

All day: Make Cycle 2: Make

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September 20, 2020

September 21, 2020
September 22, 2020

All day: Read About the Authors

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September 23, 2020

  • Reading Chapters 2 from About the Authors and working with Appendix C

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September 24, 2020
September 25, 2020
September 26, 2020

All day: Read About the Authors

All day
September 27, 2020

Read and respond to chapter 3 & appendix D due (two part prompt)

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September 28, 2020
September 29, 2020

All day: Mentor Texts

All day
September 30, 2020

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October 1, 2020
October 2, 2020
October 3, 2020

All day: Make Cycle 3: Make

All day
October 4, 2020

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Make Cycle 2 & Golden Lines

Make Cycle 2 & Golden Lines

Hello again everyone, First of all, really beautiful work with the mentor texts. You did a fabulous job noticing the structures of these texts like the repetition of names, the use of features like italics or dialogue or lines breaks for impact. I also appreciate how many of you connected with the story of Maria …

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Week 2: Reminders & Updates

Week 2: Reminders & Updates

Hello nice people of English 333! Thank you so much for a great first week! I appreciate your incredibly thoughtful work already. Video update below with some information for this week. Please try to take a few minutes–less than 8 min–to watch the video updates. I think they will provide further context. 😉 Coming up …

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Week One: updates

Week One: updates

Hello again everyone! So awesome to see the introductions taking place in our Currents Community already; thank you! The amount of cute kids in our feed is adorable overload. As promised, here is a longer video update that I hope explains some of our tasks. Below is another video that shares our website and its …

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Welcome to English 333 fall 2020!

Welcome to English 333 fall 2020!

Hello everyone! I am so excited to write and work together this semester! Please check out our site and the various pages. I’ve created a quick welcome video that I hope offers some insights into our course. I’ll add a longer video soon with more insights about our class and then I will update the …

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