Friday, February 26th

*Finish Q & D Presentations
*Monday's Performance
---Go straight to Auditorium at start of 2nd hour
---_Trippingly Hamlet_Reflection
*1st Hour
---Not going? Work on alternate assignment.
---Going? Relax.
*3rd Hour
---Not going? Writing Lab.
*Other hours
---Work on reflection/alternate assignment
*Vocab Quiz Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid in comprehension.

Thursday, February 25th

*Quick & Dirty
---Cuckoldry & symbols
---Ptolemaic Astronomy & heavenly spheres
---Bodily humors / humorism
---vocabulary 1
---vocabulary 2
*Research half of class, present today & tomorrow with visuals
---10 point effort grade

*The Big Paper: Letter-grade deduction for each day late.

*OBJECTIVE: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid in comprehension

Wednesdsay, February 24th

*Quick & Dirty
---Cuckoldry & symbols
---Ptolemaic Astronomy & heavenly spheres
---Bodily humors / humorism
---vocabulary 1
---vocabulary 2
*Research Today, present tomorrow with visuals
---10 point effort grade


*Final Draft Due: TONIGHT by 11:59PM!!
---Save receipt and file!

*OBJECTIVE: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid in comprehension

Tuesday, February 23rd

*Alternate Assignment
*Odds & Ends
---Documenting--First piece of info. from W. Cited
---Documenting, no author--FORMAT titles
---Works Cited--See model
*Last revision/conference day

*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24, 11:59PM

*OBJECTIVE: Document sources of information using MLA format

Monday, February 22nd

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*N,L,D poems--vote!
*Finish editing your essay for conventions
---ASK!
*Documentation Flowchart
---ASK!
*BRING CURRENT DRAFT TOMORROW

*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24, 11:59PM

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text using conventions of punctuation; document sources of information using MLA format

Friday, February 19th

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*N,L,D poems--voting
*Sentence Combining Flowchart
---Review Billy & Suzie wkst
---Trade & edit first two paragraphs
*BRING CLEAN DRAFT MONDAY!

*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text using conventions of punctuation

Thursday, February 18th

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*Finish Writer's Workshop
*Sentence Combining Flowchart
---work through examples together
---Billy and Suzie wkst
*BRING CURRENT DRAFT EVERY DAY!

*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with precise and vivid language, imagery, humor, voice, and figurative languag; compose text using conventions of punctuation

Wednesday, February 17th

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*Writer's Workshop
*Meanwhile, check first drafts
*BRING CURRENT DRAFT EVERY DAY!

*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with precise and vivid language, imagery, humor, voice, and figurative languge

Tuesday, February 16th

*Lost cell phone?
*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*Voice
---Rhetorical Devices
---Example
*Continue 1st draft.

*First Draft Due: TOMORROW, 2/17
---Typed, COMPLETED
*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with precise and vivid language, imagery, humor, voice, and figurative languge

Friday, February 12th

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*Check topic outlines at my desk
*Continue 1st draft.

*First Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/17
*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with a strong controlling idea, effective paragraphing, and a logical order.

Thursday, February 11th

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*Check topic outlines at my desk
*Begin 1st draft.

*First Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/17
*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with a strong controlling idea, effective paragraphing, and a logical order.

Wednesday, February 10th

*Check 20 notecards
*Continue research --OR-- topic outline
*Topic Outlines due by start of class tomorrow
---List: Major arguments for/against
---Compose topic outline
------Opposing viewpoint?
*As soon as I okay your outline, you are clear to begin your first draft.

*First Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/17
*Final Draft Due: Wednesday, 2/24

Tuesday, February 9th

Snow Day

Monday, February 8th

Snow Day

Friday, February 5th

*Day 5/5: Research
*Check Research Plan & 12 notecards

*Due Mon: 20 notecards

*OBJECTIVES: Develop an appropriate research plan, locate & use sources, select relevant and credible info., record relevant info. from sources, document sources in MLA format

Thursday, February 4th

*Day 4/5: Research
*Check Research Plan & 8 notecards

*Due Fri: 12 notecards
*Due Mon: 20 notecards

*OBJECTIVES: Develop an appropriate research plan, locate & use sources, select relevant and credible info., record relevant info. from sources, document sources in MLA format

Wednesday, February 3rd

*Day 3/5: Research
*Check Research Plan & 4 notecards

*Due Thurs: 8 notecards
*Due Fri: 12 notecards
*Due Mon: 20 notecards

*OBJECTIVES: Develop an appropriate research plan, locate & use sources, select relevant and credible info., record relevant info. from sources, document sources in MLA format

Tuesday, February 2nd

*Day 2/5: Workshops & Research

*Due Wed: Research Plan & 4 notecards
*Due Thurs: 8 notecards
*Due Fri: 12 notecards
*Due Mon: 20 notecards

*OBJECTIVES: Develop an appropriate research plan, locate & use sources, select relevant and credible info., record relevant info. from sources, document sources in MLA format

Monday, February

*Day 1/5: Workshops & Research

*OBJECTIVES: Develop an appropriate research plan, locate & use sources, select relevant and credible info., record relevant info. from sources, document sources in MLA format