Thursday, January 5th

*New Decor
*1st, 2nd, 5ab
---"Shakespism"
------write, watch, discuss
*3rd (Exam Tomorrow)
---Reviewing the Reviews

*OBJECTIVE:  Prepare for the final exam / Confront our feelings about Shakespeare.

Friday, December 16th

*Check Poetry HW

---Review
*Course Evaluation
*Exam Schedule:  Click pic for a more clear view.
---Be on time!!!

*OBJECTIVE: Prepare for the final exam by reviewing the skills and concepts of poetry & lit. analysis.

Thursday, December 15th

*Feature Story

---Late = -1 letter-grade per day
*Check Nonfiction ACT-style Editing HW
---Review
*Feature Story Feedback Form
*HW: Poetry Review
---Due TOMORROW.

*OBJECTIVE: Prepare for the final exam by reviewing the skills and concepts of ACT-style editing.

Wednesday, December 14th

*Final Draft
---Due TONIGHT before 11:59pm
---Submit to turnitin.com
---Hit "Turn In" on GDoc
*Check Nonfiction HW

---Review

*HW:  ACT-style Editing Review

---Due TOMORROW.

*OBJECTIVE: Prepare for the final exam by reviewing the skills and concepts of ACT-style editing.

Tuesday, December 13th

*Final Draft
---Due Wednesday before 11:59pm
---Submit to turnitin.com
---Hit "Turn In" on GDoc
*Final Exam
---Blueprint
---Nonfiction Review
------Due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Prepare for the final exam by reviewing the skills and concepts of nonfiction.

Monday, December 12th

*Works Cited Page
---Export from EasyBib to GDocs
---ADD to GDoc assignment
---Delete URL's
*Final pass
---Sentences with conjunctions
---Attaching and punctuating quotations
*Works Cited Page (continued)
---Check against your draft
---Mark each source you USED
---Delete the rest
---Copy+Paste in to your essay doc

*Final draft due Wednesday before 11:59pm
---1)  Submit to Turnitin.com
---2)  Hit "Turn In" on your GDoc

*OBJECTIVE:  Develop & strengthen your writing.

Friday, December 9th

*Fair Game:  Crash Course Review
---Sentence-Combining:  FANBOYS & AAAWWUBBIS
*Editing
---Highlight FANBOYS & AAAWWUBBIS

*OBJECTIVES:  Compose text according to the conventions of standard grammar and punctuation.

Thursday, December 8th

*Revision Workshop
---Idea Development
---Voice
------Label Examples
------Feedback

*OBJECTIVE:  Develop and strengthen your writing.

Wednesday, December 7th

*Check First Drafts
*Revision Workshop
*Behind?  Write!
*Final Draft:  Wednesday, 12/14
---Submit to turnitin.com
---Hit "TURN IN" on GoogleDoc

*OBJECTIVE:  Develop and strengthen your writing.

Tuesday, December 6th

*Continue Drafting!
---Completed first draft due TOMORROW. Use . . .
------Prewriting
------Model Texts (McStudent's and the pros')
------Organizer (with "advice to future self")
------Notecards
------Interviews (treat as one)

*OBJECTIVE: Use narrative and informative writing to develop a draft of the feature story.

Monday, December 5th

*Continue Drafting!
---Completed first draft due WEDNESDAY. Use . . .
------Prewriting (check today . . . really)
------Model Texts (McStudent's and the pros')
------Organizer (with "advice to future self")
------Notecards
------Interviews (treat as one)

*OBJECTIVE: Use narrative and informative writing to develop a draft of the feature story.

Friday, December 2nd

*Begin Drafting!
---Completed first draft due 12/7. Use . . .
------Prewriting (check today . . . really)
------Model Texts (McStudent's and the pros')
------Organizer (with "advice to future self")
------Notecards
------Interviews (treat as one)

*OBJECTIVE: Use narrative and informative writing to develop a draft of the feature story.

Thursday, December 1st

*Sample Essay
---Review "advice" organizer.
------Nailed it?  = checkmark
------Keep working on it? = ?
------Two additional notes for Eddie, either positive or critical
*Begin Drafting!
---Completed first draft due 12/7. Use . . .
------Prewriting (check today)
------Model Texts (McStudent's and the pros')
------Organizer (with "advice to future self")
------Notecards
------Interviews (treat as one)

*OBJECTIVE: Use narrative and informative writing to develop a draft of the feature story.

Wednesday, November 30th

*Check Prewriting
*Dubliners Essays:  Returned
*Sample Essay:  Eddie McStudent
---What rules seem to be controlling where I used parenthetical documentation?
*Begin Drafting!
---Completed first draft due 12/7.  Use . . .
------Prewriting
------Model Texts (McStudent's and the pros')
------Organizer (with "advice to future self")
------Notecards
------Interviews (treat as one)

*OBJECTIVE:  Use narrative and informative writing to develop a draft of the feature story.

Tuesday, November 29th

*Fact-checking
*Check 30 cards & interview #2
*Prewriting
---First, have at least 20 cards
---Due tomorrow
*Finished?
---Set up doc in GClassroom
---Feeling brave?  Jump in!

*OBJECTIVE:  Produce well-organized writing appropriate to task, audience, and purpose.

Monday, November 28th

*Fake News?  Why?
*Check 24 Notecards
*Absent Tuesday?

---Add interview to bibliography
*HW: Interview #2 Due TOMORROW, 11/29
*Continue Research
---HW: 30 cards due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Use books, databases, and websites to gather relevant, reliable information.

Tuesday, November 22nd

*Check 16 Notecards
*Add interview to bibliography

*Organize Notecards

---Drill down in to subtopics?
*HW:  Interview #2 Due TUESDAY, 11/29
*Continue Research
---HW: 24 cards due MONDAY

*OBJECTIVE: Use books, databases, and websites to gather relevant, reliable information.

Monday, November 21st

*Check 10 Notecards
*Print Resources
*Interview #2 Details:  Due 11/29
*Continue Research
---HW:  16 cards due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE:  Use books, databases, and websites to gather relevant, reliable information.

Friday, November 18th

*Check 6 Notecards
*Keep Learning!
*HW:  10 Notecards Due MONDAY

*OBJECTIVE:  Use databases and websites to gather relevant, reliable information.

Thursday, November 17th

*Late Interviews?
*Catch up!
---1)  1st Database
---2)  1st Notecard
---3)  Research Plan
---4)  6 Cards Due TOMORROW
------Off-campus passwords in packet

*OBJECTIVE:  Use databases & internet resources to gather relevant, reliable information.

Wednesday, November 16th

*Check Interview #1 Answers
*Catch up!
---Intro to DATABASES
------Show off 1st database in bib.
---Intro to NOTEBOOK
------Show off 1st notecard
*Develop Research Plan
---Due Tomorrow
*6 Notecards Due Friday

*OBJECTIVE: Use databases, internet, & print resources to gather relevant, reliable information.

Tuesday, November 15th

*Intro to Databases
---Coming up empty?  Let's talk . . .
---Show me one database article added to your bibliography, then...
*Intro to EasyBib's Notebook
---Show me your first notecard.

*HW:  Interview #1 Answers Due TOMORROW.

*OBJECTIVE:  Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information.

Monday, November 14th

*Website Evaluation:  The C.R.A.P. Test
---Website #1
---Website #2
---Website #3
---Website #4
---Website #5
---Website #6
---Website #7

*HW: Interview #1 Answers Due Wednesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Evaluate multiple sources of information.

Friday, November 10th

*Transcription
---dictation.io
---Google Docs > Tools > Voice Typing

1)  Finish Proposal Conference
2)  Intro to Easybib
---ADD step 4.5:  Name your project "Lastname / Becker#" (# = hour)
3)  Compose Interview Questions

*HW:  Interview #1 Answers Due Wednesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information.

Thursday, November 10th

*Collect Dubliners Books
*Got your topic?  Testify!
*Paper Proposals
---Due ASAP, 10pts
*Interview #1
---ANSWERS due Wednesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Use EMPATHY to select a topic and gather information through an interview.

Wednesday, November 9th

*Late Essays = -1 letter-grade per day!
*Feature Story Notes
*Interview #1 Details
*Paper Proposals
---Due Tomorrow
*Collect Dubliners

*OBJECTIVE:  Learn to gather relevant information through a personal interview

Monday, November 7th

*18 yet? Registered? VOTE TOMORROW!
*Feature Story: Assignment Packet Walkthrough
*Elements of the Feature Story: Synthesis---Google Classroom

*REMEMBER!!! Final draft of Dubliners essay
---TONIGHT by 11:59 pm
------Submit to Turnitin.com
------Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

---------MUST do BOTH to meet deadline!

*OBJECTIVE: By analyzing model texts, we will understand the organization and style of feature stories.

Friday, November 4th

·        “Children Killing Children—Just Another Normal Day”

o   Break down the structure—what makes this piece?

o   Analyze until you can’t analyze anymore!

·        REMEMBER: Final draft of Dubliners essay due: November 7th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: By analyzing model texts, we will understand the organization and style of feature stories.

Thursday, November 3rd

·        Check “Nintendo Power” and “Against All Odds” Rows in Organizer

o   Review/Discuss

·        Read “How David Beats Goliath”

o   Read 1^st three pages

o   Skim middle

o   Read last page

§  HOMEWORK: Complete third row of organizer.

§  Due tomorrow!

·        REMEMBER: Final draft of Dubliners essay due: November 7th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: By analyzing model texts, we will understand the organization and style of feature stories.

Wednesday, November 2nd

·        If you were “sick” yesterday, read “Nintendo Power” and record your observations on the graphic organizer.

·        Then, everyone label:

o   Color #1: Narrative (Storytelling, “small”)

o   Color #2: Research (Comes from the author looking at a source, “big”)

o   Main idea?

·        Review organizer and start thinking: Who do I know with an interesting story to tell?

·        Homework: Read “Against All Odds” and complete next row of organizer: due tomorrow!

·        REMEMBER: Final draft of Dubliners essay due: November 7th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: By analyzing model texts, we will understand the organization and style of feature stories.

Tuesday, November 1st

·        Introducing… The Feature Story!

·        Read “Nintendo Power” and record your observations on the graphic organizer.

o   Due tomorrow

·        Start thinking about someone you know with an interesting story to tell!

·        Final draft of Dubliners essay due: November 7th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: By analyzing model texts, we will understand the organization and style of feature stories.

Monday, October 31st

·        Finish revisions in groups

o   Peer review if you are ready.

o   Address ALL comments!

·        At the end of class, turn in:

o   Revisions/ hard copy of first draft

o   “Revision Checklist”

o   Exit slip

·        Turnitin.com leftovers?

·        Final draft due: November 7^th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: Develop and strengthen our writing through revision.

Friday, October 28th

·        Begin workshop revisions in groups

o   Revise on hard copy and turn in with “Revision Checklist” on Monday

·        Turnitin.com leftovers?

·        Final draft due: November 7^th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: Develop and strengthen our writing through revision.

Thursday, October 27th

·        Check drafts!

·        “Robotic Revision”

·        Not read for that? Keep drafting!

·        Coming soon: Turnitin.com

·        Final draft due: November 7th at 11:59 pm

o   Submit to Turnitin.com

o   Hit “Turn In” in GoogleDoc

Objective: Develop and strengthen our writing through revision.

Wednesday, October 26th

·        Plickers Cup!

·        First draft requirements

·        Continue drafting!

o   Google Classroom

·        Typed, completed first draft due (hard copy): TOMORROW start of class

Objective: We will compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Tuesday, October 25th

·        Summarizing vs Analyzing

·        Continue drafting!

o   Google Classroom

·        Typed, completed first draft due (hard copy): Thursday, 10/27 start of class

Objective: We will compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Monday, October 24th

·        Plagiarism: What it is and how it will be dealt with.

·        Individual conference time

o   Topic outline

o   Begin/continue drafting

§  Google Classroom!

·        Typed, completed first draft due (hard copy): Thursday, 10/27 start of class

Objective: We will compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Friday, October 21st

·        Formatting and Works Cited Page

·        Individual Conference Time

o   Topic Outline

o   Begin Drafting

o   Google Classroom!

·        Typed, completed first draft due (hard copy): Thursday, 10/27 start of class

Objective- We will compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Thursday, October 20th

·        Introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions

·        Individual conference time

o   Topic outline

o   Drafting

o   Google Classroom!

·        Typed, completed first draft due (hard copy): Thursday, 10/27 start of class

Objective- We will compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Wednesday, October 19th

·        Finish topic outlines

·        Begin drafting if you haven’t already!

o   Create document through Google Classroom

·        Coming soon:

o   Basic organization

o   MLA formatting

o   First draft requirements

o   Turnitin.com

Objective: By producing a topic outline, we will prepare to compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Tuesday, October 18th

·        Finish “Theme” worksheet if you haven’t already, and then:

o   Topic Outlines

§  Must check with us: 10 points

o   Finished? Draft!

§  Launch document through Google Classroom

Objective: By producing a topic outline, we will prepare to compose well-organized argumentative texts.

Friday, October 7th

·        Plicker’s Cup!

·        Theme in Dubliners

·        Topic Outlines!

o   Outline and Conference: Mandatory, 10 points

·        Finished Outlining? Draft!

·        Coming Soon:

o   Basic Organization

o   MLA/Works Cited

o   Turnitin.com

Objective: Using a topic outline, we will organize our ideas before writing.

Thursday, October 6th

·        Collect Vocabulary Notes

·        Vocabulary Quiz

·        Topic in Public Life

·        Topic Threads?

·        Introduce Lit Analysis Essay

Objective: Determine and clarify meaning of unknown words.

Wednesday, October 5th

·        Literature Circles

o   Groups of 4

o   Each person has a role

o   Complete roles individually, then discuss as a group

·        Homework: Vocabulary notes due & quiz: TOMORROW

Objective: Determine the central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.