Thursday, November 1st

*Read: 10m
*HW: 8 marked-up sources by TOMORROW
---Show TODAY IN CLASS for +3 points.
---12 sources by Monday
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.

Wednesday, October 31st

*Read: 10m
---Pull small groups

*Journal #11:  Sub-topics and Emerging Theme.
---Here's a model.
*Research Process: Reminders
---Highlighter: 3 lines or fewer
---Comment tool: Paraphrase longer sections
*HW: 8 marked-up sources by FRIDAY (this is a change)
---Show TOMORROW IN CLASS for +3 points.
---12 by Monday
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.

Tuesday, October 30th

*Grab Chromebooks; pull up Scrible

*Read: 10m

---Check first 4 sources.
*Research Process: Reminders
---Highlighter: 3 lines or fewer
---Comment tool: Paraphrase longer sections
*HW: 8 marked-up sources by Thursday
---12 by Monday
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.

Monday, October 29th

*Read: 10m
---*Leftover Interview #1 Answers
*Details:  Feature Story Assignment Sheet
*Research Process: Reminders
---Highlighter: 3 lines or fewer
---Comment tool: Paraphrase longer sections
*HW: 4 marked-up sources by TOMORROW

---8 by Thursday; 12 by Monday
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.

Friday, October 26th

*Read:  10m
---*Check Interview #1 Answers
*Demo:  Marking up sources.
*Finish "Intro to Databases"?
*Research Process:  Overview
---Highlighter:  3 lines or fewer
---Comment tool:  Paraphrase longer sections
*HW:  4 marked-up sources by Tuesday
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE:  Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.

Thursday, October 25th

*Read: 10m
*Delete "Let Grow" & "Farmworker Family" from Scrible source-list.
*Intro to Online Databases
---Off-campus link in upper-right corner of this page
---Due ASAP

*HW: Interview #1 Answers Due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Evaluate multiple sources of information.

Wednesday, October 24th

*Read: 10m
*Finish Website Evaluation: The C.R.A.P. Test
---First, visit each and evaluate using C.R.A.P. test.
---Website #1
---Website #2
---Website #3
---Website #4
---Website #5
---Website #6
---Website #7 (from this URL)
---Then, discuss & rank them.
------Due: 7m from end of class
*HW: Interview #1 Answers Due FRIDAY (this is a change)

*OBJECTIVE: Evaluate multiple sources of information.

Tuesday, October 23rd

*Read:  10m
*Website Evaluation: The C.R.A.P. Test
---First, visit each and evaluate using C.R.A.P. test.
---Website #1
---Website #2
---Website #3
---Website #4
---Website #5
---Website #6
---Website #7 (from this URL)
---Then, rank them.
------Due:  End of class TOMORROW.
*HW: Interview #1 Answers Due THURSDAY

*OBJECTIVE: Evaluate multiple sources of information.

Friday, October 12th

*Book Talk: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
*Read: 10m

*Interview #1 details
*Build Journal #10: Brainstorming
---5+ stories
*Paper-proposal Conferences: 10pts
---Finished with that? Begin generating questions for Interview #1.
*Interview #1 ANSWERS due Thursday after break (10/25).

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources.

Thursday, October 11th

*Book Talk:  All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
*Read:  10m
*Share:  One person/story/topic
*Build Journal #10:  Brainstorming
---5+ stories
*Paper-proposal Conferences:  10pts
---Finished with that?  Begin generating questions for Interview #1.
*Interview #1 ANSWERS due Thursday after break (10/25).

*OBJECTIVE:  Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience

Wednesday, October 10th

*Read: 10m
---Check second row of organizer.
*Analyze structure of "Farmworker Family"
*Journal #10:  Brainstorm a list of people you know (and could possibly interview) who have lived an interesting story.  Here's a model (page 1, page 2).
---Light, heavy, one episode, many episodes . . .

*OBJECTIVE:   Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Tuesday, October 9th

*Read:  10m
*Highlight Research/Narrative writing in "Farmworker Family."
*Complete second row of organizer.
*Finish Research/Narrative Formative
*HW:  Research/Narrative Formative due TODAY via Google Classroom before 11:59pm.
*HW:  Second row of organizer due TOMORROW.

*OBJECTIVE:  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience

Monday, October 8th

*Read:  10m
*Add "Farmworker Family" to your Scrible sources (pull it up and hit the "S").
---Using Scrible toolbar, highlight three paragraphs that are ALL research.
---Use a different color to highlight three paragraphs that are ALL narrative.
---Create a "paper" through Scrible.com
------In that doc (and using the Scrible Writer Add-on) create a table with your narrative quotes on one side and your research quotes on the other.  Be sure to label the column headings!  Here's a model.
------Add a final row to the table in which you FAKE some quotes as if they came from the same article.
*HW:  Submit that doc to the "Research/Narrative Formative" assignment in Google Classroom.
---Due Tuesday before 11:59pm (16pts)

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from authoritative digital sources.

Friday, October 5th

*Read:  10m
---Check top row of organizer.
*Get an additional insight for each box from someone NOT at your table.
---Crowdsource!

*HW:  Intro to Scrible extended through end of TODAY.

*OBJECTIVE:  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience

Thursday, October 4th

*Read:  10m
*Study/Craft
---Highlight in two colors for narrative & research
*Write:
---Your future-self is going to write a piece organized like this one.  Study it like a writer.  What "moves" should you make (or avoid) in the beginning, through the middle, and at the end of a piece like this?  Fill the FIRST ROW of the organizer with advice to your future-self.

*HW:  "Intro to Scrible" Google Classroom assignment due tonight before 11:59pm.
*HW:  First row of organizer due tomorrow, too.

*OBJECTIVE: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience

Wednesday, October 3rd

*Book Returns
*Read:  10m
*Finish Intro to Scrible
---Google Classroom assignment due TOMORROW before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: We'll get further acquainted with using Scrible to facilitate the research and writing process.

Tuesday, October 2nd

*Read:  10m
*Journal #9:  Do fiction authors do research?
---What research topic(s) might your author have explored in order to make the book more accurate, realistic, or interesting?  Can you tell if the writing is informed by research?  If so, how can you tell?  What details could only be presented by an author who'd done at least a little (maybe a lot of) research?  If you can't tell, what is it about your book that makes you think an author could maybe write it without doing any research?
*Intro to Scrible using "Let Grow"
---CAREFULLY follow the directions on the handout, step by step:  7pts.
*FINAL DRAFT DUE TONIGHT before 11:59pm
---1) Submit to Turnitin.com
---2) Hit "Turn In" on your GoogleDoc.
------Must meet BOTH deadlines to be on time!!!

*OBJECTIVE:  We'll get further acquainted with using Scrible to facilitate the research and writing process.