- Notes on Tone
- Time to work on synthesis essay #2 or read
Monday, April 23, 2012
- Highlight changes made to synthesis essay #1
- Book Talk - What conflict/problems are the characters dealing with? How do they deal with them? What motivates them (what do they want)?
- Extra time for synthesis essay #2
- Watch this video
- Political cartoon analysis
- Synthesis essay #3 (timed) - Does Morality Have a Place on Wall Street?
- Thesis should answer the question
- You must use and correctly cite at least 4 different sources
- You must use the sandwich strategy (at least 4 times) for quotes, paraphrasing, or summarizing
- You must highlight the quote or paraphrase, and underline and label your intro & analysis
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
- Review quote sandwich strategy.
- Peer editing & scoring.
- Time to read (book check)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
- Finish synthesis essay
- Highlight quote sandwiches
- Tone talk
- Book Talk #3
- Workshop: Quotation Sandwich
- Handout: How to Choose & Use Quotations
- Synthesis Essay practice
- Book Test #1 - 30 minutes without book, 15 with
- Book Talk #2 - 30 minutes
- Digitize your discussion - Tweet, google docs, etc.
- Warm-Up: Get out your ch 3 handout and read over the rubric.
- Look over synthesis essays
- Read
- Binder check
- Warm-Up: Allusion handout - 7 min
- Organize notebook (Notebook check tomorrow!) - 10 min
- Book clubs: discuss method, rules, calendar, individual note-taking during reading, digital record keeping for group (goodreads, google doc, a wiki, twitter, blog - tumblr, blogspot...)
- Read!
- Warm-Up: Allegory Handout - 10 min
- Notebook & handout expectations - 5 min
- Book choices: American Dream or Dystopia (anti-utopia) - 10 min
- Practice Synthesis Essay - create an outline - 40 min
- Score sample essays
- Review the annotation of the essay prompt.
- Read about the scoring rubric for argument questions. What does an excellent essay look like? What does an "ok" essay look like? What does it take to get the score you want?
- Read sample essays and score them according to the rubric. Do this individually.
- Talk in your tables about the scores that you assigned.
- Look at the actual scores and read the commentary.
- Pass out student essay copies and score classmates essays according to rubric.
- Turn essays back in to Mrs. Woollven.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
- NO COMPUTER OR IPAD USE DURING DISCUSSION.
- Discussion facilitation team print and handout copies of discussion questions.
- Fast Food Nation chapter 4 discussion. References must be made to specific ideas/quotes from the book.
- Answer the Chapter 4 questions found on the home page.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - Looking at the AP Exam Argument Essay.
- Read the handout about how to approach the argument essay on the AP exam. Highlight and take notes in the margins. As you read consider what the most important tips are for doing well on the essay. This will be a grade (many of you need it because you are currently failing, so don't waste time). You will have 20 minutes to do this.
- Now you will create a quick tip sheet that students can use as a guide/study sheet when writing the argument essay. It must be completed by the end of class. This is something that we will want to use as we practice for the AP exam and possibly share with other teachers to use in their classrooms. The best will receive a 100, 2nd place a 95, third a 90, 4th an 85, and so on.
- Must be created on google docs
- No more than 1 page.
- Should be concise: no more than 375 words.
- Use the topic headings in the handout as a guide.
- Must be written in your words - do not copy chunks from the handout.
- Should reflect a deep understanding of the handout content.
- Should show your ability to analyze (break down the content), interpret (understand) the content, and synthesize what you have learned into your own unique product.
Friday, January 27, 2012
- Turn in your homework.
- Check your grade on ECHO
- Turn in your argument essay with the peer editing sheets & the 2 highlighted copies of your essay that your peers read. Essays that do not have all attachments will not be accepted.
- Use the rest of the time to read Fast Food Nation and complete any unfinished questions on the blog.
- NO COMPUTER OR IPAD USE TODAY.
- Discussion facilitation team print and handout copies of discussion questions.
- Quick review of discussion protocol.
- Fast Food Nation chapter 3 discussion.
- Answer the Chapter 3 questions found on the home page.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
- Print 2 copies of your argument essay.
- Go over peer editing handout.
- Peer edit 2 papers and then return them.
- Review the comments of your peers and revise your paper according to the comments & suggestions.
- Final revised paper is due on Thursday with both peer editing handouts and all copies of your essay attached to the final draft.
- NO COMPUTER OR IPAD USE TODAY.
- Discussion facilitation team print and handout copies of discussion questions.
- Quick review of discussion protocol.
- Fast Food Nation chapter 2 discussion.
- Answer the Chapter 2 questions found on the home page.
New late work policy: I will only accept late work up to a week after it was due. When the week has passed you will NOT be able to turn in an assignment. More than half of you did not complete the Fast Food Nation questions on your blog - you have until Thursday. Homework packets will NOT be accepted late at all.
Today is a QUIET work day for your argument essay. Be sure that you are following the rubric as you write. If you have any questions for me post them on my home page.
Your argument essay is due at the end of class on Friday - don't forget your works cited page.
Homework:
- Read chapter 2 of Fast Food Nation by Thursday
- Complete packet by Friday - you will turn in as you walk in the door. NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED.
Friday, January 13, 2012
HOMEWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- INCOMPLETE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
- LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
2. Work QUIETLY on your argument essay - if everyone is works diligently, quietly, and uses time wisely Mrs. Woollven might grant you extended time to work on the essay.
3. Love you. Miss you. :-) Don't make my tough guy come & rough you up!!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
REMINDERS:
- ARGUMENT ESSAY IS DUE AT THE END OF CLASS NEXT TUESDAY
- HOMEWORK HANDOUTS ARE DUE TOMORROW
- Discussion Facilitation team print 30 copies of your questions & pass out.
- Review protocol for student-led discussions.
- Student-led discussion of chapter 1.
- Answer the prompt on the home page.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
- Turn in homework.
- Go over final exam.
- Go over argument essay rubric.
- Begin writing your essay.
- Mini-presentations (2 minutes) over debate topics and claims. Teams select debate to counter.
- Discuss Source 4 - 30 minutes (be sure to put the link in the google spreadsheet)
- Post Source 4 to your home page with a brief summary.
- Did you post Source 3 with a short description of what your team might use from it in your debate?
- Workshop: finding journals with EBSCO
- Check your grades. If you have completed late assignments on the blog email me.
- Teams work on preparing for debate - use the Debate Guidelines
- Did you finish Tuesday's homework?
Prepare for debate
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
- Turn in M/C handout homeowrk as you enter class.
- Complete this confidential survey
- Check your grades and your blog - how does it compare to mine?
- Go over Debate Guidelines
- Discussion of source 3
- Add source 3 to your home page and explain what your team might use from the source in your own argument & debate.
- Begin preparing for debate and assigning tasks to team members.
- They Say, I Say chapter 3 - post on "They Say, I Say" blog page.
- Gather sources for debate and post 1 on your home page as "Source 4" with notes about what your team might include from the source
- Begin writing summary or preparing annotated bibliography.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
- Check your grade - what are you missing?
- Check Ms Woollven's blog - does your blog look like mine?
- Extra credit: watch Food, Inc. and on your home page post the movie pic and then explain the central argument, 3-4 assertions, and then your opinion about the topic.
- Complete your multiple choice questions (on the handout)
- Put a link for source 3 in the spreadsheet (one person per team) - I will be giving a team grade for this on Monday & each team must have 3 links to recieve credit
- ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING BREAK!!
- Turn in homework (handout with essay)
- Print source for today's discussion.
- Groups: read and then discusses the article: What position does the aurthor take? What quotes or ideas can your team use for your own debate and essay? (30 min)
- Individuals: link the source on your home page and complete 1-3 of argument analysis (15 min)
- Team: one members should find the article for Tuesday's discussion. Post it on the google spreadsheet.
- Individual: Answer the multiple choice from sample essay #1. Use the "Essential Rhetorical Terms" page on the blog to help you. Write at least 2 questions (need to knows) that you have about the multiple choice questions. Complete this on the handout.
- Team's discuss argument source #1
- Individuals analyze argument source #1 using the argument analysis instructions 1-3 on their home page. Don't forget to link the source as well.
- Go to the Team Sources Google spreadsheet and decide who will find a source for Friday. That person is responsible for finding a source to share with the group on Friday.
- Read the essay on the sample multiple-choice questions handout and do the following on the back, sides, or your own paper:
- Summarize the article in 2-3 sentences
- Find the passages central argument (claim) and then highlight and label it.
- Find at least 2 assertions that support the central argument. Highlight and label.
- Underline at least 10 words that you don't know. Write the definitions.
- Complete the assignment over terms on the annotated bibliography page
Monday, November 7, 2011
- Find an argument piece and analyze it using the argument analysis guidelines page of this blog. Post a link to the piece and your analysis on your home page (not here) - if there is a picture that goes along with the piece, you may want to include that as well. See my home page for possible sources.
- Read They Say, I Say chapter 3, The Art of Quoting. Find one article/source that you would like to use for your team's argument (and your individual essay) and use one of the templates to introduce a quote from the article and one template to explain a quote from the article. Post under the annotated bibliography page - TYPE THE DATE & A TITLE! To find your article you can use the ibistro knowledge portal or other newspapers or journals.
- See ibistro instructions under the Annotated Bibliography page
- Read They Say, I Say chapter 2 and complete exercise 1 OR 2 on page 38. Post here under the homework tab - TYPE THE DATE & A TITLE!
- Find a visual to represent pathos, ethos, and logos. You may find them online or take a picture of something you see at school or in your community. Describe in 2-3 sentences what argument is presented in the visual and whether it represents an appeal to pathos, ethos, or logos. Post the 3 visuals with your description on your home page.
- Read Everything's An Argument, pages 3 - 37
- Create an outline based on the blue headings - What is the main idea? 1 or 2 important details?
