Homework

Research Essays are due before the end of class on Thursday, December 9th This I Believe photos and voice-overs are due at the end of the day on Saturday, December 11th
 * For Thursday, December 9th**

Turn in Research Essay during class on December 7th for 5 bonus points Look at "This I Believe" writing tips
 * For Tuesday, December 7th**

Work on draft of research essays-- Final Drafts due at the end of class on Thursday December 9th Final Drafts turned in in class on Tuesday, December 7th will receive 5 bonus points Read "This I Believe" Packets www.thisibelieve.org
 * For Friday, December 3rd**


 * For Monday, November 29th**
 * Happy Thanksgiving!**
 * Remember the Revolution discussion on Monday during contact in the EAC.**

Please email me a copy of your sentence outline and works cited if I haven't given you a grade on it.

Finish sentence outlines and email to me on Monday In class essay on Tuesday
 * For Monday, November 23rd**

organize notes into the order you want to present them in your essay continue to add sources, take notes, think, think, think!
 * For Wednesday, November 17th**

persuasive letter due before the end of class continue evaluating sources, taking notes, thinking about essay topic
 * For Monday, November 15th**

15- 20 notes in "window form" 10 sources on annotated bibliography topic and person picked for persuasive letter
 * For Thursday, November 11th**

5 notes in "window form"
 * For Tuesday, November 9th**

For Friday, November 5th Continue to gather sources Complete 2 notes as samples-- Use full sentences Indicate source using parentheses (source info). We will work more with note-taking in class

For Wednesday, November 3rd 5 sources on annotated bibliography keep looking for sources and evaluating thesis

For Monday, November 1st Logical Fallacies Quiz Look for sources and re-work thesis if necessary One source in MLA format and annotation for annotated bibliography

For Thursday, October 28th Logical Fallacies Quiz Look for sources on your topic--evaluate, copy and paste, save in folder

For Tuesday, October 26th Complete questions about your proposed topic for argument essay using research Prep presentation of logical fallacy

For Friday, October 22nd Bring a print copy of a magazine article to class. Choose an article that a) is about a topic you are interested in learning more about b) is 2-5 pages long c) was printed in 2009-2010 d) is from a magazine of scholarly value (most mags in the NH library will fit this description)

For Wednesday, October 20th Choose two ads from pages 300-310 in your book. For each ad answer two questions carefully. 1) What is the ad persuading you to do? 2) What makes the ad effective?

For Monday, October 18th Read the article "Autism's First Child" Think about how the author chose a narrow focus in a broad topic Notice the primary sources (first hand accounts and reporting) used in the essay

For Tuesday, October 12th Read "Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments" on p. 355--we will do an in class response

Define Vocab

For Friday, October 8th Final Draft of Causal Analysis due--turn in all supporting papers also Standardized test prep on line [|Test Prep]

For Wednesday, October 6th Read pp. 249-252 about division and classification essays

study for vocab quiz on causal analysis words

work on causal analysis essay due Friday, October 6th

PSAT link for practicehttp://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/prep.html

For Monday, October 4th Bring printed draft of causal analysis essay --5-7 paragraphs --general thesis statement at beginning or end that tells us the significance of the topic --clear cause-effect relationship shown --active verbs --sentence variety --title

For Monday, August 30th do the summer reading survey monkey choose one topic from p. 321 and try two pump priming techniques-bring to class complete the writing survey worksheet

Here is the info for Monday, August 23rd Prepare for Summer Reading Tests--they will be in homeroom on Monday--bring your pencil Bring a printed draft of your writing in response to "Eleven" Bring your Steps to Writing Well book

Thanks! Mrs. Staed