2008+Spring+Agenda

Our Current Endeavor is the Opinion Paper.

Exam Schedule: 5/27: Blocks 2 & 4 5/28: Blocks 1 & 3 5/29: Blocks 1 & 3 5/30: Blocks 2 & 4

1. Journal Check (10) 2. Conferences in Room 129 3. Writing your Opinion: Newsweek Article on Parents and Children 4. Vocab List 10 Due 5. LoF-5-9
 * May 20 & 21**

1. LG Discussion, 3-7 2. Finish Film 3. Vocab List 10 JT: Name five freedoms you would never want to lose. Why?
 * May 18 & 19**

1. LoF, 1-5 2. Film 3. LG Discussion of Literary Elements JT: When have you ever been in a situation where you felt you had no control and you became scared? Explain.
 * May 13 &14**

1. Vocab. list 9 2. Finish Research Presentations 3. Lord of the Flies 1-3 JT: What holds society together? How does it not fall apart? What forces work for/against it?
 * May 12 &13**

1. Found Poem 2. Finish Research Presentations 3. HW: finish reading the book
 * May 8 & 9**

1. Lord of the Flies Quiz 2 2. LG Discussion
 * May 5, 6, & 7**

1. Criterion Reference Test
 * April 30-May 1**

1. Essential Elements of Expository Essays 2. Student Presentations 3. **Criterion Reference Test**
 * April 28th & 29th**

1. Student Presentations 2. Quizes 1,2,3 3. HW: Finish reading text.
 * April 23rd-25th**

**April 16th & 17th**
1. SSR 2. Research Presentations (assessment rubric) 3. Death Penalty and DNA, revisited (AP). 4. HW: Get those presentations done! JT: Name ten people with whom you would want to be stranded on an a desert island. Why those ten people?

**April 14th & 15th**
1. Research Papers, Draft 2 2. SSR 3. Lord of the Flies Quiz 1 4. Ch. 1 Discussion 5. HW: complete research presentation (and publish to wiki) and be read through chapter 8 by Friday. JT: If your plane crashed, and you were stranded on a desert island, what first five steps would you take in order to survive?

**April 3&4**
1. Draft 1 Due 2. Writers' Workshop Peer Revision- see form 3. Introduce __Lord of the Flies__ by William Golding 4. Fuel for Writers 5. HW: ---A. Read at least eight chapters of **__Flies__** before you return; ---B. Write **Draft 2** of your **Research Paper**. Follow **Guidelines** on this site. ---C. Finish up all the parts of your **wiki**, and begin preparing your **class presentation** for next week.

**March 31-April 2**
1. "Did Students Plagiarize Honor Code?" [|Read the Article]. 2. Plagiarism Discussion 3. MLA: Parenthetical Notation and Works Cited 4. Early Drafts read

**March 24-28**
1. Writing Center and Laptop lab 2. Conferences on wikis 3. Wiki and Process Assessment 4. MLA revisited: Reading Writers Inc. 275-284 5. HW: FInish all prewriting and be writing Draft I by the Weekend

1. Reading from Writers Inc: Please read "Writing Responsibly" Page 255 or 273 (depending on version) 2. Plagiarism, Quoting, and Paraphrasing: Let's talk about these. 3. Using Star Office to format your Outline (which is due today!) 4. Assessing all of your Prewriting 5. HW: update your wiki so that all prewriting through the Outline is complete and posted there.
 * March 19 &20**

**March 18**
1. Checking the elements of your research project 2. Writing the Outline (with Mr. McCallie) 3. Writing Center 4. PNN JT: How many note cards do you have, and in what direction is their information leading you? Has your topic changed over the last week, and if so, how? If not, why not? Explain.

**March 17**
Good afternoon. Tonight I hope to be able to check each of your wikispaces and see the following:
 * an opening page that invites the reader to read more about your research project
 * a brainstorming diagram that is complete
 * a research plan that shows the reader how you intend to learn about your subject
 * and 30 (yes, thirty) note cards. As we discussed, your note cards might be organized in one of three forms, or you may choose your own. But I want to see at least 30 pieces of information about your subject (with a number, a category, an annotation or two, and a bibliographic reference) organized so I can see how your hunting is going. See the Note Cards page for clarification.