Week 4_AP Term 2
Friday Jan 11
Friday Jan 11
Today we:
Today we:
Turned in book report and the annotated bibliography (got bibliographies back)
Received our outline for the research paper---must be done by HAND--I explained the particulars of it. If you were absent, print this up and email me with any questions
Homework:
Homework:
Work on your outline this weekend---It is due on WED 1/16
All late work from week 3 Due TONIGHT---Cut off date is tonight for all WEEK 3 work
Thursday Jan 10
Thursday Jan 10
Today we:
Today we:
- WARNING! CUT OFF DATE FOR LATE WEEK 3 WORK IS TOMORROW!!!!!
- Finished our Annotated Bibliographies in class (and added the book to it)
Homework:
Homework:
- Book Report due Friday at beginning of period- hard deadline
- Work on bibliography at home tonight--include your book!!!---This will be due Friday
- Last chance for NEA Synthesis essay rewrites is TODAY AFTER SCHOOL at promptly 3:35 pm. Bring your essay and sources.
Wed Jan 9
Wed Jan 9
Today we:
Today we:
- Worked on our Annotated Bibliographies (use your handout for annotated bibliography)
- Received a handout for proper formatting of sources in the annotated bibliography
- Be sure to check and revise ALL of the reflection portions of your source entries---make sure you are saying what, how, and where you will pull those sources into your paper
Homework:
Homework:
- Book Report due Friday at beginning of period- hard deadline
- Work on bibliography at home tonight--include your book!!!---This will be due Friday
- Last chance for NEA Synthesis essay rewrites is after school this Thursday at promptly 3:35 pm. Bring your essay and sources.
works cited handout.pdf
Tuesday Jan 8
Tuesday Jan 8
Today we:
Today we:
- Received the book report form (will be posted later)---DUE ON FRIDAY with some student presentations
- Received back the NEA grants synthesis essays and read a sample essay and discussed strengths and weaknesses
- Issues:
- issue at hand should be mentioned in the intro so that the thesis statement has some context and makes more sense
- Topic sentences NEED to be solid claims to support / give reasons for your thesis statement
- Still having issues with people not giving context for sources and proper attribution phrases
- Some idea jumping and arguments are not logical and/or cohesive (Remember! This is an argument paper! Make your case! Convince the other side!)
- Nuance and insight on the matters being discussed are lacking in many papers--many people just threw quotes in to get them in there---but it only ended in tears--my tears.
- essays with 4's basically mean the argument was poor or poorly constructed/organized, sources not well synthesized
- Issues:
Make up days for Synthesis essay (4's and below) are Tuesday and Thursday after school---you will hand write it again with a 40 min timed session. If you do not show up on one of those days, no rewrite will be done. You must bring your original essay and packet of sources/prompt to the session. Please show up to the rewrite at 3:35 promptly.
- We looked at the prompt and rubric for this paper, began compiling our research sources, and began planning our research paper---you will be expected to work on this ALL week for homework!
Homework:
- Book report is due Friday--absent or not. Get it done tonight, please, if possible. (if you did a good job taking notes on your book over the break, this report should be cake)
- Use outline format sheet to plan your research paper
Book FORMAT SHEET current issue BOOK.docx