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Friday, 11-21 Ch 7 notes due. Test sentences, comma splices, fused sentences. Work on research paper revisions. Work on ch. 11 notes.

HW: ch. 11 notes; continue working toward final draft of research paper.

Week 12

Monday, 10-28

Focus for day: Brief discussion of research paper continuation followed by individual conferences about sum/response while others develop research topics and then work on annotated URL lists.

Activities:

Check ch. 9 notes.

Hand out coursebook packet and assign pp. 98 of course book. Review KSU data base use. Get approval for research paper topic and begin research. Create an annotated URL list. Here's a sample. Due Wednesday.

Indvividuals consult with Mr. M. about summary/response as others work.

HW: Due Wednesday, 10-30: Ch. 20 notes, pp. 90-91 of coursebook, annotated URL list of at least 3 sources.

Due next Wednesday: Summary/response final draft.

Wednesday, 10-30 Ch. 20 notes due. Discuss page 122 of coursebook - a notetaking system for the photocopy age AND my method (slugs in margins) and maybe color by subtopic or by question. Continue annotated URL list.

HW: Be ready to show me annotated bib (10 or more sources in your annotated URL list) for research paper by beginning of Friday's class. Create your notetaking plan. Using one of your sources, show me an example of your notetaking plan at the beginning of Friday's class.

HW: Read ch. 21 (just pages 611-615, 624-634, and 639-642) for Monday. Continue work on summary/response and research paper. Read all sample papers on web site.

Week 11

Monday, 10-20

View comments on mid-term. See one example on screen.

*Using mid-term as your guide, develop a written strengths and weaknesses assessment and a plan to capitalize on strengths and reduce weaknesses (one or more paragraphs). This assignment will be included in the folder with your final in-class exam.

*Show me summary/response outlines and your annotated articles. Modify those annotations using the MARS method. *Discuss your main points (with and against the grain) with a partner.

*Contnue writing response.

HW: 1. Collect all materials for the angle of vision folder. Bring them with you on Wednesday.

2. Write the response part of the SR essay. Summary-response complete draft due Wednesday and ready for peer review.

Looking ahead: ch. 9 notes due Monday.

Wednesday, 10-22

*Create a of v portfolio. (20 minutes) See check sheet for portfolios.

*Summary response due: self edit (30 minutes)

*HW:

Friday, 10-24

*Summary/response draft due via EdModo

*A of V folders due.

*See online research paper guide sheet for research paper and generate at least three topic ideas.

*Discuss individually the summary/response essays.

HW: Begin thinking about a research paper topic. Read and take notes on ch. 9 for Monday.

Monday, 10-27

*Chapter 9 notes due.

Continue choosing topic and gathering research materials while individuals, one at a time, work with Mr. M. on sum/response essays.

Revisit use of EasyBib and the Purdue Owl to produce MLA parenthetical citation and works cited citations.

*Discuss research paper coursebook materials.

HW: Do p. 90 and 91 in the coursebook handout. Due Monday. Looking ahead to assignments due Wednesday: Write FINAL DRAFT of summary/response. Read and take notes on ch. 20.

Week 10

Monday, 10-13

In-class mid-term

HW: Continue work on summary/response; intro and summary plus next sentence due Wednesday.

Wednesday, 10-15

1. Google docs saving lesson.

2. See one example of good summary.

3. In pairs, read articles and make sure writers are accurately summarizing their articles.

4. Make notes on your opinion article. Highlight the thesis and supporting details (main ideas). Then, using a paper copy and highlighters (or using "track changes" electronically), make against the grain and with the grain comments in the margins

HW:

1.Finish highlighting and underlining and taking marginal notes about the following in your chosen opinion article:

*thesis

*all main points

*with the grain comments

*against the grain comments

* any other comments that you might address in the response

2.Outline summary/response. (See the outlining handout on the Expos 100 main page for ideas.)

Friday, 10-17 NO SCHOOL for students

END OF FIRST QUARTER

Week 11

Monday, 10-20 Introduce research paper. Using your outline, finish in class the rough draft of your summary/response paper.

HW: ch. 9 notes due Wednesday. Completed rough draft of sum/response due Wednesday also.

Wednesday 10-22

Summary and strong response rough due. SELF and PEER editing day.

1. Self edit summary/response by filling in the new Self editing guide (7 minutes) and then writing a paragraph explaining your improvement plan for the summary/response paper. (7 minutes)

2. Ask questions. Revise. (12 minutes)

3. Next, peer edit summary/strong response. (20 minutes) Revise again until end of block.

4. Turn in revised paper by end of block.

*HW: Reminder: Read and take notes on ch. 9 (Informative and Surprising Essay) - Notes due Friday.

Week 9

Monday, 10-6

1. Revisit the angle of vision essays. Make a checklist of things to correct as you create one more draft.

2. Project summaries of Froma Harrop's column on the overhead screen and discuss accuracy and form of each. In original groups, revise these summaries. Turn in on EdModo by end of class.

*HW: 1. Revise angle of vision papers one final time.

2. Revise the summary of your article (using what you've learned from revising the Froma Harrop article). SUBMIT YOUR DRAFT OF THE SUMMARY ON EDMODO before Wednesday/Thursday class.

3. Then read Jena and Patrick's summary/response papers and the sample outlines on the main page of the Expos 100 web site.

Wednesday, 10-9

1. Introduce next week's in-class mid-term.

2. Examine one Froma Harrop article and note the inclusion of the starred items below.

3. Check to see that all students have the assigned summary for their chosen opinion articles. Print them. Then, in the original article, underline and label the thesis and the main points. After doing that, look at your summary.

* Did you summarize the thesis within the first two sentences?

* Did you mention each main point somewhere in the summary?

* Did you mention the author, the article title and the source within the first two sentences?

* Did you use internal transitions?

* Attributive tags?

* Does the summary's voice sound "flat," like a news story?

Trade editorials and summaries with a partner and read each other's editorials. Ask your partner to read your article write one sentence that makes the writer's point clear. Then trade summaries and check to see if each partner has clearly pinpointed the author's main points.

HW: Outline mid-term so you are ready to write when you come to class Monday/Tuesday. Due Friday beginning of class. (Reread the sample outlines on the Expos 100 web page and Jena and Patrick's sample papers.)

Friday, 10-11

1. Show me your outline for Monday's in-class mid-term essay

2. See my notes on EdModo about Froma Harrop summary and a of v.

3. Read "Tattoos" strong response (pp. 132-134) and analyze its structure. See text 133 for an example of one student's notes about "Tattoos."

HW:

1. Revise your summaries and submit them on EdModo no later than noon Saturday.

2. Write your introduction to the response and write the transition to connect it to your summary. Due beginning of next class.

3. Examine online samples of summary/response papers.

Under construction beyond this point

Monday, 10-13

In-class mid-term

HW: Continue work on summary/response

Wednesday, 10-15

Make notes on your opinion article. Highlight the thesis and supporting details (main ideas). Then, using a paper copy and highlighters (or using "track changes" electronically), make against the grain and with the grain comments in the margins

Finally, work on your strong response. Summary, introduction and outline for paper due today. Completed rough draft due Wednesday.

Week 8

Monday, 9-29 IDEA FOR NEXT YEAR Discuss sentence structure in angle of vision. Show me your first opinion articles that you found this weekend. Read text ch. 6 (Summary and Strong Response) for Wednesday. Take notes on 117 - 130. Work on the ch. 6 practice quiz. See summary/response samples. Discuss Andres Martin's "On Teens and Tatoos" and examine the formula for writing a summary.

HW:

Revise angle of vision. Final draft due Wednesday.

Wednesday, 10-1 Submit angle of vision. (For grading purposes, this is your final draft.)

Choose one. See EMAW opinion 1 and opinion 2 on screen and discuss. See also Kristin Conley's summary response.

HW: Choosing one of the EMAW articles or one of your three chosen opinion pieces, write a summary of your chosen article. (Choose the article you'll be using for your summary/response assignment. Make sure you have an article of 750-2000 words. Newspaper editorials of 300-400 words are too short for the assignment.) Finalize angle of vision for portfolio. Complete coursebook work for angle of vision.

Thursday, Friday, 10-2 and 10-3 No school. PT conferences.

Monday, 10-6 Final Angle of vision (all parts) due in folder. Turn in first completed folder portfolio.

*HW -- Reminder: Rough draft of summary of your chosen opinion article due Monday by beginning of class.

Week 7

Monday, 9-22 - Editing day

A. Share in groups the intros to analyses: Read the best in each group.

B. Angle of Vision self review

1. Look at your analysis and determine areas that were difficult to write about. For example, do you need to improve word choice, or should you re-examine sentence structure as a technique for modifying a reader's angle of vision? Review your own descriptions and check to see if you can add other a of v techniques.

2. Examine your annotated descriptions. Have you highlighted your use of word choice, fig lang, sentence structure and added or omitted details?

3. Re-read your analysis. Does your intro catch attention? Does it provide an umbrella for all the ideas you will discuss, including the "so what"? If not, revise it.

C. Angle of Vision peer review

1. Using the peer review sheet on the main page for Expos 100, peer edit both descriptive paragraphs and the analysis.

2. Ask another peer for a final review.

HW: Revamp all and resubmit by beginning of next class.

Wednesday, 9-24

1. Introduce KSU data bases and summary/response assignment.

2. Begin searching for an opinion piece to summarize. See the Summary/Response Assignment Sheet for details. See the expos 1 page for other helpful info.

Friday, 9-26 -- Review summary/response requirements. Explore KSU data bases. Find three opinion articles for potential use for the summary/responses.

* HW: Choose THE opinion article that you desire to use for for your summary/response paper. Bring it to class Monday. Final angle of vision revision due Wednesday.

Week 6

Monday, 9-16 Both paragraphs of A ov V descriptions due via EdModo by end of block.

Read Rachel's, Max's, and John's sample A of V analyses here .

1. See my notes on your first paragraph of A of V on EdModo by clicking the pencil. Revise those paragraphs to make them show rather than tell and to make them more fluent.

2. After 15 minutes of revising and rewriting, choose a peer editor (not the same one you used earlier) and REWRITE FROM SCRATCH each other's first paragraphs.

3. After the peer rewrite, revise your own paragraph 1 again.

4. Using what you have learned from your peer rewriting experience on paragraph 1, revise your own paragraph #2. Then invite your partner to rewrite that paragraph.

5. Using your partner's rewrite as a guide, revise paragraph 2.

6. Turn in your most recent draft of both paragraphs by the end of class.

HW: Read again the assignment sheet for the angle of vision assignment. Then read the analysis portion of Rachel's Max's and John's A of V papers and answer the following questions: 1. Do all three analyses discuss ways to use word choice, figurative language, added and omitted details, and sentence structure to create a positive and negative angle of vision? If not, who has left out one or more methods? 2. Do all address the "so what" that was mentioned in the assignment sheet? 3. Do any of the introductions indicate that the writer will address the "so what"? If so, which one(s)?

Wednesday, 9-18

1. Introduce the analysis (part B). Discuss answers from Monday's homework.

2. Discuss one possible formula for writing the a of v intro for the analysis (Part B).

a. Lead in gently, broadly discussing angle of vision

1. Default a of v as determined by race, gender, socioeconomic status, national affiliation, etc.

2. Exercises in manipulating a of v

3. The current assignment (descriptions)

4. Thesis - how we manipulated a of v for this assignment and so what.

a. connotation of words

b. figurative language

c. addition or omission of details

d. sentence structure

3. Work on your analyses if your descriptions are superior and your labeling indicates that you have adequate material to write the analysis.

* HW: Finalize both angle of vision descriptive paragraphs one more time. Write first paragraph of your analysis.

Friday, 9-20 See intros to a of v. Show how to use "track changes" or Crocodoc to annotate descriptive paragraphs. Discuss Monday's homework questions. Create the "tracked" comments that show your preparation for writing the analysis. Work on analysis in class if time permits.

*HW -- Finish analysis portion of angle of vision -- turn in your positive and negative paragraphs and your analysis at the beginning of Tuesday/Wednesday class. Make sure you can log in to your KSU accounts so you can access the KSU data bases.

Week 5

Monday, 9-9 Have you enrolled for KSU credit? Check notes for ch. 5. Examine addressed envelopes. SHOW PRESENTATIONS. Discuss showing vs. telling for A of V assignment. Discuss individual setting choices. Work outside to draft negative or positive angle of vision? Write one description for A of V assignment and show it to me. Then revise and type paragraphs and submit on EdModo. Examine paragraphs on screen.

HW: *Revise description 1 for Angle of Vision. *Polish the parent letter, put it in friendly letter format (no name block) fold it, and put it in your unsealed envelope.

Wednesday, 9-14 ONLY 10 ARE SIGNED UP FOR KSU CREDIT. Convert your parent letters to friendly letter form (strip off name block, etc.) Peer edit one last time. Turn in parent letters in unsealed envelopes. Discuss connotation and denotation work (p. 44 of the coursebook).

Flash one A of V paragraph on the screen and discuss.

Peer rewrite A of V paragraphs in class. Directions: Choose a partner to Revise A of V paragraph 1 to make it show and not tell. See below.

1. Using this Grading Guide, evaluate either the positive or negative paragraph of one of your peers. 2. Then, starting with a clean sheet of paper (or screen), REWRITE the peer's paragraph, using the showing techniques we've discussed in class. The idea is that you will maintain the peer's purpose but offer stonger word choice, more vivid images, better sentence fluency and better choices about what to omit or include in the paragraph. Your peer will do the same for you. If you don't finish in class, use your school email addresses to email each other.

HW: *Do the remainder of p. 44 on A of V handout.

Using the peer reader's rewrite as a guide, rewrite paragraph #1 angle of vision. Due end of block Friday.

Friday, 9-16 If you are not enrolled for KSU credit, go today in class to Mrs. White's office. Turn in revision of A of V description #1 (your revision with peer's rewrite pasted below it) via EdModo by end of class. Mail parent letters. If time allows, examine quickly each student's revision focusing on showing, tightening, precise diction, and fluency (such as fragments and run-ons).

HW: Write paragraph 2 for Monday.

Week 4

Monday, 9-3 and Tuesday, 9-4 Vacation (for students)

Wednesday, 9-5 *Allow time to look at parent letter and closed-open. Mention annotations via EdModo.

Discuss test 1 online. Take the new version.

*Concurrent credit students: Enrollment status?

*Discuss Angle of Vision assignment.

*HW - For Friday, read and take notes on chapter 5 . Also read A of V assignment sheet online and be ready to ask questions about the A of V assignment. Finish revising parent letter. Prepare rough draft of presentation and be ready to show it to me Friday. For Monday, polish presentations. (This is a change in plans.)

Friday, 9-5 Final of parent letter due on EdModo. Show me ch. 5 notes. Discuss A of V ideas.

HW: For Monday, final parent letter in envelope. Brainstorm for an idea of the setting you will describe for your A of V assignment.

Week 3

Monday, 8-25

Peer edit parent letters using the form provided in class (also available at Workshop Questions or download from the Expos 1 main page).

Check ch. 3 notes and discuss ch. 3; do UR Riddle recommendation assignment (ABGW pp.82-83) in class.

HW: Read and take notes on ch. 4. Revise closed (optional).

Wednesday, 8-27 Sign in to your school gmail and change your password. Closed-open revision (optional) due via EdModo. Parent letter revision due via EdModo. Discuss ch. 4, including the U.R. Riddle recommendation. Review ch. 1-4 ABGW. Choose the topic for your presentation and begin organizing. Will you work alone or in a group? What tool will you use for the presentation. Create a story board. Everyone have an Eid? Everyone have parent signature form to Mrs. White?

HW: Study for test 1-4. (BTW, instead of an essay test question discussed in the last item on the review sheet, you will be asked to create a presentation (PPT, Prezi, Google Presentation, graphic novel, etc.) about one of the major concepts presented in the first four chapters of the text. You will present projects Wednesday; there's no school Monday or Tuesday.) Your final parent letter will be due on Friday, 9-5. I plan to mail letters home Monday/Tuesday, 9-8 and 9-9.

Friday, 8-29 Test ABGW ch. 1-4. The presentation is due Wednesday, 9-3.

HW: Continue work on parent letter revisions. Create your presentations.

Week 2

Monday, 8-18 and Tuesday 8-19

Intro: Ferguson videos: Play believing/doubting game with in-class 10-minute paragraphs. (See text page 43.) Show me these two paragraphs when you show me ch. 1 and 2 notes. (See below.)

10 minutes: For those who have already written the closed to open paragraph, read paragraphs aloud and, using the "closed to open paragraph checklist" handout, discuss how to improve them. For those who haven't written the paragraph, take those 10 minutes to draft it.

Spot check ch. 2 notes during the 10 minutes for open-closed. Discuss ch. 2. Remind students to keep all materials, including notes. Show a portfolio checklist and a portfolio.

HW:

* Closed to open paragraph final drafts are also due Wednesday.

* Ch. 3 notes due Friday.

* Parent letter rough (typed) will be due Monday.

*Read Mark's and Brady's letters to parents.

Wednesday, 8-20 Submit final drafts of closed to open continuum paragraphs via EdModo.

* Review ch. 2.

*Read Mark's and Brady's parent letters on the screen. What elements help you understand that Mark's is open form and Brady's is closed?

*Plan your parent letter. (Outline and determine whether to use open or closed form.) Outline of letter due Friday; rough due Monday. We'll peer edit Monday.

HW reminder: Read ch. 3 and take notes for Friday.

Parent letter draft due Monday at beginning of class.

Friday, 8-22 Danielle Brown from KSU in to discuss concurrent credit at beginning of both classes. Discuss ch. 3 of text if time remains.

* HW: Write parent letter; create the best letter you can before the peer review.

Week 1

Thursday, 8-14-14

Activities: Discuss credit, plagiarism, portfolios. Hand out book. Forecast next week's work. Write journal entry about an event that changed your view of the world.

Homework: Read ABGW ch. 1 and take notes or outline the chapter.

Friday, 8-15 Sign up for EdModo. Discuss ch. 1; write for an audience of your peers a closed-form paragraph of approximately 250-300 words explaining the closed to open continuum which is discussed on p. 19 of the text. Draft due Monday.

Homework: for Monday/Tuesday: Read ch. 2 and take notes. Complete and turn in via EdModo your rough draft of the open-closed continuum paragraph.

for Wednesday/Thursday: Revise and finalize closed to open paragraph .

UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEYOND THIS POINT

Editing day #1. Begin editing sophomore papers. (Edit only one paper today.) You will be editing two more sophomore character sketches Monday. Sophomores will be writing in open form, so be ready to help with paragraphing of dialogue and increasing action. You'll be editing paper copies and using this evaluation form.

Week 6

Monday, 9-16 Both paragraphs of A ov V descriptions due via EdModo. Examine p. 44 of course book.

Introduce the analysis (part B). Read Rachel's, Max's, and John's sample A of V analyses here .

* HW: Revise both angle of vision paragraphs. Create the "tracked" comments that show your preparation for writing the analysis. All due Friday.

Wednesday, 9-18

1. With the partner you chose Friday, use the same form to evaluate the 2nd paragraph. Peer REWRITE and revise for 15 minutes.

2. Discuss one possible formula for writing the a of v intro for the analysis (Part B).

a. Lead in gently, broadly discussing angle of vision

1. Default a of v as determined by race, gender, socioeconomic status, national affiliation, etc.

2. Exercises in manipulating a of v

3. The current assignment (descriptions)

4. Thesis - how we manipulated a of v for this assignment and so what.

a. connotation of words

b. figurative language

c. addition or ommission of details

d. sentence structure

3. Work on your analyses if your descriptions are superior and your labeling indicates that you have adequate material to write the analysis.

HW: Write first paragraph of your analysis. Finalize 2 descriptive paragraphs.

Friday, 9-20 Work on analysis in class.

*HW -- Finish analysis portion of angle of vision -- turn in your positive and negative paragraphs and your analysis at the beginning of Tuesday/Wednesday class. Make sure you can log in to your KSU accounts so you can access the KSU data bases.

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Week 15 (short week)

Monday and Tuesday 11-25 and 26 –

Show ch. 11 notes.

Discuss coursebook pp. 82-3, "Documentation and Paraphrasing."

Remind that all sources (with note-taking marks) accompany the research paper.

Final research paper due end of class.

Discuss and choose topics for image analysis or autobiographical narrative.

HW: Read all image analysis and autobiographical narrative online materials.

Wednesday, Nov. 27 – Sunday, Dec. 1 THANKSGIVING BREAK

Thanksgiving break homework

*Read all on-line materials pertaining to the image analysis and autobiographical narrative essays.

*Be ready with print ad images or an autobiographical narrative topic when you return.

Week 16

UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEYOND THIS POINT

Tentatively unused in 2012

Week 10

Monday, 10-15 No school.

Tuesday/Wednesday, 10-16 and 17 In-class mid-term.

*HW: Read and take notes on ch. 9 (Informative and Surprising Essay) - Notes due Monday.

Thursday, 10-18 and Friday, 10-20 Summary and strong response rough due.

1. Self edit summary/response by filling in the new Self editing guide (7 minutes) and then writing a paragraph explaining your improvement plan for the summary/response paper. (7 minutes)

2. Ask questions. Revise. (12 minutes)

3. Next, peer edit summary/strong response. (20 minutes) Revise again until end of block.

4. Turn in revised paper by end of block.

*HW: Reminder - ch. 9 notes due Monday.

WEEK 11

Monday, 10-31

11/30 1. Fine tune research paper; mla style for citations (separate page, hanging indent, alpha-betize), name block, page numbering, one space after period at ends of sentences. Print and highlight sources if not already done. 2. Turn in ch. 11 notes. HW - final research paper, find two ads (see image analysis guide sheet)

11/24 Ch. 11 notes due Monday; have completed research paper draft with proper source citations ready Monday.

11/19 See schedule above and add "do course book p. 95." Change to schedule: No draft due Friday, but your research paper (documented and the best you can do) is due Monday , ready for peer edit.

11-13 See the schedule for your block above and do the following: Show me ch. 21 notes; show completed course book pages 86, 90, and 94; let me know your research paper topic; read "Artificial Intelligence" in the course book handout and create a note-taking system for your research paper based on the recommendation in the coursebook.

11-11 Ch. 20 quiz; Discuss Brown Recluse; read parts of Cody Melander's magazine-article research paper; explain annotated URL Word documents; assign course book 90 and 94 for Friday along with ch. 21 notes.

11-9 Chapter 9 notes due; ch. 9 quiz coursebook page 86

11-6 Take ch. 9 notes and consider research paper topics

Previous Homework 80-minute timed mid-term-due by 11/10/09 Due to the rash recent absences, I am temporarily posting the guide sheet or the 80-minute timed mid-term on this site. Find your own mon-itor, and ask your monitor to sign the monitor's signature blank on the assignment sheet, which has been uplaoded here. CollegeCompmid-term09.doc

Assignment archives

Summary/response due dates (assumes M/W rotation)

For 10-22 Turn in practice summary on "What's Love..."

For 10-23 -- Make marginal notes on your printout of your viewpoint essay and outline the essay that you will respond to. By the end of class, write the summary of your article and turn in that summary.

A good summary

* is one paragraph -- about 250 words

* Includes transitional words

* Attributes often, doesn't editorialize

*Discusses KEY ideas, not details

For 10-26 Prepare rough draft of the response portion of the essay. Peer edit in class.

For 10-28 Summary/response paper, including source citings, due to instructor

For 10-30 Show next draft of summary response/Discuss Wednesday's in-class essay.

For 11-2 Final draft of summary response due

For 11-4 In-class mid term

On11-6 take chapter 9 notes -- due date moved to Monday

Just for Elizabeth :)

See old quiz on 6 -- Study for quiz

Take 6 quiz -- 5 min. open notes

Turn in "What's Love" summary

Important message to future KSU students

Even though you are enrolled in Expos 100, a KSU class, you will still need to apply for admission and pay the $30 enrollment fee if you plan to attend KSU in the fall. See Mrs. White for details.