Day 5
No vocab this week. You worked on finishing your research paper today in class. Remember to delete the words "template" at end of the title of your Doc. MAKE SURE you create the cover page as shown in the instructional Doc! And remember if you aren't sure what we're doing or where to start, there are several informational/instructional Docs for you in Classroom as well. Today you completed the conclusion paragraph, and verified that your evidence has in-text citations AND a correctly done Works Cited page. Period 1 - your essay is due 2 AM on Saturday night. Period 3 - your essay is due at 2 PM on Saturday afternoon. Homework
Day 4 No vocab this week. Instead, we had a reading comprehension warmup quiz. After our reading comprehension, you continued writing on your research Doc. Please delete the words "template" at end of the title of the Doc. MAKE SURE you create the cover page as shown in the instructional Doc! Remember the introduction should have been done yesterday. Today you're finishing your body paragraphs; they must be done by TONIGHT, since the whole paper is due tomorrow! Body paragraphs are where you explain your reasoning and show your evidence. If you finish you can absolutely continue on to your conclusion. DO NOT TURN IN. I can check without you turning it in. Remember if you aren't sure what we're doing or where to start, there are several informational/instructional Docs for you in Classroom as well. Homework
Tomorrow's minimum day scheduleDay 3
No vocab this week. Instead, we had a reading comprehension warmup quiz. After our reading comprehension, you continued writing on your research Doc. Please delete the words "template" at end of the title of the Doc. MAKE SURE you create the cover page as shown in the instructional Doc! Remember the introduction should have been done yesterday. Today you're working on the body paragraphs; they must be done by the end of the day tomorrow, since the whole paper is due on Friday! Body paragraphs are where you explain your reasoning and show your evidence. DO NOT TURN IN. I can check without you turning it in. Remember if you aren't sure what we're doing or where to start, there are several informational/instructional Docs for you in Classroom as well. Homework
Day 2
No vocab this week. Instead, we had a short reading comprehension warmup quiz. If you have been absent any day since last Wednesday, please do the activities on a notecard or other small paper at home. The readings/questions are posted in the main stream on Google Classroom. After our reading comprehension, you read over the Details of a Research Paper Doc in Google Classroom. Then, you need to open the Research Paper template; this is where you will work on your paper! Please delete the words "template" at end of the title of the Doc. MAKE SURE you create the cover page as shown in the instructional Doc! Looking at your outline as well as the Details of a Research Paper examples, please finish your introduction paragraph TODAY. DO NOT TURN IN. I can check without you turning it in. Remember if you aren't sure what we're doing or where to start, there are several informational/instructional Docs for you in Classroom as well. Homework
Day 1
No vocab this week. Instead, we had a short reading comprehension warmup quiz. If you were absent last week on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, OR today, please do the activities on a notecard or other small paper at home. The readings/questions are posted in the main stream on Google Classroom. After our warmup, you read a Basic Outline of a Paper instructions on Google Classroom. An outline shows the sequence in which your main points (topic, subtopics, supporting details) will be discussed and their relation to one another. After you read The Basic Outline of a Paper in Google Classroom, including instructions, you will need to create your outline today! Open the "YOUR Outline" Doc and start filling it out. It is due tonight. REMEMBER: if you did not finish your Working Sources and find enough references over the weekend, you need to add to your Notes Doc as well. Remember:
Remember if you aren't sure what we're doing or where to start, there are several informational/instructional Docs for you in Classroom as well. Homework
Day 5
Quiz on Vocabulary.com! Plus another short reading comprehension activity. If you were absent Wednesday, Thursday, or today, please do the activities on a notecard or other small paper at home. The readings/questions are posted in the main stream on Google Classroom. After our warmups, you worked on a sort of thinking bubble map about your topic / question. After creating this chart, you spent a little time narrowing down what types of things you might search for in order to research your topic. Then we went over how to do searches using our online databases. You can find this info and instructions in the EBSCO Slides in the information post!!! Remember:
I posted a Working Source List and Notes worksheet for you on Classroom. You will use this Doc to take notes on the different sources you find while doing research. This weekend you must find THREE sources to use in class on MONDAY. Remember if you aren't sure what we're doing or where to start, there are several informational/instructional Docs for you in Classroom as well. Homework
Day 4
Warmup: New list on Vocabulary.com! Your new list is research terms vocab. Remember, you'll have a quiz tomorrow! IN-class you had a reading comprehension activity. If you were absent yesterday or today, please do the activities on a notecard or other small paper at home. The readings/questions are posted in the main stream on Google Classroom. Today you selected your topic for your research paper, and then started on a working thesis in Google Classroom. There are several informational/instructional Docs as well as an assignment for you to type on in Classroom as well. Remember: tomorrow is the LAST DAY for you to make changes to your tentative course schedule for next year. If you wish to make changes, complete the form and turn into the counseling department BY lunch tomorrow! Homework
Day 3
Warmup: New list on Vocabulary.com! Your new list is research terms vocab. Remember, you'll have a quiz on Friday! IN-class you had a reading comprehension activity. THEN we went over your final project this year; a research project! Please read over the Due Dates document AND the Getting Started document today. Your job is to read over both of these Documents today, AND to select one of MY topics before class tomorrow. NOTES: Yesterday you received your tentative course schedule for next year. If you wish to make changes, complete the form and turn into the counseling department BY Friday! If you don’t need to make any changes, just keep the form for reference. This is your last chance to make any changes. Counselors expect you to commit to your choices before leaving for summer break. When you return in August, scheduling is already set so there will only be emergency changes this year. Focus on course interest, not taking classes with friends or having a specific teacher! Also yesterday I posted an extra credit assignment today in Google Classroom called "Extra Credit: Emotional Intelligence." The assignment is to listen over Daniel Goleman’s NPR broadcast (I linked the transcript AND uploaded a Doc with the information on it!) and then answer questions on Doc (also posted in Google Classroom). The extra credit was extended to be due tonight. Homework
Day 2
Warmup: New list on Vocabulary.com! Your new list is research terms vocab. Remember, you'll have a quiz on Friday! I passed out your tentative course schedule for next year. If you wish to make changes, complete the form and turn into the counseling department BY Friday! If you don’t need to make any changes, just keep the form for reference. This is your last chance to make any changes. Counselors expect you to commit to your choices before leaving for summer break. When you return in August, scheduling is already set so there will only be emergency changes this year. Focus on course interest, not taking classes with friends or having a specific teacher! Then you took out your notes from yesterday and continued on them while we watched an episode of Brain Games, which shows that people are so willing to conform to what others are doing, that sometimes we do stupid or crazy things! After watching, you took a quiz over the bystander concepts we've been learning about. You were able to use your notes before turning them in to me. I also posted an extra credit assignment today in Google Classroom called "Extra Credit: Emotional Intelligence." The assignment is to listen over Daniel Goleman’s NPR broadcast (I linked the transcript) and then answer questions on Doc (also posted in Google Classroom). The extra credit is due tonight. Homework
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