...but do complete some reading. Between now and Wednesday, January 7th, you must complete 3 blog posts.
Also, the final draft of your research paper is due on Wednesday, January 7th. On that day I will collect a clean outline, the rough draft that you traded for peer evaluation, and the final draft.
Have a great break!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Rough Draft Due TOMORROW
Bring a complete rough draft to class tomorrow. Your rough draft should consist of 4 pages PLUS a properly formatted works cited page.
It's worth 20 points:
20/20 points for a full four page rough draft, 15/20 for three pages, 10/20 for two pages, 5/20 for one page, 0/20 for nothing--YOU MAY NOT USE A LATE COUPON; **an additional 5 points will be deducted if the works cited page is missing.
*A PROPERLY FORMATTED ETHICAL RESEARCH PAPER--ALONG WITH THE RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC--CAN BE FOUND ON EDLINE.
It's worth 20 points:
20/20 points for a full four page rough draft, 15/20 for three pages, 10/20 for two pages, 5/20 for one page, 0/20 for nothing--YOU MAY NOT USE A LATE COUPON; **an additional 5 points will be deducted if the works cited page is missing.
*A PROPERLY FORMATTED ETHICAL RESEARCH PAPER--ALONG WITH THE RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC--CAN BE FOUND ON EDLINE.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Regarding Revised Due Dates
**I have added--to Edline--an outline from one of Burgess's students to view as a sample. It may serve as a better example than the others because it is an outline from this year, following the exact same format and directions as you were given.
So, here's the schedule for the rest of this unit:
Tues: Outlines due (15 points); Look at Models
Wed: Vocab. Quiz; Lit. Activity; Look at more models?
Thurs: Lab Time; Make up test for Orchestra students
Fri: Peer Review of Rough Drafts (20/20 points for a full four page rough draft, 15/20 for three pages, 10/20 for two pages, 5/20 for one page, 0/20 for nothing) YOU MAY NOT USE A LATE COUPON
Wed, 1/7 - Final Drafts Due (rubric on Edline)
So, here's the schedule for the rest of this unit:
Tues: Outlines due (15 points); Look at Models
Wed: Vocab. Quiz; Lit. Activity; Look at more models?
Thurs: Lab Time; Make up test for Orchestra students
Fri: Peer Review of Rough Drafts (20/20 points for a full four page rough draft, 15/20 for three pages, 10/20 for two pages, 5/20 for one page, 0/20 for nothing) YOU MAY NOT USE A LATE COUPON
Wed, 1/7 - Final Drafts Due (rubric on Edline)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
REVISED DUE DATES!!
What an icky day! Some of you may have spent a portion of this weekend without power (and some of you spent Friday night dancing and Saturday resting). So, I'm revising the deadlines for the research process and paper as follows:
Outline--due Tuesday, December 16
Rough Draft--due Friday, December 19
Final Draft--due Wednesday, January 7
These new deadlines will also give us more time to go over examples and make sure that everyone understands how to create a quality paper.
**You should still plan on taking the exam/quiz on All My Sons and On the Waterfront tomorrow.
Outline--due Tuesday, December 16
Rough Draft--due Friday, December 19
Final Draft--due Wednesday, January 7
These new deadlines will also give us more time to go over examples and make sure that everyone understands how to create a quality paper.
**You should still plan on taking the exam/quiz on All My Sons and On the Waterfront tomorrow.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Outline & Ethical Issue Text Wrap-up
Your research paper outline is due Monday. Please review the requirements listed in the previous blog post and follow the link to Purdue's OWL for information on alpha-numeric and full sentence outlines. Also, on Edline you'll find 2 examples of research paper outlines as well as the assignment handout.
On Monday you will answer some questions (with paragraph responses) about All My Sons and On the Waterfront. Besides watching/reading the texts, the activity you completed in class today should have prepared you to respond to Monday's questions.
Bring the hard copy of your research paper outline to class on Monday.
Also coming up next week...
Vocab Quiz on Wednesday
Rough Draft due on Wednesday
Blog post #6 due Wed
Final Draft of Essay due Friday.
**If you'll be absent because of orchestra, either drop your outline off at some point during the day, or email your outline to me and bring me a hard copy on Tuesday.
ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL BREAK!!!!
On Monday you will answer some questions (with paragraph responses) about All My Sons and On the Waterfront. Besides watching/reading the texts, the activity you completed in class today should have prepared you to respond to Monday's questions.
Bring the hard copy of your research paper outline to class on Monday.
Also coming up next week...
Vocab Quiz on Wednesday
Rough Draft due on Wednesday
Blog post #6 due Wed
Final Draft of Essay due Friday.
**If you'll be absent because of orchestra, either drop your outline off at some point during the day, or email your outline to me and bring me a hard copy on Tuesday.
ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL BREAK!!!!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Outline
On Monday your research paper outline is due. You should create a full sentence, alpha-numeric outline. A guide for this kind of outline can be found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab site.
You outline should:
1. Have an MLA heading
2. Have a title--the same title as your paper (NOT a description of the assignment)
3. Be single spaced within major sections of the outline; double spaced between major sections.
4. Include textual evidence whenever possible. Cite this evidence by including the author's last name (or whatever comes first in the MLA citation) in a parenthetical note following the evidence.
5. Be typed and printed. A hard copy of the outline is due in class on Monday, December 15.
You outline should:
1. Have an MLA heading
2. Have a title--the same title as your paper (NOT a description of the assignment)
3. Be single spaced within major sections of the outline; double spaced between major sections.
4. Include textual evidence whenever possible. Cite this evidence by including the author's last name (or whatever comes first in the MLA citation) in a parenthetical note following the evidence.
5. Be typed and printed. A hard copy of the outline is due in class on Monday, December 15.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Annotated Bibliography--Due Wednesday
Your annotated bibliography should:
1. Be turned in as a hard copy--type and print it.
2. Contain ALPHABETIZED citations.
3. Contain 2 database sources (defined as "works from a subscription service accessed through a library").
4. LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MINE (on Edline). If your annotated bibliography does not look like mine, and thus it is formatted incorrectly, I will not accept it.
Questions? Ask tomorrow--Wednesday morning or before class is too late.
BTW, vocab is also due Wednesday.
1. Be turned in as a hard copy--type and print it.
2. Contain ALPHABETIZED citations.
3. Contain 2 database sources (defined as "works from a subscription service accessed through a library").
4. LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MINE (on Edline). If your annotated bibliography does not look like mine, and thus it is formatted incorrectly, I will not accept it.
Questions? Ask tomorrow--Wednesday morning or before class is too late.
BTW, vocab is also due Wednesday.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Sample Blog Post for Monday
Research Question:
Should the United States be more involved in the current situation in Darfur?
Faris, Stephen. "The Real Roots of Darfur." Atlantic Monthly Apr 2007: 67-69. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source . Edina High School. 21 Apr 2008 http://www.sirs.com.
Stephen Faris is a freelance journalist whose article appears in Atlantic Monthly, a magazine broadly considered as informational. In this article, Faris examines the conflict in Darfur from an ecological perspective. He purports that the “ethnic cleansing” that is occurring right now actually has its roots in a 1980s drought. He argues that this drought has caused land conflicts between nomadic herders (Arabs) and settled farmers (black Africans). He claims that the following sequence has led to the current squabbling over land: a decline in rainfall; “imprudent” use of land; over exposure of rock and sand; and a disruption of monsoons. Faris acknowledges that this theory is controversial, and that it is difficult to determine whether these climate changes could in fact be the result of human activities. If climate change is to blame, he suggests that there will have to be a solution beyond politics. Finally, he asserts that the United States is already involved in the conflict due to the factories they own overseas that may have caused pollution and subsequent climate change.
Perry, Alex, and Chad Iriba. "How to Prevent the Next Darfur.(The Well; World;Darfur)." TIME 169.19 (May 7, 2007): 38. Professional Collection. Gale. Edina High School Library. 21 Apr. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS.
Alex Perry is a frequent contributor to TIME. This article is more recent than some of the others evaluated in this list and echoes the arguments that the situation in Darfur has its roots in the global warming crisis. He calls the situation in Darfur a “man-made disaster” after depicting a desert that is a “dead zone.” He suggests that global warming is going to affect 90 million Africans, a statistic that the Bush Administration is skeptical about. Perry suggests that right now Darfur acts as a test case for what might happen to many other regions in Africa since the conflict there is not simply about ethnic animosity. Instead, it has its roots in the land. The opposing interests there worked symbiotically in the past. Perry writes that in order to move forward, there needs to be an increased focus on teaching both sensible land-use and water management policies. He ends by suggesting that global inaction will in fact be “devastating.”
Should the United States be more involved in the current situation in Darfur?
Faris, Stephen. "The Real Roots of Darfur." Atlantic Monthly Apr 2007: 67-69. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source . Edina High School. 21 Apr 2008 http://www.sirs.com.
Stephen Faris is a freelance journalist whose article appears in Atlantic Monthly, a magazine broadly considered as informational. In this article, Faris examines the conflict in Darfur from an ecological perspective. He purports that the “ethnic cleansing” that is occurring right now actually has its roots in a 1980s drought. He argues that this drought has caused land conflicts between nomadic herders (Arabs) and settled farmers (black Africans). He claims that the following sequence has led to the current squabbling over land: a decline in rainfall; “imprudent” use of land; over exposure of rock and sand; and a disruption of monsoons. Faris acknowledges that this theory is controversial, and that it is difficult to determine whether these climate changes could in fact be the result of human activities. If climate change is to blame, he suggests that there will have to be a solution beyond politics. Finally, he asserts that the United States is already involved in the conflict due to the factories they own overseas that may have caused pollution and subsequent climate change.
Perry, Alex, and Chad Iriba. "How to Prevent the Next Darfur.(The Well; World;Darfur)." TIME 169.19 (May 7, 2007): 38. Professional Collection. Gale. Edina High School Library. 21 Apr. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS.
Alex Perry is a frequent contributor to TIME. This article is more recent than some of the others evaluated in this list and echoes the arguments that the situation in Darfur has its roots in the global warming crisis. He calls the situation in Darfur a “man-made disaster” after depicting a desert that is a “dead zone.” He suggests that global warming is going to affect 90 million Africans, a statistic that the Bush Administration is skeptical about. Perry suggests that right now Darfur acts as a test case for what might happen to many other regions in Africa since the conflict there is not simply about ethnic animosity. Instead, it has its roots in the land. The opposing interests there worked symbiotically in the past. Perry writes that in order to move forward, there needs to be an increased focus on teaching both sensible land-use and water management policies. He ends by suggesting that global inaction will in fact be “devastating.”
Thursday, December 4, 2008
TGIF!!
Bring your outside reading books to class tomorrow (this is required)--we'll spend some time reading in class.
Don't forget that your research topic and completed SIRS grid are also due tomorrow. The SIRS grid is on Edline, and links to SIRS are both on Edline and in the previous blog post.
Don't forget that your research topic and completed SIRS grid are also due tomorrow. The SIRS grid is on Edline, and links to SIRS are both on Edline and in the previous blog post.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Ethical Vocabulary
It would be ethical for you to complete your vocabulary work by next Wednesday, December 10th. Here is the assignment (word version on Edline):
Enriched English 10
Ethical Issue Unit Vocabulary
Homework Assignment
Locate the words on the vocabulary list from the text and complete the following on index cards.
1. Find and write a dictionary definition of the word. Include part of speech.
2. Write your own definition - paraphrase the definition from the dictionary.
3. Create a mnemonic device.
4. Create and write your own sentence using the word, demonstrating your understanding
of the word.
1. aspersions
2. disputatious
3. dissolute
4. distend
5. dour
6. folly
7. frank
8. iniquity
9. obfuscate
10. patsy
11. sanguine
12. self-effacing
13. stolid
14. tenacity
15. tractable
16. unabashed
17. wry
18. morals
19. ethics
20. racketeering
Enriched English 10
Ethical Issue Unit Vocabulary
Homework Assignment
Locate the words on the vocabulary list from the text and complete the following on index cards.
1. Find and write a dictionary definition of the word. Include part of speech.
2. Write your own definition - paraphrase the definition from the dictionary.
3. Create a mnemonic device.
4. Create and write your own sentence using the word, demonstrating your understanding
of the word.
1. aspersions
2. disputatious
3. dissolute
4. distend
5. dour
6. folly
7. frank
8. iniquity
9. obfuscate
10. patsy
11. sanguine
12. self-effacing
13. stolid
14. tenacity
15. tractable
16. unabashed
17. wry
18. morals
19. ethics
20. racketeering
Monday, December 1, 2008
Back to the Grind...
Today we began talking about ethical issues. This concept will be important as we read All My Sons, and as you write your research paper. Your assignment for Friday is to complete the SIRS grid (available on Edline) and choose your paper topic. SIRS will provide you with many possible topics, or you may come up with one on your own. In any case, I will need to approve your topic, so as soon as you have an idea, you may want to share it with me.
You may access the SIRS grid on Edline; there is also a link to SIRS on the sidebar of our class's Edline page. This is another link to SIRS. If for some reason these links do not work, try going to the Edina High School website. Once there, click on Academics, then Media Center. If you scroll down, you will see SIRS under the heading of Online Databases. You will need the EHS password to get into the database (password is found at the top of the SIRS grid sheet on Edline).
It will be wonderful if you find a topic about which you are truly enthusiastic. Even more important, however, may be whether or not you can investigate two sides to the issue, and find credible research to support a position.
Good Luck!
You may access the SIRS grid on Edline; there is also a link to SIRS on the sidebar of our class's Edline page. This is another link to SIRS. If for some reason these links do not work, try going to the Edina High School website. Once there, click on Academics, then Media Center. If you scroll down, you will see SIRS under the heading of Online Databases. You will need the EHS password to get into the database (password is found at the top of the SIRS grid sheet on Edline).
It will be wonderful if you find a topic about which you are truly enthusiastic. Even more important, however, may be whether or not you can investigate two sides to the issue, and find credible research to support a position.
Good Luck!
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