English 10 Honors (Period 1)

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Friday, March 28, 2014

3.28 - Finalizing Quarter 3 Work

At the beginning of class today, we played "Root Stick" as a review of our set 12 roots and prefixes. We then had the roots and prefix quiz for this set of words and corrected the quizzes immediately after finishing them.

Next, we reviewed yesterday's interview observation and discussed the differences between the two interviews. We focused on the strengths and weaknesses of each interview and discussed why certain behaviors will discourage or encourage interview candidates in responding to questions and participating in the interview.

Then everyone had the rest of the period to work on any quarter three work that still needs to be revised or submitted. People could also work on their research project according to where they were at with it. I met individually with people to help them with their research and answer questions.

A number of people had questions regarding how to set up their outline with their notecards. I reviewed an outline from another students project as a model for how to write the thesis and main ideas and then organize the notecards in these sections (see below).

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Homework:

Continue working on your research project. Begin work on section 3.

Your goal should be to complete one stage (see stages outlined on slide above) outside of class so that you can begin the next stage tomorrow in class.

Video Tutorials:

Not Very Effective Interview - Notes

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

03.27 - Effective Interviews

Everyone had the first fifteen minutes of class today to work on the set 12 roots and prefix practice sheets. We then reviewed these responses. We will have the set 12 roots and prefixes quiz in class tomorrow.

Next, we returned to our discussion of interviews from class yesterday. Today, Mr. Lucarelli came in to model interviews with me. I conducted two interviews with Mr. Lucarelli (one that was less effective and one that was effective) and then Mr. Lucarelli discussed what the interview process was like for him as the interviewee to give us an insider perspective.

Everyone was asked to watch and take notes on these three separate sections and then write a short piece looking at what makes an effective interview. Videos of these interviews are below along with copies of the notes I took while doing the interview.

The Not Very Effective Interview

The Effective Interview

Effective Interview - Notes

Interview Candidate Feedback

Handout:

Interview Observation sheet

Homework:

Prepare for the set 12 roots and prefixes quiz tomorrow:

Roots and Prefixes Set 12 - Word List
Roots and Prefixes Set 12 - Practice

Respond to the prompt question on the note sheet from today's activity discussing what the elements of an effective interview are.

Continue working on your research project. Your goal should be to complete one stage (see stages outlined on slide above) outside of class so that you can begin the next stage tomorrow in class.

Reminder:

For Friday, everyone should have through the second section of the paper completed through the writing of the paper. The first section of the paper will go on the third quarter report card along with the second section notecards and outline.

The second section writing of the paper and all of the work for the third section of the paper will go on the fourth quarter report card.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

03.26 - Research: Section 2

We started class today by beginning to talk about interviews which everyone will need to conduct with someone who has or is involved in their occupation. Notes from our discussion today were as follows:

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Next we looked at reviewing the stages of work for the occupations project.

For Friday, everyone should have through the second section of the paper completed through the writing of the paper. The first section of the paper will go on the third quarter report card along with the second section notecards and outline.

The second section writing of the paper and all of the work for the third section of the paper will go on the fourth quarter report card.

Everyone had the rest of the period to work on their research project according to where they were at.
I met individually with people to help them with their research and answer questions.

Handouts:
Roots and Prefixes Set 12 - Word List
Roots and Prefixes Set 12 - Practice

Paper sections (with guiding questions)
Writing rubric (used for the write up of all sections)

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

Continue working on your research project. Your goal should be to complete one stage (see stages outlined on slide above) outside of class so that you can begin the next stage tomorrow in class.

Reminder:

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

03.25 - Research

At the beginning of class today, I handed out roots and prefix sheets for the set 12 roots and prefixes.
Everyone had about 15 minutes to complete the front side of this sheet. We reviewed how to use the dictionary to complete these sheets before we began.

After this time, we returned to work with our research projects. At this point, everyone should be working on writing the second section of their research paper. A number of people have not reached this stage yet, however so we checked in quickly on everyone's progress via a show of hands (see directions below).

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In terms of progress, most of the class was around stage 2 or 3 in terms of their progress. We will be using this week to get people caught up on their projects and then working on section 3 next week.

Everyone had the rest of the period to work on their research project according to where they were at.
I met individually with people to help them with their research and answer questions.

Handouts:
Roots and Prefixes Set 12 - Word List
Roots and Prefixes Set 12 - Practice

Homework:

Continue working on your research project. Your goal should be to complete one stage (see stages outlined on slide above) outside of class so that you can begin the next stage tomorrow in class.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Monday, March 24, 2014

03.24 - Occupations Work

For class today, I returned work that had been submitted last week and graded over the weekend along with updated grade report sheets. We also reviewed class progress on the occupations research so far, by looking at distributions of grades. Data on sections one and two of the paper are below. (Outlines for the projects are for the entire project so data is the same on both charts)

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In presenting this data to the class, I focused on how it shows that people are, overall, doing well finding sources and getting notecards started. However, the graph shows that completing notecards and then getting those organized into an outline is proving difficult for people. Not having notecards completed or having an outline has lead to no submissions of drafts for sections of the paper (where the first section was due for 3/14 and the second section was supposed to be turned in on 3/21).

I presented several options for the class with respect to how to get the research process back underway: meeting individually with people to check in on their work while we work, forming small groups and having those groups meet to discuss and work on the part of the paper they are on, work as a full class focusing on specific aspects of the project. The class opted for the individual work and check in options.

The article on autism and Disney movies is one that a large number of people have yet to finish. In class we took about 15 minutes to work on this before moving into individual work on the occupations research project. People who had finished their work with this article began working on research. I checked in with people who are still working on the article and made everyone aware that there is an abridged version of the article for those who were having difficulty getting through the full article. Both articles use the same questions.

After people had an opportunity to work on or finish the processing questions related to the autism article, we returned to doing independent work on the research project. I presented everyone with a model outline to show what an effective outline can look like in NoodleTools. I annotated the outline to illustrate some of the key features and what those should look like.

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Everyone had the rest of the period to work on their occupations research project. I met individually with people to check in on their progress with them.

Handouts:
"Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney" - Full Article
"Reaching my Autistic Son Through Disney" - Abridged Version
Article Processing Questions

Research Information

Current Information (700 words)
A one sentence answer to any of the questions below would serve as a main idea of your paragraph.

What sort of education, certification, or licensing does this occupation require?
What does someone doing this occupation make?
What tools do people use in this occupation today?
How has the occupation changed and become different from its early history?
How has technology changed the way this occupation is done?
What skills does this occupation require now?

For this section of the paper you will need:
2 new sources (you can also use information from sources from the first section)
10 notecards
     2 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     4 free choice (summary, paraphrase, or quotation) notecards

While people were working on this next section of the paper, I came around and met individually with people to address any questions about grades, assignments, and/or research.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)
Writing rubric (used for the write up of all sections)

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

Continue to work on your occupations research. Your goal should be to complete whatever step of the research process you are on now for next class. This means that you can begin the next step of the process next class.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

03.20 - Occupations Research - Section 2

For class today, everyone had the period to work on their occupation research project. The goal for today was to come up with a thesis statement and main ideas on the outline, sort notecards in to appropriate sections of the outline, and get a start on the writing of the paper.

During class I went around and answered individuals' questions and met with people one-on-one to check in on how their research was going. Everyone should be writing the second section of their paper (the professional review of their person's work) this weekend.

Current Information (700 words)
A one sentence answer to any of the questions below would serve as a main idea of your paragraph.

What sort of education, certification, or licensing does this occupation require?
What does someone doing this occupation make?
What tools do people use in this occupation today?
How has the occupation changed and become different from its early history?
How has technology changed the way this occupation is done?
What skills does this occupation require now?

For this section of the paper you will need:
2 new sources (you can also use information from sources from the first section)
10 notecards
     2 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     4 free choice (summary, paraphrase, or quotation) notecards

While people were working on this next section of the paper, I came around and met individually with people to address any questions about grades, assignments, and/or research.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)
Writing rubric (used for the write up of all sections)

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

For tomorrow you should have:
10 notecards for this section of the paper.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

03.19 - Paraphrase Game and Occupation Current Information

We started today's class with a paraphrase game based on an article about Russian activities in the Ukrainian region of Crimea. Working with a partner, everyone was asked to paraphrase one piece of the article (see below) maintaining correct English conventions and citation. We then reviewed responses and talked about correct citation. The section of the article and an example paraphrase are below.


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Example summary: Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych was forced out of Ukraine and went to Russia which lead to pro-Russian forces taking control of the Crimean region of Ukraine (BBC News).
(This example uses language that is different from the original and has a correctly formatted parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence)

Everyone had the rest of the period to work on their occupations project. We are now working on the second section which looks at current information about the occupation. While people were working I met individually with people to check in on their progress and answer any questions they had.

Current Information (700 words)
A one sentence answer to any of the questions below would serve as a main idea of your paragraph.

What sort of education, certification, or licensing does this occupation require?
What does someone doing this occupation make?
What tools do people use in this occupation today?
How has the occupation changed and become different from its early history?
How has technology changed the way this occupation is done?
What skills does this occupation require now?

For this section of the paper you will need:
2 new sources (you can also use information from sources from the first section)
10 notecards
     2 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     4 free choice (summary, paraphrase, or quotation) notecards

While people were working on this next section of the paper, I came around and met individually with people to address any questions about grades, assignments, and/or research.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)
Writing rubric (used for the write up of all sections)

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

For tomorrow you should have:
10 notecards for this section of the paper.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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03.18 - Malaysia Airline Summary Game, Notecards

Everyone started class today by choosing a partner and working with that partner to summarize an article that I provided in class. Directions for this activity are below.

Article: Missing Malaysia Plane

After this activity, everyone had the remaining time in the period to work on their notecards for the occupations research paper. Everyone should be wrapping up these notecards in class tomorrow so that we can start on the outline during Wednesday's class and start writing the paper in class on Thursday. Initial drafts of this section of the paper should be submitted by 2 p.m. on Friday.

Current Information (700 words)
A one sentence answer to any of the questions below would serve as a main idea of your paragraph.

What sort of education, certification, or licensing does this occupation require?
What does someone doing this occupation make?
What tools do people use in this occupation today?
How has the occupation changed and become different from its early history?
How has technology changed the way this occupation is done?
What skills does this occupation require now?

For this section of the paper you will need:
2 new sources (you can also use information from sources from the first section)
10 notecards
     2 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     4 free choice (summary, paraphrase, or quotation) notecards

While people were working on this next section of the paper, I came around and met individually with people to address any questions about grades, assignments, and/or research.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)
Writing rubric (used for the write up of all sections)

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

For tomorrow you should have:
two sources that provide you with current information on your occupation
summary notecards for your new sources

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Monday, March 17, 2014

03.17 - Grade Report Sheets, Research

At the beginning of class today, I handed out grade report sheets and people helped me return work that was turned in last week.

Everyone then had the period to begin their research for the second section of their paper (details listed below).

Initial drafts of the first section of the occupations paper on the history of the occupation and what work it involves were due today and should be submitted via Google Drive (they can be shared with: caleb.collins.lhs@gmail.com).

The work focus for today was on finding sources for the current information section of the paper and starting to create notecards from those sources. Our plan for work this week is as follows:

Monday - Find 2 new sources, begin creating notecards
Tuesday - create notecards for this section of the paper
Wednesday - complete notecards and begin organizing outline (with thesis and main ideas)
Thursday - finish outline and begin writing initial draft of the paper.

We talked about using Google News in class as a potential source for finding current information about people's professions.

Requirements for the paper on current information related to the occupation are as follows:

Current Information (700 words)
A one sentence answer to any of the questions below would serve as a main idea of your paragraph.

What sort of education, certification, or licensing does this occupation require?
What does someone doing this occupation make?
What tools do people use in this occupation today?
How has the occupation changed and become different from its early history?
How has technology changed the way this occupation is done?
What skills does this occupation require now?

For this section of the paper you will need:
2 new sources (you can also use information from sources from the first section)
10 notecards
     2 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     4 free choice (summary, paraphrase, or quotation) notecards

While people were working on this next section of the paper, I came around and met individually with people to address any questions about grades, assignments, and/or research.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)
Writing rubric (used for the write up of all sections)

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

For tomorrow you should have:
two sources that provide you with current information on your occupation
summary notecards for your new sources

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Friday, March 14, 2014

03.14 - Autism Article, Occupations Research

In today's class, everyone had time to finish the reading processing questions from the article "Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney" that we began in yesterday's class.

Handouts:
Article: "Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney"
You can print a copy of this article by clicking "More" and then "Print" under the sharing options (see picture below) or see Mr. Collins for a copy of the article.

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A number of people were struggling with the article from Wednesday's class titled "Reaching my Autistic Son Through Disney." Most struggles were related to the length of the piece. I created an abridged version of the story which people can read and use to complete the assignment. See the links below.

"Reaching my Autistic Son Through Disney" - Abridged Version

Questions: Article Processing Questions
One of the reading questions asks that you underline different parts of the article. This means you will probably want a printed copy of the article (either print the one above or see Mr. Collins for a copy)

If you enjoy this version, you may want to read the full version and see what happened with Owen as he grew up and went to college.

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As people finished this article, they were able to begin looking for sources and creating notecards for the second section of our research paper (see below for details).

Section 2 - Current Information (700 words)
(A one sentence answer to any of the questions below would serve as a main idea of your paragraph.)

What sort of education, certification, or licensing does this occupation require?
What does someone doing this occupation make?
What tools do people use in this occupation today?
How has the occupation changed and become different from its early history?
How has technology changed the way this occupation is done?
What skills does this occupation require now?

Everyone needs to find two new sources for this section of the paper.
(Information from sources used in the first section of the paper can still be used in this section.)

Notecard Requirements:
10 notecards total
   2 summary notecards
   2 paraphrase notecards
   2 quotation notecards
   4 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

Homework:

Find two new sources for the second section of the paper.
Create five new notecards for this section of the paper.

If you did not finish responding to all of the questions associated with the article from today's class, do so for homework.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)

Writing rubric for paper sections.

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Abridged Article (3/12 follow up)

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

03.12 - (Sub) Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation Practice

I was not in school today as I was attending a professional conference. Today's work focused more on how to use summary, paraphrase, and quotation with non-fiction texts (in this case a feature news story).

The instructions for the substitute were as follows:

Have everyone read the article “Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney” and respond to the associated questions.

Handouts:
Article: "Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney"
You can print a copy of this article by clicking "More" and then "Print" under the sharing options (see picture below) or see Mr. Collins for a copy of the article.

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Questions: Article Processing Questions
One of the reading questions asks that you underline different parts of the article. This means you will probably want a printed copy of the article (either print the one above or see Mr. Collins for a copy)

Homework:

If you did not finish responding to all of the questions associated with the article from today's class, do so for homework.

Complete your notecards and outline for the background/definition section of the research paper.

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)

Writing rubric for paper sections.

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

03.11 - Sentences and Research Outlines

At the beginning of class today, I challenged everyone to write down on a piece of paper the shortest possible complete sentence and then arrange themselves in a line from shortest to longest. The shortest sentences were "I am." and "Go!" The sentence "I am." is the one we counted for reasons that we will address later.

Then, I challenged everyone to write down on a piece of paper the longest possible (grammatically correct) sentence and then arrange themselves from shortest to longest. For this sentence, it was alright if the sentence did not necessarily make sense as long as it followed grammar rules (we'll look at revising this rule in the future). The longest sentence created was: "“Onomatopoeia isn’t a very resourceful conjugation, although it can be very helpful while reading “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” on top of the highest peak in the state of Alaska.”

We will revisit these sentences as we continue our work looking at what makes a sentence.

Next, we returned to our occupations research project with everyone having time to work on their notecards and outline. I am going to a conference tomorrow so everyone will be reading an article with the substitute that is focused on working more with summary, paraphrase, and quotation. On Thursday, we will be looking at how to turn the outline into a paper.

Notecard Requirements:
10 notecards total
   2 summary notecards
   2 paraphrase notecards
   2 quotation notecards
   4 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

Relevant material/handouts:

Paper sections (with guiding questions)

Writing rubric for paper sections.

Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information

Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

Complete your notecards and outline for the background/definition section of the research paper.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Monday, March 10, 2014

03.10 - Revisions

We started class today by reviewing class progress with the found poems for summary, paraphrase, and quotations. While several people were helping me to return this work, I handed out updated grade report sheets.

A number of students have done well with the found poems, but overall people have been struggling with making effective revisions.

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This graph reflects the general struggle that people have been having in moving beyond the 70 with their revisions of the found poems.

On the found poems, the assessed part of the found poem is the poet's statement which explains the poem by discussing:

1 - Why the author chose the lines in the poem out of the text as important lines.
2 - Why the author put those lines down on the page in the order and in the form that they did.

To better understand the difference between a good response and a response that still needs some development we looked at the following two examples from class. In this example, the first response (in black) was a solid response. The response in blue, is one that requires additional development.

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In the example above, the first discussion does a nice job identifying key points that were included in the poem (how to cite a source, making sure to use the same words as the author). The author goes on to talk about specific pieces that were included and how they were incorporated into the poem (plagiarism, using quotes, and citing sources).

The author of the second poem does not explain what the "basic knowledge" is that someone would need and does not discuss the form of the poem beyond saying that the poem was kept short (for full credit, all poems needed to be at least ten lines long).

Everyone then had about 15 minutes to revise their poems.

People who had a 92 on their poem, had the option of creating a second poem on the same subject that focused on summary, paraphrase, or quotation in a different way and then talking about how they communicated that different focus in their artist's statement.

Next, I handed back roots and prefix revision work for the set 11 roots and prefix words.

Everyone had the remaining time in class to work on these revisions.

Homework:

Finish creating your 10 notecards for the occupations research project and organize these notecards into an outline that includes your thesis statement and main ideas (see this post for research resources)

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Friday, March 7, 2014

03.07 - Occupations Outline

We started today's class with the set 11 roots and prefixes quiz. When everyone had completed the quiz, we corrected quizzes together as a class.

Next, everyone got back into creating notecards with information that helped define/give background on their occupation. After about ten minutes of this work, we came back together as a class and I reviewed how to write a thesis and main ideas and then how to use these in creating an outline.

Notes related to this discussion are below as is a video reviewing how to create an outline in NoodleTools.

Notes on writing a thesis statement:

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Notes on writing a thesis statement (cont'd):

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Main Ideas:

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Writing an outline:

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How to create an outline in NoodleTools (video):

(the video was created with another class so some of the finer points may relate more closely to that project, but how to create an outline in NoodleTools remains the same).

Everyone then had the rest of the period to complete their notecards. Homework this weekend is creating an outline of the background section.

Notecard Requirements:
10 notecards total
   2 summary notecards
   2 paraphrase notecards
   2 quotation notecards
   4 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on their notecards.
I was on hand to answer questions and went around to check in with students.

Homework:

Create an outline (with thesis statement and main ideas) to organize your notecards.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

03.06 - Notecards

We began class today with everyone working on the practice sheet for the set 11 roots and prefixes. People worked with a partner to complete this sheet. We then reviewed responses to this sheet. We will have the set 11 roots and prefixes quiz first thing next class.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to read through their sources and identify important information to include on notecards. These notecards will be used to build an outline which we will then use to write the research paper.

Requirements for notecards are:
10 notecards total
   2 summary notecards
   2 paraphrase notecards
   2 quotation notecards
   4 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

The following are resources that we have used so far in class to help inform and guide the research process. Check these out to help direct your work.

Handouts:
Occupations Research: Guiding Questions (by section)

Paraphrase Information

Quotation Information

Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started

Video Tutorials:

Homework:

Finish creating your ten notecards for your occupations research project.

Prepare for the set 11 roots and prefixes quiz tomorrow.
Set 11 Roots/Prefix - Word List
Set 11 Roots/Prefix - Practice

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Resource Round Up

The following are resources that we have used so far in class to help inform and guide the research process. Check these out to help direct your work.

Handouts:
Occupations Research: Guiding Questions (by section)

Paraphrase Information

Quotation Information

Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started

Video Tutorials:

03.05 - Notecards

At the beginning of class today, we reviewed how to correctly and effectively quote from a source from yesterday's class. We did this by reading some of the found poems written by people yesterday.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to read through their sources and identify important information to include on notecards. These notecards will be used to build an outline which we will then use to write the research paper.

Requirements for notecards are:
10 notecards total
   2 summary notecards
   2 paraphrase notecards
   2 quotation notecards
   4 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

The following are resources that we have used so far in class to help inform and guide the research process. Check these out to help direct your work.

Handouts:
Occupations Research: Guiding Questions (by section)

Paraphrase Information

Quotation Information

Summary Information

NoodleTools: Getting Started

Video Tutorials: