Class today: October 31st

1. Introduction to Archetypes- Character, Situational, Structural, Thematic, Symbolic

For class on Tuesday:
1.  Finish Gilgamesh with your Cornell notes, which will be taken for a quiz grade.
2. Start getting archetype notes (found under "literature links"). There are two handouts. You do not need EVERY example in your notes, but keep looking over them as we are reading. The sooner you are familiar with the multitudes of types of archetypes and examples, the easier it will be to use them to develop meaning.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Upcoming Schedule: 10/31-11/10

Monday, October 31st: Handwritten rough draft is due for Presidential Election Paper.
Introduction to Mesopotamian literature and literary devices. Archetypes in Literature

Tuesday, November 1st: Have read from the Epic of Gilgamesh. Your quiz will be me checking your Cornell Notes.

Wednesday/Thursday, November 2nd/3rd: Typed draft of Presidential paper DUE. It must be printed off BEFORE CLASS begins! Peer proof-reading.

Friday, November 4th:  Epic notes and Gilgamesh. 

Monday, November 7th: Gilgamesh Socratic Seminar (5 higher level thinking questions due). Review the Socratic seminar rubric for participation.

Tuesday, November 8th: ELECTION DAY! Presidential Papers DUE!!! Upload to Turnitin.com BY 11:59 PM. No late submissions will be expected. Leave time for technical glitches!

Wednesday/Thursday, November 9th/ 10th: Turn in paper "stuff". Collate in a folder. Due at the beginning of class.

Class today: October 26th/27th

1. Ancient Literature Introduction quiz.

2. Go over using note cards in research

3. Read pages 30-31. Take notes.
Utilize the Non-fiction strategies to help pull out important concepts.

4. Review the Annotating a Fiction Text Handouts:
Annotating a Text Handout
Annotating Fiction and Non

Adjusted Paper Due Dates

Election Paper Due Dates:
Monday, October 10th: Paper preparation handout due *DONE
Wednesday/Thursday, October 12th/13th: Rough outline due *DONE

(New) Wednesday/Thursday, October 26th/27th: Research completed (go over note cards in class)

(New) Monday, October 31st Handwritten rough draft due

Wednesday/Thursday, November 2nd/3rd: Typed draft printed off for class to peer proof.

Tuesday, November 8th: (Election Day!) Paper due by 6:59 PM. Polls close at 7:00 PM. There is no school on this date. Papers will be submitted electronically to Turnitin.com. They will not be accepted after 6:59 PM.

Wednesday/Thursday, November 9th: Turn in at the beginning of class, already collated: Typed peer proofed copy, handwritten copy, outline, note cards, paper preparation sheet

October 25th- Class today

1. Your quiz has been postponed until your block class (Wednesday/Thursday). You better have a fabulous grasp on the reading by now!
2. Log into USA TEST PREP- Broncos 33 and Chromebook log in and password. You have EOC practice to complete based of the EOC baseline test. Each assignment requires an 80% passing. Focus on the questions!

Have your research with you on your block day. I will go over note cards when I am back.

Class today: October 24th

1. Please review over the Using Note Cards page in your Presidential paper handout. I will go over this information on Tuesday.
2. Make sure you are as close to finished as possible with researching for your paper. We will be starting the sorting research and writing this week. It will go quickly.
3. You have a reading quiz tomorrow over Ancient Literature introduction. Be ready for this! Utilize Cornell notes for studying.

Class today: October 18th

1. Grammar Terms test
2. Research Presidential Election Paper

And an appropriate video for the rest of your school-free week....

Week in Advance: Schedule for October 17th-25th

Monday, October 17th: 
1. Thomas Foster's How to Read Like a Professor presentations and peer comments due.
2.  Sentence diagramming review for grammar terms test.
3. Researching for Presidential Election paper

Tuesday, October 18th: 
1. Grammar terms test.
2. Researching for Presidential Election paper

Wednesday, October 19th: 
1. All-School Testing: ACT or PSAT
2. Researching for Presidential Election paper

Thursday-Friday, October 20th-21st:  No School
1. Researching for Presidential Election paper

Sunday, October 23rd: 
1. Researching comes to a close

Monday, October 24th: 
1. Marty Schulenberg's birthday (My big brother)
2. Bring research to class and learn how to go through research with note cards

Tuesday, October 25th: 
1. For today, have read in Lit text book: Pages 16-27. Take very good notes. Remember informational text notes practices AND CORNELL NOTES! Seriously! We will have a reading quiz today. You will need to bring your TEXTBOOK to class starting today. 

Class today: October 17th

Remember:
1. Grammar terms quiz tomorrow!
2. Reply to 2 classmates presentation by 11:59 PM!

Class today:
1. Sentence Diagramming Review:
Make sure that you have the following parts of the sentence and how to diagram each in your notes

- Predicate nouns and adjectives
- Compounds (nouns, predicates, direct objects)
- How to diagram "not"
- Modifiers
- Indirect Objects
- Direct Objects
- Prepositional Phrases
- Object of the Preposition
- Linking Verbs
- Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
- Gerunds
- Infinitives
- Conjunctions
- Compound/Complex Sentences

For help... Go through with your notes, the following PowerPoint
Sentence Diagramming PowerPoint

To spot check individual diagramming aspects... such as.. "how to diagram a gerund"...
Sentence Diagrams- Parts of Sentence, Specifics

When you are done... Try out your skills...  Put the following sentences in your notes;
Complex Sentences Diagramming

Class today: October 12th/13th

1. Your Presidential Paper Outlines are due today.
2. Please upload your "as final as possible" thesis to Google Classroom by Friday.
3. Remember you have a Grammar Terms test on October 18th!!!

4. You will pick one of the read chapters from Foster's How to Read Like a Professor.  From this chapter, you will be creating a Google Presentation where you will address the following components:

• What is the title of the chapter and how is it significant? Meaningful? Intriguing? Essentially how does the title function for the chapter?
• What is the major claim of the chapter?
• How is this claim relevant to this class? To life? How did the claim challenge you to think? Change your thinking? Reinforce your ideas?
• What evidence did you find effective to the claim? What did you find interesting about his explanation of this evidence? 
• What evidence, independent from the book, can you bring in to support his claim made in this chapter? (I am asking you to bring in other evidence NOT discussed in the book. Books you have read... movies... tv... life...).
• Are there any significant terms/definitions that the chapter introduces?
• Provide a brief synopsis/explanation/reference points for 4 books, authors, characters that Foster mentions in his chapter that you may or may not know. (This will call for Google. Please cite your referenced material. Wikipedia will be acceptable... but I CHALLENGE you to find a more literary palatable source)
• Final analysis can include any of the following: What questions do you have after reading the chapter? What do you think it teaches a student of literature? What did you learn about writing and/or literature? How can students use the material in classes/life? 

NOTES:

1. Properly cite Foster with the PDF page number in the parenthetical citation for your presentation. 
2. Do a works cited "slide" as the final slide.  Here is the MLA format for this specific type of material: 

Huddle, Nichole. Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. 2011.
     wpacouncil.org/files/framework-for-success-postsecondary-writing.pdf.

You will submit your presentation to Google Classroom by Sunday, October 16th at 11:59 P.M.
You will need to review and reply to 2 fellow student presentation addressing other chapters by the end of the day on Monday, October 17th by 11:59 P.M.

By the way... 
Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 

Here is an article from the New York Times:
New York Times- Bob Dylan Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

And... a video of Dylan's beautiful anthem "The Times They are a Changin'" (1964)

Starting into the World of Research HELP

Welcome, My Little Pop Tarts, to the beautiful, yet maddening world of research!

Here are some reminders to help guide you as you make your way into this labyrinth..

1. Research is where the learning is now designed to occur. This is WHY it will be the staple in your classes/courses from this point forward. It demands you synthesize information. Remember, what you have been taught in this class, "The product is for the teacher/professor... the process is for the student" .  Embrace this. If you think that research is 'hide and seek', you will be missing the purpose of research and often will be missing the research itself.

2. Do not look for your thesis/ when you research. Your thesis/claim is the conclusion, or the top of the ladder. You are looking for the rungs that lead you to the top.

3. Research will have a dual purpose for you for a while: A) Gather knowledge B) Secondary support for your argument. Know the difference in purpose in the sources you are gathering.  Both will have to be cited.

4. When researching  you will have to implement the ability to think abstractly at your argument before it is made concrete.  What can help you is the "filing system". When you are writing an argument about Homeland Security, what other "file cabinets" may that topic be found? Immigration? Patriotism? Religion? Travel? Education? What about healthcare? Having the ability to have a 'shot gun' approach to research will help you broaden your perspectives.

5. This level of research (and beyond) is not a REPORT. Say that with me: "Researching no longer leads to a report". The shift in product demands a shift in approach to research. You are not reporting on the major exports of China. This is easy research. You are now researching the impact of technological exports of China on its agricultural importing. (Much different approach, huh? Think Bloom's)

6. Look to the BIBLIOGRAPHIES of the EXPERTS on the TOPIC! Once you find a fabulous source... look to their sources!

7. Remember your research QUESTION... your thesis/claim may become compromised as you research..  Researching can be a never ending process.. keep focused.

8. Set an end date on researching... meaning.. "I will be done with researching on this date".

9. To break down research, look at your thesis/claim in sections. You should have a broken down topic (do you need to address anything larger? anything smaller?). You have a distinct argument (What is the opposite side? What are the reasons for your argument? Data? Statistics? Reasons?) You have a blueprint? (This direction in itself can often give you a new framework to look at your topic, so look at it in isolation, too).

10. Start a preliminary Works Cited Page as you find sources... You can eliminate later.

11. Remember: 2 things. Audience awareness. Cite everything that is not your original idea.

Class today: October 10th

1. Working in small groups, you will work through the instructions for reading that you were given last class period:

• What is the overall point of the sections? Chapters? What is its thesis/claim? What is its goal? (This may come to you as you read) Track these ideas. 
• HOW are sentences functioning for the writer? Topic sentences? Data/evidence? Warrants? Narrative? Use the function to guide your comprehension. This will also help you distinguish what to write down and what to summarize. 
• How would you section off the ideas? Remember how paragraphing works. Use your new found skills to build meaning. 
• Look for transitions and the relationships they present in the surrounding text. I often square off transitions when I read. 
• Write some brief summaries of your findings when you finish a section.. a page... a chapter. 
• Obviously write down terms and definitions. 
• Finally, add your analysis and questions you have in your reading experience

How do your notes look? Have you covered the above concepts? How have they impacted your reading? How "well" would you say you know the reading?

When you are done, please look through a practice quiz over the reading. Found here: How to Read Questions

How quickly were you able to access the information? Did you have to look it up in your notes? Did you have it in your notes? 

Think about the difference in RENTING information and OWNING information. If you rent... you can't do anything with it.. and it is temporary. If you OWN the information, it is yours to alter, utilize, etc.

FOR TUESDAY:
Read chapters 5-7 in How to Read. Take thorough notes. 

Class today: October 7th

1. Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the book, How to Read Like a Professor. Don't worry, the chapters are small. The link is found here: Thomas Foster's How to Read Like a Professor Text

You will need to take notes on your findings. This is a nonfiction text; therefore, its goals are:

•  to inform,
•  instruct, teach, 
• challenge current ideas

When reading nonfiction, you need to approach it thinking like a writer. You have currently been working on writing structure and the components that need to go into writing to prove a point.

Sooooo, you need to enter into the text looking for its point!! 

As you are reading this text, you are to take notes on/annotate your reading. To help you with this process, as you are reading, things I encourage you to look for:

• What is the overall point of the sections? Chapters? What is its thesis/claim? What is its goal? (This may come to you as you read) Track these ideas. 
• HOW are sentences functioning for the writer? Topic sentences? Data/evidence? Warrants? Narrative? Use the function to guide your comprehension. This will also help you distinguish what to write down and what to summarize. 
• How would you section off the ideas? Remember how paragraphing works. Use your new found skills to build meaning. 
• Look for transitions and the relationships they present in the surrounding text. I often square off transitions when I read. 
• Write some brief summaries of your findings when you finish a section.. a page... a chapter. 
• Obviously write down terms and definitions. 
• Finally, add your analysis and questions you have in your reading experience

Class today: October 5th/6th

1. We are taking a practice EOC test at the beginning of the hour. This will set our baseline score. Our goal is to raise the baseline by the end of April when we take the state test.

2. Sentence conventions practice: USA Test Prep... Grammar and Usage Practice. Must pass with 85%.

3. Presidential Election Paper Assignment:

Election Paper Due Dates:
Monday, October 10th: Paper preparation handout due
Wednesday/Thursday, October 12th/13th: Rough outline due
Monday, October 24th: Research completed (go over note cards in class)
Wednesday/Thursday, October 26th/27th: Handwritten rough draft due

Wednesday/Thursday, November 2nd/3rd: Typed draft printed off for class to peer proof.

Tuesday, November 8th: (Election Day!) Paper due by 6:59 PM. Polls close at 7:00 PM. There is no school on this date. Papers will be submitted electronically to Turnitin.com. They will not be accepted after 6:59 PM.

Wednesday/Thursday, November 9th: Turn in at the beginning of class, already collated: Typed peer proofed copy, handwritten copy, outline, note cards, paper preparation sheet

Due: October 5th/6th

1. As announced in class, you will have a grammar terms test on October 18th over the following terms:  Grammar Terms List
- Look at the bottom of "Grammar Links" to find two different links to definitions. You must define... not provide examples of.
2. Aphorism projects are due at the beginning of class on Wednesday/Thursday. Make sure that everything is printed off and collated before you come to class. They will not be accepted AFTER I collect them at the beginning of the hour.

Class today: October 3rd

1. Boot Camp projects are due today. No excuses.
2. Aphorism projects are due on Wednesday/Thursday.
3. For Tuesday, you need to take notes on the following links on Introductions and Conclusions. I will be going over how to write these specialized paragraphs.  Make sure that you pay attention to the strategies for effective ______, and what to avoid. Get these in your notes!

Writing Introductions
Writing Conclusions

4. When you are done, please review 1-12 on the different sentence diagrams. Make sure that you pay attention to the slight differences. You will also notice that #12 is adding in the indirect object. Please also do 29-31- The prepositional phrases. Have these techniques in your sentence diagramming notes.
Sentence Diagramming Basics

Practice the following sentences in your notes. Mark the part of the sentence for each: 

     1. She slammed the door. 

     2. The author wrote a long book. 

     3. My mom told me a long story about my family. 

     4. We gave the lady a ride home. 

     5. A happy dog ran down the street. 

     6.  The children climbed up the stairs.