Weekly Agenda 12/17-12/21

Weekly Agenda 12/17-12/21

Monday: We will go to Mrs. Curl's computer lab to work on PowerPoints for the Lifeboat project. The PowerPoints are DUE TODAY by the END OF CLASS. Presentations will be all this week. Be prepared to give your presentation starting TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007. Use our presentation tips website to prepare: home.cfl.rr.com/acapelle
**Remember if you write a letter to me about how the presentation tips website helped you with your project, you will receive 5 points toward your project grade.

Tuesday: We will listen to student presentations. HONORS: There will be a short vocabulary quiz on Units 1-3 in your vocab book. Study!!

Wednesday: We will listen to student presentations. We will work on completing the ad analysis after all presentations are done.

Thursday: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to give your presentation. You will use the project rubric to check your work before turning it all in. You will turn in ALL of your project work (the research packet including your outline, your first draft, your final draft, your works cited page, and ANY other work related to the project).

Friday: We will review the study guide and HONORS will receive the winter break homework assignment (don't worry... it will be a fun activity when we return from break!).

Keep in mind that we are NOT yet on break. We will work until the very last second! No whining. :-)

Final Drafts and Works Cited page help

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that your FINAL drafts are due tomorrow. They should be typed, double-spaced and in 12 pt Times New Roman font.

Here is some information about your Works Cited page (or really just a bibliography since we did not do actual citations... yet). It is from Purdue University's writing lab. There is also a page in your project packet to help you.

An Entire Web Site

Basic format:
Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site [electronic address].

Example:
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. 26 Aug. 2005. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. 23 April 2006 http://owl.english.purdue.edu.

Long URLs (Web site addresses)

URLs that won't fit on one line of your Works Cited list should be broken at slashes, when possible.

Some Web sites have unusually long URLs that would be virtually impossible to retype. For example, the Amazon.com URL for customer privacy and security information is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/551434/104-0801289-6225502,

so we'd need to simplify the citation:

Amazon.com. "Privacy and Security." 22 May 2006 . Path: Help; Privacy & Security.

Here is another link that may help you: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

And one more: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/14/

If you have any questions email me or see me in class tomorrow.

REMEMBER that your Final Draft and Works Cited page are due at the beginning of class.

Weekly 12/10-12/14

Weekly Agenda 12/10-12/14

DUE DATE/TEST REMINDERS:

• Final Drafts and Works Cited pages are due on Friday AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. It should be TYPED, DOUBLE-SPACED, 12pt TIMES NEW ROMAN.
• There will be a quick quiz on the King speech (rhetorical devices/persuasive techniques, and vocab) on Wednesday. STUDY!!!
• HONORS: Vocab unit 3 is due on Friday. Test on Units 1-3 next Tuesday.
• PowerPoints are due on MONDAY (8-10 slides that contain your should statement, summarize your essay's main points, and include graphics). Please see this site for help preparing your presentation.

Monday: Today we will take Lexile (SRI) tests.

Tuesday: We will work on the ad analysis performance test and we will have conferencing about your first drafts.

Wednesday: Today we will take a short quiz on the King speech, rhetorical devices/persuasive techniques in the speech, and the vocabulary for King. We will finish first draft conferences. We will also review how to complete the Works Cited page.

Thursday: We will read a short biography piece on Rosa Parks and watch a brief video on Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be a sub today due to a workshop I'm presenting. BEHAVE!

Friday: Your FINAL DRAFTS and WORKS CITED PAGE are due at the BEGINNING OF CLASS. THESE ARE LATE AFTER TODAY!!! Your PowerPoint (8-10 slides of your should statement and summary of your essay) is due on Monday and we will have presentations next week. Email them to me through your gaggle.net email or bring it in on a flash drive/floppy disk.
Today's classwork will be viewing several short movie clips and analyzing the persuasive techniques used by the characters.
Honors: Your Unit 3 vocabulary pages 38-41 are due today. We will have a test on Units 1-3 on Tuesday.

Weekly Agenda 12/3/07-12/7/07

Weekly Agenda

Monday: We worked on pre-writing pages in your project packet and began outlining for the first draft of the Lifeboat persuasive essay. The OUTLINE and FIRST DRAFT of your essay is due on Friday, Dec. 7.

Honors: Unit 2 pgs. 31-34 of your VOCABULARY BOOK is due on Friday, Dec. 7.

Tuesday: We are going to the media center to research more facts for the Lifeboat persuasive essays. Your research pages are due today.

Wednesday: We will be writing the first draft of the Lifeboat persuasive essays in class today.

Thursday: You will have a substitute today due to a 9th grade teacher workshop. You will work on a practice prompt and continue working on your Lifeboat project.

Friday: Your OUTLINE and FIRST DRAFT of the Lifeboat persuasive essay is due today. We will have a short test on the King speech (rhetorical devices/persuasive techniques). Study the King vocabulary you were given.