For those of you still having difficulty with the Works Cited page try using one of the online helps like the one on the link - Easy Bib.  You must remember to ADD THE AUTHOR(S) and information and CHECK THE BOX TO INCLUDE THE URL, then you can export it or copy and paste it to your paper.   REMEMBER:  The Works Cited page is in ALPHABETICAL order.   This, as well as citations that document your work, is one of the most important elements of any research paper.  

Due December 4
Read chapters 12 and 13
Topic selected - thesis statement completed
Conduct your Research - must have  3 to 5 credible sources.  (More are ok)  Make note cards or note pages

Due December 11
Read chapters 14 and 15
outline due - as in book

Due January 8
Read chapters 16
DRAFT due  (NO EXCEPTIONS)
You can email me over break at any time to get a head start.  gatewayacademycl@gmail.com

Due January 15   (END of SEMESTER)  Last class

FINAL paper due!!!!   Must be done as this is the last class.  We move to communications the next week.    Research writing is done!

Final paper due if not turned in.

(Good job on drafts!)

Read chapter 10 take notes on page 115.

Find a topic for your next paper or come to class with it narrowed down to 3 choices.  Consider the choices in the text or from the links on the right.

For this writing-you will conducting your own research so choose a topic you are interested in. 

due November 9

Read chapter 9  

draft of paper due

Due October 16

Read chapter 6 - complete notes page 74.
Make sue pg 68 is complete based on evidence you have found
Pages 75 and 76 complete

Due October 30 (no class on October 23)

Read chapter 7 - complete notes page 81
complete proposed outline of your paper pages 83-86.
(You will not use personal pronouns in your writing.  That means no "I think...." or "I am going to tell you about..."    Stick to the facts from your research. 

Read chapter 8 - drafting
complete notes pg 95
continue drafting your paper. 
(It needs to follow the outline in the book. Each claim, and evidence are paragraphs.  Think of each claim as a three paragraph essay that you link together with transition words.)

Looking ahead:
Draft is due November 6
Final due November 13
That week you will start a second paper on a different theme - of your choosing, which will be turned in before the end of the semester.    This one you will do your own research.

Remember you only need to pick 2 paragraphs to paraphrase to submit for a grade from the exercise sheet.   Make sure these are well done--in your own words.

Due September 25

Create note pages for "Social Networking Benefits Validated" and "Egypt's New Hero.

Read pages 33-46  Take notes page 46.

Due October 2

Complete exercise 8 pg 48-49
Create note cards or note pages for "Flocking Behavior" and "Bullycide."
Complete paraphrasing exercises from Owl Purdue.

Due October 9

Review works cited and parenthetical citations .  Pages 50-51
Create a Bibliography page that includes all the articles we have read so far.
(Bibliography instead of Works Cited since you have not written the paper yet.)
Read 53-60  Complete notes page 60
Complete Quotation Integration pg 63-65

Assignments due:  September 18

You need note cards.

Finish making cards for Facebook and Bebo Risk Infantilising the Human Mind.

Pg 29
Create a source card and note cards for the article:  "More Sex Offenders Join MySpace Than Previously Acknowledged."  (Minimum of 6 cards - refer to pg 31 for grading rubric.)

Create a source card and note cards for the article: " Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance it?"  (Minimum of 6 cards - refer to pg 31 for grading rubric.)

Annotate the article  "Clinical Report-The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families."

(DO NOT LOSE CARDS-YOU WILL NEED THEM.)

Assignments due:  September 25

Finish note page on  "Clinical Report-The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families."

Create note page for "Social Networking Benefits Validated"

Create note page for "Egypt's New Hero"

Refer to pg 31 rubric for grading 

Read pages 33-36

Annotation Rubric - grading guideline

score
10    Annotations appear throughout the article-higlightes, notes in the margin, and abbreviation--that show evidence of the student's thinking.  Thinking can include but goes beyond mere article summary, paraphrases of what the author says, but also includes positive and/or negative reactions to the article's message and connections between the article's thoughts and personal schema or previously learned material.  Definitions of unfamiliar words are recorded.  Questions are asked and answers to these questions attempted.  Evidence that could be used to answer the prompt is clearly marked, including evidence that could be used to address the counterargument.

9     The article is adequately annotated, but with fewer comments than a ten.  The comments show that the article has been carefully read and understood, but without as much depth and insight as the ten.

8     The article is moderately annotated.  Notes in the margin indicate that the student understood the author's thoughts, but only on the surface.  He or she does not make many inferences and connections, does not ask or answer questions, or does not personally respond to the article's arguments.  Some unknown terms may be defined, but not as many nor as thoroughly as necessary.

7     Few annotations appear throughout the story and those that do are superficial, such as exclamation poits or smiley faces.  The student has not stopped to think and record thoughts about the article's perspective.  No terms are defined.  No connections to personal experience or to other research are made.  Teh article must be re-read and re-annotated. 

6     Only one or two superficial annotations on each page.  Article must be re-read and re-annotated. 

(From Writing Research Papers - Lesha Myers)

 assignments:

Week 2 and 3

 Read chapter 2 fill in page 14 :  steps to take to understand the prompt.

Look over pg. 15 we started in class.  Add any additional information you can think of.  Complete pg 16.  Select 2 benefits and 2 detriments from page 15.  Write specific evidence from your own background and knowledge.  (no research at this time)

 Annotate Facebook and Bebo Ris Infantailizing the Human Mind.  Use a highlighter and write in the margins.  Use checklist on page 25  (Must have at least 10 comments)

Read chapter 3.  Fill in notes on pg 24:  what are they, what to included, how to use....

Annotate article on page 26 and 27  use checklist on page 26 and 27   (Must have at least 10 comments)    

Refer to rubic scoring for annotations for grading guidelines.  

Essay prompt  - write a 5 paragraph essay....must have introduction with a thesis statement (what are your points-what are you writing about) and a conclusion that puts it all together.  Remember on an essay you have only one opinion and prove it.  


Some people say you should be content with what you have and accept who you are. But it is
possible that too much self-acceptance can turn into self-satisfied lack of ambition. People should
always strive to improve themselves and to have more in their lives — friends, things, opportunities.
After all, where would we be if great people, both in history and in our own time, did not try to
have more and to improve themselves?

Assignment: Is it best for people to accept who they are and what they have, or should people
always strive to better themselves?

(Remember on the SAT you have only 25 minutes to brainstorm, write, and edit your paper.)

Great job today writing your introduction paragraphs.  We will read more next week. 

Assignments:
Week 1 read the first lesson in the Research Writing book.  Fill in notes on page 7 as you read.  Make sure you understand the differences between essay writing and research writing.   A good idea would be to make a VENN diagram comparing the two.  (Extra points if you turn in a VENN diagram as well as fill in page 7.)

Write a 5 paragraph essay on the SAT writing prompt given in class.  Remember on the SAT you only have 25 minutes to brainstorm, write, and edit.   You have all week so it should be well done. 

Prompt 1

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
We would like to think that progress causes problems to be solved completely, and sometimes that happens. For example, some diseases that once posed a serious threat are no longer a problem, thanks to modern medicine. Some problems can be solved, and they go away. But as often as not, problems exist in a chain of cause and effect: for each problem solved, a new one develops.
Adapted from Gregg Easterbrook, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
Assignment: Does progress reduce the number of problems in the world, or does solving old problems just lead to new ones? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

Welcome to English 2012-2013   Research Writing

This class is one semester long.

You will be writing two research papers as well as short essays and reviewing Excellence in Writing Structure and Style.

For those of you who are new to the IEW program, you will catch on quick.

 All papers will need to be typed with your name, assignment, and date on them unless specified.

Please keep up with the class.

Assignments

due april 17

Short Fiction crossword
Traveling Through the Dark analyses

draft of your short story

assignments

Assignments due April 10

Read one of the following and answer the questions for the stories and poems.

pg 283-293 Tony Kytes the Arch-Deceiver, the Listeners, Foul Shot
pg 270-282 A Gray Sleeve, Barbara Frietchie

248-264 The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1 extra credit assignment score added if you do this story.)

230-247 The Sire de Maletroit's Door, Lady Clare (1 extra credit assignment score added if you do this story.)

extra credit points for each additional assignment you complete.


start working on FINAL PROJECT - Short story contest! Winner will receive a gift certificate to ?????

Write a short story. Design a cover and include 1 illustration (hand drawn or picture)
Must be at least 2 pages typed - double spaced 12 point type. Use sentence openers and dress-ups. Use one of your lists to help make sure you are writing at your grade level.

by April 10
Pre-writing: Brainstorm ideas and choose one to write about. Map out the plot or story sequence using key words or web.

Draft submitted by April 17. It will be returned to you with suggestions for corrections. (Must also be emailed so grade level can be checked) MUST BE TYPED

Final project due May 1.


Check to make sure you have completed the following assignments that were given in class:

WRITE a couple of paragraphs about something that happened to yourself or someone you know.

Unit 7 - Read Life of Caesar and Sir Francis Drake - answer questions
Unit 6 - Read A Special Occasion - answer questions Include WRITING describing an ironic incident from your own experience.

Unit 5 - Fable rewrite a fable changing the characters/setting

assignments

due March 13

(make sure you turn in the J: Allusions to the Bard worksheet)

Finish questions on The Masque of the Red Death if not finished in class. Turn these in.

Read the introduction pg 126-127

Fill in worksheet (Symbolism Defined and Illustrated) as you go through the unit.

read epigram, Ant and the Grasshopper, Grasshopper and the Cricket, Nightingale and the Glowworm,
Answer questions pg 136

EXTRA CREDIT read Fable and maggie and millie and moly and may and answer questions on pg 138.

Rewrite a Fable - either one in the book or another on. (Go to Aesop's Fables link)
Change the characters and make it have the same meaning, but different setting.
Use dress-ups and sentence openers. Should be at least three paragraphs following the story sequence model. First paragraph is the setting, second is the plot/problem, and the third is the climax and moral.

due Feb. 28

Read Introduction to unit three.

Read “An Old-Fashioned Iowa Christmas” and “Snow in the Suburbs.” Answer questions 1-4 pg 73
Write a short essay, at least two paragraphs, on one of your own past Christmases, telling some unique family tradition or an unusual incident. Use imaginative comparisons, sentence openers, and dress-ups. (If these are not clear in the writing, then we will go back to attaching checklists and marking everything.)
Remember
(If you do not have something interesting to write about, make it up, but it must be believable.)
Indicate what type of organization you are using. (chronological?)

assignments

Due Feb. 14

CLEP students: Metrical Study
Non-clep Fiction pretest

Bible Character Sketch worksheet
(Just answer questions - you do not have to write as a paper.)

Turn in Imaginative Comparison Worksheet (We completed most of it in class.)

Read either Fruits of Toil or The Leak and answer questions for that story.

The Leak pg 42 questions 1-3 or pg 53 questions 3-5.

Quiz in class Tuesday

Assignments

Write a sentence for each of the imaginative comparisons we studied in class. Use at least two in a narrative writing. Use your checklist from first semester. You do not have to mark everything - just as long as you are using the dress-ups and sentence openers.

Get creative!

Hopefully everyone will have a book Tuesday.

New Semester

Welcome to the second half of the year of English. Glad to have both classes together for this semester.

Assignments:

Read the story about the bluejays and answer questions.
Read the other poem and answer the questions.
Write a descriptive paragraph using personification.
Know the terms we went over in class.

(Sorry, I do not have my book with me to put down pages.)

Last assignment for semester

Add the intro and conclusion for your paper from last week.

Make sure you have your second "critique" (book report or movie review) turned in.

Order your literature book for second semester.