December 5 & 6

Significant Event Papers--Writing Lab


HOMEWORK
Bring 4 copies of your paper for peer reviews (10 points). If you need to go to the Writing Lab to print, you will either receive a tardy or late points.

Extra credit quote: "Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting." (Anonymous)

November 29 & 30

Skill 16 Review: I asked students for examples of detail-rich writing that low on the scale of abstraction. We talked about different ways to get detail in your writing:
1. Action
2. Inside knowledge
3. Facts and figures (numbers, proper nouns, etc.)
4. Authentic language--dialogue
5. Emotion
5. Figurative language

Skill 18: Tap the power of figurative language (similes, metaphors, and personifications)
If you weren't in class, make sure you study this Skill. If you missed the beginning of class, please do Assignments 1 & 2 on p. 560. Then practice writing a simile about a character in your narrative--use this "pattern": _____ was so ____, like ________, like _______.

Rank the following similes and metaphors (1=best, 4=worst):
1. I stood transfixed like a bump on a log.
2. She was so elusive, like a beautiful perfume you smell but can't name, like the whisper that wakes you from a dream and turns out to belong to the dream.
3. Exposed like a caterpillar on a leaf, he wolfed down his lunch before taking flight.
4. Your thighs are apple trees whose blossoms touch the sky.

Homework
Make sure you've written at least the first three pages of your Significant Event Paper on Google Docs. (10 points)

November 22 & 28

Significant Event Paper--1 page due. Also, we went over sample papers (see me for pink handout).

Skill 16--Moving down the scale of abstraction (pink handout that goes with A&B reading). We did activities to practice detail-rich writing.

Homework
1. Read Skill 18.
2. Write a second page of your Significant Event Paper and print pages 1 and 2 (minimum).

November 16 & 17

Significant Event Paper Samples
Students met in sample paper groups to go over answers and then shared with the class.

Skill 15: Make your narrative a story not an "and then" chronology
"A story depicts events that are connected causally or thematically to create a sense of tension that is resolved through action, insight, or understanding." We graphed out the chronology of the four stories on the white board. We saw that  the events in the stories were all tied to the theme of the story.

Paper Topics
Students wrote lots of ideas for topics. I read prompts from pages 151, 153, and 157.

HOMEWORK
1. Read Skill 16.
2. Print and bring one page of your significant event narrative.

Secret quote: "Death ends a life, not a relationship." (Morrie Schwartz)

Significant Event Paper Schedule

Please be prepared for class by completing these reading and writing assignments BEFORE class:


Nov. 16 & 17
Ch. 7, pp. 150-58, topics, character, setting, theme, and plot

Nov. 18 & 21
Skill 15: Make your narrative a story, not an an then chronology

Nov. 22 & 28--one page of paper due today (print), 5 points
Skill 16: Write low on the scale of abstraction

Nov. 29 & 30--two pages of paper due today (print), 5 points
Skill 18: Tap the power of figurative language
Skill 19: Expand your repertoire of styles

Dec. 1 & 2--three pages of paper due today on Google Docs, 5 points
Writing Lab

Dec. 5 & 6
Writing Lab

Dec. 7 & 8--four copies of finished paper due today (print), 10 points
Peer Reviews

Dec. 9 & 12--bring revised draft of paper
Conventions

Dec. 13 & 14--Significant Event paper due on Google Docs
Start Document Design

November 14 & 15

Focus on Revising your "Problematizing Paper"


A&B Skills 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 25, and 28 Quiz


Writer's Notebook Revision Activity--we'll start this activity in class; finish at home. Due Nov. 16 & 17.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read Chapter 7, pp. 150-58. Bring your textbook to class.

November 10 & 11

 Finer Things Clubs--Thanks for all the work you put into your clubs. I could tell that you learned a lot and enjoyed the "finer things" of life--good books, good food, good music, and good discussions!

HOMEWORK:
1. Reread and understand Allyn & Bacon Skills 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 25, and 28. Quiz next time.
2. Bring your Writer's Notebook, your A&B textbook, and your Medicine Bag.

Secret Quote: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger-flipping; they called it opportunity. (Bill Gates)

October 17 - November 11

Finer Things Clubs

October 13 & 14

Think Like a Reader--Complete Activities 1-4. To complete Activity 4, you can analyze a long paragraph from a magazine or other non-fiction text of your choice.

Homework
1. Peer Reviews (10 points)--you should have shared your Problematizing "doc" on Google Docs with a partner so you can peer review each other's papers.
2. Problematizing Paper is due on Google Docs by 2:30 Monday afternoon.
3. Finer Things Club reading--follow your group's reading schedule--we start Monday (A3) and Tuesday (B3).
4. Writer's Notebooks--please place your WN on the bottom shelf near my desk because I will be reading them for points by the end of the term. Thanks!

Secret quote: Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. (Albert Camus)

October 11 & 12

Business--If you missed class, please read these announcements that include new due dates, etc.

"10,000 Hour Rule--You've read this chapter for class today. I played a YouTube clip of Malcolm Gladwell and Bill Gates discussing the 10,000 Hour Rule. I collected the homework questions.

The Finer Things Clubs--Students chose a book, joined a "club," checked out a book in the Writing Lab, and organized their group reading schedule.

B3 Finer Things Clubs

The Help 1
Rebecca T
Kelsey D
Katelyn
Danielle

The Help 2
Allison
Megan
Lindsey
MaKell
McKell

Wuthering Heights
Christian
Michelle
Sarah
Hailie
Morgan
Calli
Alexis

The Haunting
Kaden
Jake
Cory

Glass Castle 1
Haley
Jeanine
Kylie
Adam Hall

Glass Castle 2
Brooke
Shelby
Jade
Beth

A3 Finer Things Clubs

The Help
Josh
Dave
Summer
Mack
Lydia

The Haunting
Dallin
Anthony
Nick
Megan
Whitney
Jake H.
Stephanie

Great Gatsby
Brandon
Haley
Aislynn
Jenna
Lizzie

Kite Runner
Janalee
Aly
Jordan
Zach

October 7 & 10

Read Outliers, Chapter 2, "The 10,000-Hour Rule" and answer these reflection/discussion questions (second page).

Skills 9 & 14: Introductions and Conclusions


Workshop: work on your paper with me in class.

HOMEWORK:
1. Revise your paper--I will start grading papers on Google Docs October 13.

Note: next time we're starting Finer Things Clubs!

October 5 & 6

Outliers, Chapter 1, "The Matthew Effect." Reflection and discussion questions.

Skill 28: Know when and how to use summary, paraphrase, quotation, and attributive tags

• Group activity, p. 620
• Student samples handout

Paper drafts--body paragraphs: reflection and discussion

HOMEWORK:

1. Revise body paragraphs.

2. Add introduction and conclusion to your paper. Bring a new draft next time.

3. Read Skills 9 & 14.

October 3 & 4

I was at a conference and had a sub.

Spotlight on Thesis Statements--After reading Skill 6 (pp. 511-514), do the exercise on p. 514.

Writing Lab--make sure your paper is shared with me on Google Docs. Print.

HOMEWORK:
1. Finish your "Problematizing" body paragraphs and print a copy.
2. Read Skill 28.

Revised Schedule

Due October 3 & 4: 
Read Skill 6 and A&B pp. 41-49.
Work on Problematizing Papers at home.

Due October 5 & 6: 
Read Skill 28
First draft of the body paragraphs for your Problematizing Paper is due. This means you should 1) be done with your research; 2) be done creating beautiful parachuter-topic-sentence hamburger paragraphs that are not anorexic! Print one copy and bring to class.


Secret quote: "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

October 3 & 4

Skill 6 Spotlight--thesis statements. Do exercise on p. 514, "Developing a Thesis Support Structure."

Writing Lab--work on body paragraphs. They're due next time.

See next post for revised schedule.

September 29 & 30

Skill 10 Spotlight--topic sentences. Hamburger handout. Parachuter trinkets. In pairs, students tried to make 11 sentences into a paragraph. Then we rewrote the topic sentence.

Writing Lab--I gave 10 points for pink prewriting and 5 points for a textbook.

See next post for a revised schedule.

September 27 & 28

Trinkets--marble or kaleidoscope to symbolize looking deeply into a problem from various angles. As you know, this is what you are trying to do in your first paper. (If you haven't brought your Zip-Loc medicine bag yet, please bring it--you're missing out on the goodies!)

Skill Spotlight--Skill 25, pages 597-600. I reviewed some important points in the reading. Then I drew a graphic on the board to help you visualize the "left" (Democrats, liberals, etc.) and the "right" (Republicans, conservatives, etc.). We talked about bias in sources: all sources have a bias--you want to figure out what that bias is so that you understand your source better and where the writer is coming from so you can balance out your research. Then we looked at this Mother Jones site and this American Enterprise Institute site to look for clues--is the source left-leaning? centrist or moderate? right-leaning?

Use the Pioneer Online Library. User name, pioneer. Password, friend. I recommend the SIRS Researcher.

Google Docs--please write your "Problematizing a Topic" paper on Google Docs. Google "docs" and click on the second hit. It will help you create a Google account and sign in. Then choose "New" and "document" from the drop-down menu. At the top, click on "private to me" and share your document with me by adding my email address. Your "Problematizing" paper will be peer reviewed and graded electronically.

Announcement--The syllabus tells you that I use the following categories and percentages: Please be aware of the following:

• Assignments are 30% of your grade.
• Projects (papers) are 60% of your grade.
• Participation is 10% of your grade.

Another Announcement--As explained in the syllabus, remember that if you are absent, you are responsible to read the class blog and catch up by the time you get back. Something that was due the day you missed is due the day you get back. If you missed a quiz, you'll take it the day you get back. (I just checked the syllabus, and it doesn't specifically mention quizzes, so up to this point in the term, I will not dock you for taking a quiz the time after the time you get back.)

HOMEWORK:

1. Work on "Problematizing" Paper at home. It should be on Google Docs and shared with me. You might still be doing research.

2. Read Skill 6, "Convert loose structures into thesis/support structures."

3. A&B, read Chapter 2, Concepts 6 & 7, pages 41-48. (This assignment was not on the schedule...sorry.)

September 23 & 26

Semicolons (A1 only)--Grammar Girl and Auntie Beth's Songs

Topics and research article--tell the class what topic you've chosen and show me that research article you printed (10 points).

Prewriting (pink paper)--complete front and back for next time.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read Outliers chapter.
2. Read Skill 10.
3. Finish Prewriting.

This information was posted late (on September 27 at 2:30 pm)

September 21 & 22

A&B Chapter 1 quiz


Read "Fresh air...Davies." On facing pages in your WN, play the "Believing and Doubting Game" by writing reasons to believe the ESPN article on one page, and reasons to doubt it on the other.

Note from A&B, Chapter 2, pp. 29-30:
dualists--think there are right and wrong answers, the professor knows the right answers, and it's the students' job to learn them.
multiplists--think all answers are equally valid and professors merely want students to have an opinion and state it strongly.
relativism--is the best: take a position in the face of complexity and justify that decision after weighing the reasons and evidence.

What's Your Angle? Handout describes Paper 3: Problematizing a Topic (the last page has a schedule).

HOMEWORK:
1. Read A&B Skill 7 (starts on p. 519) and Skill 25 (p. 597).
2. Decide on a paper topic, and bring an internet article on that topic.

Secret word: autumn

September 19 & 20

Suburban Legends (B2 only)--In your WN, write endings to the two Legends.

Wallowing in Complexity
1. Read "Shadow Scholar."
2. WN: What do you think of the way the author makes a living? (B1 only)

Believing and Doubting Game
If you weren't here, review the text, p. 39. In your WN, first "believe" by writing reasons that would support "Ed Dante"; then "doubt" by writing reasons that wouldn't support Ed Dante.

HOMEWORK:
Read Chapter 2, pages 28-37.

Secret Word: Utes (If you've read this post and found the secret word, write the word on a piece of paper with your name and period, fold it up, and "secretly" hand it to me. :) Thanks for reading, BTW.

September 15 & 16

Homework due--Chapter 1, Parts 1-3.

Wallowing Complexity--30 Days: Muslims in America DVD
1. WN Prompt: What part of the Christian's experience would have challenged you? Would you have stayed for 30 days? Why or why not?

HOMEWORK:

College Essay Revision (due by October 7 & 10 because sometimes it's better to let writing sit before revising it)--I returned most of your essays with grades/comments. If you'd like to revise your essays, you can earn up to 50% of the points you didn't get. The assignment was worth 50 points, so if you received 40/50, after revising you could possibly receive 45/50. Here's what you must do if you want me to read your revision:
1. Don't assume that I marked everything you'd need to revise--otherwise, I'd be doing the revising for you. Read my feedback and use this opportunity to revisit and rethink your essay. Print a fresh copy.
2. Turn in the copy that I graded under the fresh copy.
3. Highlight anything you changed on the old copy.
4. Write me a paragraph explaining what you revised and why. Staple this paragraph on top of the fresh copy.

September 13 & 14

College Essay Reflection
Write me a note telling me how you feel about your essay(s). What was easy/difficult about writing it? If you had more time, what would ou do to the essay(s)?

Semicolons, Dashes, and Colons quiz--see me if you missed this.

Elmo "Real Writers" Presentations
Here's a link to an interview with a "real-world writer." After reading the interview, determine what audience the writer usually writes to, what genre his/her writing is (see p. 24 in the textbook for a list of genres), and what purpose his/her writing serves. Then highlight your favorite quote about writing.

HOMEWORK:
1. Writer's Notebook--Considering your future, what writing do you see yourself doing?
2. Read Chapter 1 (pages 5-27) and in your Writer's Notebook do Parts 1, 2, & 3 on page 27.
3. Bring your textbook to class every time.

Secret word(s): peach cobbler (If you see this, write the words on a little piece of paper with your name and put it in the green mug on my desk.)

September 9 & 12

Peer Reviews of College Application/Scholarship Essays


Writing Spotlights
1. Sentence lengths
2. Avoiding cliches

Revision Reflection in your Writer's Notebook

HOMEWORK:
1. Read and highlight/annotate Trimble's Writing with Style advice about Semicolons, Dashes, and Colons--quiz next time.
2. Revise your essays. Be sure to start each essay by stating the question or prompt you're answering or responding to!
3. Staple together (oldest on the bottom/newest on the top) first draft, peer review drafts, and final draft.

Secret word: colon (If you see this word, write it on a piece of paper with your name and give it to me for an extra credit point.)

September 7 & 8

Writer's Block--read this report about how multi-tasking decreases your ability to concentrate.

Writing Lab--spend an hour working on your college essays. (10 participation points)

Homework:
1. Finish and revise your college application essays and bring 4 copies to class next time for peer reviews. (10 points)

secret word...shhh: concentrate

September 2 & 6

WN Responses to This I Believe essays
Listen to five (5) of the following This I Believe essays and write a 5-minutes personal response to each.
An Honest Doubter
Have I Learned Anything Important Since I Was Sixteen?
A Grown-Up Barbie
Be Cool to the Pizza Dude
Getting Angry Can Be a Good Thing
Why I Close My Restaurant
Living Life with "Grace and Elegant 'Treeness'"
Happy Talk
Always Go to the Funeral
An Athlete of God

College Application Essays WN prewriting--Decide which essay questions to answer and spend a 1/2 hour (or more) prewriting. Next class period, we are going to the Writing Lab. The time after that, we'll be peer reviewing your essays. The time after that, they're due for a grade.

August 31 & September 1

Peer Review--perform a "usability test" for another student. Make notes and provide feedback--then sign the bottom.

Reflection--Write a one-page reflection. What did you learn about writing for an audience? If you were to revise, what changes would you make? In general, what did you learn about writing from this assignment?

Parallel Structure quiz--Complete the following sentences with words of your choice but preserve the parallel structure.

1. My dad gave me the money to go to the store and get grapes, chicken, lettuce, and ___________.
2. Struggling to get my breath, batting at the water, ____________________, I felt like I was going to drown.
3. In Belgium, I ate chocolates, walked to the museums, and _______________.
4. My idea of a utopia would be a place where elves eat seaweed, ____________________________.


Neighborhood ABCs (WN)--listen to this NPR story, choose a letter, and write a sentence about your own neighborhood.

HOMEWORK: Investigate the website of a college you would like to attend. Go through the steps to apply so that you can find essay requirements. Print the essay question(s) and bring to class. You must have essay topic questions for next time.
FYI--Paper 2: College Application Essay

August 29 & 30

"Hamburger Helper"--good writers learn to focus on their audience's (their readers') needs

Step-by-step Lego instructions
Schedule:
28 & 29--in class, draft your instructions
Homework--type instructions and add pictures/drawings
31 & 1--usability test and reflection--turn in

Other Homework
Go go the PGHS counseling office and get an official transcript; bring it to Mrs. Bowman in Room 129--UVU Concurrent Enrollment must have your test scores before you can register for this class!

Medicine Bags

In Native American Culture, some Native Americans kept Medicine Bags filled with precious and meaningful items: a swan feather, a root, a braid of sweetgrass, red coals for incense, or a stone. In some cultures, the Medicine Bags contained items that could provide healing. In English 1010, our version of Medicine Bags is Medicine Boxes (Chinese take-out boxes). These boxes hold trinkets that remind English 1010 students of important writing skills that, if applied, will help improve, or "heal," your writing: a kaleidoscope, a parachuter, a spider ring, an eraser, a ribbon knotted to a string.

August 25 & 26

Classwork

1. Write an emusic ad for yourself in parallel structure.
2. Read "Parallel Structure" and do the exercises.
3. With your table, examine the sample instructions and list the characteristics you find.
4. Read "Hamburger Helper" and write a response.

Homework

1. Buy textbook (see last post for instructions).
2. Decorate Writer's Notebook with pictures and words. (I gave out composition notebooks.)
3. Apply to UVU and register for this class. My CRN is #16082.

Welcome--August 23 & 24, 2011

Welcome to the best class at PG! I'm looking forward to meeting you, hearing your ideas and opinions, and reading your writing.

Class Blog: Please check this blog in between class sessions for homework reminders. If you are sick, you can find out what you missed and print assignments from here. If you are sick and want full credit for the work you missed, you should catch up before you come back. 

Shopping List:  

• The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, Fifth Edition, Brief Edition--to save money, get started right away so you can find a used copy online or at the UVU Bookstore. ISBN # 978-0-205-59873 OR ISBN # 0-205-59873-0.
• Medium-sized English binder.
• Gallon-sized Zip-Loc bag (this will be your "medicine bag").

Class Syllabus: Please print the syllabus and keep a copy in your binder.

UVU Registration:

• My CRN #--16082.
• Follow instructions on pink sheet.

 

May 23 visit from Jonny Harline

May

May 13--Capitalization/Colons, Dashes, and Semi-Colons
Read This I Believe, "A Grown-up Barbie." Note writer's use of colons and dashes.
Take notes of capitalization rules in Writer's Inc. Then do this practice quiz.
Write an analogy for one of the above punctuation marks.

April 29

Method section first draft due
Results section spotlight--assignment

April 27

Field Research Project: Method

See me for the handout--it has 1) a sample student paper from last year, and 2) an "Instructions" assignment.

April 21

Google Searches, NPR
After listening, what do you think these terms mean? "search engine optimization" and "content farms"
Proposals, final draft due
If you intend to do some field research in class next Monday, bring copies!
Get Grace Passes, turn in homework
Field Research Report
Writing the intro (it should include some brief background formal research); document sources in APA Style (instead of MLA)
Media Center
Start work on introduction

Field Research Report--assignment and schedule

For the Field Research Report, we will closely follow Chapter 10.
Assignment Description: p. 261 (top, in gold)
Assignment Organization/Outline: p. 241
Assignment Peer Review Questions: pp. 262-63

Schedule
April 21
Proposal due (including revised questionnaires, interview questions, and observation guides).
Discuss SpongeBob sample paper and homework questions.
Discuss "Introduction."

April 25
"Introduction" and "References" in APA Style due. Refer to pp. 652-59.
Field research during class--You can conduct interviews and hand out questionnaires during class. Bring copies!

April 27
Discuss "Method" section.

April 29
"Method" section due.
Discuss "Results" section. (To complete the Results section, you must finish your field research.)

May 3
Guest Author Series: Beth Olsen, Pleasant Grove historian


May 5
"Results" section due.
Discuss "Discussion" section.

May 9
"Discussion" section due.

May 11
Peer Reviews--complete first draft due.

May 13
Revised draft due for editing.

May 17
Final draft due.

May 19, 23, and 25
Field Research video.

April 19

Field Research Proposals--I handed proposal drafts back with my comments for revision.

Questionnaires and Interviews--reviewed pages 247-51 and page 241.

Homework
Revise proposal--final draft due next time.
Read sample paper (pp. 275-82) and answer questions 1-5 (top of p. 283).

April 8

Writer's Notebook: Listen to (or read) this NPR StoryCorps broadcast ("In a Steel Town"). Then write for 10 minutes answering some or all of these questions: What is your motive for going to college? Do you feel that you're just expected to go? Do you feel that you personally want to go or don't want to go? If you're not excited about starting college, what would you rather do? If you're going to college, do you know what you want to study? Do you feel you need to know? (PS--Robyn's Thoreau freewrite got me thinking about this.)

Proposing a Field Research Project: In the Writing Lab, finish the first draft of your "proposal" to me. Read/refer to A&B, pp. 245-51. Print and turn this in today.

Homework: Read the beginning of Chapter 10, pp. 239-51. Note that after your "proposal" is accepted and after your "field research" is done, you will write a "Empirical Research Report" using the "Framework" on p. 241. There's a sample paper on pp. 275-282 (about SpongeBob Square Pants).

Proposing a Field Research Project--due April 8

Proposing a Field Research Project

By Friday, April 8, you should have chosen a topic and typed a "proposal" to me (see above link for requirements).

Into the Wild presentations

Ch 4--Keslee and Cayden
Ch 5--Robyn and Anna
Ch 6--Ryan and Carson

Ch 7--Nate
Ch 8--Kim/Adrienne
Ch 9--Colter and Taylor

Ch 10--Marie and Tamela
Ch 11--Jill and Brittney
Ch 12--Ben and Jennie

Ch 13--Skyler and Corbin
Ch 17--Tucker and Courtney
Ch 18--Brandon and Jason
Epilogue--Audrey and Christie

March 21

Text Clue Words that can affect the reader--Avatar Movie Review assignment and Transitions assignment

Into the Wild trailer

Into the Wild Writer's Notebook prompts:

1. Do you ever dream of turning your back on your life and running away? Why or why not? What would you like to escape? Where would you go? 
2. When Chris McCandless graduates, his parents buy him a new car. He responds by asking, "Why would I want a new car?" Try to imagine and describe what life philosophy would prompt him to not want a new car. Have you ever had someone give you a gift that you thought was too extravagant?

March 17--Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Volleyball girls Audrey and Kim, and 4H girl Christie--travel safely!

Summary/Strong Response Papers are due today--please put the fresh draft I'll be grading on top (oldest drafts on the bottom).

Comma and Apostrophe Refreshers

HOMEWORK

Remember to read Chapters 1-3 for next time.

So You Want to Write...

Top 100 Blogs for Writers

Student Writers Boot Camp

Peer Reviews

Please bring 9 copies of your completed paper for the people at your table.

March 4: Anna, Adrienne, Corbin, Kim, Christie, and Robyn
March 8: Tamela, Jillian, Skyler, Carson, Courtney, and Jennie
March 10: Cayden, Keslee, Audrey, Jason, Nate, and Ryan
March 15: Brittney, Taylor, Colter, Brandon, Tucker, Marie, and Ben

March 2

Types of Evidence: 1) internet and library research; 2) field research such as observation, interviews, and questionnaires; 3) personal expertise and personal experience.

STAR Criteria for evaluating evidence: Sufficiency, Typicality, Accuracy, and Relevance.

Happy Valley dvd
1. What claims does the film (implicitly or explicitly) make?
2. What kinds of evidence does the filmmaker use?
3. Does the evidence pass the STAR test?

Paper Organization Review/Writing Thesis Statements

February 28

Critique of Academy Awards presenters Anne Hathaway and James Franco. The writer says the two young hosts did a good job in the "Inception" film clips; they didn't do as well in front of the live audience.

The papers you are writing are also critiquing--rather than critiquing people's performances, you're critiquing a reading. Today we focused on analyzing logos, pathos, and ethos; and analyzing Purpose and Audience.

If you weren't in class (10 points),
1) please read A&B pp. 404-406 ("Paintball") and write answers to questions 2-4 on p. 407;
2) please analyze the "Audience and Purpose" of these four readings: "Paintball," "Shadow Scholar," "When Nice," and "We Do Abortions Here." If you don't have a copy of "Abortions," please see me for a copy of the first two pages.

February 17

Auntie Beth Grammar Songs (affect/effect and a lot)

Homework due (Chapter 6 Take-Home Quiz)

Summary/Strong Response Essay
Anticipation Guide--"Nice"
"When Nice Ain't So Nice" by Eloise Bell--skim; then read "with the grain" to get the gist; annotate in the margins while reading; read again at home. If you were absent, you should see me to get a copy of this essay.

Significant Event Paper REVISIONS due Friday, Feb. 18

If you wish to revise your SE Paper, first read my Google Docs comments and my green Grading Rubric comments for revision ideas. Be aware that I don't mark all errors/problems that I see but only enough to give you an idea of the kinds of issues you should take a look at. You should take the initiative to carefully reread the entire paper and improve it. As you make changes to your paper, please highlight those changes with the Google Docs highlight feature.

To send me revisions of your SE Paper to look at (with the hope of recovering some points), please write me an email at pharline@alpine.k12.ut.us and in the email provide me with the link to your Google Docs paper. You can do this by copying and pasting the URL from the Google Docs page. In the email message, please give me an idea of what changes you made to the paper.

Homework Assignment due February 17 (24 points)

Starting February 17, we will be working on "reading rhetorically." The first step is to carefully read A&B Chapter 6 (up to the middle of page 129) and complete this Chapter 6 Take-Home Quiz on your own. Since the PGHS Copy Center has been down, you will need to print this assignment from the link I've given you. Set aside at least an hour to do this assignment.

Document Design Presentations

During your presentation, I will be using the Significant Event Paper rubric, the Document Design section, to score your work: type fonts; space and layout (which includes contrast and layout); color; graphics and images. If you want to read parts (or all) of your story, great, but that's not what I'm grading.

If you aren't ready for your presentation, you'll receive a 0.

Schedule

Wednesday, February 9
Tucker
Audrey
Jennie
Ben
Kim
Brittney
Christie
Tamela
Anna

Friday, February 11
Marie
Courtney
Skyler
Brandon
Ryan
Corbin
Nate

Tuesday, February 15
Jillian
Taylor
Colter
Carson
Adrienne
Robyn
Jason
Cayden

Homework (due Fri, Jan 28)

A&B Reading: pp. 76-82; do #1-5 on p. 82.

Announcements--January 24

Textbook: Bring your textbook to class (5 points).

Grace Passes: Make sure you got your two gold Term 3 Grace Passes--these allow you to turn in two assignments late for full points. Once you've used them, you cannot turn in late work. Unused GP are worth 5 points each at the end of Term 3.

January 5

Significant Event Paper Handout and Schedule

Today we worked in partners to prepare skill presentations.

January 3, 2011

Significant Event Paper--Think of significant NOT as "unusual" or "exciting" but as "revealing" or "conveying an unexpected meaning or insight."

Using textbook pages 151 and 153, brainstorm topic ideas in your Writer's Notebook.

HOMEWORK
1. Read Chapter 7, pages 150-58.
2. Choose a paper topic and write two pages about it in your Writer's Notebook.
3. Bring your textbook to class while we're working on this paper.