Jan. 3-7

Jan. 3: NO SCHOOL

Jan. 4: Intro to Course (Syllabus); Class Data Collection; In-Class Writing Sample

Jan. 5: Verb Notes; Weak Verb Practice; Was War
HW: Memorize Helping/Linking Verbs for Friday

Jan. 6: Value of Letters TIB essay with short response
HW: Strong/Weak Verb Practice

Jan. 7: Verb Quiz; Set up Google Accounts and Moodle Accounts; Prepositions (PPT--find on Moodle)
HW: "Common Problems" Moodle forum

Apr. 19-23

Apr. 19: Peer-Evaluation 2; Intro to Comparison-Contrast Writing; Pronoun-Antecedent handout

Apr. 20: Media data; TED Talk
HW: Moodle Discussion #1; Pronoun Practice

Apr. 21: Practice of Slowing Down; Read "Last Child in the Woods" essay selection; Take notes on all
HW: Moodle Discussion #2 (Choose ONE)

Apr. 22: Outlining

Apr. 23: Pronoun-Antecedent Quiz; Drafting

April 12-16

April 12: Presentations
April 13: Oral Exams/Grammar Work
April 14: Oral Exams/Grammar Work
April 15: Oral Exams/Grammar Work
April 16: Grammar Quiz; Comparison-Contrast Writing

Mar. 29-April 2

Mar. 29: B220
Mar. 30: B220
Mar. 31: B220--Presentations
April 1: B220--Presentations
April 2: NO SCHOOL

Mar. 22-26

Mar. 22: B220--Work on prospectus (due at end of period)
HW: Continue research; Response Log due at midnight

Mar. 23: B218

Mar. 24: B220

Mar. 25: B220

Mar. 26: Classroom with laptops

Mar. 15-19

Mar. 15: Classroom!!
Mar. 16-18: B220
Mar. 19: NO SCHOOL

Mar. 8-12

Mar. 8-12: B218 for Research Project

Mar. 1-5

Mar. 1: Intro to Research Paper; Fishbowl Activity; Form Groups

Mar. 2: If/Then Group Expectations; Discuss Possible Topic
HW: Group Dynamics RL

Mar. 3: Topic Exploration/Write Proposal (B218)
HW: Topic Choice RL

Mar. 4: Begin Research (B220)

Mar. 5: Research (B220)

Feb. 22-26

Feb. 22: Fragments; Finding Forrester

Feb. 23: Adjective Clause Review (See p. 618.7, 618.8, and 623.3, and 642.3); Finding Forrester
HW: Fragment Review; Blog Post #2; Adjective Clause Review

Feb. 24: Finding Forrester
HW: Fragment Review

Feb. 25: Finding Forrester

Feb. 26: Fragment Quiz; Intro Research Paper

Feb. 15-19

Feb. 15: No School

Feb. 16: Peer-Revision

Feb. 17: Listen to "A Reverence for All Life" and write reaction; Guided Edit
HW: Send Essay through WordCounter

Feb. 18: Guided Edit

Feb. 19: Final Draft Due

Feb. 8-12

Feb. 8: Sentences with Adj Clauses; Pro-Con Chart discussion; Summary Conferences; S/V Pretest
HW: Create outline for Wednesday

Feb. 9: Sentences with Adj Clauses
HW: Article #2 summary (or revise Article #1 summary) and outline for Wednesday

Feb. 10: Outline conferences; Drafting Time
HW: Thesis

Feb. 11: Drafting Time; Thesis Conferences

Feb. 12: Drafting Time; Thesis Conferences
HW: Draft due Tuesday

Feb. 1-5

Feb. 1: Library--find article that will help in position paper on your topic of choice.

HW: Summarize this article (250 words) for Tuesday

Feb. 2:

Feb. 3: No school

Feb. 4: Introduce position paper; Cut summary to 150 words for Friday; Read one essay from Ch 18; Read p. 588-9.

Feb. 5: Library--Summary article 2
HW: Comment on another student's blog

Jan. 25-29

Jan. 25: Sentence combining using adverb clauses

Jan. 26: Intro to Summary Writing; Subjective vs. Objective

HW: Read "Where the Boys Aren't" and write one-sentence summary PER PARAGRAPH for Thursday

Jan. 27: Write one-sentence summaries of article

Jan. 28: (sub) create 250-word summary of article based on one-sentence summaries

Jan. 29: Condense summaries; add citations and attributive tags.

Jan. 19-22

Jan. 19: Finish Intro Scavenger Hunt; Drafting time
HW: Draft due Wednesday

Jan. 20: Peer-Review

Jan. 21: Self-Revision

Jan. 22: Final Draft Due

Jan. 11-15

Jan. 11: Choose topic; freewriting; preposition practice
HW: Ch 2 in College Writer

Jan. 12: Discuss Ch 2; Intro to reflective writing (p. 156 & 170-171)
HW: Read "None of this is Fair" (p. 161-164), complete double-entry notes, and prepare for graded discussion on Wednesday.

Jan. 13: Graded discussion
HW: Blog #1 due Sunday by midnight

Jan. 14: Freewriting into outlining
HW: Blog #1 due Sunday by midnight

Jan. 15: Preposition quiz; Introduction Scavenger Hunt; outlining into drafting
HW: Blog #1 due Sunday by midnight; draft due Wednesday