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

Jan. 4-8

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

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

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

Jan. 7: Set up Google Accounts/Blogs/Reader

Jan. 8: Verb Quiz; Prepositions (PPT--find on Moodle)
HW: "Common Problems" Moodle forum; Choose topic