Class today- 11/25 (Monday)

1. Submit your thesis to the E12H folder, which has been shared with your school email. Open the folder. Open document. Name your document with your name. Save it. This must be time stamped ten minutes after the bell rings.

2. Once you have submitted your thesis, you will need to read through the following links..

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/professors-guide/2010/02/10/writing-a-paper-try-these-7-research-tips

http://writingcenterunderground.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/top-ten-tips-for-writing-research-papers/

3. Lastly, you will need to read the "Top Five Student Writing Problems".
http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/fivesp.html

When you are done, you will need to respond to each problem explaining what you have learned this year that is a remedy to each stated problem.
I have shared a folder with your school email for this assignment, as well. Remember your writing! This is not something I want you to throw together. Think. Construct. Support. This is due by 12 AM... the end of this day. I have sent you a template that you will cut and paste on your own document, then send to me your document.

Remember: You have a rough outline due on Tuesday.

Final paper assignment

1. Your final paper assignment sheet is located under "documents" (see right).
2. The CHICAGO style guide is located under "links".
3. Abstract instructions are located under "links".

Due dates:
1. Brainstorm and thesis: November, 25th
2. Rough outline: November 26th
3. Research, research, research: Done by December 4th
4. Note cards: Done by December 6th
5. Handwritten draft: December 9th
6. Typed draft, peer editing December 10th
7. Final paper: December 13th, 7:35 AM (turnitin)
8. Abstract: December 16th, class time (google drive share)
9. Presentation: December 17, 18, 19

Class today: November, 13th

You have a rough draft completed. You will need to look at the following samples of argumentatvie essays, and then do a comparative analysis with your own work. This should help you as you start working on the typed draft.

http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/CryWolf.html

http://people.oregonstate.edu/~petersp/ORST/WR121_files/argument.htm#Sample Essays

Remember: The typed draft is due on FRIDAY.
                   The FINAL draft is due on MONDAY at 7:35 to turnitin.com

Class today: November, 12th

1. Read and take notes on the critical points of this article.

http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/high_school_v_college.htm

Remember: handwritten rough drafts are due tomorrow.

Class today: November 11th

We will be working on going through our sources and organizing found information for the easiest implementation into our rough draft.

1. Once you have a rough-complete outline done, and you have finished researching, you will need to go through that research thoroughly and systematically. Remember to evaluate your sources according to their effectiveness:

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

Using note cards for organization simplifies this process. You will go through one source at a time and create note cards with parenthetical citation as you read. Code your note cards to your outline and mark on your outline where you have research. You may also do works cited cards for each source as you work.

Click on the following link for instructions on note cards:
http://www.wtps.org/wths/imc/mla_style/note_cards.htm

Handouts on note cards are on the right hand side of this page under "instructional links".

2. Once  you have gone through a source and determined it is viable for your paper, place the citation information down on a preliminary WORKS CITED PAGE.

Click on the following link for instructions on works cited pages:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

3. When the research has been sifted through and cataloged, and your works cited page is constructed, take your stack of note cards, your outline, and your paper... start writing the draft. Start with the body sections first. REMEMBER TRANSITIONS and PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS.

This is an excellent source for integrating quotes.. what you should and should not do... REVIEW before writing.

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/integrating-quotes-citing-sources-effectively-in-academic-papers/

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/quotations-integrating-them-in-mla-style-papers/

Class today- Friday, November 8th

As I try to hit you over the head daily with the relevance of grammar and mechanics in your communicative lives, today we are going to revisit the critical need of knowing this "stuff" RIGHT NOW!

Of course, you have to be proficient in English grammar and mechanics for an English class and your other classes where you write and speak... but there is also a 'little' HIGH STAKES test called the ACT that surprisingly ALSO finds this "stuff" important. Who knew?

Today, we will be going through three English sample passages. Timed. On the actual ACT you will have 75 questions in 45 minutes. This means 25 questions in 15 minutes OR 10 questions every 6 minutes OR 1 question every 36 seconds.

These passages have 15 questions. You will have 9 minutes to complete.
You will take the second passage test. Write down the answers first. Do not click on the screen. After the 9 minutes is up, I will provide the answers so we can see how you did in addition of handling the time.

Then, you will take the first passage test. You will also be timed. However, when you are done with this test you will go back over the questions and write down what is the GRAMMAR or MECHANICS issue that makes your response CORRECT. After you have done this, we will go through the correct answers and see if your reasoning is solid.

You will then take the third passage test. It will be timed, as well.

Passage 2:
http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/english/eng_02.html

Passage 1:
 http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/english/eng_01.html

Passage 3:
http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/english/eng_03.html

If time allows, we will take a sample reading passage, so you will see the importance of being able to determine the main idea and supporting points of any text... notice I said that YOU can determine it on your own... not have someone else (me) point it out for you!

READING
35 minutes to read 4 passages and respond to 40 questions.
This is approximately just under 9 minutes per section.
You will need to spend about 3 minutes reading the passage and about 35 seconds per question to answer.

Passage 1:
http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/reading/read_01.html

Passage 2:
http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/reading/read_02.html

Due: Wednesday or Thursday (11/6,11/7)

1. Read through thoroughly the RESEARCHED ARGUMENT essay assignment. You were given the hard copy in class... and it is also located on the right hand side of this page.  Read through.. take notes... be thinking about a topic. Come to class fueled with questions.
2. Study the evaluating sources handout I gave you in class.

Due: November 4th

Remember: Final draft of Argumentative Analysis paper is due by 7:35 AM to turnitin.com.
You will use your account that you created for the first paper.
Don't forget proper citation. The Purdue OWL website and citation handout are located on the right side of this page.

The class numbers are as followed:

2nd Hour: 7068204
4th Hour: 7068217
6th Hour: 7068224
7th Hour: 7068229

Password for all classes: bearcats