Dec. 13-17

Dec. 13: Course Evaluation; Portfolio Review
HW: Prepare for Final Exam

Dec. 14: Final Exam - last day of the course

Dec. 6-10

Dec. 6: Drafting

Dec. 7: Drafting
HW: FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW!

Dec. 8: Self-Reflection/Written Exam; ACT Practice
HW: Parallel Structure p. 433-434, ex. 3

Dec. 9: ACT Practice; Grammar Girl - Parallel Structure; Peer Evaluation

Dec. 10: 1984 Quiz/Discussion
HW: Final Exam Tuesday; Bring old essays Monday

Nov. 28-Dec. 3

Nov. 28: Drafting
Nov. 29: Drafting
Nov. 30: Drafting
Dec. 2-3: Share Joys

Nov. 22-24

Nov. 22: 1984 discussion
Nov. 23: Finish outline discussions
Nov. 24: ACT Practice #2; Peer Evaluations
HW: Draft due Nov. 29 at end of period
Read p. 681-5 (counter-arguments) and 738-49 (citation)

Nov. 15-19

Nov. 15: Exit Exam
Nov. 16: Prospectus due
Nov. 17: Continue research
Nov. 18: Outline due
Nov. 19: Outline Presentations
HW: Revise outline/draft; 1984 discussion Monday

Nov. 8-12

Nov. 8: B226; Receive Exit Exam

Nov. 9-11: Research

Nov. 12: Discuss status
HW: Prepare for Exit!

Nov. 1-5

Nov. 1: Introduce Research Paper

HW: Read p. 456-61

Nov. 2: Thesis practice; Explore possible trends

HW: Read p. 461-3 w/ says/does

Nov. 3: Form groups & create rubric; work through p. 485-88
HW: Response Log: How do you feel about your group so far? (via email)
Read p. 465-71 by Friday

Nov. 4: Work through p. 489; Begin research

Nov. 5: Continue research

Oct. 25-29

Oct. 25: 1984 Graded Discussion

Oct. 26: Exit Practice #4; Review thesis statements

Oct. 27: Continue discussing thesis (TED Talk)

Oct. 28: Exit Practice #5

Oct. 29: Grammar Review

Oct. 18-22

Oct. 18: Conferencing on CA; return Ch 8 grammar test (revise)

Oct. 19: CA Due; announce Exit Exam dates; return Exit Exam #2 -- discuss common weaknesses & journal

Oct. 20: Discuss sample essays; that vs. which

Oct. 21: ACT practice; Exit Exam Practice #3

HW: Prepare for 1984 discussion (Monday)

Oct. 22: NO SCHOOL

Oct. 11-15

Oct. 11: NO SCHOOL

Oct. 12: (shortened period) Ch 9 Pretest; Work on draft

Oct. 13: Draft Due; Discuss strategies for thesis statements, intros, and conclusions

Oct. 14: Read sample comparative analysis with guided revision steps

Oct. 15: (shortened period) Drafting time

HW: Final draft due Tuesday

Oct. 4-8

Oct. 4: Grammar quiz (Ch 8); Return summaries; Exit exam tips
HW: Plan Exit

Oct. 5: Exit Exam #2
HW: 200-word summary of film

Oct. 6: 200-word summary of film due; create list of points for analysis
HW: List of points due tomorrow

Oct. 7: Go over list of points; Apply Yolen to points (double-column)
HW: Begin drafting

Oct. 8: Drafting time
HW: Rough draft due Tuesday

Sept. 27-Oct. 1

Sept. 27: Review Pronoun Test; Ch 8 Pretest; Collect Summaries; Intro Comparative Analysis
HW: Choose Film

Sept. 28: Journal about Narrative/Comments; Exit Exam Practice #2 -- highlight thesis (if stated) or write implied thesis at bottom of page. Highlight (in a different color) evidence to prove the thesis.

HW: Exit Exam Practice #2 -- highlight thesis (if stated) or write implied thesis at bottom of page. Highlight (in a different color) evidence to prove the thesis.

Watch film by Friday & construct 200-word summary of film by Monday; Exit Exam #2 -- plan essay for Tuesday, Oct. 5.

Sept. 29: Verb Review; Discuss Exit Exam #2
HW: Plan Exit Exam #2 Essay; Watch film

Sept. 30: Verb Review; What do you know about . . .
HW: Plan Exit Exam#2 Essay; Watch film

Oct. 1: Verb Quiz; Sample Comparative Analysis Outline
HW: Plan Exit Exam#2 Essay; Watch film

Sept. 20-24

Sept. 20: Review modifiers and pronouns; Cinderella Part 3, 4 & 5
HW: Read Yolen's essay and write one-sentence summaries by Tuesday (31 total)

Sept. 21: Modifier/Pronoun Quiz; Cinderella Part 5, Part 6, & Part 7.
HW: Tie summary sentences together into one 300-word summary for Friday. Finish watching Cinderella (Part 8, Part 9, Part 10)

Sept. 22: Work Keys
HW: Summary

Sept. 23: Work Keys
HW: Summary

Sept. 24: Summary revision; citation check
HW: Final 200-word summary due Monday

Reading Deadlines for 1984

Book 1 by Oct. 15
Book 2 by Nov. 19
Book 3 by Dec. 3

Sept. 13-17

Sept. 13: Put together one-sentence summaries; discuss summary thesis statements & attibutive tags

Sept. 14: Narrative due; pronoun practice (clickers); compile summary sentences #1-4; thesis statement

HW: cut repetition & irrelevant summary sentences

Sept. 15: Add transition phrases & attributive tags; type summary and email kschuttester@gmail.com

HW: summary due Thursday

Sept. 16: Review modifiers (misplaced & dangling); Summary citation tips
HW: Read Grimm's "Cinderella"

Sept. 17: Review pronouns; Watch Disney's Cinderella
HW: Read Yolen's essay "America's Cinderella"
Pronoun/Modifier Quiz Tuesday

Sept. 6-10

Sept. 6: NO SCHOOL

Sept. 7: Grammar Revision; 10-on-1
HW: Grammar Revision

Sept. 8: Conferencing/drafting; weak verbs practice; Was War

Sept. 9: Conferencing/drafting; eliminate "to be" verbs

Sept. 10: Conferencing/drafting; Intro to Summary Writing

HW: Final narrative due Tuesday; Subjective/Objective notes & handout; Write one-sentence summary for each paragraph (22 total) in "Working at McDonald's" (p. 283)

Aug. 30-Sep. 3

Aug. 30: Pretest Ch 17, Ch 2 intro, Group Story Share & journal
HW: Read & STAMP "Calling Home" (p. 19-21)

Aug. 31: Discuss pretest, discuss "Calling Home"; freewriting on narrative experiences
HW: Read & STAMP "An American Childhood"

Sept. 1: Discuss "An American Childhood"; perform says/does in groups and share out
HW: Draft due Friday

Sept. 2: Iweheshethey/meusherhimthem; Narrative plot conferences; draft time
HW: Draft due Friday

Sept. 3: Pronoun review; Peer Analysis
HW: Read & STAMP "100 Miles Per Hour; Upside Down and Sideways" (p. 33-38)

August 23-27

Aug. 23: Share Journals; Pronoun Pretest; Introductions handout w/ samples
HW: Look at exit--Determine why you got score you got; write journal response; revise for Aug. 30

Aug. 24: Pronoun Practice; Go over Introduction exercise; Voice Exercises
HW: Word choice revision on Exit Essay; Ch 7 ex. 1 & 2

Aug. 25: Voice (continued); "This I Believe"
HW: TIB analysis--Choose 3 to read. Create a list of adjectives to describe the writer, and ascribe one color to each adjective. Highlight the parts of the text that helped you come to that conclusion.

• Doing Things My Own Way
• Do What You Love
• Failure is a Good Thing
• The Tense Middle
• The Gift of Kindness
• That Old Piece of Cloth
  

Ch 7 ex. 3 & 4

Aug. 26: Gettysburg Address (STAMP it)

Aug. 27: Pronoun Reference Test
HW: Revise Exit #1

August 17-20

Aug. 17: NO SCHOOL for upperclassmen
Aug. 18: Syllabus; Intro exit exam--write on Friday; Metaphors (2) due Thursday
Aug. 19: Share metaphors; SPAM; Reader-response intro: "I Need a Wife"
Aug. 20: Exit Exam
HW: Choose one quote (in blue) from Ch 1 that you would like to discuss. Write a 1/2-1 page informal response to the quote in your journal.