Transcript ENC 1101 AGENDAS FOR FALL 2015

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Daily Objectives:
1. Students will understand the expectations for success in a college level
class.
2. Students will work cohesively in a cooperative learning group to achieve a
common goal.
Academic vocabulary for this week: illustrative/exemplification essay
Daily Activities and Assessment:
Reminder: You should turn in your summer reading journal by 11:59 pm
tonight to www.turnitin.com- worth 50 points
Go over syllabus/notebook/journal/Whoops Pass
Assign homework on The Last Lecture (p. 46) and reading on Wadsworth
book
Take summer reading quiz- worth 75 points
Complete “paper clip” cooperative learning activity on The Last Lecture
(described on p. 46)
Note: We will work in-class on an essay on The Last Lecture next class
period. It is described in your Guidebook on p. 53. If time, we will begin
brainstorming ideas today.
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Daily Question:
1. Students will understand what makes an effective
paragraph.
2. Students will understand makes a strong
illustrative/exemplification essay.
Academic Vocabulary for Week:
illustrative/exemplification essay
Daily Activities and Assessment:
Hang up and share homework on The Last
Lecture
Wadsworth: Do ex. 2B on p. 84 and ex. 8 on p. 95
with a partner; do handout on paragraphs on own on
p. 55 of Guidebook
Work on rough draft of Short Essay #1 on The Last
Lecture in Rm.
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Daily Objective:
Students will understand become comfortable with
speaking in class through informal and formal
presentations
Academic vocabulary for this week:
illustrative/exemplification essay
Daily Activities and Assessment:
Reminder: Your rough draft of essay on The Last
Lecture is due August 26 at 11:59 pm; your journal is
due August 28
Watch short excerpt from end of The Last Lecture
Read through articles on The Last Lecture in packet
Begin discussion of The Last Lecture
◦ Daily Objectives:
 To participate fully in a college level classroom discussion
 To successfully complete an illustration/exemplification essay
◦ Daily Activities and Assessments:
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Assign books
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First 20 minutes—Peer editing of R.D. of The Last Lecture Essay
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Finish The Last Lecture discussion
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Readings for Writers Selections/Assignment/Discussion:
Chapter One: “Reading Critically” 3-12 (in class), Chapter
2: “Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion” 18-41; “What—and
How—to Write When You Have No Time to Write,” 42-45;
“How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” 101-111; “Assignment
1: The Research Paper,” 710-749; Chapter 11:
“Illustration and Exemplification” 370-374; “Mirror, Mirror
on the Wall…” 386-389; “How We Get Addicted” 392-398;
“Drugs” 399-401
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Daily Objectives:
◦ Understand how to write a successful
illustration/exemplification essay
◦ Understand how to engage in college-level
discussion
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Daily Assessments:
◦ Complete final draft of The Last Lecture essay; due
Sept. 1 at 11:59 pm
◦ Reading time for The Last Lecture articles; we will
create Cornell notes on main points of each article
◦ Discussion of articles when finished
◦ Bring Wadsworth next class period
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Daily Objectives:
◦ Understand how to write outlines
◦ Understand how to engage in college-level
discussion
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Daily Assessments:
◦ -The Wadsworth Handbook “Constructing an
Informal Outline,” 48-49; Chapter 54 “Using
Semicolons” 686-691; In-class we will create an
informal outline on our research paper essay; do
ex. 2 (p. 687), ex. 3(p. 688), ex. 5 (p. 690) on own;
do ex. 6 (p. 691-692) with a partner
◦ Read “You Are Not Special” and do activity on it
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Daily Objective/s:
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Daily Assignments:
◦ To add to a classroom discussion
◦ To understand what a causal analysis essay is
◦ Assign causal analysis essay (p. 54); we will work on the
rough draft next period
◦ Go over Readings for Writers selections, including:
 On own during first half of class—”Causal Analysis,” p. 555559 (which you should pay particular attention to as your
next essay is a causal analysis); “Chapter 5: “The Writer’s
Thesis” 133-143; Chapter 6: “Organizing Ideas” 171-181;
“The Editing Booth” p. 695-718
 Together during second half of class (it is homework what
you do not finish)—”Rules for Aging” p. 188-190; “The New
Feminism” p. 594-597; “Bricklayer’s Boy” p. 573-577
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Daily Objective/s:
◦ To write a causal analysis essay
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on rough draft of causal analysis essay; it is
due September 10 at 11:59 pm
 We will work on rough draft in class in Room all
period; you will also be able to view my comments on
your previous final draft at that time
 We will work on peer editing in Room
 We will work on the final draft on
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Daily Objective/s:
◦ To effectively peer edit a causal analysis essay
◦ To analyze a great work on English literature
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Assign The Canterbury Tales Prologue Reading and
Index Assignment—due October 6 at 11:59 pm to
Turnitin; Quiz on Prologue is October 7 (A)/October 8 (B)
◦ Complete peer editing of causal analysis essay; due Sept.
14 at 11:59 pm; in Room
◦ Read “The Life and Times of Chaucer” p. 271 in The
Cantebury Tales and write a list of Top 10 Reasons You
Are Happy You Did Not Live in Chaucer’s Time, using
examples from article to back up the points you make
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Daily Objective:
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Understand what makes for an effective tone
◦ Understand what makes for a strong division/classification
essay
◦ Warm Up Tone Activity: “What are you doing?” and “Well,
that’s nice.”
◦ Readings for Writers selections:
◦ Read to skim: “What is a Writer’s Voice?”; “Tone: The
Writer’s Voice in the Reader’s Mind”; Division/Classification;
◦ Read on own in-depth: “The Waltz”
◦ Read together: “Move Over Teams”; “Incidents with White
People”; “Warriors Don’t Cry”
◦ When finished, you might have time to read from The
Canterbury Tales
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Daily Objective:
◦ Understand how to write a causal analysis essay
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Pass out Midmidterm Study Guide; test will be Sept.
23 (A)/24 (B); we will study in-class on
Monday/Tuesday
◦ Work on final draft of Causal Analysis essay; due on
Sept. 18 at 11:59 pm
◦ If you finish early, work on The Canterbury Tales
index
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Daily Objectives:
◦ Students will learn what makes an effective causal
analysis essay.
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Daily Assignment:
◦ Complete Reflection on final draft of Causal
Analysis essay during first part of class (due
September 22 at 11:59 pm)
◦ Study time with partner/group for midmidterm test
◦ Review game with same group for midmidterm test
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Daily Objectives:
◦ Students will be successful taking a collegiate test.
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Daily Assignment:
◦ Midmidterm Test
◦ If time is left, you may work on your Canterbury
Tales index
◦ Bring Wadsworth next class period
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Daily Objectives:
◦ Students will learn how to write an effective
research paper.
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Daily Assignment:
◦ Wadsworth: Work on assignments on writing a
research paper and evaluating sources; be sure you
can get onto database through Panther Central at
some point during the period; turn in pages 60, 61,
and 62 in Guidebook by the end of the period.
◦ If you finish early, work on your Canterbury Tales
index
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Daily Objective:
◦ Students will learn to analyze a work from the
Middle Ages in England.
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on your Canterbury Tales index
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Daily Objective:
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Students will learn to analyze a work from the Middle
Ages in England.
◦ Students will learn what makes an effective argument
essay.
◦ Readings for Writers:
 Together: “Why Don’t We Complain?” p. 616 and “A Nation
in Need of a Vacation” p. 630
 On own (to skim): Annotated Student Research Paper p.
731-749; Chapter 15 “Argument and Persuasion” p. 609656
◦ Rest of time: Work on The Canterbury Tales index; we
will be playing Canterbury Tales Bingo and taking notes
on it next class period to prepare for our quiz on The
Canterbury Tales pilgrims next class period.
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Daily Objectives:
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Daily Assignments:
◦ To understand a major work from the Middle Ages.
◦ Go over notes on each pilgrim
◦ Work on index for The Canterbury Tales; due Oct. 6 at 11:59 pm;
if you have already completed it feel free to work on journals; if
you have already completed them, feel free to work on journals
for next semester; if you have already completed them, please get
a life.
◦ Play Canterbury Pilgrims Bingo in groups to review for next
period’s quiz. If your group wins bingo each person gets a sticker!
◦ Warning: Your quiz will literally be a list of all of the pilgrims in
order. You will need to write a brief description of the pilgrim on
the quiz. It will be worth 50 points.
◦ Double Warning: On our midterm test, you will have to match the
pilgrim with a description I give you.
◦ Triple Warning: BRING FOOD NEXT PERIOD!
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Daily Objectives:
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Daily Assignments:
◦ To understand a major work from the Middle Ages
◦ Quiz on The Canterbury Tales Pilgrims
◦ Eat food as we do the rest of today’s activities-◦ Summarize Those Tales! Assignment: Now that we have
read the Prologue, you will be assigned the task of
summarizing one of the Tales. (You can use your phone or
a laptop to find the summary. Credit the source where you
find it—please avoid wikipedia and Sparknotes—and put
the summary into your own words.)
◦ When finished, we will read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” and
discuss it
◦ Warning again: Next class period we will do a creative
assignment on The Canterbury Tales; I am changing what is
in the Guidebook, so DO NOT DO IT ahead of time.
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Daily Objectives:
◦ To understand a major work from the Middle Ages
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Turn in your favorite Journal for this nine weeks to
Discussion Board of www.turnitin.com; comment on one
other person’s Journal onto the Discussion Board of
www.turnitin.com; this is due October 16 at 11:59 pm.
◦ Remember your notebook is due Oct. 19 or Oct. 20 inclass
◦ Work on Creative Assignment on The Canterbury Tales
on p. 79. Your project must be complete in 35 minutes.
Be ready to share when you are finished.
◦ Read “The Summoner’s Tale” and discuss when finished.
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Daily Objective:
◦ To understand how to effectively write a
classification/division essay
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Daily Assignments:
◦ Read “The Pardoner’s Tale” and discuss
◦ Begin work on rough draft of division/classification
essay in room
◦ Warning: Bring Wadsworth next class period
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Daily Assignments:
◦ To understand how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote sources
◦ To understand how to use logic in one’s writing
◦ To understand how to correctly use commas
◦ Wadsworth:
 B Day: Turn in notebook
 Chapter 15: “Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources” p. 212221; do Ex. 2 on p. 217 and write 5 tips that are important to remember
from this chapter
 Chapter 16: “Synthesizing Sources” p. 222-235—skim this chapter
 Chapter 9: “Using Logic” p. 109-120—skim this chapter
 Chapter 53: “Using Commas” p. 672-685—skim this chapter CAREFULLY
as no one will ever teach you how to properly use commas again! Pick
TWO exercises to complete on your own over issues you have.
 When finished with this, get with a partner and complete p. 57 and 59 in
Guidebook.
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Daily Objective: To understand how to write an effective classification/division essay
Daily Assignments:
◦ A Day: turn in Notebook
◦ I need volunteers for the Scarevenger Hunt, which will be:
 Oct. 29—
 Oct. 30◦ Work on peer editing of classification/division essay—due October 21; so you know,
you f.d. will be due on November 4 due to Scarevenger Hunt and Midterm test (Next
Period you will be given your review guide for your “Midterm” test)
◦ Read and do activity on “The Pardoner’s Tale,” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The
Summoner’s Tale”; for each story divide a piece of printer paper into four and do the
following:
Picture of the most important image in the
tale (with a one sentence explanation of it
at the bottom)
A three sentence summary of the story
A Haiku summing up something
entertaining about the story (Warning: If
you cannot use one haiku, make it into two)
A “tweet” on the moral of the story
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Daily Objective: To understand how to
successfully take a midterm collegiate-level
test
Daily Assignments:
◦ Go over due dates for research paper (p. 86)
◦ Pass out Review Guide for you midterm on and
begin to work on it; test will be Oct. 26(A)/27(B);
due to this and Scarevenger Hunt your final draft
will be due on November 4
◦ Read Anglo-Saxon Riddles (p. 101-102) and write a
riddle
◦ Play Stump the Class to review
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Daily Objective: To be successful taking a
college-level test.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Take Midterm Test (be sure to have a pen and five
different crayons)
◦ Reminder: Remember to bring a bag of candy for
the Scarevenger Hunt (or write a story about your
scariest memory that is 300-350 words and bring it
in) on October 29/30.
◦ For Real Reminder: Bring Readings for Writers next
class period (for A Day) and Nov. 2 (for B Day)
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Daily Objective: To be successful writing an
argument research paper.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on paper proposal for research paper—due
November 4 at 11:59 pm; you can also work on
final draft of classification/division essay, which is
due November 4
◦ Discuss “The View from Eighty” and articles on
Homelessness
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Daily Objective: To realize that every once in
a while school can be fun.
Daily Assignments:
◦ SCAREVENGER HUNT
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Daily Objective: Students will understand MLA
Documentation Style.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Get into groups and compete on the MLA Documentation Quiz
Game; winning group gets candy; you will get a copy of the game
when we are finished, but it will not be available on my website;
quiz on this will be November 10 (A)/ November 11 (B); your
individual results on the quiz will be given to SFSC
◦ Work on paper proposal/response to paper proposal—due
November 4 at 11:59 pm to Discussion Board of www.turnitin.com
◦ Work on final draft of classification/division essay
◦ If done early, work on listing hyperlinks and finding source from
Panther Central
◦ BRING YOUR WADSWORTH BOOK NEXT PERIOD OR FEEL MY
WRATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Daily Objective: Students will understand MLA style and how to
use other punctuation marks.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Wadsworth activities: Do skimming activities on own for first half hour; do
exercises with a partner
◦ Chapter 10 “Writing Argumentative Essays,” 121-137; Chapter 41
“Revising Run-ons,” 576-580; Chapter 57 “Using Other Punctuation Marks”
707-715; Chapter 17 “Avoiding Plagiarism,” 236-248; Chapter 18 “MLA
Documentation Style” 254-298
 Skim Chapter 10 Argumentation Essays (p. 121-137) and do Ex. 1 (p. 124);
pick 1,2,3,4, or 5
 Skim p. 576-580 and do Ex. 2 p. 579
 Skim p. 707-715 and do Ex. 5 p. 715
 Skim p. 236-248 and do Ex. 1 on p. 246
 Skim p. 254-298 (will be questions on this on MLA Documentation quiz)
◦ When finished, work on posting hyperlinks (due Nov. 6 at 11:59 pm),
showing me source from SFSC (by end of class), and get started on Works
Cited and Formal Brainstorming (due Nov. 13 at 11:59 pm)
◦ Bring Readings for Writers next class period
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Daily Objective: Students will understand MLA
style.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Quiz on MLA Documentation Style
◦ When finished, read the article in Readings for
Writers you are responsible for your Jigsaw Review
◦ Last 20 minutes: Meet with group and fill out Jigsaw
Review article you were assigned on p. 97-100;
turn in to me when finished and I will photocopy for
the class
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Daily Objective: Students will understand how
to create works cited entries.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on outline/brainstorming and Works Cited;
due November 13 at 11:59 pm
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Daily Objective: Students will understand how
to write a research paper.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on rough draft of research paper—due
November 18 at 11:59 pm
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Daily Objective: Students will understand how
to write a research paper.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on rough draft of research paper; due at
11:59 pm on November 18
◦ Bring Wadsworth Book next class period
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Daily Objective: Students will understand how
to peer and self-edit a research paper.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Do peer/self editing of rough draft; due November
20 at 11:59 pm
◦ Wadsworth Book:
 Skim Chapter 49 “Using Verbs” 636-649; Chapter 50
“Revising Agreement Errors,” 650-658
 p. 604-616; p. 617-625 on own
 Do ex. 2 p. 640; ex. 3 p. 645; ex. 5 p. 649; ex. 2 p.
655 (1-5 only); ex. 3 p. 657 (1-5 only) with a partner
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Daily Objective: Students will appreciate the
works of Shakespeare.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Students will watch The Reduced Shakespeare
Company
◦ Warning: A Review Guide for the ¾ Term Test will
be given out next period; we will take the test
December 4/7.
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Daily Objective/s: Students will work on using verbs,
pronoun/antecedent agreement, subject/verb agreement AND analyzing
photos.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Pass out review guide to Friday’s/Monday’s test
◦ Readings for Writers: Go over “Terrorism,” 633-; “Body Image” 636-; Ageism,” 639-;
“Status of Women,” 655-photos with a partner/group; pick one question on each
photo to complete
◦ On your own—pick ONE of the photos and tell the story behind it (as a narrative or
descriptive paragraph)
◦ With your group again—come up with 10 original sentences that need a verb
corrected, the subject/verb agreement corrected, the pronoun/antecedent corrected,
or a dash, bracket, colon, parentheses, slash added to make it correct. Put it onto
large white paper. You will then teach your sentences to the class for review.
◦ WARNING—START TO BRING THE BOOK OLD SCHOOL TO CLASS EVERY DAY AS THERE
MAY BE TIME TO READ IT IN-CLASS EVERYDAY (which means you would have nothing
to worry about over Winter Break to do); if you are not staying 2nd semester you can
bring in a book of your choosing to read. SINCE SOME OF YOU MAY NOT NEED TO
TAKE ENC 1102 FOR YOUR COLLEGE OR FOR YOUR MAJOR, I WILL CONFERENCE WITH
YOU TODAY ON TAKING ENC 1102.
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Daily Objective/s: Students will be successful
taking a college-level test.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Take ¾ Term Test
◦ If you finish early, begin reading Old School
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Daily Objective/s: Students will understand
how to write an argument research paper.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on the final draft of your research paper,
which is due December 11th AND/OR your
powerpoint presentation on your research paper,
which is presented Dec. 16(A) or 17 (B)
◦ As you work, I will call you up to conference on it
◦ You can also read Old School if you finish early
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Daily Objective/s: Students will understand
how to write an argument research paper.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on the final draft of your research paper,
which is due December 11th
◦ You can also read Old School if you finish early
◦ Warning: Bring Wadsworth next class period
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Daily Objective/s: Students will understand how to use quotation
marks and how to use APA style.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Wadsworth:
◦ On your own (using laptops or your phone)--Using APA style—skim
through Chapter 19 (p. 299-327); then, write a descriptive paragraph on
one of the Canterbury pilgrims that contains a quote from our version of
The Canterbury Tales (I have copies of it) cited in APA style PLUS a quote
from the Middle English version of The Canterbury Tales (which can be
found at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/CT-prolog-para.html);
then make a APA style Works Cited page using the book’s ISBN and the
website name on www.bibme.com; submit this to www.turnitin.com under
APA Style Canterbury Tales Pilgrim Paragraph.
◦ With a partner--On Quotation Marks--Do ex. 1 on p. 701; ex. 2 on p.
703-704; ex. 4 p. 707
◦ Powerpoints presented next class period; be sure your powerpoint is
submitted to www.turnitin.com by the time class has started
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Daily Objective/s: Students will be
comfortable making a presentation in front of
the class.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Powerpoint presentation of Research Paper; it
should have already been submitted to turnitin AND
I need the print out of it at the beginning of the
period
◦ Bring Old School (or another book if you will not be
here next semester) next class period; if the
weather is nice, we will read outside; if it is not, we
will read by the fire (DVD in my classroom)
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Daily Objective/s: Students will read a work of
modern literature.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Finish powerpoint presentations
◦ Sign up for my ENC 1102 class via Remind and via
www.turnitin.com by looking at the Guidebook on my
website
◦ Read Old School (outside if nice; inside by the fire if not
nice)
◦ Remember notebook is due January 7(B)/January 8 (A);
remember posting of favorite Journal is due January
8/comment on someone’s journal is due January 8
◦ Begin watching Dead Poets Society to get us in the mood
for Old School
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Daily Objective/s: Students will view a film
dealing with themes that are relatable to
young adults.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Finish watching Dead Poets Society and do
assignment on it
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Daily Objective/s: Students will be successful
in studying for a test.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Work on argumentation techniques activities, since
reflection assignment for exam will be an argument
◦ Read Old School
◦ Remember your Old School journal assignment is
due on January 21 at 11:59 pm; you will have a quiz
on this book on January 20 (A)/ 21 (B)
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Daily Objective/s: Students will be successful
in studying for a test.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Continue work on argumentation techniques
activities, since reflection assignment for exam will
be an argument
◦ Read Old School
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Daily Objective/s: Students will be successful
taking an exam for a college-level class.
Daily Assignments:
◦ Complete Reflection assignment for exam, which is
an argument essay
◦ Remember your Old School journal assignment is
due on January 19 at 11:59 pm; you will have a quiz
on this book on January 18 (A)/ 19 (B)