English 2/20-2/24

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Mrs. Johnson

Monday – No class today

Tuesday – Study for your test tomorrow, Do Thesis and read section in your book about the rough draft – due tomorrow

Wednesday – Test on Chapter 9, hand-written rough draft due on Thursday (final draft needs to be at least 3 pages typed, so keep that in mind while you are writing), follow the format in your book for the rough draft

Thursday – Work time on rough draft in library and English, presentation due tomorrow – 1 slide and notes about your topic

Friday – Presentations

Writer’s workshop – finding sources

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Mrs. Johnson

Find 5 quality sources by Tuesday, find 5 additional sources by Thursday (10 total)

Use the 4R test to help you determine whether it is a good source
Use the URL to see if the site is reliable

Write down bibliography information and number your sources on a notecard. Example for a book:

Use p. 586 in your literature book and your research paper packet to help you write down the correct information for each source.

Writer’s workshop lesson 4

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Mrs. Johnson

You can view the lesson for today: here

Using the sources, write a 2 paragraph report.

Use the information on p. 590 in your literature book to help you paraphrase. (I will check if you plagiarized.)

Turn it in on Edmodo by 10pm on 1/31.

Writer’s Workshop Assignment Due Thursday

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Mrs. Johnson

You can see the presentation from today: here

Your assignment for Thursday is:

In your groups of 3-4, choose a topic. Then,

Each member of your group will find 2 online articles about that topic. Examples: online news article, journal article, or magazine article
Evaluate each source using the 4R test.
Explain in at least one sentence why each source fits or does not fit each category. (Minimum of 8 sentences total)

Remember to PRINT your 2 articles and bring them to class along with your 4R tests sheet.