Mr. Stone discussed how to avoid Plaigiarism/how to document sources in the MLA format.
Chapter 5 of Vocabulary Energizers was corrected in class. Mr. Stone checked for the completion of each student's thesis and first two body paragraphs.
Homework: Type out a rough draft of two more body paragraphs for your research paper.
Note: Bring the book you are choosing to read for your fourth quarter book report to class on Thursday.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Forty-Second Class Period: Drafting Research Paper & 3rd Quarter Grades
Students submitted Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 5.
Mr. Stone gave an introductory lecture on drafting an expository research report.
Your paper will have a minimum of seven paragraphs. You will begin tonight by writing your thesis and the first two body paragraphs of your paper.
Introduction
* Make the general answer to your primary research question your thesis statement.
(Remember that you are writing an expository paper, not a persuasive paper. Your paper's thesis will not express an opinion; rather, it will express a general answer to your primary research question in one declarative sentence.
*Start with just your thesis.
*Write the rest of your introduction once you have finished writing the rest of your paper (days from now).
Body Paragraphs
*Follow your outline.
*Feel free to make adjustments to your outline as you draft.
*Use a ratio of two sentences of concrete details (CDs) to one sentence of commentary (CM): 2CDs:1CM. We will refer to this combination of concrete details and commentary as a chunk.
*Include three "chunks" in each body paragraph.
Body Paragraph Pattern
TS (topic sentence)
CD
CD
CM
CD
CM
CD
CM
CD
CD
CS (closing sentence)/TrS (transitional sentence)
Commentary in this expository paper is not like the commentary in a persuasive paper, such as your book reviews. The commentary in your book reviews expressed your interpretation/analysis of the book. The commentary in your factual report clarifies the meaning of the concrete details and their connection(s) to the paragraph's topic sentence and other concrete details.
Be sure to provide your readers with worthwhile content. Make your concrete details as specific as possible.
Students received a printout of their third quarter grade.
Homework: Type out your thesis and two body paragraphs of your research report.
Mr. Stone gave an introductory lecture on drafting an expository research report.
Your paper will have a minimum of seven paragraphs. You will begin tonight by writing your thesis and the first two body paragraphs of your paper.
Introduction
* Make the general answer to your primary research question your thesis statement.
(Remember that you are writing an expository paper, not a persuasive paper. Your paper's thesis will not express an opinion; rather, it will express a general answer to your primary research question in one declarative sentence.
*Start with just your thesis.
*Write the rest of your introduction once you have finished writing the rest of your paper (days from now).
Body Paragraphs
*Follow your outline.
*Feel free to make adjustments to your outline as you draft.
*Use a ratio of two sentences of concrete details (CDs) to one sentence of commentary (CM): 2CDs:1CM. We will refer to this combination of concrete details and commentary as a chunk.
*Include three "chunks" in each body paragraph.
Body Paragraph Pattern
TS (topic sentence)
CD
CD
CM
CD
CM
CD
CM
CD
CD
CS (closing sentence)/TrS (transitional sentence)
Commentary in this expository paper is not like the commentary in a persuasive paper, such as your book reviews. The commentary in your book reviews expressed your interpretation/analysis of the book. The commentary in your factual report clarifies the meaning of the concrete details and their connection(s) to the paragraph's topic sentence and other concrete details.
Be sure to provide your readers with worthwhile content. Make your concrete details as specific as possible.
Students received a printout of their third quarter grade.
Homework: Type out your thesis and two body paragraphs of your research report.
Forty-First Class Period: Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 5
Students were given time to revise their haiku and cinquain after they received feedback from Mr. Stone. Students began completing the exercises for Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 5.
Homework: Complete Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 5.
Homework: Complete Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 5.
Fortieth Class Period: Theatercraft Test
Students took a multiple-choice test over the Theatercraft video.
Mr. Stone reviewed the conventions of haiku and cinquain.
Homework: Prepare your own typed haiku and cinquain on separate papers.
Mr. Stone reviewed the conventions of haiku and cinquain.
Homework: Prepare your own typed haiku and cinquain on separate papers.
Thirty-Ninth Class Period: Introduction to Haiku and Cinquain
Students took a pop quiz over the previous day's video.
They received handouts about haiku and cinquain. Students worked in small groups on a corporately written cinquain.
Homework: Finish reviewing for the Theatercraft test.
They received handouts about haiku and cinquain. Students worked in small groups on a corporately written cinquain.
Homework: Finish reviewing for the Theatercraft test.
Thirty-Eighth Class Period: Theatercraft Video
Students viewed the Theatercraft video and began completing a test review over the video.
Homework: Finish test review if not finished in class and begin studying for the Theatercraft Test which will be given in two class periods.
Homework: Finish test review if not finished in class and begin studying for the Theatercraft Test which will be given in two class periods.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thirty-Seventh Class Period: Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz & Rough Draft of Research Paper Outline
Students have fifteen minutes to study at the beginning of class including time to review previous week's graded quiz.
Students take Chapter 4 Vocabulary Energizers quiz.
Students complete a rough outline of their research paper using previously organized note cards.
No Homework: Spring Break!
Students take Chapter 4 Vocabulary Energizers quiz.
Students complete a rough outline of their research paper using previously organized note cards.
No Homework: Spring Break!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thirty-Sixth Class Period: Organizing Note Cards
Students submitted note cards twenty-six to forty at the beginning of class.
Mr. Stone wrote instructions for organizing their note cards on the board.
Once you have finished your forty minimum note cards, complete the following steps:
Divide the cards into stacks by using your secondary/subtopic questions' keywords.
Organize each secondary/subtopic stack and separately rubberband each stack.
Check to make sure you have a diversity of sources used in each stack (two minimum, preferably three or more). Each stack will likely become a paragraph in your small paper (three to five pages).
Consider whether you have enough material--Does your material adequately answer your primary question?
Consider whether your five (or more) secondary questions fully/adequately answer your primary question.
Take more notes as needed.
Discard irrelevant notes. (I would not actually throw them out yet.)
Write a rough draft of an outline.
Homework: Review for tomorrow's quiz over Vocabulary Energizers chapters one to four.
Mr. Stone wrote instructions for organizing their note cards on the board.
Once you have finished your forty minimum note cards, complete the following steps:
Divide the cards into stacks by using your secondary/subtopic questions' keywords.
Organize each secondary/subtopic stack and separately rubberband each stack.
Check to make sure you have a diversity of sources used in each stack (two minimum, preferably three or more). Each stack will likely become a paragraph in your small paper (three to five pages).
Consider whether you have enough material--Does your material adequately answer your primary question?
Consider whether your five (or more) secondary questions fully/adequately answer your primary question.
Take more notes as needed.
Discard irrelevant notes. (I would not actually throw them out yet.)
Write a rough draft of an outline.
Homework: Review for tomorrow's quiz over Vocabulary Energizers chapters one to four.
Thirty-Fifth Class Period: Note Cards 11-25
Students submitted note cards one to twenty-five at the beginning of class.
They had class time to work on completing note cards twenty-six to forty.
Homework: Complete note cards twenty-six to forty.
They had class time to work on completing note cards twenty-six to forty.
Homework: Complete note cards twenty-six to forty.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Thirty-Fourth Class Period: More Note Cards
Students submitted Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 4 at the beginning of class. There are fifteen new words to learn this week:
odyssey
protean
fiasco
idiosyncrasy
quintessence
rankle
decimate
narcissism
incumbent
succumb
malady
malice
malinger
malefactor
malpractice
Students had class time to continue researching and writing note cards.
Homework: Finish note cards 11-25 to submit at the beginning of the next class period.
odyssey
protean
fiasco
idiosyncrasy
quintessence
rankle
decimate
narcissism
incumbent
succumb
malady
malice
malinger
malefactor
malpractice
Students had class time to continue researching and writing note cards.
Homework: Finish note cards 11-25 to submit at the beginning of the next class period.
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