November 10-21

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

AmLit Read Extra Credit Opportunity

• Thursday November 20: the last day to complete the book talk and turn review (see requirements here)

Counter Narratives Project

• Tuesday 11/10 -- Complete rough draft due (printed) at end of class
• Sunday 11/16 -- Final draft due to Turnitin.com by 10pm (no late exceptions) -- here are the instructions for turnitin
• Thursday 11/20 -- Secondary projects due to Google Drive by 10pm (no late exceptions)

RECENT DOCUMENTS

• Texts for building reading lists 
• Counternarratives: Sampler Texts and Big Ideas 
• Project Planning with Choice Board
• Counter Narratives Paper Outline
• Counter Narratives Paper Body Paragraph Strategies with Model Paragraphs
• Quote Blending
• MLA formatting -- Download the document from Google Drive once you are finished (File > Download as > Word doc.  
• Proofreading checklist
• Instructions for submitting to Turnitin

• Works Cited -- use this template for formatting.  And then use the following information for how to build your citations.
• For your informational texts -- use EasyBib for your informational source. 
1. Open your reading list and copy the URL from your reading list.  Copy into the citation maker and click CONTINUE
2. BUT you need to check to see if it caught all the information; it often leaves off the AUTHOR and PUBLICATION DATE, which are usually provided on professional sources such as the New York Times and Washington Post.  So check the source one more time and enter this information by hand on the second screen.  
3. Then click CREATE CITATION
4. Copy and paste the citation to the end of your essay and use the formatting template above.
• For your literary texts that you pulled from the blog or from class handouts, use the following basic structure for your literature:
               Hughes, Langston. "Mother to Son." Class Resource.
• Turnitin Instructions -- submit by 10pm Thursday night. Complete your formatting in Microsoft Word and then upload the Word doc to Turnitin.  Only submit once per group.

WEEKS AT A GLANCE:

Monday 11/10:

• Lab Day to work on rough draft

Tuesday 11/11:

• Lab Day to work on rough draft
• Rough draft due at end of class -- PRINTED

Wednesday 11/12:

• Peer revision workshop -- looking at other papers helps you develop a critical eye for your own
• balance of opinion/fact
• lead-ins and citations
• commentary and depth of thought
• strong verbs
• formal and concise phrasing
• Tonight finish your peer revision feedback and continue to revise your essay

 Thursday 11/13:

• Revision and proofreading on your own paper 
• Group editing checklist for small concerns
• Paper due at 10pm to Turnitin -- see instructions here

Friday 11/14

• Work on secondary projects --  Note you will have four class days (Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) to work on secondary projects but only one of those days is in the lab.  So you will need to figure out how to work on paper and pen in the classroom and work on the computer at home.

Monday 11/17

• Guidance visit -- College 411

Tuesday 11/18

• Lab day to work on secondary projects

Wednesday 11/19

• Class day to work on secondary projects

Thursday 11/20

• Class day to work on secondary projects
• Secondary projects due to folder on Google Drive by 10pm

Friday 11/21

• Secondary project show and tell for up to 10 points extra credit