March 14-18

UPCOMING DATES

• Monday 3/14 --  FINAL DRAFT DUE
• Instructions for turning in essay (turnitin class ID and highlighting)
• Powerpoint instructions with visuals (turnitin and highlighting) -- check powerpoint to problemsolve before you ask questions!

RECENT DOCUMENTS

• American Voices Research Project
• Overview, Goals and Timeline
• Tips on finding topic and interview source (Email template to send to potential sources)
• Week 1 Assignments
• Topic and Trend Brainstorming
• Interview Plan
• Secondary Research Plan
• Week 2 Assignments
• Conduct, Record and Transcribe Interview
• Conduct Secondary Research 
• Week 3 Assignments
• To paraphrase and organize but not to plagiarize (goals and directions)
• Extra charts as needed
• Week 4 Assignments
• Basic Rough Draft Guidelines
• To Logically Draft
• Narrative Writing Strategies
• Samples of strong narratives from past student work
• Afghanistan Soldier's Story
• Powders/Shakes and Male Body Image
• Childhood Obesity (expository intro, then narrative)
• Online Shopping (day in the life -- not an extraordinary incident) 
• Week 5 Assignments
• Careful Revision (powerpoint)
• Revision Checklist
• MLA formatting
• Works Cited formatting
• Rubric
• TURN IT IN!!  Oh happy day!
• Instructions for turning in essay (turnitin, highlighting)
• Powerpoint instructions with visuals (turnitin and highlighting) -- check powerpoint to problemsolve before you ask questions!
• Model Videos that show the interplay of logos/expository and pathos/narrative
• Concussions and College Football
• Opiod Abuse and Pregnancy
• Women and Sports

• Biography Reading Schedule and Note-Taking Chart

COURSE CALENDAR -- full view with working links on GOOGLE DOCS  (click here)

(document starts with current week, then future weeks, past weeks start on page 9 at the very end)