Week 11: March 16-20

RECENT DOCUMENTS

• Research Project Documents
• Step 1WORK (turn this in) / Topic Brainstorming
• Step 1 INFO (resource -- don't turn this in)
• Step 2 WORK / Background Research
• Step 2 INFO
• Step 3 WORK / Research Questions and Subtopics
• Step 3 INFO
• Step 4 WORK / Interview Questions
• Step 4 INFO 
• Pre Interview Survey -- if you would like to email this document to your interview source, download the word document, add your research questions and approaches, save and email 
• STEP 5 / Find and Evaluate Sources
• STEP 6 / Transcribe Interview
• STEP 7 /  Annotated Bibliography
• STEP 8 / Synthesis and Organization
• STEP 9 / Rough Draft

UPCOMING DUE DATES

RESEARCH PROJECT

• Tuesday 3/17: STEP 8 / Synthesis and Organization 2/18
• Thursday 3/19: STEP 9 / Rough Draft printed at beginning of class
• Wednesday 3/25: STEP 10 / Final Draft submitted to Turnitin.com by 10pm

12-WEEK EXTRA CREDIT READING -- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (see more info here)

• Monday 3/16: Information and permission form distributed
• Wednesday 4/15: Return permission form and, if applicable, notify Ms. Bowen or Mr. Wheeler of your need for an alternate testing date
• Tuesday 4/14: Optional Help Session after school in room 303
• Monday 4/20 by 9:00 pm: Dialectical Journals due to turnitin.com
• Wednesday 4/22 at 2:10: Reading or Writing Assessment during X Block

AmLIT READS EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY (see more info here)
The last day to sign up is Monday April 23 and the last day to complete the book talk and turn in the review is Thursday April 16

WEEK AT A GLANCE:

Homework over the weekend before Monday 3/16

• Finish outline for sections 2 and 3
• Catch up on any steps -- especially annotated bibliography and interview transcript

Monday 3/16

• Lab day -- continue rough draft for section 1 and begin rough draft for section 2

Tuesday 3/17 -- Happy St. Patrick's Day!

• Narrative Writing Workshop'
• Lab day -- continue rough draft for section 2 and 3

Wednesday 3/18

• Intro/Conclusion Writing Workshop
• Lab day -- continue rough draft for section 3
• Finish rough draft and print one copy for revision workshops

Thursday 3/19

• Revision workshops: claim, topic sentences and closing sentences
• Proofreading workshops -- removing first and second person; removing vague pronouns (this)

 Friday 3/20

• Revision workshops -- commentary, lead-ins, quotations, and citations; transitions
• Proofreading workshops -- removing contractions, consistent verb tense

Monday 3/24

• Revision workshops -- title, intro, conclusion; improving imagery and details in narratives
• Proofreading workshops -- sentence variation; capitalization, punctuation and spelling,

 Tuesday 3/25

• Revision workshops: strong verbs, active voice
• Proofreading workshops: 

Wednesday 3/26

• Revision workshops: conciseness -- cutting fluff phrases
• Proofreading workshops: MLA formatting and works cited page