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 * Important Reminders**

Monday (5/24) and Tuesday (5/25) are workdays in class.

1. Your first priority is writing your Essay of Definition. • Please submit your Essay of Definition in MLA format to Turnitin.com by Wednesday. • Everyone is expected to also bring a hard copy to class Wednesday as we will begin reading these in class that day. • If you do not have your copy it WILL AFFECT YOUR GRADE. • If you do not get this one submitted to Turnitin.com on time, it WILL AFFECT YOUR GRADE.

2. I will give you until Thursday to submit your portfolio and I will collect these at the top of the hour Thursday. If you are a “top graduating senior” in line for potential honors, please HEED THIS DEADLINE. I will still take portfolios on Friday, but you are responsible for handing it to me directly. Be informed that I will be leaving the building early on Friday.

3. I will be handing back research papers over the course of the week. I will hand back all of the pressure writes together. So far, I have mostly all A’s and B’s on research papers. Excellent work overall!


 * Watch the following clips to complete your notes sheet "Freedom vs. Security"**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjyytR95ksg- (1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKaiNMOkpnA - (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1q5sdF_M1Y- (3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvPvc7IEIU&feature=fvw- (4)


 * Persuasive Writing** - There are task embedded in these presentations that should be completed in your spiral. This is meant to prepare you for your persuasive pressuring writing the first week of May.
 * //[[file:Persuasive2 English College Writing.ppt]]

Casablanca// Essay** Tuesday- brainstorm (4/20-4-21) Wednesday/ Thursday- Writing in class Friday - Editing Activity Monday- Essay due (3 pages)



Umberto Eco - commentary "The Cliches are Having a Ball" []

Link to Casablanca Script (below) Scroll down on the source page to where it says "script". It is a PDF file. []

Analysis of Art and Film - Part One Finish your research paper this week. Your outline is now PAST DUE if you have not given it to me yet. Refer to the hot pink handout for outline guidelines.

Due this week: Draft of 2 pages- Tuesday; Draft of 4 pages - Wednesday; Final Draft- Friday

I will be placing greater emphasis on grammar/ conventions for this essay. For those of you who have had numerous mistakes on your previous essays- be warned! Edit!!!

Link to [|Purdue Owl Writing- Outlining]

- This will evolve over the next few days. This is not a completed outline.

[] - Link to Cornell Library information about credible sources [] - Link to information from Cornell Library about annotations. (Remember you are also required to reflect on your sources and your research process after each annotation. These are due on March the 25th. You will write six annotations in total.

3/9- Guest Speaker

3/8- Topics for research introduced. HW: Research proposal.

3/5 - Complete Haiti article and answer questions/ discuss credible sources.

3/4 - Peer Edit Compare Contrast Essay 3/3 - Peer revision check for 5 points. PowerPoint about cause and effect analysis- Haiti example. Due tomorrow clean and mostly complete draft of compare contrast essay. 3/2 - Peer revision - Read essay aloud. Go through seven step process with a partner. I will check your draft and look for comments in class tomorrow. Have your writing partner or any other editors of your choice write comments on the draft and sign it so that I know you shared it and received specific feedback. Your final draft is due Friday. Thursday will will do a final editing of these papers. Please make sure you have a solid draft of at least 2 1/2 pages to share in class on Thursday. 3/1- Working on Compare Contrast Essay- Make sure your topic has been approved! Draft of AT LEAST one page is due tomorrow. You do not have to start the writing process with your introduction. You may bring body paragraphs tomorrow and wait to write your introduction as your ideas and focus emerge from the process.

2/26- Working on Compare Contrast Essay in lab

ESSAY CRITERIA- 2/25- Notes subjective versus objective viewpoint

2/24- Take notes in your spiral about comparisons and analogies- Notes on "Neat People Versus Sloppy People"

2/23- Take notes in spiral comparing Van Gogh to Monet 2/22- Discussion of titles- Write an original title for your tone writing! Image analysis activity in journal.

2/19- Peer revision activity- Titles activity

2/18- Lab time to work on tone writing task.

2/17- Tone and voice activity continued- Group questions about tone in your spiral. See attachments with today's date for details. 2/16- Tone Activity (This is included on the attachment below.) 2/12- Finish //New Yorker// questions (Why //The New Yorker//- below.)

Thin, Thick, Deep Questions (PowerPoint) Why study vocabulary- Two short pretest activities in your journal (PowerPoint) 2/11- Why //The New Yorker?// 2/10- Peer Revision- Narrative Essay (Warm-up in spiral on today's agenda attached.) 2/9- Lab work day (Tuesday) See lesson plan below for today's reminders. HW: Bring hard copy of draft to class. 2/8- Finish sentence structure activity from Friday. Read "Fish Cheeks" by Annie Dillard. HW: Bring digital draft to lab for Tuesday lab work day. Peer editing is recommended.

2/5- Parallel structures + Narrative Requirements- HW: Develop a draft to share on Monday. 2/4- Weeding Words notes + Wordy sentences activity Begin working on developing narrative draft 2/3 - Read "The Chase" by Annie Dillard + Notes on the purpose of the essay + and found poem.

2/2- Reading "Champion of the World" + Notes 2/1- Close reading notes "The Keypad Solution" from the //New Yorker//.

1/29- Notes on the relationship between reading and writing (Ms. Briel's presentation)

1/28- Cliches Lesson PACC form and New Yorker Money Due 1/27!!!

1/26 Peer revision in groups 1/25 "Arm Wrestling with My Father"- see attached agenda

1/22- Showing versus telling / Specific details and timelines for Descriptive Essay Turn in PACC forms by 1/27/09 ; $6.50 due for New Yorker subscription due by 1/27 as well.

1/21- "Fly-fishing for Doctors" / Rules of Writing Practice / Writing about "home" - Second free-write in journal 1/20- Introduction to Descriptive Writing (See attached PowerPoint.)

1/19 - Introduction to Course (See attached PowerPoint.)