Monday 23 October: Intro to the Research Paper Sequence; The Academic Summary; Tompkins essay assigned; Brainstorming topics Tuesday 24 October: Three-Topic Memo due; have read Tompkins essay for discussion; HW: What is Tompkins' solution to the apparent problem? Answer should be one paragraph uploaded to Jupiter before class Wednesday 25 October: Tompkins solutions Thursday 26 October: One-Topic Memo due, refined and beautiful, with details, via Google Doc link pasted in Jupiter slot; workday for revisions or for academic summary Friday 27 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day; RA Revision due, along with one revised SQ, by 10pm via Google Doc link in Jupiter slot Monday 30 October: Poetry OutLoud introduced; Scholarly and popular sources; credible sources; hot seat opens for Academic Summary Tuesday 31 October: Research methods; here is worksheet from class Wednesday 1 November: No class; All Saints Festival Thursday 2 November: Prep for library trip; use of JSTOR and Google Scholar Friday 3 November: Purpose of in-text citations and how works cited pages actually make a lot of sense Monday 6 November: How to save stuff you get at the library so that you don't make a ridiculous mistake; other library prep Tuesday 7 November: UMD Library Trip Wednesday 8 November: Workday Thursday 9 November: Hot seat closes for Academic Summary; brush up your sources; begin reading Handing in material for the academic summary: Make me an editor and upload your link to the Google Doc to the slot in Jupiter. In the comment field, note the times you have visited the hot seat and the outcomes. Friday 10 November: Academic Summary due Monday 13 November: Workday for annotated bib, stasis grid HW: Read one article or write one entry + grid Tuesday 14 November: Workday for annotated bib, stasis grid; HW: Read one article or write one entry + grid Wednesday 15 November: Workshop of two annotations, stasis grid entries Thursday 16 November: Begin RA in class, using an AP sample; RA assignment sheet distributed; HW: find your source Friday 17 November: Student samples of 3-page RA; Informal Fallacies; HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Here is Sample 1; here is the more voice-driven Sample 2 Monday 20 November: Informal Fallacies Tuesday 21 November: Informal Fallacies The Scarlet Letter will be winter reading for AP Lang. You will receive this book at Thanksgiving Break, and it will be due right after Christmas Break. Thanksgiving Break! Monday 27 November: Fannie Lou Hamer; Here is the text of the speech; Here is the video from class; HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Tuesday 28 November: POL in-class competition; Fannie Lou Hamer; here is the rhetorical analysis from class HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Wednesday 29 November: Annotated Bib and Stasis Grid due; RA Activities; hot seat opens for RA Rhetorical Analysis is due by 10pm on Wednesday, December 13. Here is the assignment sheet for the annotated bibliography. Here is the checklist for that assignment. Here is a sample student annotated bibliography. Here is a grid you can use for the stasis grid in Word; as a pdf (This grid has spots for 10 articles; you only need to do 5 articles.) link to Popplet student example stasis grids: Popplet 1, Grid 1, Grid 2, and here is another Popplet that sees the stases in a slightly different way and uses popular sources, but you can get the idea. I like the use of the leftmost box for an author credential--it makes the credential easy to remember and forces you to be concise. Comments are closed.
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