Giant Research Papers

Please view the Writing Workshop Contract that was sent home today with each student.  Every student must adhere to this contract.  Please note the new, stringent, deadlines for the Research Paper.  This is expected signed and returned tomorrow.

If you have not yet created a turnitin.com account, or enrolled in the class, click here for this classes enrollment information.

Please view the MLA Sample Works Cited Entries for information about how to correctly cite sources on your Works Cited Page.  This was sent home with each student today.

Please view the MLA Sample Paper for examples of how to correctly cite sources in-text.  This was sent home with each student today.

Please view the Plagiarism.org's informative list of all of the ways that a person can plagiarize.  We discussed most of these in class today, and I know that many students hadn't realized that they had plagiarized by not correctly citing their sources in-text or on the Works Cited page.

Please view the details of Writing Workshop.  Please note the in-class responsibilities and the out of class responsibilities.

9th Grade Literature and Composition's rubric can be found here.

American Literature and Composition's rubric can be found here.

Over the course of this week we will have a Writing Workshop.  Today we began by reviewing how to correctly write a Works Cited Page.  Students in 1st and 2nd period had time to work on correcting their Works Cited Page in class.  4th period did not have time to work on this in-class.

Throughout the week we will revisit how to take our now corrected Works Cited Page and correctly cite those sources in-text.  We will talk about how to paraphrase, when it is appropriate to paraphrase, when it is appropriate to quote, and when it is appropriate to analyze and evaluate.  We will go through the rubric section by section in order to facilitate each student earning the highest points possible.

Each student was given a Library pass for the month of November during their lunch to facilitate their learning.  Each student has access to the library resources and the internet at that time.  The deadlines for the resubmission were also though with students who do not have internet at home in mind.  Students have 2 1/2 weeks to find the information they need to correct their papers.  During that lengthy time, it is expected that they will do what is neccessary to earn a better grade.

Week 8

Hello everybody!

This week is a big week because this week we are beginning our research projects.  There are 3 MAJOR things you need to know about this week.

1. Your projects
9th Grade find your research project instructions/rubric/checklist here.  You've been given one in class, but if you need another copy, then you can print it from here.

American Lit find your research project instructions/rubric/checklist here.  You've been given one in class, but if you need another copy, then you can print it from here.

2.  Your Study Groups

Click here to find a list of all of the Research Groups, and who everyone is researching.  Scroll down to reach your class.
3. Vocabulary
Since we're not going to be in the room all that much this week, your vocabualry quiz will be a little different this week.

On Friday, you must turn in 20 unique, original sentences, each using one of the Unit 7 vocaublary words (underline it!), in order.  These must be your own sentences (not from the book, or the internet, or your friend), and they must correctly use the vocabulary word.  You may use more than one word in one sentence, but I'll only be grading the word that matches the number.

4.  The Gameplan
Monday--Meet in class, move to the library
Tuesday--Meet in class, move to the library 
Wednesday--Project Presentations or Test (depending on your class)
Thursday--Project Presentations or Literature
Friday--Meet in Writing Lab to work on Research (your Final drafts are due, but we won't be taking time in class to work on them!)

Class in Writing Lab

If you were abensent today, click here for today's instructions, concerning peer reviews and revising your writting.

Writing Assignments

9th Grade Lit, find a copy of the instructions to the writing assignment here and your checklist here.

Amer Lit, find a copy of the instructions to the writing assignment here and your checklist here.

Both of these assignments are due on Friday, Septemeber 23rd at 8:00pm.