Week of 4/13

We are getting soooo close to the end, people. Push through. You've got this.

Monday, 4/13
Research
Sr Mem 9/10 due
Work on outlines

Tuesday, 4/14
Research
Outlines due
Teach Works Cited
Work on Works Cited and outlines

Wednesday, 4/15
Research
Works Cited due
Teach Parenthetical Citations and Paper format
Work on paper

Thursday, 4/16
Research
Work on paper

Friday, 4/17
Research
Work on paper

Argumentative Research Paper Topics

Your task today is to select a topic for your argumentative research paper. Your topic should be worded in the form of a researchable question. You are going to be spending a LOT of time with this topic and so it's important that you pick one that interests you. I give you a TON of space to come up with something you can really delve into, so don't pick a topic that bores you.

Below are four sites with lists of topics. On a sheet of notebook paper, keep a running brainstorming list of the ones that interest you. Look thoroughly through all four sites. Once you have searched them all, take the topics on your list and scan around on the databases linked to our school library website. The link is http://chslibrarymedia.com/chslibrary/resources-2/databases/
See which topics seem to have a lot of viable information and which ones don't. Slowly start to narrow down by marking through any that don't have much information. Leave at least three topics open, then pick the one that you feel best about. IF that topic isn't in the form of a researchable question, use your time with the research to come up with a good question format.

Once you feel like you have a researchable question, write it on the index card and bring it to me to approve. It is possible that your question will evolve a little as you start to dig into the research. You may find that it is either too narrow or too broad. It is also possible that your question might change completely, but that can only happen within the first day or two of research. After that, you're stuck with it. :)

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/?p=OVIC&u=tel_s_tsla

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/200-prompts-for-argumentative-writing/?_r=0

http://www.uwc.ucf.edu/files/handouts/research_paper_and_argument_topics.pdf

http://virginialynne.hubpages.com/hub/100-Easy-Argumentative-Essay-Topic-Ideas

Week of 3/30

It's time for research!!! Y'all are ready for this.

Monday, 3/30
Begin research (watch debate)

Tuesday, 3/31
Research

Wednesday, 4/1
Research

Thursday, 4/2
Research
Journals Due

Friday, 4/3
OFF

Week of 3/16 (LAST WEEK BEFORE YOUR LAST SPRING BREAK!!!)

I hope you guys have an awesome and restful spring break. It is DOWNHILL FAST from the time we return. Get ready!

Monday, 3/16
Sr Mem 6 Due
Watch Concise Shakespeare

Tuesday, 3/17
Carpe Diem poetry and sonnets

Wednesday, 3/18
"DPS"
SUB

Thursday, 3/19
"DPS"
SUB

Friday, 3/20
Test
Outside Reading Assessment
SUB

Week of 3/9

Thanks for your great attention to and support of Macbeth. You guys are wonderful.

Monday, 3/9
Word Web/Seminar

Tuesday, 3/10
In-Class Essay

Wednesday, 3/11
Satire

Thursday, 3/12
Swift

Friday, 3/13
Donne

***Chapters 1-6 of Senior Memory Book are due by Spring Break...

Week of 2/16

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble!

Thanks so much for all of your attention to our Macbeth reading/discussion. You guys are soooooo great!!!

Monday, 2/16
Off

Tuesday, 2/17
Act III
Senior Memory 3 due

Wednesday, 2/18
Act IV

Thursday, 2/19
Act IV

Friday, 2/20
Act V

Week of 2/9

IT'S TIME FOR MACBETH!!!!! :) I'm excited.

Monday, 2/9
Intro to Unit 3

Tuesday, 2/10
Macbeth intro, notes
Act I

Wednesday, 2/11
Finish I, start II

Thursday, 2/12
Finish II

Friday, 2/13
Act III
Informational Text activity

Week of 1/26

January is SPENT!!! Crazy, I tell you. This week is alllll Canterbury Tales. I appreciate your attentiveness last week and I know it's going to be a great week this week. :)

Monday, 1/26
Watch "A Knight's Tale"

Tuesday, 1/27
Finish "A Knight's Tale"

Wednesday, 1/28
Pardoner's Tale

Thursday, 1/29
Wife of Bath's Tale

Friday, 1/30
Final Activity
JOURNALS DUE

Week of 1/19

In honor of this Martin Luther King, Jr. day/week, I want to give you a quote that is a perfect fit for you at this point in your lives. It's not actually my favorite of his (although I love it), not even necessarily in my top three, but it is very appropriate for you at this upcoming critical juncture.

"Whatever career you may choose for yourself-- doctor, lawyer, teacher-- let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring form love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Make a career of humanity. I love that so much.

Now, the schedule for the week!

Monday, 1/19

OFF

Tuesday, 1/20

Unit 1 test from Friday

Sr Mem Chpt 1 due

Wednesday, 1/21

Intro to Middle Ages

Thursday, 1/22

C-T Prologue

Friday, 1/23

C-T Prologue

January Vocab words

Here are your words for January. The test is 1/23.

divulge

abet

dogmatic

insipid

extraneous

coerce

jaundiced

meticulous

temerity

gregarious