Wednesday, March 16, 2016

The Final

The prompt is on the handout.

You may come by my office tomorrow to pick up your final Problem/ Solution paper.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Count Day

Get out all your graded papers and arrange them in order.

Lego Directions -green
Kickstarter Analysis -blue
Kickstarter on Paper -purple
Summary/ Response about your choice -yellow
Summary/ Eval/ Response about your choice of reading -tan
Problem -orange
Summary/ Eval about your choice from Gale -gray
Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources -goldenrod
Common Assessment -white

Use your papers to do the Count Day Essay Analysis.

Then count up your pages. Each Works Cited page counts as a whole page; all other partial pages are fractional (1/4, 1/2, etc.)

If you have 25 or more pages, today is your last day. If you have fewer than 25, follow the homework directions and come to class tomorrow.

Homework:

1. If your page count is less than 25 pages, choose ONE of the following essays to read:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112219425  "Dodging the Concussion Discussion" by Frank DeFord


http://www.npr.org/2005/05/16/4651531/be-cool-to-the-pizza-dude "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude" by Sarah Adams


Come to class prepared to write a short essay about one of the readings. You will able to look at the reading as you write.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Last Paper Due

Do the course evaluation.

Print the final version of your Problem/ Solution paper.

You will ALSO hand in the graded Problem Paper with it. I will bring these to class tomorrow for Count Day so you can count them as well.

Final Daybook Activity:

AM class: We watch this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbgwmTum6JA&list=PLwfzU5uvU-lKLEvGiyabJxxazND2S7lC-&index=10

1. In your daybook, as you watch, write down the six things he lists, leaving space between each.

2. When he is finished, go back and respond to each one. Do you agree/disagree? Is this happening for you at this school? Can this be changed?

PM class:

We watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU

Then watch this: https://vimeo.com/47943352

So....how do these videos relate to you? You tell me...


You will hand your daybook in at the end of class.

For tomorrow:

Bring to class ALL your graded essays and the colored rubrics they are stapled to. You will have an activity to do using them, and then the pages will be counted, and we'll discuss the final on Wednesday for those who want/need to take it.