Hard Work Short Essay

Remember Curiosity and the Seven Minutes of Terror?

Now meet the folks who made the gears that are up there driving Curiosity around.

You finish the short essay on Mike Rowe. Hand it in.

You hand in your daybook.

Tomorrow bring all Final Versions with their grade sheets for the page count.

Final Problem/Solution Due

Hand in your final Long Essay.

Remember watching TED? We watch Mike Rowe.

What is Mike Rowe's point? What does he want to do?

Homework:


1. Use the "interactive transcript" feature (click on the button to see the text of his talk) under Mike's video to find and copy two vocabulary words of your choice with quotes by Mike Rowe into your daybook.
 
2. Fill one half of a page in your daybook brainstorming about Mike Rowe's point and talk. The short essay on Mike Rowe will be due at the end of class Monday.

3. TWFTD: Machiavellian.

4. You will turn in your daybooks for the FINAL CHECK on Monday.

5. Tuesday you must bring hard copies of all your Final Versions for Page Count Day. This is your portfolio.

6. Wednesday is the Final and the last day of class.

Editing

Put your answers to yesterday's quiz on the board.

Then you have time to get your draft in shape for handing in Friday. Use TunrnItIn for editing, and pay special attention to MLA details and marks I put on your graded Problem/Solution paper.

Homework:

1. Final version due, with the graded version of the Problem/Solution paper and all drafts, as well.