Tuesday (Nov. 10): Work on your note cards. Read your articles carefully to discern any information you can use to enhance the points you are making in your paper. The rubric for your note cards is on the bottom of the source card and note card handout. I will post a rubric for you some time tomorrow (Wednesday). Also, I was mistaken about the Mobile Lab for Thursday. I checked the library sign-up sheet, and I have the Mobile Lab for 3rd and 4th, not for 1st. I forgot that the first block time was taken. We can really look at this change as a plus because that means we will have more controlled time in the classroom to accomplish the same objectives. We'll just write out the same information, and I will check each assignment as you complete it. I will be checking the following: works cited page, outline page, and revised introduction. You may also use this time to begin revising your paper, so print out the materials you need to make these revisions.
Monday (Nov. 9): Work on your group work assignment for tomorrow. You may come to my classroom before school and meet with your goup to practice if you'd like. I will have my room open. I'm not expecting perfection. I realize the time restraints. Study the assignment and try to meet the requirements on the page. Be true to the text and have fun with this.
Weekend (Nov. 7-8): Read your critical articles and highlight information that might be useful in your documented essay. Take notes on this hightlighted material, quoting key ideas and unique wording and paraphrasing other key ideas or arguments discussed in the articles. Complete each note card correctly. Do these note cards for yourself, not simply to meet my quota. Done correctly, note cards can expedite the writing phase of the research process. Vocabulary Test is still planned for Tuesday. Review the words. Also, since you will be expected to work effectively in groups on Monday to prepare a group presentation on chapters 13-22, you should carve out some time to review these chapters, paying particular attention to the following topics:
Chapters 12-13 Robbers on the Wrecked Steamboat
Chapters 14-16—Traveling by Raft
Chapters 17-18—The Grangerford-Shepherdson Feud
Chapters 19-23—Scams by the King & Duke
Chapters 21-22—The Colonel Sherburn incident
Thursday night: Finish the questions for your group work. Be prepared to discuss these questions in a panel-type discussion tomorrow. Questions will be randomly assigned to groups tomorrow. Rely on the primary text to support your answers. Record quotes and page numbers to back up your points. Vocabulary Test is postponed until Tuesday because of the pep rally tomorrow.
Wednesday night: Finish paragraph on civil disobedience. See handout for instructions. Also, review the first 12 chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Monday Night (Nov. 2): Read Ghandi's piece, p. 244 and King's "Letter..." p. 245. Take notes on both pieces; noting the paradoxes in both, the conflicts, the arguments, and the rhetorical strategies. Remember, your pages of notes will be your ticket to participate in the Socratic circle tomorrow. Since both Ghandi and King were inspired by Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," you should be able to note similiarites in all three pieces of writing. You may wish to bring out these similarities in the Socratic circle. Turn in your Huck Finn cards if you did not do so today.
Weekend Reminder: Huck Finn cards are due on Monday. Also, remember to bring your note cards (4x6) and large yellow envelope. You will also need to bring a few extra dollars if you plan to make copies in the library. Print your syllabus, handout on Civil Disobedience, and vocabulary list.
