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Thursday, March 30

3/29/2017

 
Annotated Bibliographies due tomorrow. 

Last day for note taking and working on Annotated Bibliographies. Have at least 4 sources read and taken notes on by Friday.

Wednesday, March 29

3/28/2017

 
Did Grammar #8: Semicolons

Remainder of class spent on annotated bibliographies and/or research and note taking.

Upcoming deadlines (Adjusted)
  • Annotated Bibliographies
    • Friday, March, 28
  • Outlines
    • Tuesday, April 4
  • Part 1 – Introduction
    • Friday, April 7
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Tuesday, March 28

3/27/2017

 
Complete this short assignment.

Then begin creating your annotated bibliography. Check out the video below for instruction and my sample paper for an example.

Monday, March 27

3/27/2017

 
Last full in class day to find and take notes on articles for our research topic.
We'll start organizing our sources tomorrow and outlining our paper on Thursday.

Friday, March 24

3/25/2017

 
Continued research.

Be sure to have 4 sources found, cited, notated, and all around prepared for Tuesday..

Thursday, March 23

3/23/2017

 
Worked more on finding sources and began reading/taking notes on those sources. The purpose of taking notes: 
  • Make sure YOU understand BOTH sides.
  • Create arguments for both sides supported with quotations.

Upcoming deadlines
  • Annotated Bibliographies - in class
    • Friday, March, 28
  • Outline
    • Tuesday, April 4
  • Part 1 – Aligning perspective
    • Friday, April 7

Deadlines be like...
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Wednesday, March 22

3/23/2017

 
Completed Grammar #7: Quotations and Commas

Continued finding sources for our research projects.

Tuesday, March 21

3/21/2017

 
Begin finding sources for our research papers. Use either the notes sheets provided or the "Research Note Chart" provided by Mr. Restad on Google Classroom.

Monday, March 20

3/20/2017

 
Practiced evaluating resources. If you missed, complete the following assignment and share it with Mr. Restad
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ASSIGNMENT
Evaluating Sources
 
NOTES
Source Notes

Friday, March 17

3/17/2017

 
Finished our research project proposal. Started doing some preliminary research on our topics and collecting usable sources. 

Explored the Google Classroom assignment for the Research Project: specifically the digital notes template and the EBSCOhost Explora.

Thursday, March 16

3/16/2017

 
Did Grammar #6: Commas and Coordinate Adjectives

Then began looking in depth at our Position Paper Research Project.

ASSIGNMENT:
complete the Reserach Project Proposal

Wednesday, March 15

3/15/2017

 
Worked on ACT Practice. You can access and work on this site at any time! Cool!
  • username: your school email
  • password: school ID (note, if your school ID starts with zeros. Use only one zero, for example 00012586 becomes 012586)
Also, if you missed yesterday, 

Tuesday, March 14

3/14/2017

 
Explored research databases using this assignment: Research Database Practice

Monday, March 13

3/14/2017

 
Retook our Grammar Exam. See Mr. Restad if you need to retake and missed today.

Read started an introduction to our research projects. Have a project idea in mind by Thursday.

Friday, March 10

3/11/2017

 
Filled out this self-eval for the participating witnesses and attorneys of the trial.

Reviewed for grammar test on Monday.
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  • Classroom Blog
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    • 3 ACT Prep
    • 4 I Am Where I Come From
    • 5 Catcher in the Rye
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      • Classroom Spotlight
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