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Friday, April 27

4/27/2018

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Put finishing touches on peer edits and turned in research papers if necessary.

Read this poem by MIchael McFee! It's great!

Spitwads
Little paper cuds we made 
by ripping the corners or edges 
from homework and class notes 
then ruminating them into balls 
we’d flick from our fingertips 
or catapult with pencils 
or (sometimes after lunch) 
launch through striped straws 
like deadly projectiles 
toward the necks of enemies 
and any other target where they’d 
stick with the tiniest splat, 
I hope you’re still there, 
stuck to unreachable ceilings 
like the beginnings of nests 
by generations of wasps 
too ignorant to finish them 
or under desktops with blunt 
stalactites of chewing gum, 
little white words we learned 
to shape and hold in our mouths 
while waiting to let them fly, 
our most tenacious utterance.
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Thursday, April 26

4/26/2018

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Peer edited today!

Turned in research paper 3 ways. MAKE SURE YOU DO EACH ONE!
  • Clean printed copy with Checklist and Rubric stapled to the top (found in Mr. Restad's class)
  • Turnitin.com
    • Class ID: 17936694
    • Enrollment: restada
  • Google Classroom
    • Notes
    • Position Paper
    • Outline
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Wednesday, April 25

4/26/2018

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CARROT DAY!
Those who finished their essays got to relax. Those who didn't worked in the essay sweatshop.

OFFICIAL DUE DATE IS TOMORROW AT THE END OF CLASS!
Picture
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Tuesday, April 24

4/24/2018

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Work day! Last official one. 

Carrots tomorrow for those who finished up the full draft of their paper.
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Monday, April 23

4/23/2018

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Plan for the week
  • Monday, Tuesday – Work, edit
  • Wednesday – Carrot day!
  • Thursday – Stick day! Peer Edit and turn in

Research project due by end of class on Thursday.
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Friday, April 20th

4/19/2018

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Discussed conclusions for our paper: Finally! We get to use "I."

Conclusions should be about a page long in which you:
  1. Briefly restate the arguments on both sides.
  2. State what your perspective is based on the research you’ve done and defend your choice by restating the or refuting arguments from the other side
  3. Then, explain how your perspective has the most the important impact on society. DO SOMETHING with all this research you’ve done. 
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Thursday, April 19

4/19/2018

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Writing day!

We also discussed what to do in the rare case of an emergency. Check out the video below.
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Wednesday, April 18

4/18/2018

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We did a brief peer review to help guide and correct our writing and then just continued working on our research projects.
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Tuesday, April 17

4/17/2018

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​Writing day!

Full drafts are due Tuesday, April 24! Print out and give to Mr. Restad by the end of the day.
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Monday, April 16

4/16/2018

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Discussed main functions of a paragraph
  • Focus - specific argument/idea
  • Form – how is it organized
  • Flow – how each sentence links together

Discussed 2 paragraph types

Write intro paragraph for section
  • Main idea/stance
  • Background info
  • Brief list of supporting arguments/subtopics

Write supporting paragraphs
  • TS
  • CONTEXT
  • QUOTE/EVIDENCE
  • ANALYSIS 
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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III - Spring Units
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      • Choosing a topic
      • Research Resources
    • 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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