Friday March 22, 2019

76 minutes

Learning targets

·         I can revise and edit my work on a previous draft

·         I can understand and use the enthymeme model for constructing thesis statements

·         I can understand and use the TRIAC model for constructing body paragraphs

·         I can understand and use introductory phrases to introduce textual evidence 

PCC DUAL CREDIT CRN=24498

Registration is now open until April 15

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

Use Google Classroom to submit all work.

     1.   Today, review the sample MLA Research Paper.

*Read the paper as an example of a successful research essay—pay attention to how the argument is formulated and supported with evidence.

*Pay attention to how sources are cited and how they are formatted in both the body of the paper and in the Works Cited page.

You are expected to correctly use MLA style and formatting in your final draft of your thesis.

     2.   The rest of the period should be used for continuing to work on your thesis (revisions, additions, researching, etc.)

HOMEWORK: Continue working on thesis.

FINAL DRAFT OF THE THESIS IS DUE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Wednesday March 20, 2019

92 minutes

Learning targets

·         I can revise and edit my work on a previous draft

·         I can understand and use the enthymeme model for constructing thesis statements

·         I can understand and use the TRIAC model for constructing body paragraphs

·         I can understand and use introductory phrases to introduce textual evidence 

PCC DUAL CREDIT CRN=24498

Registration is now open until April 15

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

Use Google Classroom to submit all work.

     1.   Today, review the handout on writing introductions and conclusions.

     2.   The rest of the period should be used for continuing to work on your thesis (revisions, additions, researching, etc.)

The 4^th response to Between the World and Me is due in Google Classroom today, Wednesday, March 20.

HOMEWORK: Continue working on thesis.

FINAL DRAFT OF THE THESIS IS DUE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Monday March 18, 2019

92 minutes

PCC DUAL CREDIT CRN=24498

Registration is now open until April 15

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

Use Google Classroom to submit all work.

     1.   Today, the second draft of the Senior Thesis is due. Exchange essays (or share them in Google docs) and give each other feedback, using the Peer Edit Sheet.

     2.   The rest of the period should be used for continuing to work on your thesis (revisions, additions, researching, etc.)

Homework: The 4^th response to Between the World and Me is due in Google Classroom on Wednesday, March 20. Also, continue working on thesis.

FINAL DRAFT OF THE THESIS IS DUE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Thursday March 14, 2019

76 minutes

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

Use Google Classroom to submit all work.

PCC DUAL CREDIT CRN=24498

Registration is now open until April 15

NOTE: if you were absent or did not have your 1^st draft on Friday, March 8, you should still make sure to get it peer-edited.

        1.   Review thesis calendar 

2.   Enthymeme instruction and examples: Read and discuss Thesis as Enthymemes and then read and discuss Enthymeme Checklist  

You will have a work day on Thursday, March 14

2^nd  draft of thesis is due on Monday, March 18

Tuesday March 12, 2019

92 minutes

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

Use Google Classroom to submit all work.

Last call for permission slips to see Chimamanda Adichie on Thursday, March 14

PCC DUAL CREDIT CRN=24498

Registration is now open until April 15

NOTE: if you were absent or did not have your 1^st draft on Friday, March 8, you should still make sure to get it peer-edited.

     1.   Review thesis calendar 

     2.   Annotated Bibliography scores handed out. REMINDER: titles of articles are NOT ITALICIZED!!!!! They belong inside of quotations. CHECK this example out:

Siegel, Reva B. "Equality and choice: sex equality perspectives on reproductive rights in the work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg." Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 25, no. 1, 2013, p. 63+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A343461946/OVIC?u=portland&sid=OVIC&xid=f89c7eb9. Accessed 11 Mar. 2019.

THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE is “Equality and Choice: sex equality perspectives on reproductive rights in the work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”  It is simply put inside quotation marks just like it is here!

THE TITLE OF THE JOURNAL IN WHICH THIS ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED IS Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. This journal title is italicized.

     3.    Thesis Requirements assigned and explained 

4.   Enthymeme instruction and examples: Read and discuss Thesis as Enthymemes and then read and discuss Enthymeme Checklist  

5.    In pairs, share your thesis statement and then revise the thesis statements to make them enthymemes  

     6.   Share out practice statements in small groups and then show examples on the overhead to the class. 

     7.   Review the TRIAC method for writing body paragraphs and review how to integrate quotations.

     8.   Small groups share your responses and discuss Between the World and Me    

     9.   Work on thesis / reading BTWM

The next response for Between the World and Me is rescheduled for Wednesday, March 20

You will have a work day on Thursday, March 14

2^nd draft of thesis is due on Monday, March 18

Friday March 8, 2019

76 minutes

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

      1.   Today, the first draft of their Senior Thesis is due. Exchange essays (or share them in Google docs) and give each other feedback, using the Peer-Edit Sheet

      2.   The rest of the period should be used for continuing to work on their thesis (revisions, additions, researching, etc.)

Wednesday March 6, 2019

92 minutes

Keep in mind that being absent from class does not excuse you from doing the assignments and meeting the deadlines. The blog is there for you for this exact purpose. You are expected to follow the thesis calendar for due dates.

      1.   Review thesis calendar 

      2.   Work on your thesis 

      3.   Review the TRIAC method for writing body paragraphs and review how to integrate quotations. 

      4.   Practice writing body paragraphs using Between the World and Me    

       5.   Share out practice paragraphs in small groups and then show examples on the overhead to the class. 

1^st draft of thesis, INCLUDING A WORKS CITED PAGE, is due on Friday, March 8. Submit it into Google Classroom

Monday, March 4, 2019

Feminism

92 minutes

REMINDER: If you would like to go to the Chimamanda Adichie lecture on Thursday, March 14, get your permission slip turned in to me.

Reminder/ Review: Thesis assignment. Thesis calendar 

     1.   Pairs /small groups: Share your response to Between the World and Me 

     2.   Whole class:  Consider the following: (from the Penguin Random House reader’s guide:

Between the World and Me has been called a book about race, but the author argues that race itself is a flawed, if not useless, concept—it is, if anything, nothing more than a pretext for racism. Early in the book he writes, “Race, is the child of racism, not the father” (page 7.)  The idea of race has been so important in the history of America and in the self-identification of its people—and racial designations have literally marked the difference between life and death in some instances.  How does discrediting the idea of race as an immutable, unchangeable fact change the way we look at our history? Ourselves?  

Pair-share / discuss 

     3.   Review the term “Social Constructionism” (Power point). 

     4.   View Race: The Power of an Illusion part 3 and take notes, focusing on how race is a social construction 

    

Homework due Wednesday, March 6: read pages 39-76 in Between the World and Me and choose one passage and write a response to it (refer the instructions for details)

DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 1^st draft of thesis