2.  Daily Objectives:  1. Students will understand the expectations for success in a college level class.  2. Students will work cohesively in a cooperative learning group to achieve a common goal.  Academic vocabulary for this week: illustrative/exemplification essay  Daily Activities and Assessment:  Reminder: You should turn in your summer reading journal by 11:59 pm tonight to www.turnitin.com- worth 50 points  Go over syllabus/notebook/journal/Whoops Pass  Assign homework on The Last Lecture (p. 46)  Take summer reading quiz- worth 75 points  Complete “paper clip” cooperative learning activity on The Last Lecture (described on p. 46)  Note: We will work in-class on an essay on The Last Lecture on Monday/Tuesday. It is described in your Guidebook on p. 53. If time, we will begin brainstorming ideas today.

3.  Daily Question:  1. Students will understand what makes an effective paragraph.  2. Students will understand makes a strong illustrative/exemplification essay.  Academic Vocabulary for Week: illustrative/exemplification essay  Daily Activities and Assessment:  Hang up and share homework on The Last Lecture  Wadsworth: Do ex. 2B on p. 84 and ex. 8 on p. 95 with a partner; do handout on paragraphs on own on p. 55 of Guidebook  Work on rough draft of Short Essay #1 on The Last Lecture in Rm. 213

4.  Daily Question:  1. Students will understand what makes an effective paragraph.  2. Students will understand makes a strong illustrative/exemplification essay.  Daily Activities and Assessment:  Work on rough draft of Short Essay #1 on The Last Lecture

5.  Daily Objective:  Students will understand become comfortable with speaking in class through informal and formal presentations  Academic vocabulary for this week: illustrative/exemplification essay  Daily Activities and Assessment:  Reminder: Your first journal is due August 19  Watch short excerpt from end of The Last Lecture  Read through articles on The Last Lecture in packet  Begin discussion of The Last Lecture

6. ◦ Daily Objectives:  To participate fully in a college level classroom discussion  To successfully complete an illustration/exemplification essay ◦ Daily Activities and Assessments: ◦ Assign books ◦ 1B- Share your favorite quote from an article and favorite quote from The Last Lecture since you did not last class period ◦ First 20 minutes—Self editing and Peer editing of R.D. of The Last Lecture Essay; I will also conference with you on your draft. ◦ Continue The Last Lecture discussion

7. ◦ Daily Objectives:  To participate fully in a college level classroom discussion  To successfully complete an illustration/exemplification essay ◦ Daily Activities and Assessments: ◦ Readings for Writers Selections/Assignment/Discussion: Chapter One: “Reading Critically” 3-12 (in class), Chapter 2: “Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion” 18-41; “What—and How—to Write When You Have No Time to Write,” 42- 45; “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” 101-111; “Assignment 1: The Research Paper,” 710-749; Chapter 11: “Illustration and Exemplification” 370- 374; “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…” 386-389; “How We Get Addicted” 392-398; “Drugs” 399-401

8.  Daily Objectives: ◦ Understand how to write a successful illustration/exemplification essay ◦ Understand how to engage in college-level discussion  Daily Assessments: ◦ Complete final draft of The Last Lecture essay ◦ Finish going over Readings for Writers articles andThe Last Lecture discussion ◦ Bring Wadsworth next class period

9.  Daily Objectives: ◦ Understand how to write outlines ◦ Understand how to engage in college-level discussion  Daily Assessments: ◦ The Wadsworth Handbook “Constructing an Informal Outline,” 48-49; Chapter 54 “Using Semicolons” 686- 691; In-class we will create an informal outline on our research paper essay; do ex. 2 (p. 687), ex. 3(p. 688), ex. 5 (p. 690) on own; do ex. 6 (p. 691-692) with a partner ◦ Finish discussing The Last Lecture ◦ Bring Readings for Writers next class period!

10.  Distracted Driving  Florida Panther/manatees  Greening  Standardized testing  Cutting high school sports/arts/band  Budget cuts that are detrimental to students  Everglades

11.  Daily Objective/s: ◦ To add to a classroom discussion ◦ To understand what a causal analysis essay is  Daily Assignments: ◦ Assign causal analysis essay (p. 54); we will work on the rough draft next period ◦ Go over Readings for Writers selections, including:  On own during first half of class—”Causal Analysis,” p. 555- 559 (which you should pay particular attention to as your next essay is a causal analysis); “Chapter 5: “The Writer’s Thesis” 133-143; Chapter 6: “Organizing Ideas” 171-181; “The Editing Booth” p. 695-718  Together during second half of class (it is homework what you do not finish)—”Rules for Aging” p. 188-190; “The New Feminism” p. 594-597; “Bricklayer’s Boy” p. 573-577  If time, read “You Are Not Special” and do activity on it

12.  Daily Objective/s: ◦ To write a causal analysis essay  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on rough draft of causal analysis essay; it is due September 1 at 11:59 pm  We will work on rough draft in class in Room 213 all period; you will also be able to view my comments on your previous final draft at that time  We will work on peer editing in Room 213 on Sept 13/14  We will work on the final draft next week

13.  Daily Objective/s: ◦ To effectively peer edit a causal analysis essay ◦ To analyze a great work on English literature  Daily Assignments: ◦ Pass out literacy cards ◦ Assign The Canterbury Tales Prologue Reading and Index Assignment—due _______at 11:59 pm to Turnitin; Quiz on Prologue is ____ (A)/______(B); go over sample reading in Middle English ◦ Complete peer editing of causal analysis essay; due Sept.2 at 11:59 pm ◦ Read “The Life and Times of Chaucer” p. 271 in The Canterbury Tales and write a list of Top 10 Reasons You Are Happy You Did Not Live in Chaucer’s Time, using examples from article to back up the points you make

14.  Daily Objective: ◦ Understand what makes for an effective tone ◦ Understand what makes for a strong division/classification essay  Daily Assignments: ◦ Warm Up Tone Activity: “What are you doing?” and “Well, that’s nice.” ◦ Readings for Writers selections: ◦ Read to skim: “What is a Writer’s Voice?”; “Tone: The Writer’s Voice in the Reader’s Mind”; Division/Classification; ◦ Read on own in-depth: “The Waltz” ◦ Read together: “Move Over Teams”; “Incidents with White People”; “Warriors Don’t Cry” ◦ When finished, you might have time to read from The Canterbury Tales

15.  Daily Objective: ◦ Understand how to write a causal analysis essay  Daily Assignments: ◦ Pass out Midmidterm Study Guide; test will be Sept. Sept. 14/15; we will study in-class on Sept. 12/13 ◦ Work on final draft of Causal Analysis essay; due on Sept. 9 at 11:59 pm ◦ If you finish early, work on The Canterbury Tales index

16.  Daily Objectives: ◦ Students will learn what makes an effective causal analysis essay.  Daily Assignment: ◦ Complete Reflection on final draft of Causal Analysis essay during first part of class ◦ Study time with partner/group for midmidterm test

17.  Daily Objectives: ◦ Students will be successful taking a collegiate test.  Daily Assignment: ◦ Midmidterm Test ◦ If time is left, you may work on your Canterbury Tales index ◦ Bring Wadsworth next class period

18.  Daily Objectives: ◦ Students will learn how to write an effective research paper.  Daily Assignment: ◦ Wadsworth: Work on assignments on writing a research paper and evaluating sources; be sure you can get onto database through Panther Central at some point during the period; turn in pages 60, 61, and 62 in Guidebook by the end of the period. ◦ If you finish early, work on your Canterbury Tales index

19.  Daily Objective: ◦ Students will learn to analyze a work from the Middle Ages in England.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Readings for Writers:  Together: “Why Don’t We Complain?” p. 616 and “A Nation in Need of a Vacation” p. 630  On own (to skim): Annotated Student Research Paper p. 731-749; Chapter 15 “Argument and Persuasion” p. 609-616 ◦ Work on your Canterbury Tales index

20.  Daily Objective: ◦ Students will learn to analyze a work from the Middle Ages in England. ◦ Students will learn what makes an effective argument essay.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on The Canterbury Tales index; we will be playing Canterbury Tales Bingo and taking notes on it next class period to prepare for our quiz on The Canterbury Tales pilgrims next class period. ◦ Warning: We will be having a Chaucerian Food Celebration on October 7/8. Plan accordingly as you will be given a grade for bringing in food; if bringing food is a problem, let me know and I will give you an alternate writing assignment.

21.  Daily Objectives: ◦ To understand a major work from the Middle Ages.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Go over notes on each pilgrim ◦ Work on index for The Canterbury Tales; due Oct. 6 at 11:59 pm; if you have already completed it feel free to work on journals; if you have already completed them, feel free to work on journals for next semester; if you have already completed them, please get a life. ◦ Play Canterbury Pilgrims Bingo in groups to review for next period’s quiz. If your group wins bingo each person gets a sticker! ◦ Warning: Your quiz will literally be a list of all of the pilgrims in order. You will need to write a brief description of the pilgrim on the quiz. It will be worth 50 points. ◦ Double Warning: On our midterm test, you will have to match the pilgrim with a description I give you. ◦ Triple Warning: BRING FOOD NEXT PERIOD!

22.  Daily Objectives: ◦ To understand a major work from the Middle Ages  Daily Assignments: ◦ Quiz on The Canterbury Tales Pilgrims ◦ Eat food as we do the rest of today’s activities-- ◦ Summarize Those Tales! Assignment: Now that we have read the Prologue, you will be assigned the task of summarizing one of the Tales. (You can use your phone or a laptop to find the summary. Credit the source where you find it—please avoid wikipedia and Sparknotes—and put the summary into your own words.) ◦ When finished, we will read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” and discuss it ◦ Warning again: Next class period we will do a creative assignment on The Canterbury Tales; I am changing what is in the Guidebook, so DO NOT DO IT ahead of time.

23.  Daily Objective: ◦ To understand how to effectively write a classification/division essay  Daily Assignments: ◦ Wadsworth:  Chapter 15: “Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources” p. 212-221; do Ex. 2 on p. 217 and write 5 tips that are important to remember from this chapter  Chapter 16: “Synthesizing Sources” p. 222-235—skim this chapter  Chapter 9: “Using Logic” p. 109-120—skim this chapter

24. Photo Credit: Justin Smith  Daily Objectives: ◦ To understand a major work from the Middle Ages  Daily Assignments: ◦ Turn in your favorite Journal for this nine weeks to Discussion Board of www.turnitin.com; comment on one other person’s Journal onto the Discussion Board of www.turnitin.com; this is due October 16 at 11:59 pm. www.turnitin.com ◦ Remember your notebook is due Oct. 19 or Oct. 20 in-class ◦ Work on Creative Assignment on The Canterbury Tales on p. 79. Your project must be complete in 35 minutes. Be ready to share when you are finished. ◦ Read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” “The Summoner’s Tale” and discuss when finished.

25.  Daily Objective: ◦ To understand how to effectively use commas.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Read “The Pardoner’s Tale,” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The Summoner’s Tale” if done with Wadsworth activities early ◦ Wadsworth:  Chapter 53: “Using Commas” p. 672-685—skim this chapter CAREFULLY as no one will ever teach you how to properly use commas again! Pick TWO exercises to complete on your own over issues you have.  When finished with this, get with a partner and complete p. 57 and 59 in Guidebook.

26.  Daily Objectives: ◦ To understand how to write a division/classification essay  Daily Assignments:  Turn in notebook  Create sentences in which you misuse commas; have a partner look them over and correct them.  Find an invalid source that looks valid; have a partner evaluate why it is invalid.

27.  Daily Objectives: ◦ To understand how to write a division/classification essay  Daily Assignments:  Work on rough draft of division/classification essay in classroom on laptops; please check my comments on previous essay so you do not make the same mistakes again. IN FACT, I WILL CONFERENCE WITH YOU AND YOUR ESSAY AS I GO AROUND TO START, SO HAVE THE FINAL DRAFT PULLED UP WITH MY COMMENTS; it is due October 11 at 11:59 pm

28.  Daily Objective: To understand how to write an effective classification/division essay  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on peer editing of classification/division essay in classroom—due October 13 ◦ Pass out your review guide for your “Midterm” test; we will take this test on October 19/20 ◦ Read and do activity on “The Pardoner’s Tale,” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The Summoner’s Tale”; for each story divide a piece of printer paper into four and do the following (and it is homework if you do not finish): Picture of the most important image in the tale (with a one sentence explanation of it at the bottom) A three sentence summary of the story A Haiku summing up something entertaining about the story (Warning: If you cannot use one haiku, make it into two) A “tweet” on the moral of the story

29.  Daily Objective: To understand how to successfully take a midterm collegiate-level test  Daily Assignments: ◦ Turn in Pic, Tweet, Haiku, Summary of EACH of the three tales you were required to read, then: ◦ Go over due dates for research paper (p. 86) ◦ Work on Review Guide for you midterm on and begin to work on it; test will be Oct. 19/20 ◦ Read Anglo-Saxon Riddles (p. 101-102) and write a riddle ◦ Play Jeopardy to review ◦ Work on review guide

30.  Daily Objective: To be successful taking a college-level test.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Take Midterm Test (be sure to have a pen and five different crayons) ◦ Reminder: Remember to bring a bag of candy for the Scarevenger Hunt (or write a story about your scariest memory that is 300-350 words and bring it in) on October 26/27. ◦ For Real Reminder: Bring Readings for Writers next class period

31.  Daily Objective: To be successful writing an argument research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ On laptops work on researching, paper proposal for research paper—due October 28 at 11:59 pm; you can also work on final draft of classification/division essay, which is due October 28 (and we will have more time for this next period) ◦ Discuss “The View from Eighty” and articles on Homelessness

32.  Daily Objective: To be successful writing an argument research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ On laptops work on researching, paper proposal for research paper—due October 28 at 11:59 pm; you can also work on final draft of classification/division essay, which is due October 25

33.  Daily Objective: To realize that every once in a while school can be fun.  Daily Assignments: ◦ SCAREVENGER HUNT

34.  Daily Objective: To be successful writing an argument research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ On laptops work on researching, paper proposal for research paper—due October 28 at 11:59 pm ◦ You can also start other activities on the research paper or complete a journal

35.  Daily Objective: Students will understand MLA Documentation Style.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Get into groups and compete on the MLA Documentation Quiz Game; winning group gets candy; you will get a copy of the game when we are finished, but it will not be available on my website; quiz on this will be November 9 (A)/ November 10 (B); your individual results on the quiz will be given to SFSC ◦ If done early, work on listing hyperlinks and finding sources from Panther Central

36.  Daily Objective: Students will understand MLA style and how to use other punctuation marks.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Wadsworth activities: Do skimming activities on own for first half hour; do exercises with a partner ◦ Chapter 10 “Writing Argumentative Essays,” 121-137; Chapter 41 “Revising Run- ons,” 576-580; Chapter 57 “Using Other Punctuation Marks” 707-715; Chapter 17 “Avoiding Plagiarism,” 236-248; Chapter 18 “MLA Documentation Style” 254-298  Skim Chapter 10 Argumentation Essays (p. 121-137) and do Ex. 1 (p. 124); pick 1,2,3,4, or 5  Skim p. 576-580 and do Ex. 2 p. 579  Skim p. 707-715 and do Ex. 5 p. 715  Skim p. 236-248 and do Ex. 1 on p. 246  Skim p. 254-298 (will be questions on this on MLA Documentation quiz) ◦ When finished, work on posting hyperlinks (due Nov. 4 at 11:59 pm), and get started on Works Cited and Formal Brainstorming (due Nov. 8 at 11:59 pm) ◦ SOMETIME DURING THE PERIOD I WILL GO OVER YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL WITH YOU, SO GET READY FOR SOME FEEDBACK! ◦ Bring Readings for Writers next class period

37.  Daily Objective: Students will understand MLA style.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Quiz on MLA Documentation Style ◦ When finished, read the article in Readings for Writers you are responsible for your Jigsaw Review ◦ Last 20 minutes: Meet with group and fill out Jigsaw Review article you were assigned on p. 97-100; turn in to me when finished and I will photocopy for the class

38.  Do whatever page that your article review is on IN PEN so I can make a photocopy of it when you are done  In addition, create a poster for your article with a picture of the most important message plus a tweet (with a hashtag) of what is significant to take away from the article  When you present, share your review in the guidebook first, then your poster

39.  Daily Objective: Students will understand how to create works cited entries.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on outline/brainstorming and Works Cited; due November 8 at 11:59 pm  And speaking of punctuation—

40.  Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on rough draft of research paper in Rm. 213—due November 15 at 11:59 pm

41.  Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on rough draft of research paper; due at 11:59 pm on November 15

42.  Daily Objective: Students will understand how to peer and self-edit a research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Pass out Jigsaw Review of articles from last week; hang onto this for our next test ◦ Do peer/self editing of rough draft; due November 17 at 11:59 pm ◦ Wadsworth Book:  Skim Chapter 49 “Using Verbs” 636-649; Chapter 50 “Revising Agreement Errors,” 650-658  p. 604-616; p. 617-625 on own  Do ex. 2 p. 640; ex. 3 p. 645; ex. 5 p. 649; ex. 2 p. 655 (1-5 only); ex. 3 p. 657 (1-5 only) with a partner

43.  Daily Objective: Students will understand how to work on their visual acuity.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Sitting in Thanksgiving style at our desks, students will work on Thanksgiving word puzzles to ensure improvement in their visual acuity.

44.  Daily Objective: Students will appreciate the works of Shakespeare.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Students will watch The Reduced Shakespeare Company ◦ Warning: A Review Guide for the ¾ Term Test will be given out next period; we will take the test December.

45.  Daily Objective/s: Students will work on using verbs, pronoun/antecedent agreement, subject/verb agreement AND analyzing photos.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Pass out review guide to Friday’s/Monday’s test while we finish The Reduced Shakespeare Company ◦ Readings for Writers: Go over “Terrorism,” IG 1-3; “Self Image” IG 4-6; “Ageism,” IG 7-9; “Status of Women,” IG-23-26-photos with a partner/group; pick one question on each photo to complete; you can also look over/discuss other photos; be aware that photos on Homelessness will be on ¾ Term Test ◦ On your own—pick ONE of the photos and tell the story behind it (as a narrative or descriptive paragraph) ◦ With your group again—come up with 10 original sentences that need a verb corrected, the subject/verb agreement corrected, the pronoun/antecedent corrected, or a dash, bracket, colon, parentheses, slash added to make it correct. Put it onto construction paper given to you. You will then exchange your sentences with another group for review. ◦ WARNING—START TO BRING THE BOOK OLD SCHOOL TO CLASS EVERY DAY AS THERE MAY BE TIME TO READ IT IN-CLASS EVERYDAY (which means you would have nothing to worry about over Winter Break to do); if you are not staying 2 nd semester you can bring in a book of your choosing to read. SINCE SOME OF YOU MAY NOT NEED TO TAKE ENC 1102 FOR YOUR COLLEGE OR FOR YOUR MAJOR, I WILL CONFERENCE WITH YOU TODAY ON TAKING ENC 1102.

46.  Daily Objective: Students will appreciate the works of Shakespeare.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Students should study for ¾ Term Test

47.  Daily Objective/s: Students will be successful taking a college-level test.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Take ¾ Term Test ◦ If you finish early, begin reading Old School or do a journal (but please sit behind other students working on test if you take a computer)

48.  Daily Objective/s: Students will understand how to write an argument research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Look over my graded comments on classification/division essay on Turnitin; be aware that NOT ONE OF YOU LOOKED AT WHY YOU SCORED WHAT YOU DID ON THIS FINAL DRAFT. If you would like to improve as a writer, please look at my feedback ◦ Work on the final draft of your research paper in the classroom (as no labs are available due to testing), which is due December 9 th AND/OR your powerpoint presentation on your research paper, which is presented Dec. 12 th (A) or 13 th (B) ◦ As you work, I can help you with any issues you have (relating to writing) ◦ You can also read Old School if you finish early

49.  Daily Objective/s: Students will understand how to write an argument research paper.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Work on the final draft of your research paper, which is due December 9 th ◦ Work on powerpoint presentation, which begin next class period (see sample slides next for hints) ◦ You can also read Old School if you finish early ◦ I will also conference with you on your test and provide an extra credit opportunity, if you so desire to complete it. (You can write out AT LEAST TEN of the rules in Chapter 41, Chapter 50, and Chapter 57 to get 10 points extra credit; it is due at the beginning of next class period.) ◦ Warning: Bring Wadsworth next class period

50.  Explanation of major point in paper  If I use a quote here, “I will put a citation at the end of the sentence” (Citation).  Another fun fact might work here as well.  Credit Picture with full works cited entry underneath the photo, as you did on your draft. If you do this, it does not need to also be on your Works Cited

51.  Name__________________  Start_________  Finish________  Presentation was between three-four minutes ________ Yes ________ No  Instead of each slide being read word for word, additional information was mentioned or paraphrasing of slide was used ________ Yes ________ No  Eye contact was used ________ Yes ________ No  Presenter spoke at a reasonable pace (neither too loud or too soft; neither too fast or too slow) ________ Yes ________ No  At least 12 content slides were in the presentation________ Yes ________ No  At least 10 visuals (photos/graphs/pics/cartoons) were in the presentation and cited properly ________ Yes ________ No  A title slide and Works Cited slide were in the presentation ________ Yes ________ No  Presentation covered main points thoroughly yet succinctly________ Yes ________ No  Presentation was turned in to www.turnitin.com ________ Yes ________ Nowww.turnitin.com  Presentation was printed off and turned in to teacher ________ Yes ________ No  Overall Score: _______/80  Comments: 

52.  Daily Objective/s: Students will be comfortable making a presentation in front of the class.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Powerpoint presentation of Research Paper; it should have already been submitted to turnitin AND I need the print out of it at the beginning of the period ◦ Bring Old School (or another book if you will not be here next semester) next class period; if the weather is nice, we will read outside; if it is not, we will read by the fire (DVD in my classroom)

53.  Daily Objective/s: Students will understand how to use quotation marks and how to use APA style.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Finish powerpoint presentations, if need be ◦ Wadsworth: ◦ On your own (using laptops or your phone)--Using APA style— skim through Chapter 19 (p. 299-327); then, write a descriptive paragraph on one of the Canterbury pilgrims that contains a quote from our version of The Canterbury Tales (I have copies of it) cited in APA style PLUS a quote from the Middle English version of The Canterbury Tales (which can be found at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/CT-prolog-para.html); then make a APA style Works Cited page using the book’s ISBN and the website name on www.bibme.com; submit this to www.turnitin.com under APA Style Canterbury Tales Pilgrim Paragraph. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/CT-prolog-para.htmlwww.bibme.com www.turnitin.com ◦ With a partner--On Quotation Marks--Do ex. 1 on p. 701; ex. 2 on p. 703-704; ex. 4 p. 707

54. ◦ Sign up for my ENC 1102 class via Remind and via www.turnitin.com by looking at the Winter Reading Journal assignment on my website www.turnitin.com ◦ Read Old School (outside if nice; inside by the fire if not nice) ◦ Remember notebook is due January 7(B)/January 8 (A); remember posting of favorite Journal is due January 8/comment on someone’s journal is due January 8 ◦ Begin watching Dead Poets Society to get us in the mood for Old School

55.  Daily Objective/s: Students will view a film dealing with themes that are relatable to young adults.  Daily Assignments: ◦ Finish watching Dead Poets Society and do assignment on it ◦ Complete Reflection assignment for exam, which is an argument essay ◦ Remember your Old School journal assignment is due on January 11 at 11:59 pm; you will have a quiz on this book on January 10 (A)/ 11 (B)