Tuesday, January 28, 2014

• Today we wrote our introductory paragraph with a well thought out thesis statement. 
• Your outline and introductory paragraph will be by the end of the day tomorrow. 

Monday, January 27, 2014

• Today we worked on finishing our outline for the paper. Remember your outline should be organized and detailed. It should be like a map of what and how you are going to write.
• You may find it beneficial to write your thesis statement before you complete your outline. The thesis statement is exactly what you are writing about. What are you trying to prove?
• Check out the Purdue OWL website for information and examples of thesis statements. 
• Your outline is due at the end of the day Tuesday, January 28th.

Thursday & Friday, January 23rd & 24th, 2014

• We did our final two days of research in the library. You should be filling in the final gaps in your paper. We will begin writing next week. 
• Remember that you must submit your 8 sources and 40 notes by Friday at the end of the day.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

• Today we finished working on our rough draft for the  research paper. 
• Tomorrow and Friday we will be in the library working on finishing up our research.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

• Today we started writing a rough draft of your research paper outline. Take a look at this Outlining Your Paper document for what to include. You can use this template for actually writing your outline rough draft.
• If you would like to see some outline examples here are three Sample Outlines. 
• Here is a link to a helpful Outline Creator 
• We will work on the outlines tomorrow in class. You should be focusing on figuring out what information you are missing to complete your paper. We will be back in the library Thursday and Friday for our final two days of research. You must turn in 40 notes by the end of the day Friday.
• Your outline will be due next Tuesday, January, 29th.

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 15, 16, and 17.

We researched on all three of these days. Friday the first 25 notes were due. They need to be turned in via Google Docs. 

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

 More Research! Research! Research!

• We are in the library all week researching your topics. Remember you must have 25 notes by this Friday the 17th. Those notes will be shared with me (tsummers@apswarriors.com) on Google Docs. 
• Obviously you can have more than 25 notes. I encourage you to get as many as you can.

Monday, January 13, 2014

• Research! Research! Research!
• We are in the library all week researching your topics. Remember you must have 25 notes by this Friday the 17th. Those notes will be shared with me (tsummers@apswarriors.com) on Google Docs. 
• Obviously you can have more than 25 notes. I encourage you to get as many as you can.

Friday, January 10, 2014

• I demonstrated how to set up and use Google Docs. Each student had to have an account set up with a new document set up for keeping their research. Here is my example of how to keep notes: Senior Research Notes 
• Each student discussed with me their topics and we made sure they were focused enough to start researching.
• While I met with each student they finished up their MLA Formatting Practice Handout.
• The MLA handout is due Monday.
• We will begin researching in the library next Monday the 13th.  

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Today I went over the senior research paper project.

You must have a topic picked by the end of class on Friday the 10th.

I presented a PowerPoint on formatting with MLA and showed students how to do the works cited page. 

We spent the last of class working on the MLA Worksheet.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

We had a substitute today.
We started working on the MLA Worksheet Practice in class. Use the Purdue Online Writing Lab to find answers and how to complete the works cited page for the sources given. Make you works cited page on a separate sheet of paper. 

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

We had the Stand for the Silent assembly most classes. 

Any time we had in class was spent going over semester tests, new hall passes, and procedures.