3/30/20

Below you will find this week's guide for success! It is likely that soon we will be starting new curriculum. When that happens, the official due date for the paper will come very quickly.  So PLEASE work on your paper this week! 

March 30 Weekly Activities

You will essentially be shooting for one of 2 goals this week: Submitting an outline to Revision 1 for teacher review or completing a rough draft for peer edit by Friday.

At the end of this week's weekly document, you will find some tips on Language Analysis. I put these together after our Zoom meeting on Thursday. Hopefully this will help answer questions for those that couldn't attend. As always, feel free to email if you have any questions.

In addition to the guidance document, I have included the outline and rough draft revisions PowerPoint as well as some helpful tips on Intros and Conclusions (examples included!). I have included Mr. Smith's newly updated document as well. This will be slightly less general with ideas for this paper. Please look over these as they give some great guidance on your rough draft.

As always feel free to upload your paper with specific questions for feedback to this week's weekly feedback assignment. You'll see in the document that there is also an opportunity for a peer edit this week.

And now for my new Monday tradition, something funny!! 

Just to show what you can do with your time given enough motivation, here is Coronavirus Rhapsody (hopefully we have some Queen fans out there)

Peer Editing

Body Thesis Statements

Outline and Rough Draft revision guidance

Mr. Smith's Intros and conclusions (This combines some of the stuff with Mrs. Santos slides as well. I recommend starting here and then looking at the slides below if you need more examples).

Intros and Conclusions

Integrating Evidence

3/27/20

Below you will find a link to the rubric that will be used for the research paper. The percentages indicate how much of the overall project is attributed to that category.

This is especially helpful for seeing how the Source Evaluation will be graded. Note that the OPCVL and Language analysis will be graded as one score, though they are separated in the rubric.

Research Project Rubric

3/23/20

Below you will find several links. The first is a the document that details activities we would like to you work on this week. These are focused around the process for revising/improving your research paper. If you are behind and not quite to the steps listed, we encourage you to catch up! Do some research. Work on your outline.

If you have technology needs or other needs such as meals, please reach out to me and let me know and I will get you in contact with the right channels to help you ASAP. 

March 23rd Weekly Activities

For this week we would like you to focus on reviewing your research and source evaluation feedback and building your outline. PLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT A FINAL DUE DATE. With things constantly changing, we want you to slow down and really revise your outlines, source evaluations, and language analysis.

Below are resources to use in this week's activities. As always, you may email me or Mr Smith at any time for help or questions. In general, your 7th period teacher will be the one reviewing your assignments and giving feedback on Turnitin, but either teacher is available for questions via email. For 5th period, Santos is giving feedback for last names McCuistion-Zhang. Smith has everyone above that in the alphabet.

Peer Editing

Body Thesis Statements

Outline and Rough Draft revision guidance

Below is the link if you would like to express interest in a Zoom meeting with Santos.

Zoom meeting form

3/17/20

Quick update to Turnitin instructions.

If you are choosing to continue work on your research paper you will notice the assignment titles for Turnitin have changed. When submitting your outline it should go under Second Semester Research Paper Revision 1. The rough draft goes under Second Semester Research Paper Revision 2. The final draft will just be under the second semester research paper. This will prevent Tii from thinking you plagiarized yourself.

3/15/20

Hello students.

Thank you to those of who have turned in thesis statements. Please know that at this point all due dates are not required and will be merely left as a guide if you would like to continue working. We will communicate more information as the district gives us more information.

If you choose to continue work towards your outline, please refer to the following resources. Remember you have done this before. This should look the same as the 4-level outlines you did in first semester. You may use either my formatting or Mr. Smith's. Just make sure it is in MLA format and that all template formatting is removed. You should include your research question and thesis statement. This should hopefully be a second revision on your outline using feedback from your initial thesis.

You do NOT need an intro or conclusion.

Organizing and creating an outline

Outlining Template

Body Thesis Statements 

Tips for using TFA evidence


At this time we are still waiting for information on what learning will look like for the next 6 weeks. However,  I encourage you to continue to work towards finishing your research paper. Now is the best time to continue while your research and ideas are fresh. It will be much more difficult to come back to the paper after the school closure. Feedback on the source evaluation will be available no later than Friday the 20th. Thesis statements we will get back as soon as possible. You will find Tii assignments for each step on Mrs. Santos website.

• Monday 3/16: Initial thesis
• Thursday 3/19: Outline
• Tuesday 3/24: Rough Draft
• Monday 3/30: Final Draft

Mr. Smith and I will send email reminders. We will also watch our emails and be tracking Tii to give feedback throughout the process. Please feel free to contact us if you have technology or other issues.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.

3/13/20

Hello students.

Until we receive further guidance from the district, at this point we are proceeding with learning by simply encouraging students to finish that which was already assigned and in motion. You may also work with me through email to catch up on any missing work. As such, please work on the following:

1. For those that missed the Socratic Seminar, please check your emails for make-up information and get that to Mrs. Santos' Turnitin account no later than next Friday.

2. I encourage you to continue to work towards finishing your research paper. Now is the best time to continue while your research and ideas are fresh. It will be much more difficult to come back to the paper after the break. Feedback on the source evaluation will be available no later than Friday the 20th. Thesis statements we will get back as soon as possible. You will find Tii assignments for each step on Mrs. Santos website.

• Monday 3/16: Initial thesis
• Thursday 3/19: Outline
• Tuesday 3/24: Rough Draft
• Monday 3/30: Final Draft

Mr. Smith and I will send email reminders. We will also watch our emails and be tracking Tii to give feedback throughout the process. Please feel free to contact us if you have technology or other issues.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.

3/12/20

Today students had work time for their research paper outline.

Upcoming Dates:
3/13: Africa Exam
3/16: Initial Thesis Due
3/19: Outline Due

3/11/20

Today students had time to collaborate and brainstorm with peers that are working on the same research prompt.

** Notes for source evaluation: Remember this is a rough draft! You will submit this and receive feedback. After reviewing feedback and working with your sources during outline and rough draft, you will revise your source evaluation and submit the final version with your final paper.
Also, don't forget to do both OPCVL AND a language analysis on both sources. The language analysis will be just on an excerpt that you choose to use.

To submit to Turnitin, make copy/paste charts and photos into one document.

Source Evaluation due on Santos' Turnitin by 10 pm Wednesday!

Africa Unit Study Guide

Map Quiz Practice game

Upcoming Dates:
3/11: Source Evaluation Due (Due on Mrs. Santos' Turnitin)
3/13: Africa exam

3/10/20

Today we held our Socratic Seminar. Students need to fill out the reflection form below no later than 9 am tomorrow morning (Wednesday).

If Absent: A make-up Socratic Seminar will be held on Tuesday 3/17 during flex time. Students will be placed in Mr. Smith's flex time.

Socratic Seminar reflection form

Source Evaluation due on Santos' Turnitin by 10 pm Wednesday!

Africa Unit Study Guide

Map Quiz Practice game

Upcoming Dates:
3/11: Source Evaluation Due (Due on Mrs. Santos' Turnitin)
3/13: Africa exam

3/9/20

Today students had time to prepare for tomorrow's Socratic Seminar.

Socratic Seminar Prep (requirements and suggestions)

Socratic Prompts

Africa Unit Study Guide

Map Quiz Practice game

Upcoming Dates:
3/10: Africa integrated Socratic Seminar
3/11: Source Evaluation Due 
3/13: Africa exam

3/6/20

Today students did some source evaluation practice in groups.

Socratic Seminar Prep (requirements and suggestions)

Socratic Prompts

OPCVL chart

OPCVL guide

On Monday we will have work time on our source evaluations so please come prepared with your 2 primary sources. We will also have prep time for the Socratic Seminar.

Upcoming Dates:
3/10: Africa integrated Socratic Seminar
3/11: Source Evaluation Due 
3/13: Africa exam

3/5/20

Today we finished Hotel Rwanda and discussed UN responses to crises in Africa. We then reviewed guidelines and requirements for Tuesday's Socratic Seminar (see below).

Socratic Seminar requirements and guidelines (stop once you reach today is the day)

Socratic Seminar prompts

Upcoming Dates:
3/10: Africa integrated Socratic Seminar
3/11: Source Evaluation Due 

3/3/20

Today students did a gallery walk of their independence visuals. We then had work time in the library for our research papers.

Upcoming Dates:
3/10: Africa integrated Socratic Seminar
3/11: Source Evaluation Due 

3/2/20

Today students continued their analysis of Hotel Rwanda.  Tomorrow students will review their independence movement visuals and have time in the library to work on their research.

Upcoming Dates:
3/10: Africa integrated Socratic Seminar
3/11: Source Evaluation Due

2/28/20

Today students continued their analysis of Hotel Rwanda. Students also turned in their independence movement visual.

Upcoming Dates:
3/10: Africa integrated Socratic Seminar
3/11: Source Evaluation Due