English 10 Honors--6/1/2018 & 6/4/2018

Jump Off
--Please pick up each of the following from the front table:

• a copy of the "Writing Skills--A Handbook" document
• We will spend the first part of today's class block working with this document in order to create a handbook that you can use when working on completing your End-of-Course Assignment (and similar assignments in future English course both here at Livonia and beyond!).
• a copy of the "Models of Argument" sheet  
• If you are looking to stray away from the Classical Approach to argumentation in your End-of-Course Assignment, you might find that this document helps!
• copies of the "A Paragraph's a Paragraph's a Paragraph!" template (if you think that you would benefit from using them as you finish outlining)
• copies of the "Basic Counterargument Paragraph Template" (if you think that you would benefit from using them as you finish outlining)
• your last Article of the Week
• the "Mini-Presentation Information" halfsheet

--Do I need your Works Cited page with source annotations?  If so, I will be touching base with you later in class?

S. the C.
--agenda/HW

Writing Workshop #1 -- End-of-Course Assignment (Writing Skills--A Handbook)
--my first handbook--a walk down memory lane...
--direct instruction--put together your personal copy of "A Handbook"

Brain Break -- The Shoe Game

Writing Workshop #2 -- End-of-Course Assignment (Loose Ends/Outlining and Drafting)

--address End-of-Course Assignment "loose ends":

• summary of the "Models of Argument" sheet
• "putting it together" via templates (The Classical Model of Argument)
• How do I conclude my essay?!
• Strongly consider a call to action
• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conclusions/
• Reminders: The Works Cited page
• add new sources
• delete unused sources
• delete annotations
• check in with Mrs. Donohue about her feedback
• insert your final Works Cited page as the last page of your essay
• oral reading of "Mini-Presentation Information" halfsheet
• Q & A

--a few controlling quotations for today's work block (if you are still in the process of gathering evidence):

• "At this point [of gathering evidence], you want to include anything, anything, that might be useful, and you also want to avoid the temptation to arrive at definite conclusions about your topic. Remember that one of the qualities that makes for a good interpretation is that it avoids the obvious. You want to develop complex ideas, and the best way to do that is to keep your ideas flexible until you've considered the evidence carefully. A good gauge of complexity is whether you feel you understand more about your topic than you did when you began (and even just reaching a higher state of confusion is a good indicator that you're treating your topic in a complex way)."
• "A thesis is the result of a lengthy thinking process. Formulating a thesis is not the first thing you do after reading an essay assignment. Before you develop an argument on any topic, you have to collect and organize evidence, look for possible relationships between known facts (such as surprising contrasts or similarities), and think about the significance of these relationships. Once you do this thinking, you will probably have a 'working thesis,' a basic or main idea, an argument that you think you can support with evidence but that may need adjustment along the way."

--work block
--meetings as per the order established on the front board

HW (Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 6/7.  This is the last Membean training session of the course--boo hoo :'(.
HW (Class Preparation)/Writing

--Continue outlining, drafting, and refining your End-of-Course Assignment, which is due on our last academic day of class (Thursday, 6/7 [ACE] or Friday, 6/8 [BDF]).  Mini-presentations will take place in class on Thursday and Friday as well.  Prepare accordingly.

*I AM AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH DAILY FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ONE-ON-ONE (ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT--BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND TAKE INITIATIVE!).*

Miscellaneous

--I need you to turn in school materials (e.g., Animal Farm) during our last two class blocks together.  Also, if you have any other books in your possession that belong to me, I need those back as well!
--The NYS Regents Examination in English Language Arts will take place on Tuesday, 6/12 during the 7:40 AM - 10:40 AM time slot.  Continue preparing for a successful performance--I believe in all of you!