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Tuesday: Outlining, Day 2

1/31/2017

 
Class Biz
  • Please turn in your thesis statements! (Who wasn't here yesterday?)
  • Library day tomorrow!  9-11:45 am.  You know the drill.
  • Who needs a copy of the Week 5 objectives/benchmarks handout?
  • Outline drafts are due Monday, February 6th!
  • SPAM 2 meetings need to be completed by 3:30 on Friday, 2/10

AGENDA
  1. Missed yesterday's thesis statement workshop?  Make it up!  Turn in refined thesis statement by end of class.
  2. Work on your outline!  
    1. GOAL:  Complete outline for Parts 1 and 2

Monday: Thesis Statement Workshop then get to outlinin' folks!

1/30/2017

 
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Dearest seniors, of whom I have been super appreciative of all year because 1. You are respectful, hardworking and focused (I know those were technically 3 reasons but remember that I can't count that well) and 2. You are also funny and quirky and crack me up every day thus making my job infinitely more fun,  I am sadly not here today.  Enter our hypothetical dialogue:


Students:  Why? WHY, Ashley?! It isn't even a powder day!
Ashley: I know and thank goodness for that because I'm actually in Palm Springs, CA, retirement home and manicured lawn capital of the world and would hate to be missing another weekend of skiing the gnar. 
Students:  But, what ever would bring you to such a horrid place in the middle of one of the best winters of our Millennial lifespan?
Ashley: I'm getting a head start on shopping for retirement homes. It's never to early to start planning, kiddos! Now listen to the sub and give each other quality feedback on your thesis statements so that I don't have to read terrible thesis statements when I get back from retirement home shopping.

Announcements
  1. Annotated Bibliography is DUE!  No need to print, just make sure it's shared with me.  It is due in the first minute of class, so make sure you've done this!
  2. LIBRARY WEDNESDAY!  Head to the library on Wednesday from 9-11:45.  Let's get those outlines knocked out!
  3. Due Date Reminder:  Just a reminder, work is due whether you are here or not.  I am always available via email.  If you think you qualify for an extraordinary exception, please email me or come talk to me.

Resources you will need for today:
  • Thesis Statement Workshop handout (the sub has hard copies of these in class for you too)
  • Generating a Thesis:  This outlines two methods for writing a thesis statement. I actually find it quite confusing but Matt Hughes made it and perhaps some students will find this helpful. We all learn differently, dontcha know!
  • Week 5 Objectives and Benchmark's (if you missed getting this from me on Friday)
  • Elements Handout
  • See the senior project page for examples of outlines and  more outline resources!!
  • Lori (next door)

Today's Agenda
1. Email Ashley your final annotated bibliography. It should have 8-10 sources and notes on it and is worth 100 points.

2. THESIS STATEMENTS! Read through the thesis statement workshop handout (which the sub will pass out) and follow the instructions carefully.  When you are done getting feedback from 5 peers, please turn in the most refined version of your thesis statement into the class inbox on my desk.  *Please note, I do expect whatever you come up with today to morph and change as you write and think more deeply about how to synthesize your research. This is to get us started, and give you some direction in your outlining process.  

3. OUTLINING:
Once you have a thesis statement that has gone through the critique process, you should start outlining.  My suggestion is that you start thinking about Part 3, and thinking about how you want to organize this section.  Think about major themes in your research, different arguments that are made about you topic, and start making groups.  Then move on to outlining Parts 1 and 2.
  • GOAL:  Identify major themes/arguments for Part 3 of your paper.

HOMEWORK:
Come to class tomorrow with a solid working thesis statement.  Complete goal as listed above. ideally outline part 1 today.  See the student examples on my senior project page if you are stuck.  Don't have enough information to flesh out an outline? Better do more research!

Required Elements of your Thesis Paper + Outline Assignment and Examples

1/27/2017

 
STARTER
Let's reorient ourselves to the senior project page resources so that you know exactly where you can find any and all documents needed to help you write your outline, thesis statement and ultimately, your thesis paper!

1. Head on over to the senior project page of my DP
2. Find the section titled "Phase 3: Writing"
3. Now find the following three documents:
  • "Elements of your thesis"
  • "Outline assignment and example"
  • "Thesis Statement Workshop" 
4. Also, be sure you note where other student outline examples are on the page.
5. Once you've located these sources, open the "ELEMENTS of your thesis" document. If you'd like a hard copy of this, let me know!  Read through each section of this guide. Be prepared to discuss the following questions:
  • What are you noticing about what all you should include in your thesis paper and how you should organize it?
  • What gaps are you realizing exist in  your own research that might prevent you from completing all of the required elements of the thesis?
  • What questions do you have about how to organize your thesis?

CLASS BIZ
  1. Turn in Deep Reading re-do's if you got below a 3 on any section of the rubric!
  2. Week 5 Objectives/Benchmarks
  3. Conference with me today about your deep reading checkpoint assignment if you haven't already.
  4. Annotated bibliographies are due on Monday via email. Beginning of class. 

AGENDA
1. Discuss the above questions regarding the required elements of your thesis
  • Note the two different TYPES of papers: One for original research, one for non-original resesarch
2. Key elements of  thesis statement
A strong thesis statement should do most or all of the following:
  1. Directly address your research question
  2. Take a stand on an issue
  3. Justify discussion
  4. Set up contrast
  5. Include at least 1 main idea

3. Look at the outline assignment and examples to be found on my senior project page

4. Work time and Homework:
  • Finish your annotated bibliography
  • Draft a thesis statement. It can be super rough today, but bring one for Monday's thesis statement workshop
  • Begin your outline if you're ready to start that!
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Thursday:  SPAM 2!

1/26/2017

 
CLASS BIZ
  • LATE WORK CHANGE.  Work is due whether you are here or not.  If you are absent, you must submit the assignment digitally by the due date and time.  If there are extremely exceptional circumstances (you have had the actual flu for a week, you are in the hospital, etc.), please reach out to me to let me know and we will talk.  If you have a cold, wanted to go skiing, had work, or whatever else is causing you to miss my class, lo siento but yo' work is still due.
  • Elements handout:  This is your ultimate guide to what should be in each section of your thesis and how to outline it! If you are ready to get started on this, meet with me today!  If you want to meet with me today to get a jump start on this, let me know!  Tomorrow, I'll go over this as a whole class as well as the outline assignment instructions. 

SPAM 2 Email:
  1. Step 1:  Read the EXAMPLE letter here.  
  2. Step 2:  Read the SPAM 2 Guidelines here.  This is important, as it gives you the date range and focus of the meeting.
  3. Step 3:  Write and send the email to your SPA.  Follow up as needed to get your next meeting scheduled.

Annotated Bibliography Goals and Reminders:
  1. Conferences:  If you didn't conference with me on Tuesday, you MUST conference with me today.
  2. Goal:  Finish (or get really close to finishing!) your annotated bibliography.  You will have some time to work on it tomorrow, but not the entire class period.  Remember, it is due on MONDAY, electronically. I won't be here but you still need to submit it!


Annotated Bibliography, Sources 8-10

1/24/2017

 
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Graph of bias and quality of various news sources from yesterday's starter!!
CLASS BIZ:
  • Trout Unlimited volunteer opportunity (see the blog post below this one)
  • Library day tomorrow- 9:00-11:45 am!
  • If you think you are ready to start writing your paper, meet with Lori in a study room at the library to go over guidelines at 10 am tomorrow!
  • Deep Reading Redo:  If you received less than a 3 in any rubric category, you must redo that piece of the assignment.  Redone sections are due on FRIDAY at the start of class.
  • Email me your annotated bibliography for 5 sources

STARTER 7
 “You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, not look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books. You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.” 
― Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

--> Spend 15 minutes responding to the above quote from Walt Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself". Questions to consider include:
  • What does it mean?  (Interpret it)
  • Why would he write "from yourself" instead of "for yourself" in the last line?
  • Have you done enough research now that you can indeed know all sides and then filter them from yourself? How about FOR yourself?
  •  What research do you need to do to fill the gaps in your knowledge on your subject?
  • What questions do you have?

WORK TIME
  1. Goal 1:  Conference with Ashley about first 5 sources in annotated bibliography
  2. Goal 2:  Complete reading notes for 6 sources.  Done with this?  KEEP WORKING!  Get ahead!  Trust me, you'll need the extra time to write and the more research you do, the better your writing will be and the easier the writing process will be.  :)

HOMEWORK
Finish goals listed above.

Want Free Pizza? Trout Unlimited is looking for volunteers to help spread the word on Silverton mine cleanup efforts!

1/23/2017

 
Read on and let me know if you're interested!
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This is an email to me from Ty CHurchwell, who runs Trout Unlimited in town:

"As you know, I’m leading a community effort to fix the mines up near Silverton and get our beloved Animas to where she deserves to be – healthy!  TU’s coalition, the San Juan Clean Water coalition, is playing a lead role in the Superfund process and now represents about 125 Durango businesses and thousands of individuals.  In an effort to better inform our residents on the effort, I thought it would be fun and productive to utilize the parade as a way to hand out swag to people on the streets. Here’s what I’m thinking….  I’ve got boxes and boxes of campaign brochures (a simple rack card – PDF version attached so you can see it) and bumper stickers (see photo below).  I’d love to give a big pile of each to these students and let them hand them out to anyone and everyone who’ll take one.  There is no reason for the youngsters to be up-to-speed on our work, nor do they need to know details or answer questions.  All we’re trying to do is get people to the campaign website for information.  I can see these kids walking up and down Main street BEFORE the parade handing out swag.  I did the exact same thing at Riverdays this past summer – I handed out thousands of bumper stickers in 15 minutes.  People always want bumper stickers and they’ll take darn near anything you attempt to hand them.  In other words, this won’t take long and the kids will be off-duty very quickly.  Once their pile of swag is gone, they’re free to go ahead with their Snowdown mayhem.  I’d meet up with them before the parade, give them their swag supply and let them loose.  They’ll be done before the parade even begins, I’m sure.  They could also, or alternatively, bust into the parade and walk down the street with the parade handing these things out to spectators.  Other than that, they’ll be on the sidewalks. 
 
In exchange for their help, depending on how many assist, I’ll buy these guys a gift certificate for Fired Up or Home Slice for pizzas for the group.   

Week 4 of Senior Project Research Begins!

1/23/2017

 
Starter: Evaluating News Sources!

  1. ​ In pairs, get a piece of paper 
  2. Draw the chart I have on the whiteboard.
  3. Now, work together to place the following sources in the appropriate part of the chart to evaluate the credibility, quality and bias of each news source.
News Sources:
  1. The Atlantic
  2. NPR
  3. Breitbart
  4. InfoWars
  5. Fox News 
  6. MSNBC
  7. CNN
  8. The Huffington Post
  9. Addicting Info
  10. Occupy Wallstreet
  11. US Uncut
  12. Slate
  13. VOX
  14. The Fiscal Times
  15. The Daily Caller
  16. RedState
  17. New York Times
  18. Washington Post
  19. Telegraph
  20. Herald
  21. AP
  22. ABC News
  23. Economist
  24. BBC
  25. Reuters
  26. USA Today
  27. The Blaze
  28. The Guardian

Class Biz
  • Week 4 Objectives and Benchmarks 
  • Review Deep Reading grades and redos: You are required to re-do any section on which you got LOWER than a 3! (Deadline is Friday, beginning of class!)

Agenda
  • Annotated Bibliography work time  
  • Conference with Ashley about the quality of your sources and depth of your annotations!

HOMEWORK: Complete your annotated bibliography entries for 5 sources

Annotated Bibliography and Research Continued

1/20/2017

 
Starter: Share out your starter responses from yesterday since I wasn't here and I want to hear them!
Do we want to watch part of the inauguration speech?

Annotated Bibliography work time and continue your research! 

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Annotated Bibliography- Day 3

1/19/2017

 
Class Biz:
  1. SPAM 1:  Remember, your SPAM 1 deadline is TODAY!  You must have your meeting and turn in the SPAM 1 form by 3:30 on that date into the box on my desk.
  2. Original Research Folks:  You should be conducting original research in great haste!  Remember, to use your interviews as a source for your paper, you need to do research notes for all of them!  If you are doing a survey, come talk to LORI about what research notes for that look like.​

Starter 6 (for real): Reflect on tomorrow's inauguration
1.  Tomorrow is inauguration. On the eve of President elect Trump's inauguration, what are your thoughts, hopes, concerns, etc...? What media have you been consuming since the election? What have you learned about his cabinet appointments or first 100 days agenda items and what are your thoughts on those points?  

2. Would you like to watch part of the inauguration in class tomorrow? Why or why not?

3. If you were not here on Tuesday, please take the Deep Reading Survey!

Annotated Bibliography Daily Goal
  1. Finish Research Notes for at least two sources.
  2. Have all additional sources found (remember you need a total of 5 research notes for annotated bib done by Tuesday, 1/24 and then 3-5 MORE by Monday, 1/30).
  3. SPAM 1 Meeting is complete and turned in to the box on Ashley's desk.

HOMEWORK
Finish the daily goals for today if you didn't finish them in class.

Deep Reading DUE and Annotated Bibliography Assigned

1/17/2017

 
Announcements:
  1. SPAM 1:  Remember, your SPAM 1 deadline is THURSDAY!  You must have your meeting and turn in the SPAM 1 form by 3:30 on that date.
  2. Original Research Folks:  You should have your interview questions or surveys close to final by the end of this week.  That means interview questions should be run by me, and survey questions should be run by me and Kyle.  
  3. Off Campus Day:  We will be going off campus WEDNESDAY.  You have two options- the Library or Durango Joes by City Market.  For either option, you are required to check in no later than 9:00, and to stay until 11:45.  WHO PLANS ON GOING WHERE?  

Starter 6:  Deep Reading Survey
Please take the survey linked above to give us feedback on this assignment!

TURN IN YOUR DEEP READING ASSIGNMENT!
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Annotated Bibliography
  1. Read CAREFULLY over the instructions for this assignment.  
  2. If you are confused, you have a few strategies:
    1. Check out the example that's linked on the Senior Project page of my DP
    2. Talk to a classmate (or a few classmates)
    3. Talk to me
  3. Start on this assignment.  
  4. Daily Goal for Today:  Find (and print!) at least two additional sources.  Remember, these must be reputable, but do NOT have to be from academic journals.  If you find these quickly, start reading and annotating them!

HOMEWORK
Get anything ready that you need for off-campus work tomorrow.  Find and print at least two additional sources.

Friday-- Last Day for Deep Reading Work Time!

1/13/2017

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
  1. SPAM 1:  Remember, your SPAM 1 deadline is next THURSDAY!  You must have your meeting and turn in the SPAM 1 form by 3:30 on that date.
  2. Deep Reading due TUESDAY (see below for guidelines on how to turn it in without Ashley throwing it back in your face)
  3. Off Campus Day:  We will be going off campus next WEDNESDAY.  You will have two options- the Library or Durango Joes by City Market.  For either option, you are required to check in no later than 9:00, and to stay until 11:45.
  4. Next Week's Weekly Objectives (see Senior Project Page)
  5. Join me for Carruth's Corner beginning 6th period!  Before we meet, please read this linked article questioning the very premise of working for a living in US society. 

Starter 5
  • What themes are you starting to see in the research you are doing?  What threads are you finding that you plan on developing in your paper?
  • What do you need to do further research on in the next stage of research, where you can look beyond academic journal articles to other sources (interviews, TED talks, documentaries, newspaper and magazine articles, etc.)?  What gaps in your knowledge do you need to fill?

Deep Reading Goals
  1. Finish your three intertextuality paragraphs
  2. Create your bibliography
  3. Check your work against the rubric- make sure that you will fall into the 3 or 4 columns, so you don't have to redo anything!
  4. Print and assemble your Deep Reading Packet.  This should include, in the follow order:
    1. Blank deep reading rubric
    2. ONE annotated journal article
    3. Lexicon list
    4. Reading notes OR annotation key for the annotated article
    5. Three intertextuality paragraphs
    6. MLA bibliography of all five of your sources
  5. Turn that sucker in!

HOMEWORK
Finish, print, and assemble your Deep Reading packet if you didn't finish it in class today.  
DUE:  Start of class, Tuesday.  That means printed and stapled BEFORE class starts!


Got a story to tell? Sign up for this storytelling event!

1/12/2017

 
Montessori is doing a fundraiser at the Durango Arts Center on March 3rd!  I gotta tell you, performing a live story is a HOOT!  I can help you prepare if you would like as I did one for a similar event in August.  It is like that super rad podcast called "The Moth".

Here is the link to my performance (disclaimer: this was from the first night and I was nervous. Wish they'd recorded the second night instead. Alas.)

Below are flyers/forms for this upcoming event.

Thursday, 1/12: Intertextuality Paragraphs!

1/12/2017

 
Announcements
  1. If you are doing original research/surveys, please get me your questions by the end of class today and CONFERENCE with me about them today or tomorrow.
  2. Grading for semester 2 is as follows:
  • Process Assignments are 20% of your overall grade
  • Final Thesis is 50% of your overall grade
  • TED Talk is 30% of your overall grade
       3. Remember-- 50% late penalty for Senior Project Advisor Meetings (SPAMs) and 20% late penalty for other
       process assignments. Accepted up to 5 days late.
      4. 
SPAM 1:  Rememember, your SPAM 1 deadline is next THURSDAY!  You must have your meeting and turn in      
         the SPAM 1 form by 3:30 on that date.
     5. DEEP READING ASSIGNMENT DUE TUESDAY, all pieces printed out, stapled together with the rubric on    
          top!

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Agenda

Starter 4
  1. How is the independent work going?  What's been difficult for you about this process so far?  What's been easy?  What strategies are you using that are bringing you success?
  2. How was the library work time yesterday (aside from my stupid blunder!)?  Was it useful to work in a big chunk of time, off campus?  Do you have suggestions for making it more useful?

Deep Reading Goals
  1. Finish annotating all 5 sources
  2. Finish your reading notes or your annotation key for ONE source (the one you will turn in)
  3. Finish at least two intertextuality paragraphs

HOMEWORK
Finish the Deep Reading Goals listed above if you didn't finish them in class!  (DUE TUESDAY, all pieces printed out, stapled together with the rubric on top!)


Tuesday, 1/10: SPAM 1 and more Cow Bell-- I mean Deep Reading!

1/10/2017

 
Announcements:
  1. Deadline Change:  The deadline for SPAM 1 is now THURSDAY, January 19.  This has been changed on the google doc of deadlines, and on the deadline list on the Senior Project page of my DP.
  2. Library Day TOMORROW!:  Don't forget, we are meeting at the library all morning tomorrow.  Meet me in the lobby area (where the coffee shop is) for attendance at 8:30.  You are expected to stay until 11:45.  See you there!

Starter:  SPAM is here!
  1. Check out SPA assignments here, and read the instructions for your first email to them:  Senior Project Advisor Email Instructions. 
  2. Take 5-10 minutes to write your email to them.  Make sure it has SPAM 1 as the subject line!
  3. Before you send, trade with someone else to proofread for grammar and clarity.
  4. Read over the SPAM 1 form to make sure you understand what you and your advisor need to do.

Deep Reading Work Time
  1. Finish reading third source.
  2. Start on your fourth source, and get as far as you can with it.
  3. Find your fifth source if you have time.
  4. Conference with Ashley as necessary.

HOMEWORK:
  1. Finish reading and annotating through Source 4
  2. Schedule SPAM 1

Deep Reading Research Day #3

1/9/2017

 
Starter 3:   What's the most interesting thing you've found in your research so far?  How is this shaping the research you are doing, the questions you are asking, and your ideas for your paper?
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Gone Friday?   Senior Project Advisor Survey

Take the survey linked above to help us figure out who your Senior Advisor will be!

Class Biz
  1. This Week's Objectives (see Senior Project page)
  2. Go over the Fundraising for senior project protocol
  3. Who would be interested in a Carruth's Corner reading and discussing this article questioning the very idea of working for a living
  4. Wednesday will be a lbrary day-- all morning! Meet there at 8:25 am and check in with Lori. I'll be over after my Hum. 11 class.

Deep Reading Research Work Time + Conferences with Ashley
  • Goal: Read and annotate 3rd source, find your 4th source (this is a MINIMUM expectation.  Remember, the goal is the research not the paper.)
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