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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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.   

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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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!

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!)