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SPAM 2 Emails and Annotated Bibliography work time

1/31/2019

 
DUE: Deep Reading Redos

STARTER: QUIZ

Resilience Project check-ins
  • Acacia and Ethan and Baylee and Cady and Alma- practice speeches with Ashley
  • Ava: finish the poster and have Lori review it before printing at 4 copies on the plotter
  • Owen and Ryan: Finalize the film

SPAM 2 Emails
  1. Step 1:  Read the EXAMPLE letter here.  Seriously, this has become legend.  Can you you usurp this hero, and take your place in the annals of history?
  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.

Work Time: Annotated Bibliography
Goal: 
Complete 7th entry for your annotated bibliography. Find the 8th by Monday (FINAL annotated bib with a total of 8-10 entries due Tuesday, beginning of class)

Annotated bib entries.....Keep 'em coming!

1/29/2019

 
STARTER:  Student share out research!

MLA Citation Resources and Workshops and reminder on quiz Thursday!
  • MLA Citation Cheat Sheet
  • MLA Citation Exceptions

Announcements
  • PLEASE invite people to our event! Share this FACEBOOK EVENT INVITE if you have a facebook account.
  • SNOW DAY? NO WAY! Next Monday, 2/4: In case of snow day, our exhibition is STILL ON!  5-7pm at FLC Student Union. Professional dress.
  • Deep Reading assignment common errors and re-do deadline reminder (THIS FRIDAY morning before advisory Olympics!)
  • Library day tomorrow!  Email me your first 5 entries of your annotated bib by 9:15 am tomorrow.

Work Time: Annotated Bibliography
  • Goal: Annotated bibliography entries for 5 sources
  • Annotated bibliography conferences

Annotated Bibliographies, continued

1/28/2019

 
Announcements

  1. Deep Reading assignment common errors and re-do deadline reminder (THIS FRIDAY morning before advisory Olympics!)
  2. On Thursday, we will have a quiz on in-text formatting, introducing quotations and works cited formatting.  This quiz will be worth 20 points and fall in with the "interim deadlines" category.  See below for a list of websites you should use to study/review. 
  3. CoR publication check-in: When will it be done? Who is taking it to the publisher? 
  4. Annotated Bibliography deadline reminder: 5 entries due THIS Wednesday. Share with me electronically by 9:15 am. (That gives you 15 minutes at the library to remember to share it with me. This message has been brought to you by Ashley the Benevolent.)
  5. Off-Campus Wednesday:  We will be meeting at the library on Wednesday from  9:00-11:45.
  6. SPAM 1- The last day I will accept these, at 50% off, is this Thursday.  Get them done and turned in!

STARTER:  Thesis Brainstorm
As of right now, how would you answer your research question?
  1. 30 sec each- Talk to your partner.
  2. 30 sec each - Get up, find another person from another table, talk it out.
  3. 3 min- Write down your answer in 1 sentence (remember, it's okay to have a mixed position, to not find what you were expecting, to have caveats!)
  4. 5 min- What holes do you still have in your knowledge?  What do you need to know to really answer this question?  Where do you think you will get stuck when you are writing this paper?

Interviewing People for your research?  Remember this...
  1. Get me your interview questions for review by Thursday, 2/7
  2. Start contacting people to schedule them now!
  3. All interviews should be completed over the next two weeks so you can use them in your paper.  Feel free to schedule them during my class  (just let me know if you are going be gone for an interview).
  4. These can count as a source for your annotated bib.
  5. When writing your questions, keep them focused on what you need from the interview to answer your research question.  What are you getting from the interview that you can't get from other sources?
  6. Record the interview, and jot down times on a list of your interview questions as you go, so you can easily find quotes later.


Annotated Bibliography work time + conferences
Goal: Annotated bibliography entries for 4 sources

THURSDAY's QUIZ PREP

You need to know…
  1. How to properly format a works cited page
  2. How to indicate titles (articles v. books, etc…)
  3. How to introduce and propertly format quotes of varying lengths
  4. How to format in-text citations

These resources will help you with all of the above:
  • https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html
  • https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_sample_works_cited_page.html
  • https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html
  • https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_quotations.html
  • ​​https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ktO3NLUDlcVUtRc1IzUk9IUDg/view?usp=sharing

Annotated Bibliography Day 4

1/25/2019

 
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Announcements:
  • SPAM 1- Haven't turned this in yet?  I will accept them until next THURSDAY, but they will be 50% off.  Make sure you have your meeting, and turn this in!

Research Share Out!
I want to hear 5 students share something really interested that they've learned in their research so far!  Let's share our nerdy discoveries!
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Starter: Compose an email to invite people to our event!  HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. Feel free to cut and paste!  Also, HERE is the flyer to download and attach to the email


AGENDA
Q and A on annotated bibliographies (if needed)

Annotated Bibliography Work Time

Goal: Find a 4th source that really fills a hole in your research. Begin reading it! You should also have completed annotated bib. entries for at least 3 sources. 

Annotated Bibliography Day 3 + Resilience Project work time

1/24/2019

 
Announcements
  1. SPAM #1 form due today at 3:30
  2. Student research share out: TJ and _____???
  3. In the future please plan on being at the library from 9-11:45 each Wednesday until further notice. 
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Starter
Legislation is being introduced in Colorado that would cut CSI charter schools' access to mill levy funding. Student Council reps are hoping you all are up for a quick letter-writing campaign to advocate for the importance of equal funding for charter schools. If it works, it would be great to give a little time to this effort in class.

If you are down to help support charter school funding, and thus Animas's ability to build a new school, I would encourage each of us to send a quick email to cathy.kipp.house@state.co.us expressing the importance of equal funding for charter schools.   



Here is an example email template, or rather what Libby wrote!

What is a mill levy? The mill levy is the assessed property tax rate used by local governments and other jurisdictions to raise revenue in order to cover annual expenses. 

Work Time Goals
  1. Completed annotated bibliography for 3 sources
  2. Find another source and begin reading!
  3. DUE:  SPAM 1, 3:30

Resilient Project Work Time!
  • Film crew-- please share a draft of the film with me!
  • Baylee-- conference with Ashley on speech
  • Acacia and Ethan: draft your talking points!
  • Charlie: Are you dialed on the seminar flow?
  • Cady and Alma: Do you know what you'll say at the event?
  • Ava: Do we have posters for the event?
  • Claire: Anything we need to do on the facilities end of things?

Library Day!

1/23/2019

 

via GIPHY

At 9 o'clock this morning, y'all should be meeting me at the Durango Public Library.  Let's geek out together and get our research on!!

Work Time Goal
Annotated bibliography entries for 2 sources


Deep Reading Assignment DUE

1/22/2019

 
Announcements:
  1. DUE: Deep Reading Assignment (see the example on the whiteboard for how to submit!)
  2. 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.
  3. Library Day:  We will be going to the Library TOMORROW!

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

Ashley's Rationale about the next assignment!
This is actually a really key piece- it requires you to engage and interact with your sources at a deeper level, and it's something that former seniors have found hugely helpful once they enter into the writing process.  If you do this well, you should have some pieces of analysis and evidence that you can pop right into your thesis when you are drafting.  This is also a task that is key to academic research, and is likely something you are going to have to do at some point in college- I've talked to a number of alumni who have had to do this in college.  As far as the number of sources, the more research you do, the more you know.  Remember-- the goal of a writing assignment is the RESEARCH, not the actual writing. The downfall of  much non-fiction writing is not having done enough research.

Annotated Bibliography
  1. Read CAREFULLY over the instructions for this assignment.  
  2. Let's review what academic texts are and some suggestions for searching for them!
  3. 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.  Here is one, and here is another good one!
    2. Talk to a classmate (or a few classmates)
    3. Talk to Ashley
  4. Start on this assignment.  
  5. 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
Find and print at least two additional sources.

Last day of Deep Reading Assignment work time!

1/18/2019

 
Announcements/Riddles
  1. What's due Tuesday?
  2. What don't you have on Monday?
  3. Did you email your SPA to schedule SPAM #1?
  4. When is SPAM #1 Form due?
  5. Three elephants jumped out of a plane......

Starter: Independent work habits discussion

  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. Do you think the library time will be useful to have  a bigger chunk of work time to dive into reading and research in a different environment than the classroom?


Mini-Lesson: Review of MLA Bibliography format

Work Time: 
Deep Reading and Research


  • Do we need to review the guidelines? Last minute questions?

Goal:  Finish deep reading packet (Due Tue.)

Deep Reading Day 5

1/17/2019

 
Announcements
  • Today, and every other Thursday between now and Feb. 4th will be Resilience project work time for those who need it
  • Here is the itinerary for the event (lets ALL review it)
  • Let's go over the agenda for those who need to work on the exhibition 

Starter for my morning class and anyone from afternoon class who didn't do this Tuesday: SPAM #1 Email
  • SPA Assignments
  • Go to the Senior Project page of my DP, and carefully read the Senior Project Advisor Letter 1 guidelines, and do what it tells you.  Email your SPA following these guidelines.  

Starter for my afternoon class
Set your intention for today's work time 
FRAMING: The key to productive work time is to clear your head of all the "shoulds, woulds, coulds" that you brought into the work time space with you. Focus on the one or two things that you need to accomplish in THIS time. What is reasonable that you accomplish with regards to  your research and senior project?

STARTER TASK: Set two goals for yourself today, ideally based off of the goals I listed in the starter. Try to make them as specific and concrete as possible.  Then, estimate how much time each goal/task will take.  If you are working on the resilience project, your starter should be focused on that!

EXAMPLE
1. I will find an academic text on the effects of colonialism on Kenyan's system of education today. (15 minutes)
2. I will read and annotate the abstract and conclusion of that source (25 minutes)
3. Action Project: I will find and  research two non-profit organizations that do work in Sub-Saharan Africa and email their program directors about potential partnership for my action project.  (1 hour)

Work Time
  1. Resilience Project Event Planning Meeting
  2. Deep Reading: Finish 4th source and work on either reading notes or intertextual paragraphs

Deep Reading Day 4

1/15/2019

 
Announcements and Today's Goals
  1. Even if we have a snow day this week, Deep Reading assignment is still due TUESDAY!
  2. Library tomorrow-- be there at 9 am.
  3. If you weren't here yesterday, please make-up the starter.
  4. Today's goals are to:
  • Begin reading and annotating your 4th source
  • Either start the "Reading Notes" or "Intertextuality Paragraphs" tasks from the Deep Reading assignment
  • Complete (or begin) ONE to-do item for your senior PROJECT

Fundraising Protocols
 If you are planning on doing ANY fundraising for your senior project, you MUST follow this protocol!

Starter: SPAM #1 Email
  • SPA Assignments
  • Go to the Senior Project page of my DP, and carefully read the Senior Project Advisor Letter 1 guidelines, and do what it tells you.  Email your SPA following these guidelines.  

Work Time

Conferences
I'll continue meeting with students about their senior project to-do lists before April.
(Claire, Amanda-- we still need to meet about research questions, etc...)


Deep Reading Day 3 and Conference Time

1/14/2019

 
Announcements
  1. We are going to the library  on Wednesday. Meet at the library at 9am! Kyle, Lori and I will be taking attendance.  (TJ and Sadie, you guys can go to Chem 1st period then meet us after)
  2. Don't forget to get your library card! I suppose you could get one when we get to the  library but be sure to have proof that you live in Durango with you!
  3. Deep Reading Assignment deadline: Jan. 22nd, beginning of class. QUESTIONS?
  4. Tomorrow at lunch (Tuesday) a guest speaker is presenting on her recent experience witnessing an avalanche fatality while in an Avy 2 class on Red Mountain Pass.  Join us for lunch if you're interested in understanding what she learned from the experience.  My classroom.
  5. ​OPAI-- RYAN today!

Starter: Senior PROJECT check-in
What are the most important tasks you need to complete for your senior project BEFORE you launch in April?


Senior Project Conferences ​
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Deep Reading and Research
  • Your goal is to have finished deeply reading and annotating the 2nd source and begin the 3rd source today

Homework
Read and annotate your 3rd source

Deep Reading Day #2

1/11/2019

 
Starter
Check in…what’s the most interesting thing you’ve found in your research so far?


Announcement
Class Charter!  Should we get it going again?
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Research Question conferences (if needed) 

Deep Reading and Research
  • Goal:  Read and annotate your second source, find an additional source (3)
  • NOTE:  If you feel like you are getting bogged down in super specific scholarly articles, maybe try to zoom out and consume an academic text that takes a bigger picture view! (Example: Alma's Frontline film on Putin).
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HOMEWORK
Finish deeply reading and annotating the 2nd source and find a 3rd source

Deep Reading- Day 1

1/10/2019

 

STARTER- take the survey below

Resilience Project Team Leader Meeting!
  • Let's look at the agenda and decide which students need to be at the meeting
  • ​3rd and 4th period student leaders--- can you meet 5th period, in Tina's room?
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REMINDER/ANNOUNCEMENT
You do not have to have every source for the Deep Reading assignment come from the Durango Public Library Academic Database. They just need to be ACADEMIC sources.
See the second to last page of the Deep Reading Assignment for a breakdown of academic vs. non-academic sources.
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Conferences with Ashley
  1. Review research question
  2. Show me sources you have found so far
  3. Original research (interview, survey, etc.) timeline and resources
  4. Advisor discussion

Research Goal:
  1. Deeply read and annotate your first source (annotations can be on the text, or in separate notes- your choice!).
  2. Complete lexicon list for first source
  3. Start reading your second source.

HOMEWORK
​Finish reading, annotating/notetaking on your first source.

Reading Scholarly Articles

1/9/2019

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Want to do honors this semester?  Let me know by the end of the day today!  You can do this in person or via email.

Starter 2:  Research Quote
Read the quote linked above.  As you read it, make mental notes of sentences or ideas that strike or surprise you.  When you are done reading, respond in writing to the following questions:
  1. What does this professor identify as the thing that hurts much non-fiction writing?  Do you agree or disagree with her assessment?
  2. What sentence in this piece most stood out to you?  Copy it and explain why it strikes you, and what it makes you think.
  3. Are you guilty of the bad habit she discusses in the second to last paragraph?  If not, how do you avoid this?  If you are, how could you avoid this mindset in the next few months?

Review of Deadlines, etc.
For my own peace of mind, let's review deadlines, etc.

How to Read a Scholarly Article
Pull up ONE of the articles you found on the library database yesterday. 
  1. Now, using the table on the first page of the above linked handout, find all the sections.  Are there any differences in labeling between the handout and your article?  Does your article have all the sections noted?
  2. Turn to the back of the "How to read a scholarly article" handout.  Look at which sections you read, and for what purpose.  For the next few days, you're probably ONLY going to be reading the abstract and conclusions.

Deep Reading Assignment (the assignment link and student examples are on the Senior Project page!)
  1. Pair/Share:  What does it mean to deeply read something?  What does this process look like?
  2. Read the Deep Reading assignment.  Annotate it with questions and concerns for Ashley.
  3. Ask Ashley your questions, clarify the assignment to your satisfaction.
  4. Need more clarity?  See the examples on the Senior Project page or watch the screencast "Deeply Reading an Academic Text" on the Senior Project page of my DP.

Start Your Research!
I suggest finding at least 2-3 articles to get you started before you start your deep reading.  So spend today using the abstract and conclusion to sift through the articles you find.

HOMEWORK
Find at LEAST one good source from an academic journal or publication.

Welcome Back: Senior Thesis Info Dump

1/8/2019

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
  • Get your library card!  Do it NOW!
  • Work time for Community of Resilience Project and MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
  • Amanda or Ella- do you have my Dead Aid copy?
  • Other missing books from first semester

Starter 1:  Independent Work Survey
Take the survey linked above!   Make sure the click the "send me a copy of my results" button at the bottom of the page before you submit- we'll be coming back to these later!  We'll review the results as a class, and then in pairs you'll discuss the following things:
  1. What is your biggest anticipated difficulty in working independently on your thesis?  Help each other develop potential strategies for overcoming your difficulties.
  2. What is your biggest anticipated strength in working independently on your thesis?

Check in
With your table group, check in about the current state of your research question, project, etc.  What feedback did you get from your POL?  What work have you done since then?  How are you feeling about your readiness to jump into research?

Update Research Question/Project Document
Update the document above with your post-POL research question and project.  Don't remember your feedback?  Check in with Ashley to get a copy of her notes from POLs.

Info Dump:  Review Deadlines, Honors, Expectations, etc.
  1. Senior Project Words of Inspiration!
  2. Familiarize yourself with Senior Project DP Page
  3. Review Senior Project Deadlines
  4. Review Work Expectations
  5. Review Honors Expectations- I need to know by TOMORROW if you plan on doing honors, so Jess can appropriately update your mid-year transcripts.

Using the Library Database
Follow along with Ashley into the magical world of the Durango Public Library's academic database!
*Matt Hughes has a good screencast on how to do this as well. It is linked on the Senior Project page. 


HOMEWORK
Find (but don't read) 3-5 potential sources that seem to be about your general topic.  Have them bookmarked in the library folder so that you can easily access them at the start of class tomorrow.  If you don't have these bookmarked, you'll be behind for tomorrow's class.
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