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Sentence Focus Workshop, Peer Critiques and Refinements!

2/28/2019

Announcements

Don't forget to schedule SPAM 3 (see Tuesday's DP or the Senior Project page for instructions on that)
Turn in SPAM 2! They are now late.
Please complete peer critiques by the end of class tomorrow.

Sentence Focus Writing Workshop (aka Passive v. Active Voice)

Let's watch this totally awesome video on passive voice (it's funny, I swear!)
Let's admire the funny meme about passive voice (see above)
Let's practice! Open the "Sentence Focus Writing Workshop" document linked above.

WORK TIME

Peer Critique
Finish/refine rough draft
Conference with Ashley

Peer Critiques at the library!

2/27/2019

We are indeed at the library today! Please make sure to complete your scheduled peer critiques for today. Absent yesterday? Check yesterday's DP blog.

Thanks!

Peer Critiques begin!

2/26/2019

ROUGH DRAFTS ARE DUE! Email ME and your Senior Project Advisor your draft.

Starter: Format your title page

Follow the above guidelines for title page formatting.
Don't worry about an abstract for now! We'll do that later next week.

Schedule SPAM 3

Senior Project Advisor Letter 3: This letter is a guide to asking for your final meeting, focusing on feedback to your thesis draft.
SPAM Form 3: Make sure you bring this to SPAM 3! It will guide your conversation about your rough draft!
SPAM form 3 is due Wednesday, March 6th by 3:30 pm

The WHOPPER Peer Critique Protocol and groups

I'm launching the WHOPPER peer critique process today. You'll need to schedule your critiques sometime between now and the end of class on Thursday.
As a reminder, I am not giving feedback on your entire rough draft. You can conference with me for specific questions on specific sections of your essay and you’ll be able to refine FINAL thesis after you get your grade back. THUS, peer critiques are super important as are meetings with you SPAs.

MONDAY, 2/25: Becoming a Transition Jedi writing workshop + SPAM 3 + Finish Rough draft!

2/25/2019

Announcements

SPAM 2 is due TOMORROW by 3:30 pm
Schedule SPAM 3 as well today!
Peer critiques begin tomorrow AND rough drafts are due!
Library day Wednesday!

Starter: From a Transition Ninja to a Transition Jedi
Follow the instructions on the above-linked document to become a Jedi when it comes to writing transitions that not only introduce the topic of a paragraph but link paragraphs together fluidly, skillfully and like a Jedi-boss.

Schedule SPAM 3

Senior Project Advisor Letter 3: This letter is a guide to asking for your final meeting, focusing on feedback to your thesis draft.
SPAM Form 3: Make sure you bring this to SPAM 3! It will guide your conversation about your rough draft!
SPAM form 3 is due Wednesday, March 6th by 3:30 pm

Work Time

Finish your rough draft
Conference with Ashley if needed

Wednesday: 2/20 Writing Workshops and Write Part 3

2/19/2019

Announcements

SPAM 2 is due Thursday at 3:30 pm.
How to format your paper in MLA style (bookmark this)

Starter

Go to WRITING WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES section of the Phase 3 portion of the Senior Project page.
Check out the titles of the various documents provided here to support you in writing beautifully and skillfully.
Decide which documents you think you'll need to refer to the most based on your writing needs.
Select ONE of those.
Take a few minutes to read over that resource.
Tell your neighbor one thing you learned from that document and give it a YELP review.

Writing Workshop #1: In Text Citations (linked on Senior Project page)
Again, all students must use in-text citations whenever they quote or paraphrase. At this point we're not going to practice. I will do a quick review, and then I am going to refuse to answer any questions that are covered on the handout or easily searchable on Purdue OWL.

Writing Workshop #2: Setting up Quotations (linked Senior Project page)
All students are expected to set up and follow up their quotations throughout their senior thesis. Given the prevalence of errors here, we are ALL going to practice this together before we go into Part 3, which is the part of your paper with significant citations and quotes.

Outline Conferences

I have graded most outlines and provided feedback. If you have questions on my feedback, feel free to conference with me. I will conference today with those students for whom I haven't had a chance to provide feedback, which include the following:

Morning Pod: Ari, Sammy (SPAM 2), Lance (SPAM 2), Lydia (SPAM 2)
Afternoon Pod: Henry, Tanner, Ryan, Amanda (SPAM 2), Josie, Sadie- workshop #2

Today's Writing Goals

Begin writing Part 3 (aim to be DONE with Part 3 by Friday, that way you can just write Part 4, over the weekend and do some last minute refinements in class Monday to be ready with a solid rough draft for the rough draft deadline and peer critique on 2/26)

HOMEWORK:
Write one paragraph of your senior thesis!

Thesis Rubrics, Introductions and Begin Rough Draft Writing

2/14/2019

Announcements

SPAM 2 due one week from today!
Homework Goal: Be done with Part 2 by the beginning of class Tuesday!

STARTER

Read over the rubric for the Senior Thesis (linked under the "WRITING" column toward the bottom of the Senior Project page of my DP).
Write down any questions/confusions you have
Review with Ashley, get your questions answered!

What Makes a Good Introduction?
Follow the directions on the handout you were given (linked above) to analyze good introductions of past papers, and come up with strategies for your own introduction.

WORK TIME

Write Part 1 of your Thesis!
Begin outline conferences with Ashley (I want to meet with ALL of you)

Wednesday: LIBRARY DAY

2/13/2019

We're at the library today from 9-11:45.

DUE: Emailed final outline to Ashley and your Senior Project Advisor

Today's Goal
Your goal should be to write the rough draft of the INTRODUCTION of your thesis paper. Not sure how to begin? Review yesterday's DP blog!

Outline Critiques

2/12/2019

Announcements

Library work time: Meet at the library at 9 am on Wednesday.
TODAY is the last day for turning in your annotated bibliography.
MLA quiz grades: I won't enter these into infinite campus because the quiz was perhaps unreasonably hard. However, the quiz shows you what you need to hone in on. Use those resources on my DP for reference as you work and I’ll be super strict on the grammar/formatting section!
Benevolent Ashley has extended outline deadline to END OF THE DAY tomorrow (Wed).

Outline Critiques

Do the outline critique process outlined in the document linked above!
Don't have an outline? Be a shadow of another group and participate as a listener and feedback-provider.

Transition to the rough draft of senior thesis!!

Read over the rubric for the Senior Thesis (linked under the "WRITING" column toward the bottom of the Senior Project page of my DP).
Write down any questions/confusions you have
Review with Ashley, get your questions answered!

Outline Conferences- I will call you up to talk to me about your outline, and to suggest potential revisions.
Finish/refine your outlines for tomorrow's deadline!
Writing GOAL- Complete Part 1 (your introduction) of your thesis by the end of the day on Wednesday. If you finish, move on to Part 2 and beyond! The big goal this week is to get as much written of this sucker as humanly possible.

HOMEWORK:
See writing goal above.

FINISH a draft of your outline!

2/11/2019

Announcements:

SPAM 2: Remember, before you do SPAM 2, your outline must be complete! It should be done next week. The form is due to me no later than 3:30 next Thursday, 2/21.
Done with your outline early? Email it to me and your Senior Project Advisor, then come conference with me so we can move you to writing early!
Library work time: Meet at the library at 9 am on Wednesday.
TOMORROW is the last day for turning in your annotated bibliography.
MLA quiz grades: I won't enter these into infinite campus because the quiz was perhaps unreasonably hard. However, the quiz shows you what you need to hone in on. Use those resources on my DP for reference as you work and I’ll be super strict on the grammar/formatting section!
Outline Critiques will be tomorrow! Be prepared with a draft.

Outline Work Time
Goal: Complete a draft of your outline

HOMEWORK:

Finish your outline, share/email it with Ashley and your Senior Project Advisor by the start of class on WEDNESDAY. Almost time to write!

Outline, oh how I love thee!

2/8/2019

Announcements

Have you scheduled your SPAM 2? See the senior project page for info about what that meeting entails and how/when to schedule it!
Outline is due beginning of class next Wed. 2/13
TODAY at lunch-- learn how to compete for $9,000!

Outline!

Goal: Complete outline for parts 1, 2, and most of 3! That way you'll have three quarters of the outline done for critique on Monday and be able to do more research and complete the outline without pulling an all-nighter on Tuesday night!

Outlining continued!

2/7/2019

Announcements

Have you scheduled your SPAM 2? See the senior project page for info about what that meeting entails and how/when to schedule it!
Outline is due beginning of class next Wed. 2/13
Tomorrow at lunch-- learn how to compete for $9,000!
Missed class yesterday? Make up the thesis statement workshop.

Outline Assignment
If you are stuck, do more research or conference with me
Goal: Complete outline for part 3/4

Thesis Statement Workshop and Outline Writing

2/6/2019

Thesis Statement Workshop
Time to get ourselves a working thesis statement! 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.

Outlining
Once you have a thesis statement that has gone through the critique process (see Senior Project page for this!), 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 your 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:
Work on your outline! The sooner you finish (and get it approved by Lori), the more time you have to write!

Thesis Outlines and Thesis Statement Drafting

2/5/2019

DUE TODAY: Final Annotated Bibliography

Due TOMORROW: Thesis statement draft for critiques

Starter: Debrief Exhibition

What were your takeaways from last night's event?
What was one interaction you had or connection you made that stood out? Why?
Strengths and areas of growth?

Outline of Senior Thesis-- Go to Senior Project page for all resources!

Senior Thesis Outline Dissection- Complete this activity to get a look at the inner workings of some good outlines (not perfect...but good)
Review the guidelines on the Elements handout
Review outline format and requirements as a class with Ashley

Thesis Statement Drafting (draft due tomorrow for critique!)

Generating a Thesis: (two potential approaches)
Time to work on it!

Work Time Goals:

Send SPAM 2 Email to your SPA
Draft a working thesis statement that we can critique tomorrow
Start your outline!

HOMEWORK:

Draft a working thesis statement (it can be crappy!). This should be a 1-2 sentence answer to your research question.

Last day of work on Annotated Bibs + Resilience Exhibition Prep

2/4/2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS

No Library this week! Normal schedule
Exhibition tonight. Be there at 4:45 in professional dress (Student Union Ballroom at FLC)
Turn in final annotated bibliographies tomorrow, start of class, PRINTED.
Jess Adams has some announcements for you all as well....Just for 5th period Humanities though.

Starter: What would you say to a community organization representative, community member or elected official about the following questions:

What did you learn about Sustainable Development and how it relates to mental health in our community?
What did you learn about wellness and mental health last semester?
What do you think is the most important thing we as a community should do to improve mental health or build resiliency?

Share out! Take turns with your "dates" asking and answering questions

Whole class share out: What was the most articulate answer you heard?

Community of Resilience Event Prep: Get hyped for our event! 200 people? 20 organizations? Catered? Film! Publication! Website! You guys ROCK and people CARE about this stuff. Just be present, engaged and well-dressed.

Let's read the Herald article about YOU and the event!
Let's all review the schedule of events
Let's check out the Organizations committed to attending
Student leaders, check-in with Ashley (Acacia, Ethan, Baylee, Alma, Cady, Ryan, Owen, Charlie...anyone else?)

Annotated Bibliography work time
(Final due tomorrow with 8-10 TOTAL sources-- PRINTED PLEASE!!!)

The Daily

Sentence Focus Workshop, Peer Critiques and Refinements!

Peer Critiques at the library!

Peer Critiques begin!

MONDAY, 2/25: Becoming a Transition Jedi writing workshop + SPAM 3 + Finish Rough draft!

Wednesday: 2/20 Writing Workshops and Write Part 3

Thesis Rubrics, Introductions and Begin Rough Draft Writing

Wednesday: LIBRARY DAY

Outline Critiques

FINISH a draft of your outline!

Outline, oh how I love thee!

Outlining continued!

Thesis Statement Workshop and Outline Writing

Thesis Outlines and Thesis Statement Drafting

Last day of work on Annotated Bibs + Resilience Exhibition Prep

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