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FriYAY and Schedule SPAM 3

2/28/2020

Morning POD
1. Schedule SPAM 3
2. Simon's seminar
3. Work time

Afternoon pod:
1. Schedule SPAM 3
2. Work time

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. PLEASE be ON this. Don't wait til the last minute unless you want to receive sub-par feedback. It takes TIME and FOCUS to give meaningful feedback in thesis papers.
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 Thursday, March 26th by 3:30 pm

THURSDAY: SPAM 2 DUE, Write Part 3

2/27/2020

DUE by 3:30 pm: SPAM 2

Writing Workshop Lallapalooza!

WRITE Part 3-- aim to finish it by the end of class tomorrow

Continue writing part 3

2/25/2020

Advisory Announcement
Tomorrow's the last library work day
Purpose and plan for advisory tomorrow
#studentvoiceandchoice

STARTER- Turn and Talk

Turn to a partner and tell them what you think the purpose of Part 3 of your paper is.
Discuss concerns about this section
Discuss strategies you could use to help you tackle it

Strategies for Part 3

Skim a couple examples from senior project page to get a sense of different approaches/organization, etc....
NOTES and QUOTES: Write it all out without the need for it to be perfect right now or for it to even flow well. Just get your ideas out with the quotes/evidence you plan to use. THEN, print it out when you feel like you have said everything you want to say and included most of the evidence you will include. Read through the printed pages and find the themes, move ideas around, etc... Then go back to the electronic document and refine for organization, sentence fluency, flow, etc....
OR Mind Map your ideas out!
Most importantly, exhibit critical thinking and strong argumentation. Avoid generalizations, biased thinking or unsubstantiated claims. Sound reasoning, excellent logic and deep thinking is the name of the game folks!

WRITE PART 3!!!

Stuck? Read a couple student examples on the senior project page
Chat your ideas out with a friend
Talk to your SPA
Do more research

Monday, 2/24: Start writing Part 3

2/24/2020

Announcements

SPAM 2 is due Thursday at 3:30 pm.
How to format your paper in MLA style (bookmark this for now)
See the whiteboard for the schedule of outline/draft conferences with Ashley this week
EXTENDED ROUGH DRAFT DEADLINE: I've pushed it back to THURSDAY, 2/27. This is a FIRM deadline with NO exceptions for extensions. You need to send your rough draft to your SPA as soon as you have a completed rough draft so they have plenty of time to give you meaningful feedback.

STARTER: Ashley’s will read aloud this New York Times article on PROCASTIONATION
After I finish reading, please write down a reflection to bring to outline conferences with me this week:

To what extent does this article resonate with you or explain your attitude toward the thesis or other school work as of late?
If it does resonate or apply to you in some way, what can you do about it?

** If you already conferenced with me last week, please turn in your reflection now. Thanks!

Outline Conferences + Today's Writing Goals

GOAL: 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 3/3)

HOMEWORK:
Write one page of your senior thesis!

Part 2 Overview and Outline conferences

2/21/2020

Starter
Go to the ELEMENTS HANDOUT on the Senior Project page and discuss the following with a partner:

What is the purpose of Part 2?
What are the requirements for Part 2?
Review your outline. What are the key points you need to make sure to include in Part 2 for your paper?
Anything you're missing? Give each other feedback/suggestions.
Questions for Ashley?

WORK TIME

Continue outline conferences with Ashley
Draft Part 2 of your thesis!

STUDENT-LED SEMINARS (Emily/Quincy)

We'll watch the video clip: Quincy's video
We'll seminar

Outlines DUE and Thesis Writing Begins Fo' Real

2/20/2020

DUE: Completed Thesis Outline to Ashley and SPA

Announcements

SPAM 2 due one week from today!
Homework Goal: Be done with Part 2 by the beginning of class Monday, 2/24!

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?
Did you complete this yesterday at the library? If not, follow the directions on the handout (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)

LIBRARY TIME- OUTLINE AND THESIS INTRODUCTIONS

2/19/2020

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.

TODAY'S GOAL
1. Finish your outline
2. Write the rough draft of the INTRODUCTION of your thesis paper.

Outline Critiques

2/18/2020

STARTER
What are holes in your outline right now? What is a question or problem you're grappling with regarding your outline to help your outline critiquers provide useful feedback?

STARTER 2.0 (For morning pod only)
We need to make up the starter from Friday!

CLASS BIZ

Outlines due Thursday. Email them to me and your SPA
Schedule SPAM 2 ASAP if you haven't already
Library time as usual tomorrow
Let's review this week's objectives as well as the Thesis deadlines
Emily and Quincy are running seminars this FRIDAY! See the homework page for the link to their selections

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!

Work Time!

Outline Conferences- I will call you up to talk to me about your outline, and to suggest potential revisions.
Finish/refine your outlines for THURSDAY's deadline!

HOMEWORK:
See writing goal above.

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.
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.

Reporting Verbs and Outlining continued, yay!

2/13/2020

STARTER: Come up with as many synonyms for "Says" as you can in one minute. GO!

Mini-Lesson: Reporting Verbs in Academic Writing

Let's read through this handy-dandy handout!
Let's practice! (practice makes perfect!)---> Use at least two different reporting verbs from the list on the handout in the summary and/or assessment/reflection for the first citation of your annotated bibliography!

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 critiques are happening TUESDAY beginning of class. Aim to have at least 3 out of 4 sections done.
Pod 3/4-- listen to https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/770699746/a-borrowed-time for Jackson's seminar starting at 11:20 am.

WORK TIME GOAL: Outline!

Goal: Complete outline for parts 1, 2, 3. That way you'll have three quarters of the outline done for critique on Tuesday and be able to do more research and complete the outline without pulling an all-nighter on Wednesday night! FINAL DRAFT due Thursday, 2/20

WEDNESDAY LIBRARY OUTLINE DAY

2/12/2020

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

Thesis Statement Workshop and Part 1 of Outline

2/11/2020

CCwC Deadline!
Remember those? Yep. They're a thing. Deadline for these is not indefinitely. Please have completed a CCwC interview/site visit and email me your reflection before Osprey Week!

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 Ashley), the more time you have to write!

Let's start outlinin' shall we?

2/10/2020

CLASS BIZ

DUE TODAY: Final Annotated Bibliography- email them by start of class
Due TOMORROW: Thesis statement draft for critiques
Have you scheduled your SPAM 2 for sometime between 2/20 and 2/27?
Morning POD-- Listen to this Throughline podcast about Hong Kong protests for Jackson's seminar on Friday!

STARTER
Let's look at 2 example thesis statements. Pick one of these and read the title page and all of the introduction. Try to identify what line(s) are the thesis statement.

Sarah VonTersch- What is the most effective way to reduce drug cartel power and minimize their negative effects?
Caeley McClain- What are the most effective methods to get uninvolved people to take initial action on climate change in the United States?

Outline of Senior Thesis- Dissection Activity
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 (found on the Senior Project page)

Review outline format and requirements as a class with Ashley

This outline is what is due on THURSDAY, 2/20
DO YOU HAVE a different style of outlining? Share it out and feel free to pitch Ashley on using a different template as long as your outline has similar information as the template I've provided requires!

Thesis Statement Drafting (draft due tomorrow for critique!)

Generating a Thesis: (two potential approaches)

Work Time Goals:

Send SPAM 2 Email to your SPA
Draft a working thesis statement that we can critique tomorrow
Start PART 3 of your outline (I recommend starting with Part 3, rather than the introduction)

HOMEWORK:

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

Student-Led Seminar and Annotated Bib. Day

2/7/2020

First Half of Class: Finish Annotated Bib or prepare for the student-led seminar

Second Half of Class: (11;15 or 1:45) Sage/Sean lead seminar!

QUIZ DAY!

2/6/2020

STARTER: 10 minutes to review for the quiz.

QUIZ

CLASS BIZ

Deep reading re-dos due tomorrow
Final annotated bibliography with 8-10 sources minimum due Monday, start of class
Student-led seminars tomorrow!
You can move beyond strict academic sources for your research now BUT you should pick the most credible sources possible. Rather that TED Talks, try to find a paper BY the speaker. Stick to research/policy institutes or organizations rather than pop-culture magazines/articles BUT for some of your topics, things like New York Times, PBS, NPR, TIME, Nat Geo, etc... are OK. Just depends on the topic/field of study. Not sure? Ask me!

CONFERENCES

Annotated bib check-ins

SPAM 2 email, Library work day and Annotated Bibliographies are due!

2/5/2020

Turn in your Annotated Bibliography! (Email to me!)

SPAM 2 Emails

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

Work Time:

Make your note card for tomorrow's quiz (use the links on MONDAY's DP POST to help you study!!)
Annotated Bibliography

Goal: Complete 6th 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)

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FriYAY and Schedule SPAM 3

THURSDAY: SPAM 2 DUE, Write Part 3

Continue writing part 3

Monday, 2/24: Start writing Part 3

Part 2 Overview and Outline conferences

Outlines DUE and Thesis Writing Begins Fo' Real

LIBRARY TIME- OUTLINE AND THESIS INTRODUCTIONS

Outline Critiques

Reporting Verbs and Outlining continued, yay!

WEDNESDAY LIBRARY OUTLINE DAY

Thesis Statement Workshop and Part 1 of Outline

Let's start outlinin' shall we?

Student-Led Seminar and Annotated Bib. Day

QUIZ DAY!

SPAM 2 email, Library work day and Annotated Bibliographies are due!

Ashley Carruth

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