Monday 1/29

• Welcome to a New Semester!
• What is research used for in real life?
• What type of research paper will we be doing in this class?
• Read over the research paper guidelines.

HOMEWORK : Read and annotate “A Statement on Plagiarism” http://wwwold.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml

Tuesday 1/30 LIB- LAB

• Discuss “A Statement on Plagiarsim” (5-10 minutes)
• Complete “Plagiarism or Not?” Worksheet (Click here for regular sophomore and here for advanced sophomore)
• Last five minutes: Review requirements for research proposal letter

HOMEWORK : Research proposal letter (click and then scroll down - it's after the guidelines)

Wednesday 1/31

DUE : Research Proposal Letter

• Correct “Plagiarism or Not?” Worksheet, discussing answers to help student understanding (15 min)
• Take notes on the difference between quoting & paraphrasing and how to do in-text citations (10-15 min)
• “Paraphrase and Quoting Practice”

Thursday 2/1

• How to use index cards to avoid plagiarism:
• Practice with Works Cited and Index Cards

HOMEWORK : Read and annotate “CRAAP” test (online at: http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/evalsites.html

Revise your Research Proposal Letter if it wasn't approved.

Friday 2/2 .LIB- LAB

• Discuss CRAAP test (10 min)
• “Searching the Web Worksheet” DUE in 30 MINUTES
• Correct/discuss before leaving

  HOMEWORK: “CRAAP and CITES homework” – DUE MONDAY

Monday 2/5 LIB- LAB

SNOW DAY

Tuesday 2/6

LIBRARY

DUE : CRAAP and Cites Practice Worksheet

•  Assemble research folders

•  Research Day 1 Worksheet – Books & Reference sources

HOMEWORK : Do at least 6 notecards

Wednesday 2/7 LIB- LAB

DUE : NOTE CARD CHECK (at least 5 cards) – QUALITY –(Are you remembering to put the parenthetical cite on each card? To put only one bit of info on each card? To paraphrase that info or to copy it exactly inside quotation marks? Using headers?)

•  Research Day 2 Worksheet – More Print and Internet

HOMEWORK : Do at least 6 notecards

Thursday 2/8
LIBRARY

•  Research Day 3 Worksheet

HOMEWORK : Do at least 10 notecards

Friday 2/9
LIB- LAB

DUE: NOTECARD CHECK (at least 20 cards) -- QUANTITY

•  Research Day 4 Update

HOMEWORK : Do at least 25 notecards AND Research Weekend Worksheet: Tentative thesis & outline

Monday 2/12

LIBRARY

•  Research Day 6 Worksheet – Wrapping up your research!

•  Time to do last-minute fact-finding

HOMEWORK : Write your outline by Wednesday

Tuesday 2/13

LIBRARY

DUE : NOTE CARD CHECK (at least 40-50 cards) – QUANTITY

•  Research Day 7 Update /How to Write Formal Outlines

Wednesday 2/14 (revised)

SNOWDAY

Thursday 2/15

•  Writing Body Paragraphs with proper citation and quote-lead-ins

HOMEWORK : Rough Draft Due Friday 2/23 – – Bring 3 typed, doublespaced copies to class! But bring your draft with you every day to class for some work on it.

Friday 2/16 & Monday 2/19

NO SCHOOL – enjoy your long weekend!!!

Tuesday 2/20

DUE: At least 2 paragraphs of your rough draft

•  Check: Parenthetical citations

•  Research Day 8 -- Learn about introductions based on:

• What are the parts of an introductions?
• What types of introductions can you write?
• What makes a good thesis? (Aim for levels 3 or 4!)

(NOTE: You can type your paper in the library lab today from 2:50-4:45 p.m.)

Wednesday 2/21

BRING your draft-in-progress

•  Check: Quotation lead-ins and elaborations. Samples here.

•  More time practicing quotation lead-ins & elaborations (imagery and figurative language) review

Thursday 2/22

BRING your works cited notes today

•  Making a rough draft of your works cited page

• Observe citation patterns using the bellwork or pattern worksheet
• Notice how to fix up a messed up worksheet by comparing it to the correctly done one
• Notice that the in-text citations work together with the works cited.

•  How to choose a title

(NOTE: You can type your paper in the library lab today from 3:00-8:30 p.m.)

Friday 2/23

DUE: Rough Draft #1 (with parenthetical cites AND works cited page)

•  Peer responding – Asking questions; checking cites; helping sandwiches

•  (Sophomore English: Sign-up for peer-review conferences next week.)

HOMEWORK : Rough Draft #2 Due Monday 3/5

Monday 2/26

•  Passive verbs versus action verbs– how to tighten, part 1

HOMEWORK: Make revisions/improvements – bring them the next day

Tuesday 2/27

•  Tasty, active diction (& humor) revision activity

•  Review: Appositives & Adj. Shifted

HOMEWORK: Make revisions/improvements– bring them the next day

Wednesday 2/28

•  Parallelism & Repetition practice

•  Participles

HOMEWORK: Make revisions/improvements– bring them the next day

Thursday 3/1

•  Sentence length variety – how to tighten, part 2

•  (Advanced Sophomore: Sign-up for peer-review conferences next week.)

HOMEWORK: Make revisions/improvements– bring them the next day

Friday 3/2

•  Preview Day – Let's talk about our next book!

Monday 3/5

DUE : Rough draft #2 -- always doublespaced !!!

•  Peer proofreading/revision (regular sophomores)

•  Partner conferences (advanced sophomores)

FINAL DRAFT DUE!!!! for regular sophomores

• Follow instructions on Process Checklist for Sophomores .
• Bring final draft rubric.
• Be prepared to write reflection in class.

(NOTE: Advanced sophomores will do peer proofreading on Monday 3/12 and have their final drafts due on Friday 3/16 based on their ASE Process Checklist)