Plan for Thursday, Oct. 29 -- English 101

During Class :

• Complete “The Argument Culture” Open-text Quiz
• Review bib. guidelines & create checklist
• Sample annotated bib.
• Peer review of annotated bib.

During Class on Friday:

• Complete the stakeholder analysis chart.
• hand out & review Portfolio 2 assignment sheet

Assignment for Tuesday, Nov. 3

• Complete the final draft of your annotated bibliography 
• Read “Doing Focused Research” pp. 354-359. 
• Review sources for quotes and facts -- complete a minimum of 5 "note cards"

Plan for Tuesday, Oct. 27 -- English 101

 1. Complete the quiz on the reading, “The Argument Culture”
 2. Copy & paste your draft Annotated Bibliography to Google Classroom if you have not already done so.
 3. Continue to work on Annotated Bibliography  [Guidelines, Sample]. 

Assignment for Thursday, Oct. 29:
--Continue to work on Annotated Bibliography.  Have your bibliography ready for a peer conference during class on Thursday.  (Final draft of Annotated bib. is due on Tuesday, Nov. 3).
--On Thursday, you will also work on a completing a Stakeholder Analysis on your issue.

Plan for Thursday, Oct. 22 -- English 101

During Class:

• Apple Pie Controversy
• Reflective writing on analyzing sources
• Introduce citations 
• Create / Paste first 5 bib. entries on Google Classroom

Assignment for Tuesday, Oct. 27:
1. Read “The Argument Culture” (handout).
2. Be prepared for an in-class quiz about the reading.
3. Complete a draft of your annotated bibliography.   [Guidelines, Sample].  The Peer review draft of your annotated bib. is due Thursday.

Plan for Tuesday, Oct. 20 -- English 101

During class:

• Comments on Personal Position Analysis 
•  Finding information (see text, pp. 370 - 390) 
• Analyzing sources, including how to evaluate websites (see text 390 -398; see also here).  For samples of non-useful sources, see link here.
• Overview of annotated bib and questions about it.  Your Annotated Bib. is due Tuesday, November 3.
•  In-class research if time permits. 

 Assignment for Thursday, Oct. 22: 
1. Read “Assembling a Working Bibliography” pp 350-352 in the Handbook
2. Familiarize yourself with MLA (pp 424-471) and APA (pp 472-500) documentation sections.
3. Find at least 2 more articles about your topic. Bring all the articles you collected so far to class Thursday (bookmarked on browser or in Diigo Web Collector).

Plan for Thursday, Oct. 15 -- English 101

During Class:

• Check on article assignment
• Topic mini-presentations
• Review reading:  text, pp. 350-360,
• introduction to annotated bib assignment
• re-introduction to Diigo Web Collector (a Google Chrome Extension)
• begin working on personal position analysis.  If possible, please complete this on Google Classroom.

Assignment for Tuesday, October 20:
--Read pages 360-370 in the handbook
--Complete personal position analysis
--Use academic databases to find at least two more articles and bring all the articles you collected so far to class.

Plan for Tuesday, Oct. 13 -- English 101

During Class:
 --collect homework assignment
 --review reading
 --how to research (videos)
 --research as asking good questions
 --research tool: Diigo
 --intro. to academic databases
 --research log sheet
 --begin your topic proposal, a template for which is on Google Classroom

Assignment for Thursday, March 15:

• Complete your topic proposal (see template on Google Classroom)
• Bring 3 articles about your topic to class (these can be bookmarked or printed).  2 or more of the articles should be found via an academic database.

Resources for Research

Research Databases

--Proquest
--DigitalMaine.org

• see especially
  --Student Resources in Context (one-stop shop for jump-starting your high school level research)
  --World Book Student (a general resource for starting your research)
  --Opposing Viewpoints in Context (explains multiple perspectives on controversial issues)
  --General One File (newspaper and magazine articles from mainstream media sources)
  --Infotrac News Stand (newspaper articles)
  --US Newsstream (current and archived articles from U.S. newspapers)
  --Global Newsstream (current and archived news stories from around the world)
  --other specialty databases in the areas of science, environment, history, psychology, criminal justice, and more.
• Academic Databases
  --Academic One File (peer reviewed articles on a broad range of topics)
  --Gale Power Search (authoritative articles on a wide range of topics)
  --World Book Advanced (includes articles from primary sources and references)
  --American FactFinder (for stats on population, age, income, and more)
  --Congress.Gov (for information on current and past legislation)
  -- Google Scholar (academic and scholarly database by Google)

Other Resources
--New York Times - Times Topics
--Yippy (helps identify subtopics)
--Virtual Learning Resources Center
--iseek   
--Tips for Advanced Searching 

Plan for Thursday, Oct. 8 -- English 101

During Class:

• Portfolio 1 will be collected.  Please refer to the assignment checklist we created to make sure you have met all requirements.  Other documents to refer to include: Portfolio 1 Contents, Portfolio 1 Guidelines, and Portfolio 1 Rubric.


• Intro to portfolio 2; research topic criteria overview; potential topic list exercise. 

Recommended Publications for News Articles:

1. New York Times 

2. Issues & Controversies

3. The New Republic

4. The Economist

5. Bangor Daily News

6. Utne Reader

7. Fox New

Assignment for Tuesday, Oct. 13:

1. Complete the Potential Topic List Exercise by listing 7 articles (include source information, a one sentence summary, and a potential question for each).

2. Decide on a topic/issue for Portfolio 2 – refer to the research topic criteria discussed in class to make sure your topic is a good fit.

3. Read pages 350-360 in the handbook.

Plan for Tuesday, Oct. 6 -- Engish 101

During Class:

• Key concepts for Peer Review (see handbook)
• Peer review process
• Peer review conferences (see Peer Review Guide)
• Schedule teacher conferences 

Assignment for Thursday, Oct. 8.
1. Make revisions based on the peer review.
2. Have teacher conference and make revisions
3. Complete any final edits.
4. Bring completed essay and all Portfolio 1 materials to class on Thursday.

Plan for Thursday, Oct. 1 -- English 101

During Class:

• Use the Portfolio 1 Guidelines and Rubric to create a checklist. 
• Use the Revision Guide to annotate your essay
• Read pp. 79-81 in the handbook, which focuses on writing introductions and conclusions.
• Additional questions and discussion of grading criteria and questions about essays as needed. 

Assignment for Tuesday, October 6:
1. Make revisions based on your annotations from the Revision Guide and/or teacher comments.
2. Bring a hard copy of your rough draft to class for peer review.
3. Read pp. 15-17 about Peer Review in the handbook
4. Read the Peer Review Guide as a way to prepare for next class