The Future

The handout for article reviews is here. 

Future Environment:
Climate Change: Vital Signs (scroll down to "Future Effects")
Top 25 Environmental Concerns of the future
Global Warming:  News Causes Facts & Effects
Global Warming Solutions
A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change & Solutions
Ted Talks on the Global Environment and the Future


Solar Freakin' Roadways

World Economic Forum, Future of Government

10 Mindblowingly Futuristic Technologies . . . 

What Will Human Cultures Look Like in 100 Years

The Surprising Jobs You'll be doing by 2030

Inspired Minds -- Careers of 2030

Homes of the Future

Information on future climate & more from Big Facts.  (The Big Facts project is led by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS is a strategic partnership of CGIAR and Future Earth, led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). CCAFS brings together the world’s best researchers in agricultural science, development research, climate science and Earth System science, to identify and address the most important interactions, synergies and tradeoffs between climate change, agriculture and food security.)

Society and Culture in the Future -- What's Next / Top Trends

What's Next -- Society & Culture

newsoffuture.com Future News for Year 2020 and Beyond

Recommended: futureforall.org/ A Layperson's View of Future Technology and Society

globalfuturist.com Harnessing the Power of Innovation

thefutureofourworld.ytmnd.com The Future of Our World

wfs.org World Future Society

Fw:Thinking Videos on The Future of Money, Future Fuels, Future Time, and more

10 TED Talks on Predicting the Future

TED talks about the Future

New:  Sources focusing on our energy future:

http://wgbhnews.org/post/power-people

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/14/212020224/the-grid-of-the-future-could-be-brought-to-you-by-you

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90042092

An article about the future 100 years from now is here.

A second article on immortality and the "singularity" is here

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Guidelines and a rubric for your future project are here.

A slideshow that illustrates how to organize your project is here.

Ideally, the format you choose for your future project will tell something about your interests and your overall future view.  Think imagination will be important?  Make sure your format is imaginative.  Think the future will be hi-tech?  Make sure your format isn't "old-school."  Here are some ideas and formats to consider:

• Use Inklewriter to write an interactive (choose your own adventure) story online
• Storybird is a place to write an illustrated children's story online. In the olds days . . .  Now we . . .  MyStoryEditor allows you to write your own story and add photographs.
• CartoonCamera allows you to take photos and then make cartoons out of them.  These could then be used as the basis for a slideshow.
• Prezi is a website that helps create dynamic and professional-looking presentations / slideshows. 
• MindMeister is similar to Prezi -- some people may like it even more.
• The Haikudeck website allows you to quickly create a visually stunning slideshow that will make your old LibreOffice slideshow look so retro.   Plus it has a built in image search feature that provides you with copyright free images.
• Want to get even more creative and keep things moving?  Powtoon helps your create animated slideshows and presentations.
• Use Flashissue or Lucidpress to create an online newsletter / newspaper of the future.
• Storyworth is a app that helps you create an oral history project involving responses from family members or others.

Biography Project Handouts & Resources

 Biography Project Handouts:

A Google Drive folder of handouts and information sheets for the biography project is at:
Biography Project Handouts

You read these documents online, print them out, or make copies that you save within your own Google Drive folders.  
 

Biography Project Resources:

The goal is get started on researching topics related to the biography you are reading.  Don't worry about what the research will be used for.*  Follow your interests.  Find some sources.  Save the source information so you can easily go back later.

1. Identify topics for research using your own brain, instaGrok (optional), and this handout

2. Set up a place to save and organize all your bookmarks.  This could be a folder with Safari or Firefox Bookmarks.  Or you may choose to install the Chome Extension, Diigo.

3. Start identifying sites that are potential resources.  Don't just rely on Google.   See the Biography section of  Wirthportal (also on the right sidebar link of this site) and check out Marvel, Internet Public Library, Biography.com, and Google Search tools such as "Advanced Search" and Time Defined Searches, Google News, and Google Blogs.  New and Recommended:  For deeper search (and an introduction to college level research) see NoodleTools.

4. Save your sites you find within your bookmarks folder (or on Diigo).

*Some of your research may be later incorporated into a review of your biography. Some of your research may help you write genre pieces and may become part of your presentation. Even if your research is not directly used, it may help you have a better understanding of your biography and -- importantly -- you will get credit for each source you include as part of your annotated bibliography.

Plan for Friday, Jan. 8 -- English 101

--Workshop -- Complete rough draft of essay for Portfolio #3
--Guided Revision of Rough Draft using Portfolio #3 Assignment Sheet and Portfolio #3 Grading Criteria Sheet.
--Conferences

Assignment for Tuesday, Jan. 13:
--"Turn in" a draft of your essay on Google Classroom by 2:30 pm on Tuesday.  This draft should include a cover page and works cited and should have the following elements highlighted:  thesis, arguments, opposition argument and response, restatement of thesis.  Note:  due to the short turnover time, I my feedback will be largely limited to the overall structure of your essay.  If you would like more detailed feedback, please see me for an in-person conference.

Assignment for Thursday, Jan. 15:
--Complete any final revisions and edits on your draft based on my feedback and on your own comparison of your draft with the Portfolio #3 Assignment Sheet and Portfolio #3 Grading Criteria Sheet.

Plan for Thursday, Jan. 7 -- English 101

During Class:

• Discuss logical fallacies; construct 2-4 logical fallacies related to your own topic
• Look at sample essay  [Annotated Copy of Sample Essay 1]
• Color code your own draft on Google Classroom
• Work on paper in class. 

Assignment for Friday, Jan. 8:
--Finish a rough draft of your final essay. We will work with guided revision

Plan for Tuesday, Jan. 5 -- English 101

During class:

• Review of Appeals, Effective Ways to Reach Your Audience
• Review "Developing Your Argument" worksheet
• Workshop -- Create cover page; revise outline as needed; continue work on rough draft 
• Upload your rough draft to the recently created document on Google Classroom.

Assignment for Thursday, Jan. 7:
--Continue to develop your rough draft to a length of 4 or more pages.
--Read Sample Essay #4 and annotate it with 7 or more questions/comments

On Thursday during class:
--Discuss logical fallacies; construct 2-4 logical fallacies related to your own topic

Plan for Tuesday, Dec. 22 -- English 101

• After reading the sample essay together (see Google Classroom for Sample Essay 1, Portfolio #3 ), annotate the essay based on the instructions provided.
• Revise your Audience and Publication Analysis as needed
• Continue to work on developing the body paragraphs of your essay

Assignment for the first class after vacation:

• Have a draft of 3 pages or more completed.  This should include your thesis and several body paragraphs.  It need not include your introduction or closing, which you may want to write last.

Plan for Friday, December 18 -- English 101

During Class:

• Wordiness 2
• Intro to Portfolio #3
• Review Logical Fallacies
• Sample Arguments for Specific Audiences
• Practice with topics & arguments for specific audiences
• Revise Outlines / Graphic organizers as needed

Assignment for Tuesday, Dec. 22

• Write your thesis statement and 1.5 pages of the body of your essay. 
• Be ready to show/submit your revised outline/graphic organizer

Plan for Thursday, Dec. 17 -- English 101

Appeals Activity

Practice with thesis statements & arguments.

Revise your an outline or graphic organizer to include the following features:
--thesis
--three or more arguments that support your thesis
--two or more examples of evidence to support each argument
--one or two opposition arguments
--a rebuttal (response) to each opposition argument
--restatement of the thesis

Look through the Sentence Style Slideshow and do the following exercises:
  Wordiness 1, Wordiness 2.

Plan for December 15 -- English 101

During Class:

• Appeals Activity
•  Practice with thesis statements & arguments.
• In-class writing: Reflection about Portfolio #2 
• Look through the Sentence Style Slideshow and do the following exercises: Wordiness 1, Wordiness 2.

Assignment for Thursday, Dec. 17:

• Read Chapter 6 “Thinking Critically” in the handbook, pp. 82-93. Pay close attention to the section “Recognizing Logical Fallacies”  (More on logical fallacies here.
• Complete an outline or graphic organizer, listing your main reasons and sub reasons. 
• Continue to collect additional research for your argument, take notes, and organize information.

Plan for Thursday, Dec. 10 -- English 101

You are already started work on Portfolio #3 by completing a Pre-Writing sheet and a Developing Your Argument sheet (both on Google Classroom).

Today, you should complete the "Publication & Audience Analysis" also on Google Classroom.  Then you should also complete the following:

--Read Chapter 7, pp. 94-106
--Complete additional research that supports your side of the issue, begin to take notes, and organize information.

I hope to be back on Friday!

Plan for Tuesday, Dec. 8 -- English 101

Dear English 101 Students,

Sorry that I can't make it in today, but Portfolio #2 is still due to be turned in.  The bonus is that you can have the class period to work on it.

The handout listing the contents of the portfolio is here.  (See the lower half of the sheet with the bulleted items and use that as a checklist).

If you need any of the past handouts, they can all be found on the English 101 Course Page.  

When you are ready to assemble your portfolio, you can re-use the pocket portfolio from last time, you can provide your own, or you can use one of the yellow folders that are on the small table by the door.  (Please do not put your name on the yellow folders, as I re-use these).

Good luck!  Do good work!  Mr. W.

Assignment for Thursday, Dec. 10 -- 
(This assignment will be added later in the day today)/

Plan for Tuesday, Dec. 1 -- English 101

During Class:

• Paper 3 pre-writing: 1. Write down your stance on your research question. Brainstorm 3-4 reasons why you believe your view is correct. 2. Brainstorm 2-3 publications where you could envision sending your argumentative paper (i.e. journal, newspaper, magazine, professional website, newsletter, etc.). Underline the one that you think most fits the audience you would like to reach.
• Review Grading Criteria Sheet for Portfolio #2; 
• Review common red flags

Assignment for Thursday, Dec. 3:
--Make revisions to your rough draft based on in-class work
--Final draft of issue analysis essay (Portfolio #2) due Tuesday, Dec. 8. (I am available for conferences and/or to comment on your drafts Tues. - Friday and Monday.

Plan for Tuesday, Nov. 24 -- English 101

During Class:

• Topic sentences activity
• Review Grading Criteria Sheet for Portfolio #2; 
• Discuss common red flags in outlines and annotated bibs
• in-class guided revision of Rough Drafts
• Print & submit rough drafts
• Poetry Out Loud
• College Essays

Assignment for Thursday, Dec. 3:
--Make revisions to your rough draft based on in-class work
--Final draft of issue analysis essay and Portfolio #2 due Tuesday, Dec. 8.
--I am available for conferences and/or to comment on your drafts during the week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 4.

Plan for Tuesday, Nov. 17 -- English 101

During Class:

• Discuss a sample essay  (Sample Essay #2 Unmarked version \ Marked version)
• continue working with integrating sources
• work on a section of your papers

Assigment for Thursday, Nov. 19
--3 - 4 page rough draft of issue analysis essay due.

Assignment for Tuesday, Nov. 24::
--Rough draft of issue analysis essay due (bring a printed copy to class). 
--Final draft is due Dec. 8. 

Plan for Thursday, Nov. 12 -- English 101

Class time: Integrating sources including quote sandwich, paraphrasing work, in-text citations.

Assignment for Tuesday, Nov. 17:

• Revise introduction as necessary based on integrating sources discussion 
• Work on additional sections of your paper (aim to have 2 - 3 pages written by the start of class)
• Read “Avoiding Plagiarism” pp 388-392 
• Make sure to bring draft essay to class