We had a good, productive class time this week. The students are engaged and thoughtful.
We began the class with a tiny trip down memory lane. Two students in the class had done a video about adjectives for a project in Writing 2, which I had shown the Writing 1 class. Since it was queued up, I showed it to them.
This week, the short writing assignment, "Why I'm interested" was due. We took some time to hear from everyone what their chosen topics were why they wanted to spend time researching and writing about these topics.
The next step of the Research Paper process is another short writing assignment. The Research Proposal is to cover the following items:
-- a brief background of information
-- a working thesis
-- an awareness of your audience
-- a plan for locating the right sources
-- a timeline for writing the paper, including specific dates and assignments
-- acknowledgement of any difficulties
We had some good grammar discussion this week. I focused on basic sentence structures so that I can use that information to work them on their own personal writing styles.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Write the Research Proposal
-- Read up to Step 17 to prepare for our conversation next week
-- Begin researching and taking notes on your topic
-- Sentences Worksheet (Identifying Sentences)
-- Sample Search Worksheet
Links for this week:
Class Notes
Have a wonderful weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
No comments:
Post a Comment