Friday, November 13, 2020

Writing 3 Class Notes -- Week 10 (November 12)

 Greetings!

We had what I hope was a productive class -- this week we went over more specifics about incorporating research material into the body of a paper and the details for in text citations and entries on a Works Cited page.

For our Quick Write we used these 3 prompts:
  • What would you do if you were locked inside your favorite department store overnight?

  • What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible? 

  • What would you do if you were able to communicate with animals?


Our Words of the Day followed a Latin root theme of omni, which means "all."
omnibenevolence -- Latin, omni, "all," bene, "good," and volo, "to be willing; have the power to do" -- Unlimited kindness and generosity
omnia vincit amor -- Latin -- love conquers all
omniarch -- Latin, omni, "all" and arch, "lead, command" -- the ruler of everything
omnific -- Latin, omni, "all" and facere, "to make, to do," -- capable of doing everything

Before explaining the citations, I divided the students into small groups to talk to one another about the challenges and progress with their rough drafts.

I used a PowerPoint slide presentation to walk through signal phrases, paraphrases & direct quotations, and elements of in text citations. I've uploaded the files into a Google Slides presentation with a link below.

The students are in various stages with the writing of their rough drafts. I heard one comment about how the research and writing is taking longer than was expected. That is very common with every big project. Students, keep it up. I believe in you!!

Have a good weekend,
Mrs. Prichard

Assignments for Next Week:
-- Work on your papers!!

Links for This Week
-- Class Notes

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