Today we... Took our eighth vocabulary quiz, and began work on our ninth set of new words. We did the definitions together in class. Homework sheet now available in PDF!
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Today we... Brought in a printed copy of our essay so we could worth with a partner on peer editing and doing reverse outlines. We worked on reading each other's essays and completing the reverse outline worksheet (see link below). This must be turned in tomorrow. As a reminder, each component of the essay writing process MUST be completed in order for you to be eligible to turn in your final essay (this is just like the must-do-vocab-homework-in-order-to-take-the-quiz policy).
Today we ... Worked on editing our grammatical errors within the Grademark feature in Turnitin.com. Instructions and log-sheet is below:
If you do not complete the log-sheet, you must complete it for homework.
After logging and correcting our "purple flags," we got to work on revisions. FOR TOMORROW: Bring one printed copy of your revised essay to class in order to participate in peer editing. Today we...
Submitted our outlines to our Google Drive American Lit folder BEFORE class. Worked on Chromebooks today in class, working on our first draft of our essay. The first draft must be submitted to turnitin.com (instructions in yesterday's post) before class begins tomorrow. Today we...
Finished getting checked off on our thesis statements for our Crucible essays. HOMEWORK: Finish a basic outline for your essay (main ideas only, you do not need to write complete sentences) and submit it to your American Lit folder in your student Google drive. I will not go looking for it anywhere else. Tomorrow you will have time to work on your draft in class. ***Your first draft of the essay is due BEFORE class on Wednesday, 10/29 in Turnitin.com. We will be working with our essays with tools in the website, so these must be submitted ahead of time. Below you will find instructions on how to join/log-on to Turnitin, how to enroll in your specific class period, and how to submit your document. Here are the class ID numbers and enrollment passwords for each class: 4th period AM Lit 5th period AM Lit 6th period AM Lit class ID#: 8973015 class ID#: 8973019 class ID# 8973030 password: lovefootball password: fbgameday password: touchdownsea HOW TO ENROLL IN A CLASS ON TURNITIN.COM If you have ever had a Turnitin account, you should continue using it for any new classes you are taking which require Turnitin. You should not create another Turnitin account when you receive a new Class ID# and Class Password. Instead, you can add any number of classes to your already existing account. To enroll in a class using your pre-existing account, please do the following: Go to www.turnitin.com Click on the "Log In" button located toward the top right hand corner Log into your account by typing the email address and password** you used previously. Once logged into your account, click on the “Enroll in a Class” tab to the upper left of the screen. Type the numeric class ID# and the case-sensitive class enrollment password that your instructor has given you. Your class will show on your homepage, after being added to your account. Click on the class name and you will see the assignments and submissions for that class. **If you do not remember your account password, you can navigate to https://www.turnitin.com/password_reset1.asp to reset your password. HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER USING FILE UPLOAD To submit a paper using file upload, please do the following: Log into your account. Click on the title of the class you wish to submit to. Click on the blue "Submit" button for the assignment you wish to submit to. If there is a grey "Submit" button, submissions are not allowed for this assignment. Please check the assignment start and due dates and the assignment info icon*. From the "Submit" heading at the top of the page, select the "Single File Upload" option. If "Cut & Paste Upload" is showing, click on the arrow to select "Single File Upload." Enter the title of your paper in the "Submission Title" field. Select an upload option.
Click the "Upload" button at the bottom. STOP, and WAIT for the next page to appear. Click "Confirm" to confirm your submission. Important: after your paper is successfully submitted, your digital receipt will be displayed on screen. The digital receipt has a Submission ID number, which is confirmation that Turnitin has received your paper. If you do not see a digital receipt with a Submission ID number, then your paper was not successfully received by Turnitin. The digital receipt is also emailed to you as well. For a tutorial on how to submit a paper, please visit the following web page: http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/training/student-training/submitting-a-paper Today we... Took our seventh vocabulary quiz, and began work on our eighth set of new words.
***Quick note: Outlines will not be due tomorrow. Work on them, but they do not need to be finalized and submitted.
Today we: Worked on our essay outlines while Mrs. Hopkins worked with us one-on-one on our prompts/thesis statements. Today we...
Completed an exercise on basic outline structure. Started brainstorming our own prompts for the Crucible essay using the thematic statement formula we have been looking at for two weeks: "In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller employs the (personality trait) of (actual character) to reveal (thematic statement = topic + universal truth/author's message)" HOMEWORK: Come to class tomorrow with a completed prompt for the essay. It must be approved by Mrs. Hopkins. Today we...
Continued our exploration of thematic statements, but this time we focused on topics and messages found in The Crucible. We began class by filling out a quick survey (see last post) on thematic statements, and then brainstormed thematic topics we were interested in unpacking and forming into thematic statements we could use in our essay prompt. Pictures below are what we generated in each class. HOMEWORK:
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