Read and annotate Read each article Annotate in the following way You will be writing about both of these articles – so do a good job Chunk each article into 3 sections. For each section of each article – do the following – Mark 2-5 key ideas – underline/highlight – Make a summary statement on the left (or on a sticky note) for each section – Make at least one comment about content – a question, a connection, a thought about what is said. On second article – also mark or make comments about similarities or differences with first. Make this REALLY OBVIOUS.

Senior Writing Monday, Jan. 14

Monday Opening: Please write a corrected version of this sentence. (3 errors) Their was supposed to be snow this weekend but us didn’t get any at my house. Review for quiz Quiz After quiz – please turn in the following pages from Unit 1: 2, 6, 9, 11. Intro to subject/verb agreement Writing from articles.

ARTICLES Index card – Make notes on front about similar content, development, style. – For example – my two on stroke – Define “global aphasia” – Identify certain symptoms – List possible causes – Suggestions for treatment – Suggestions for home help ideas, like labeling items – Provide additional web sites for more information. – By credible organizations Index card – Make notes regarding differences in content, development, and style – 1 was informational article by Amer. Heart Assoc. 1 was personal story from Mary Freebed Hospital’s web site – Informational talked about all kinds of aphasia and all the different technical possibilities of causes. Personal story mentioned a couple causes and focused on global aphrasia as that was the personal experience. Focused on coming home, help, treatment, suggestions.

Tuesday, Jan. 15 Opening: Please copy down this quote: “Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.” Ken Blanchard

Agenda Complete page 27: odds only. You do not have to list rules, but you may. Compose write up about two articles.

Article Report Please show your index card – once completed you will get a COW. Please begin a document in googledrive – share with me and allow me rights to comment and/or edit. You need to get through the first 3 sections by tomorrow. What you do not finish in class, please finish before class tomorrow. – If you do not have computer access at home, handwrite it and bring it with you.

Article Report Introduction – sum up topic and what was covered in two articles. 1 st body – Focus on details of what they both shared. For example, “The two articles on stroke both defined ‘global aphasia.” The one from the American Heart Association explained what aphasia meant in general terms and how it applied to the brain trauma of a stroke. The other was written by Karen, the stroke victim’s wife, and she focused on how the type of aphasia her husband experienced made it impossible for him to recognize most language, written or verbal. She focused on what it meant to them as a family not just the definition.” Go on to develop 3-4 key similarities.

Artcile Report cont’d 2 nd body – focus is on differences. – Explain what was different in the two articles. – For example, “The first article discussed the different types of ruptures and blockages that can result in a stroke. It then identified the different parts of the brain that can be affected and what is impacted from each part. The second article explained what was the cause of the man’s stroke, a blog clot, but then went into how the wife knew her husband was in trouble and taking him to the hospital and receiving the diagnosis.” – Go on to discuss 2-3 more differences. – Select the ones that matter the most to you or that strike you as most important.

Article Report cont’d For your conclusion – it will vary a lot based on your topic, articles, your prior knowledge, etc. Goal in your conclusion is to share thoughts on your articles – to show your critical thinking – below are some suggestions of what to discuss – Which article was more useful and why? – If you were to continue to research this topic, what more would you like to know? – What had you hoped to find in these two articles that you didn’t? – How did what was presented fit with your own prior knowledge? – What conclusions can you come to based on your topic and these two articles?

Wednesday, Jan. 16 Opening: Copy down the words below and their meanings. Compose sentences using each correctly. Apex – noun - the top or highest part of something, summit, peak Ascribe – verb – attribute something to a cause, source Enhance – verb – intensify, promote, increase value of Inundate – verb – flood, overwhelm Paradigm – noun – a typical pattern, model, example Pliable – adjective – easily bend, easily influenced Succinct – adjective – briefly but clearly expressed

Agenda Complete Exercise 4 – Subject/Verb Agreement Discuss Conclusions Use of citations. Works Cited page

Article Report cont’d For your conclusion – it will vary a lot based on your topic, articles, your prior knowledge, etc. Goal in your conclusion is to share thoughts on your articles – to show your critical thinking – below are some suggestions of what to discuss – Which article was more useful and why? – If you were to continue to research this topic, what more would you like to know? – What had you hoped to find in these two articles that you didn’t? – How did what was presented fit with your own prior knowledge? – What conclusions can you come to based on your topic and these two articles?

Thursday - Opening: Please copy quotation. “Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, and others make it happen. “ Michael Jordan

Agenda Lesson 3 – Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Agreement Review Create personal profile – follow link sent to you in . Print when you are finished.

Friday Left/Right Unit Review Revisit article report Mastery Review – Begin – Part A, B, C – due for Tuesday.

Revisit Article Review Read sample paragraphs – make comments Review comments and seek comments. Revise and submit in Turnitin. Must be submitted by end of day on Tuesday – today is last class time.