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Board Meeting
Lincoln-Way Central

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Teacher's Institute

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First Day of School

Syllabus

Assign Entrance Interview

JJC Power Point

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Review Syllabus
Dist Books

Collier’s “College Credit”

HW NG ch 1-5, 28

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GOAL:

Understanding Ourselves as Writers

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Entrance Int. Due
Review NG ch 1-5, 28
Intro Memoir:

 NG ch 15 Braggs “All Over…”
HW Read Sedaris

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5 min pre-write
Compare/Contrast
Braggs & Sedaris

Assign Memoir
Due Friday

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Memoir Example



Read NG ch 29 “Beginning and Endings”

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JJC Paperwork

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Memoir Due X 2

Present Memoirs (5)

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WEEK 1

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Paper #1 Memoir

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Present Memoir (5)

Intro to Glass Castle

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Present Memoir (5)


Present Learnin Partners

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Present Memoir (5)


Glass Castle pp. 1-40

  WEEK 2

Sunday

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LAB today...Register for turnitin.com


Glass Castle pp Parts One and Two quiz on 9-7-11

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Glass Castle discussion.

Homelessness Project due Tuesday. (4 square)

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No School--Labor Day

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Homelessness Project Due today!
QAC: read chapter 1:  College Writing Situations
QAC chapter 35 on MLA

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Glass Castle quiz over Parts I & II today (pp. 1-125).

Read "Shadowy Lines" and "Remembering a Survivor"

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Read "Up from the Holler"

Distribute and discuss the "MINIMUM WRITING REQUIREMENTS"

They Say I Say: chapter 1

Register for turnitin.com

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Class check for :
1.  Portfolios
2.  NFG
3.  QAC
4.  TSISay

NFG ch 41 Taking Essay Exams

QAC ch 4: Thinking Critically
QAC: ch 19: Sentence Fragments

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WEEK 3

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Paper #2
Narrative

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LIBRARY
Glass Castle
Writing Exam

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Delayed Start

LIBRARY
Glass Castle essay due turnitin.com by end of class
 

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Begin College Narrative

Read NG ch 6 “writing lit narrative”

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LIBRARY
Type Resume
Find Prompt

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LIBRARY
Begin Narrative
College Folder due 10/7 ?

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WEEK 4

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GOAL: Critical Thinking, Reading & Understanding

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Intro Summary
Read: TSIS ch 1&2
hw- One page typed summary

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partner activity
Read "What you Eat is your Business" pp. 157-161.
hw--Type summary

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Summary Activity with a partner

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Summary

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Write final summary from Chapter 14.

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WEEK 5

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Paper #3
Annotative Bib
(500 words)

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Read & Discuss:
NG ch 11on Annotated Bibliographies

TSIS ch 14 p211

TSIS “IM’s of R&J
p 283

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Distribute Annotated Bibliography Assignment.
Model example of "The IMs of R & J"

QAC chapter 20 pp. 222-228 Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

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Read Johnson pp. 213 "Watching TV Makes You Smarter" in TSIS



QAC chapter 20 pp. 222-228 Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences continued.

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Lab:  Type first annotation

Be sure to consult Rubric while writing Annotated Bib.

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Work on Annotated Bib today.

Read Stevens "Thinking Outside the Idiot Box" p. 231

Literacy Narratives due today!!!

WEEK 6

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES  DUE TODAY!!!

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No School - Holiday
District-Wide Event

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Chapter 7 NFG

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Early Release
District-Wide Event
Chapter 7 NFG quiz

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Read "Election Night"

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Analysis of a single text
End of 1st Quarter
District-Wide Event

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Paper:  Analysis of a single text

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Delayed Start

Single text analysis

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Lab

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Lab

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Single text analysis due today.

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Presentations of text analysis

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Presentations of text analysis

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Presentations today.

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Begin synthesis assignment

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Synthesis assignment

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Work on synthesis assignment NFG ch 34

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Work on synthesis assignment NFG  ch 45

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Lab:  Synthesis

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Synthesis paper due today

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Synthesis Paper Due today!

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Parent Teacher Converences
District-Wide Event

Board Meeting
Lincoln-Way Central

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No School - Holiday
District-Wide Event

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"Invisible Writing"

Begin research

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More research

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Begin argument paper.

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computer lab today....

Work on proposal for argument paper

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Computer Lab:  Work on proposal for argument paper

PROPOSAL DUE MONDAY..

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PROPOSAL DUE TODAY!
Computer Lab
Work on Annotated Bib

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All proposals returned today.
Computer Lab
Annotated Bib due tomorrow at midnight on turnitin.com

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Early Release
District-Wide Event

Last day to work on annotated bibs.

Due tonight at midnight.

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No School - Holiday
District-Wide Event

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No School - Holiday
District-Wide Event

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Begin Outline

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Work on outline

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Outline

Sunday

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Saturday

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Individual conferences with students

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Outlines due today!!

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Argument paper

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Argument paper

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Argument paper

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Board Meeting
Lincoln-Way Central

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Argument paper

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Delayed Start
District-Wide Event

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Finals
District-Wide Event

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Finals
District-Wide Event

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Finals
District-Wide Event

End of Semester
District-Wide Event

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Winter Break
District-Wide Event

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Winter Break
District-Wide Event

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Winter Break
District-Wide Event

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Winter Break
District-Wide Event

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Winter Break
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Winter Break
District-Wide Event

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