March 3-7, 2008

Monday: MLA Review & Unit Planning
Journal# 18 - Rock the vote response. See me for the handout.

For help with MLA style citations or your works cited page, check out the OWL at Purdue.
Other helpful sites:
EasyBib
Son of Citation Machine

Prewriting of Non-Fiction Response due

Tuesday: Peer Response
Journal# 19 - "I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult." - E.B. White
Is your outlook on each new day consistent with White's? Why or why not?

Group members read and comment on the drafts written by their peers.

First draft of Non-Fiction Response Paper due

Wednesday: Model Texts - The Value of Life
Journal# 20 (click here to see the image)
What does this picture tell you about life and death?

In- Class: Read the Time article and the excerpt from Lance Armstrong's biography. (See me for these handouts). How did Lance view the value of life? How does the federal government calculate the value of life? To what extent to you agree with each? Why?

Thursday: Life Value (cont.) Sentence Structure / In-Class Work Day
Journal# 21
Part I : Briefly summarize the "value of life" as defined by the photograph, Hamlet, Lance Armstrong, and the government
Part II: Write a paragraph stating why you agree/disagree with the authors of yesterday's texts. Provide specific examples.

Check out the life value calculator here.

Friday: They Say, I Say - Entering the discussion
Creed #6 (see powerpoint below)

Click here to go to the class website, then click on the They Say, I Say Introduction link and view the powerpoint slideshow. Your assignment is explained on the final slide.