Writing Response Groups - Rough Drafts

Today we work in our Writing Response Groups.
Please follow protocols and be respectful.

Have out your FIVE copies and your discussion questions.  Please have out your texts or research.
Concentrate on organization and evidence.  Use Activities #33-37

Write, Revise, Write!


Weds - Writing/Revising Day
Thurs - Writing/Revising/Printing Day
Friday - Final Draft due - NO LATE WORK!

Writing/Research Time

Please use your class time today to write, edit, research, or print.

***Activities - 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 

These activities will allow you to organize your thoughts, opinions, and evidence.  

Please work independently and quietly.

*Tues - Rough Draft DUE.  We will be working in Writing Response Groups (WRG) - bring copies, your research/texts, and questions for your classmates

*Weds - Writing/Printing Time

*Thurs - Final Draft w/rubric assessment DUE

*Final Draft - Thurs

 

HW

*Rough Draft due Tuesday.  You need FIVE copies.  Please bring questions and ideas to improve your writing.  You will be working in Writing Response Groups.

*Writing Component DUE on Thurs. 10/30

Writing Component - Letters or Essay - Writing /Research Time

"I am truly independently owned and operated" - Bret Michaels

Writing Component Options - You must have THREE key pieces of evidence!

1. Letter to the Editor

2. Response Essay 

***Activities - 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 

These activities will allow you to organize your thoughts, opinions, and evidence.  

Today you will begin by working with Activities 33,34 - independently and quietly.

Next Week's Schedule:

*Mon - Writing/Research Time - You will receive a rubric to guide you.

*Tues - Rough Draft DUE.  We will be working in Writing Response Groups (WRG) - bring copies, your research/texts, and questions for your classmates

*Weds - Writing/Printing Time

*Thurs - Final Draft w/rubric assessment DUE

*Final Draft - Thurs

HW

*Writing Component DUE on Thurs. 10/30 

Socratic Reflection/Final Writing Component

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occassionally look at the results" - Winston Churchill

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do" - Michael Porter 

Socratic Reflection and Assessment

*Guthrie Email

*Peer Evaluation

*Class Evaluation - discuss

*Self Evaluation w/written reflection

Writing Component and Options - You must have evidence!

1. Letter to the Editor

2. Response Essay 

***Activities - 33, 34, 35, 36, 37

*Thurs - Brainstorm

*Fri/Mon - Writing/Research Time

*Rough Draft - Tues

*WRG - Weds - bring copies, texts, and questions 

*Final Draft - Thurs

HW

*Write and Write and Write!

Socratic Seminar

 "The purpose of a Socratic Seminar is for individuals to work out their personal beliefs as a result of the discussion" - liketoread.com

Socratic Seminar - "I Am", "Of Primates...", "Change of Heart", "Hooked on a Myth"
*Make sure to participate
*Use your activities/notes/handouts /articles
*Use the rubric to assess

*This is an active assessment grade.  You must be present. 

*When on the outside of the Socratic - please monitor your partner and assess them accurately.
*You will also take time to reflect on your own involvement
* You will reflect on the entire Socratic process all-together

Preparing for Wednesday's Socratic

"The purpose of a Socratic Seminar is for individuals to work out their personal beliefs as a result of the discussion" - liketoread.com

Today you will work with Activities #12,13,14
***This will allow you to find important and meaningful discussion points.
***You will want to work with these questions and...if you are asked your opinion on the articles and topics then you will be prepared and will be able to participate.  Feel free to ask others these questions.

Work Check - Activities #15-26

Homework:
*Complete suggested activities
*Socratic Seminar is TMRW - This is an assessment grade.
You MUST be present to receive credit

*This is OPEN NOTE!!!
***You should have all of your articles annotated and ready to use
***Bring your notes, activities and questions!

Preparing for Wednesday's Socratic - Articles and Annotations

Partner - Pair/Share
* Today you will work with your partner to finish reading/annotating the Ed Yong essay - "Of Primates...".
* You and your partner will use the reading strategies and techniques that we have been practicing to locate the author's purpose/intent and the appeals used in order to do so.
*We then record our answers along with our own thoughts on the specific information.

* You will also get to notice how much you are improving!
* Do the best you can - use yiur time well.  Please think critically when discussing the material and annotating.  You will also want to complete Activities 24,25,26

Socratic Seminar is on Wednesday! - This is an assessment grade. 
You MUST be present to receive credit
*This is OPEN NOTE.
*Please have all of your articles annotated and bring your notes and activities!
* We will prepare for this TMRW!

"Of Primates and Personhood..."

Partner - Pair/Share
* Today you will work with a partner to read through the Ed Yong essay - "Of Primates...". 
* You and your partner will use the reading strategies and techniques that we have been practicing to locate the author's purpose/intent and the appeals used in order to do so. 
*We then record our answers along with our own thoughts on the specific information.

* You will also get to notice how much you are improving!
* Do the best you can - get as far as you can...just as long as you are critically discussing the material and annotating.  You will also want to complete Activities 24,25,26

Finish - "I Am" - Get your Notes!
Socratic Seminar next week!

HW - Finish annotating the article and complete the activities.

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the weekend! Be Safe!

Activities #21, 22,

"No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito" - James S.A. Corey - Abaddon's Gate

"If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us.  If they are animals, what must we be?" - Frans de Waal 


Tasks:
* Activities #21,22
* Begin pre- reading/reading " Of Primates...." - Pg's 64-66
* "I Am" - finish film and take notes!

HW - Get ahead!
Read "Of Primates"  and annotate.
Activities #24,25,26

"Hooked on a Myth" - Activites 18,19,20

"Hooked on a Myth" - Summary Check
Finish Close Class Read - annotate
HW - Activities - #18,19,20

Finish "I Am"
* Take Notes - Socratic Seminar coming soon!

HW:
"Of Primates" - Activities #21,22

"Hooked on a Myth" - Activites 15,16,17

" He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men.  We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
"Hooked on a Myth" - Summary Check
Close Class Read - annotate
HW - Activities - #15,16,17

Finish "I Am"
* Take Notes - Socratic Seminar coming soon!

Article - "Hooked on a Myth" and Film - "I Am"

"It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings." - Kurt Cobain

 

"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish." - John Ruskin

 

* Please have out your text. 
* Take the first fifteen minutes of class to independently read and annotate the article - "Hooked on a Myth".  We will be spending time discussing content, structure, and appeals.
* When you are done - write a ONE paragraph summary that includes the author's message and your opinion of the article.

Per. 4, 7 - Work Check. Activities #1-10

We will continue with the film - "I Am"
* Please continue to take notes and write down questions, ideas, concepts, that you believe require further discussion and exploration.
* Socratic Seminar coming soon! Date TBD

"A Change of Heart about Animals" and Rebuttals

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures" - Albert Einstein

Please have out your Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page text and activities (packet).
Finish the article "A Change of Heart about Animals"
Read "A Change of Heart about Animals" rebuttals.

Today we will complete Activity #7, #8, #10 - Record your answers. 
When we read - you must use the "They Say" - "I Think" - strategy.

Please be involved and participate!  Your thoughts and opinions matter!

Work check tomorrow - Activities #1-10.  Skip #3, #9.  #6 - words and definitions only.

A Change of Heart about Animals

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures" - Albert Einstein

Please have out your Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page text and activities (packet).
Read the article "A Change of Heart about Animals"

Today we will complete Activity #7 - Be ready to share you answers.
We will also read and annotate the text.  Please mark yours accordingly.
Use the "They Say" - "I Think" - strategy.

Please be involved and participate!  Your thoughts and opinions matter!

Exploring the Concept of Persuasion

"Most of the world is made up of non-specialists. Unlike you, they may not be swayed by facts. People (and editors) may be emotional, intuitive, nostalgic." - oregonstate.edu

Please have out your Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page text and activities (packet). 

Based on yesterday's reading and annotating - please complete Activity #1 and Activity #2.

When you finish please skip to Activity #4. Preview our next text - "A Change of Heart About Animals" and answer the corresponding questions.

We will complete Activity #3 and #5 together and move forward from there.

Unit Two: The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

"Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men." - Plato 

Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion.  We are easily fooled by language and how it is used by other." - Ray Comfort

Please have your Personal Statement w/your completed rubric on your desk.

If we are to learn to participate in a democratic society by forming and supporting our own opinions - we need to be able to evaluate the opinions of others, Op-Ed resources then are an essential resource.

We will spend time reading and responding to a variety of articles that will ask us to do some of the following activities:

* Analyze how ideas, events, and/or narrative elements interact and develop through out a text

* Analyze the writers use of rhetorical devices and strategies

* Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text 

* Contribute to an ongoing conversation in ways that are appropriate to the academic context

* Write reading based arguments using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence

You will receive a packet with activities and readings related to the unit.  Consider this your text.  Please come to class with your packet and Writer's Notebook/Netbook every day. 

Record all of your activity and writing responses in your Writers Notebook/Netbook - your choice.  Make sure to keep track of your work with titles and dates for informal assessment and work/progress checks. 

Today we will begin with Activities 1-5 - please refer to your packet.

For Activity 1 - please do Option 1: Quickwrite

WRG - Revision and Writing

"We all need people who will give us feedback.  That is how we improve." - Bill Gates

"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." - Lester Bangs.

Today, we will continue working in our Writing Response Groups.  Please use all of the time that is being given to you to revise, add, and delete.  Make changes that will improve your purpose/message.

Please follow the protocol.  Use the Praise, Question, Wish method.  Be honest and unmercifical.

Use the Personal Statement rubric to make sure you are using all the elements of the rhetorical framework in relation to your writing.  This is how you will be evaluated.  Make sure to have this talk and discussion with the readers in your group.

When in your assigned WRG, this is the procedure:

1. The reader will read their draft out loud to their group after sharing the three questions (s)he has about their writing.
2. As the rhetor reads, group members are listening, following along, and annotating and taking notes using the handouts provided.
3. Once the reader is finished, the group has five minutes to talk about what they heard using the WRG procedure: All members of the group must give one piece of praise, one question, and one wish. The reader does not speak during this time.
4. After five minutes, the reader gets two minutes to clarify anything or ask questions. The reader gets the final word.
5. Repeat.

Writing Response Groups - Discussion and Revision

"The strength of the team is each infividual member.  The strength of each member is the team"
- Phil Jackson

Please have out your Personal Statement drafts with your three specific questions you have regarding your personal statement.  Refer to the rubric to makes sure your questions are beneficial.

Today, you will work in Writing Response Groups (WRG) to look for ways to revise and improve your writing. You will follow a strict protocol that will allow you to get/give feedback authentically.

Yesterday, you were given the Personal Statement rubric and you were reminded about the elements of the rhetorical framework in relation to your writing.

 *** Before we begin - let's look at an essay that is about to be submitted.  Let's chat about the rhetoric. Is your statement as useful and purposeful? See the rubric.

When in your assigned WRG, this is the procedure:

1. The reader will read their draft out loud to their group after sharing the three questions (s)he has about their writing.
2. As the rhetor reads, group members are listening, following along, and annotating and taking notes using the handouts provided.
3. Once the reader is finished, the group has five minutes to talk about what they heard using the WRG procedure: All members of the group must give one piece of praise, one question, and one wish. The reader does not speak during this time.
4. After five minutes, the reader gets two minutes to clarify anything or ask questions. The reader gets the final word.
5. Repeat.