Objectives:
- Disciplinary groups will continue to grow as community of wonderers and project managers.
- Students will engage in Academic Research.
- Students will use the IDEAS Language Arts Research and Annotation Guide to 1) Locate credible, relevant sources for their project, 2) Read and annotate the source(s), 3) Enter the citation and annotation into EasyBib project.
- Students will reflect on their experience and approach to research, identifying needs.
No School President's Day. Students should be independently reading and possibly annotating a source located last Friday.
Focus: Engage in academic researchTUESDAY >>
Reconnecting - students will re-introduce their projects to the group by interpreting one of their research terms. Students who have spent the majority of last week on proposals may need their peers to re-teach what has been covered regarding research and annotation.
Foci: Building community in disciplinary groups; Clarifying research expectations and research; Reading and annotating a sourceWEDNESDAY >>
Reading day. Students will share one citation and annotation for feedback.
Foci: Engaging in academic research; Representing thinking effectively in writingTHURSDAY >>
Reading day. Revisit the health of your working environment, and establish norms, visual supports, or anything else necessary. Use feedback to revise annotations.
Foci: Providing effective feedback; Revising annotations to represent close-reading; Reading and annotating a sourceFRIDAY >>
Reading day. Annotated bibliography with five sources is due at the end of the period.
Foci: Reading and annotating a source; Preparing academic writing for publication according to Language Arts standards
REMINDERS
Year-long project panel and writing conference deadline this week.
Year-long project panel and writing conference deadline this week.
Semester 2 proposal grades to Jupiter, Trimester 3.
Semester 2 Annotated Bibliography due Friday, February 20th.
