Do Now
- Provide data for JoJo's project. Take this survey: Foster Care Experience
- Turn and Talk: Turn to the person next you and discuss answers to the question What does it mean to professional publish your written work? What are the expectations associated with professional publication?
- Parking Lot: Share out your discussion and ideas about professional publication with the group. Record answers on the front board for reference during the editing and publication phases of the writing processes.
Studio Time
IF....Essay is not complete
- Continue the writing process
- Revision: Argument
- Do each of your paragraphs contain a claim that relates to part of the thesis statement?
- Do you have both direct and indirect (summarized and paraphrased) evidence that supports your claim?
- Most IMPORTANT, do you synthesize the evidence in an explanation that acknowledges an answer related to your thesis statement?
- IF you are not going to submit your essay for publication today as the deadline requires, please email Addie. DO NOT provide her with an excuse for missing this deadline. DO provide a very specific date by which you intend to rectify this IMPORTANT issue. Reminder CREATION phase starts next week. For every day you are late with your formal writing component, you are late participating in the creation phase.
IF....Essay is complete, Editing Activity
- Review the Research Rubric
- Based on the descriptions associated with each of the standards, provide yourself a score. What areas need enhancing in your essay? Work on improving those areas before publication at the end of the day.
- Editing: If possible, print your essay. Using an editing tool (pencil, pen, marker, etc.) proofread your essay for the following errors and fix before final publication. Review your essay a second time to ensure it meets the requirements of professional publication your IDEAS Block captured on the board.
- Works Cited is present and is in MLA format, review requirements in the IDEAS Formatting and Style Guide
- Direct Quotes appears as "Quote" (Last Name or Website Name). Notice how the period is outside of the parentheses.
- ONLY the first word of sentences or proper nouns are capitalized. Example: IDEAS Academy is capitalized but in a general reference, school is not.
- Double spaced
- 11-12 point font
- Arial or Times New Roman
- Paragraphs are indented
- NO space between paragraphs
- Upper-left corner (also double spaced): First, last name, Advisor's name comma MY name (Heather Sheets, Addie Degenhardt), IDEAS Block, today's date. Example:
- Dan Student
- Heather Sheets, Addie Degenhardt
- IDEAS Block
- October 21, 2016
Publication: Once you have finalized your essay for publication, please submit it via Google Classroom. If you have not yet joined the IDEAS Block Fall 2016 Classroom, please do so using the code - nwurou
*NOTE: If you received an email or Google Classroom from Addie to retrieve your rubric, please pick those up today during IDEAS Block in the Ray Bradbury Room.
