Thurs. Oct. 31 Research Paper Good Copy

Today, if you are caught up, you worked on the good copy of your research paper. Keep in mind that it is due at the end of class tomorrow. Also keep in mind that you have a comprehension exam on Tuesday.

Wed. Oct. 30 Assessment

Today, you worked on your Rough Draft assessments. I want to stress the steps that you need to follow (we discussed them on the board)

Step one: Hand in your rought draft (it was due on Friday, October 25). It will be returned to you ASAP with an assessment sheet.
Step two: Fill in the student self-assessment activity on both sides of the assessment sheet. While doing this, you will need to use your rough draft to make changes to improve your paper.
Step three: Get a peer or parent to assess your paper. You can either give them the first rough draft, which you have already edited or you can fix the errors, reprint, and give them that.
Step four: Using the assessment from peer or parent, make further revisions to your paper arriving at, hopefully, a perfectly written and presented product.
Step Five: Hand in your final (good) copy of the essay with the first rough copy stapled to the back of it and then the assessment sheet on the very back.

I expect the good copies to be handed in on Friday, November 1 (as indicated in your assignment expectation sheet).

Tues. Oct 29 Rough Draft Revision

Today, those of you finished with your rough draft (submitted it) were given it back with an evaluation sheet. This activity is to be completed using pens/highlighters to review your rough draft. Once you have self-evaluated (and fixed the errors) you are to seek out a peer or adult to evaluate the draft. After this, when you have fixed all errors and examined the paper again, it is to be handed in as a good copy (with the evaluations and rough copy (first) attached). The due date3 for the good copy is Friday, November 1.

Mon. Oct. 28, Draft

Today, you were to complete your draft for your research essay.

Fri. Oct. 25 Draft

Today, I reminded you that your draft was due, but that I have extended it to Monday; however, I am not extending the final copy date (which is next Friday).

Wed. Oct 22 - Mon. Oct. 27

During these days, you are to work on completing a rough draft of your paper. Initially, I had the due date as Friday, October 25 (you can still hand it in then), but have extended it to Monday, October 27.

Tues. Oct. 22 Outline Due

Today, you were to hand in your research paper outline by the end of class so I could review them and get them back to your tomorrow. If you are behind, you need to catch up.

Mon. Oct. 21 Research Paper

Today, you worked on creating your research paper outline. Keep in mind that this is due at the end of class tomorrow.

Fri. Oct. 18 Outline prep

Today, you worked on creating your outline for your research paper. This is due on Tuesday, October 22 at the end of class.
If you haven't handed in your article critiques, you are now falling behind.

Thurs. Oct 17 Critiques due

Today, you were to hand in your text critiques (minimum five) for me to review  and return. As such, it will be used as a homework check as well as a mark. It is important to stay on top of these steps as each one, if not followed, will lead you to feel overwhelmed when it come to meeting the next deadline. The next deadline, which is the research paper outline, is due on Tuesday, October 22.

Oct 10 - Oct 16 Research Paper

During these days, we continued to work on the research paper. Keep in mind that the text critiques (five minimum) are due on Thursday, Oct 17.

Wed. Oct. 9 Paper cont

Today, you worked further on your research for your paper. Keep in mind that your text critiques (five minimum) are due next Thursday.

Tues. Oct. 8. Research Paper

Todeay, we carried on with research for your papers. I also worked one-on-one with a lot of you discussing your thesis or text critiques.

Oct. 7, 2013 Research Paper cont

Today, I handed out a copy of your marks. Those who hadn't discussed a thesis with me for their papers (due Oct. 4) used this class to do so. Those who had discussed their thesis and were approved, used this class for research. Your next deadline is Thursday, October 14. This is when I expect to see your text critiques (minimum of five). The sheets for these are located on the table in front of the portfolios.

Fri Oct 4 Thesis Development Research Essay

Today, you were to create a working thesis for your research essay. A number of you came up and talked to me about your direction and were able to come up with something pretty good to start researching with. For those who were absent, be sure to have this done for Monday. I must discuss these with you before you move on (I will also be here at 7 a.m. on Monday if you want to see me). My email address is dawn.benoit@nwsd.ca if you want to send it to me and get a response this weekend.

Thurs Oct 3 Research Essay

Today, I handed out the Miller booklet on what a research paper is and layout information/citation. We discussed most of it as a class. The remainder of the time was devoted to thinking about topics and focus of interest for the paper itself.

Wed Oct 2 Citations

Today, we discussed the texts critiques you recently handed in in order to clear up some ambiguities in preparation for your research paper. I handed these back to you for further revision (you are to clean up the one entitled "The Sikhs in Canada" and resubmit).
I then handed out your major assignment (a research paper) and a booklet on citation which we discussed. If you were not here, these are in your portfolio. The due dates, which are on the assignment are as follows
Thesis: Due Friday, October 4
Text Critiques (minimum of fice) due Thursday, October 17
Outline of paper due October 22
Rough draft (including student evaluation) due Friday, October 25
Final Draft (including adult or peer evaluation) due Friday, November1

Tues Oct. 1 mechanics

Today, I gave you each a list of concerns I have found with your writing. These tie in with the essay you wrote as well as other assignments. The goal is to get you to assess and reflect on these concerns and take steps to improve upon them. In order to drive the importance home, we then worked on provincial examination examples that focus on grammar and mechanics. These multiple choice questions will appear in the same form in your final. I am not able to release them due to copyright concerns. If you were not here and want to do them, see me at lunch or during RTI and you can do them then (I will mark them in real time). In addition, I have your writing concerns in my desk. See me to get them.