Monday, Nov. 9 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Craft Lesson Section: An introduction to a paper should have… A conclusion to a paper should have…

•Intros and Conclusions Notes- put the sheet in your craft lesson section and then follow the steps as you write your intro and conclusion rough drafts

•Writer’s Workshop

•Intro and Conclusion

•Edit and Revise body paragraphs

•Peer Edit (form linked on the blog); if you peer edited on Friday, meet with the person whose paper you read and tell them what you filled out for their paper (look at the form to help you out)

•Work time on draft

•Peer Editing

•Final draft due on Thursday.  Make sure I have read through it (and commented on it) before you feel it is ready.  Remember, you need an intro, body (with paragraph on society during the GD) and a conclusion.

•Try to think of this for your society paragraph: We can say that people during the GD were    or valued    because of (what details from your paper?)…

•Pt. 2 of Book Final Assessment: Create a research focus question and begin finding articles, sites, etc with information to help answer your question

Share your Research Document with me (should have theme, potential issues, and at least three research questions)

Friday, Nov. 6 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Cause and Effect: with a partner, share a document with me that lists the 9 events in order.  Then highlight the events with the most causes yellow, and those with the most effects orange.  You might find that you have multiple things highlighted the same color, that is fine.  When you have finished this, read your book for a bit.

•Writer’s Workshop:

•Read through my comments, add comments if you have questions

•Finish Rough Draft Body Paragraphs (if necessary)

•Fix Body Paragraphs or Print out for Peer Edit (see info below)

•Writer’s Workshop time

•Write your Intro and Conclusion (you can do this before or after peer editing)

•Peer Edit: you can only edit if your body paragraph rough draft is complete.  Switch printed off copies with someone else and then edit their paper and fill out the form online

•Self Edit: Fix the issues noted by Mrs. Johnson and a peer and then print out the new draft.  Self edit this second draft, marking all areas you need to fix or add to.

OMM Theme Paper Peer Edit Form

Here is the link for the peer edit form.  Remember, you can only do this if you have all of your body paragraphs done (including the one on society during the Great Depression).

https://docs.google.com/a/gk12.net/forms/d/1Nvgv9V6g0luEKmU1e4ownoH1_d2GeTsDaM2wIaXb4qE/viewform?usp=send_form

Thursday, Nov. 5 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Find your pieces of textual evidence you are using for your paper

•Discussion of Social Values paragraphs

•What do your quotes and theme show about society’s values during the Great Depression 

•Try to write one for me (together)

•Finish rough draft

•3 paragraphs showing the theme of the book (or two with two pieces of textual evidence in each)

•1 paragraph explaining what the theme of the book and your examples show about the society’s values during the Great Depression

Wednesday, Nov. 4 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Big events of the book: Cause and Effect due tomorrow

•Thesis and next steps

•Thesis as first sentence on document

•Your evidence must prove the ENTIRE thesis (theme)

•TIQA- the analysis is the most important part: HOW does the evidence prove/show your theme?

Rough Draft of Body Paragraph 1 due by end of the hour!!!

Tuesday, Nov. 3 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: In writer’s notebook: In the end of the book, George says that he sort of knew they would never get the farm but told Lennie about it anyway.  Does he really believe this? Why would he continue telling Lennie of the farm if it isn’t a reality?

•Collect character and chronolog sheet

•Perspective Journals due tomorrow

•Theme Essay Writer’s Workshop

•Assignment shared with you in Google Docs

•Picking Quotes: need the three or four BEST for theme

•Paragraph format: TIQA

Monday, Nov. 2 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Connecting brainstorming from Friday to Themes of the book (What issues are faced today that are mentioned, dealt with, experienced, etc in the book?)

•For each issue, write what theme or themes can connect to it

•Read section 5 and 6

•WN Entry: Slim says to George, “Ya hadda” when talking about Lennie.  Do you agree? What would make you say yes he did, what would make you say no he didn’t and in the end, which would you say more, that this was his only option or that there were others?

•Perspective Journal (sections 5 and 6 together as one full page)

•Theme and Social Issue in the book

•Social Issues today

•Work/reading time (need all OMM sheets (other than theme sheet) by tomorrow)