WEEK 13: Research Paper (TKAM)


MONDAY-TUESDAY
  1. Rough Draft: Complete rough draft of your research paper for To Kill a Mockingbird.  All 4 sections need to be completed.
  2. Peer-Edit: Grab a purple pen and use the C.U.P.S checklist to guide you in fixing your mistakes.  You must use the symbols below through-out your peers paper and attach the CUPS organizer to their paper to receive a lab grade.
  3. Final Draft: After your peer-edit, you should have rewritten your rough draft making sure to fix the mistakes identified in peer-edit.  Open Google Docs (needed: gmail acct), and TITLE IT: "YOUR FIRST NAME & LAST NAME-FINAL DRAFT"
  4. USATESTPREP: Complete practice questions and play games to turn dots to green before Thanksgiving Break.
HW DUE TUESDAY 10/31: 
1.) REWRITE ROUGH DRAFT (ALL 4 SECTIONS).  REWRITE IT USING PENCIL.  MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE REVISIONS FROM YOUR PEER-EDIT...24pts!!!!

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
  1. Whole-Group Edit: Bring your paragraphs up to be reviewed and scored
  2. Peer-edit: Complete one final peer-edit with someone new.  Focus this time on RACER and parenthetical citations.
  3. Final Draft: Open Google Docs and begin typing your final version of your paper.  See example below for format/font etc.
  4. Works Cited Page: Go to citation maker online  and plug-in the website of your source to create a works cited entry.  It may require you to scan the website and pull info like the author, title, day of publication and write it in the boxes in order to have a complete works cited entry.  
    WORKS CITED PAGE

    MLA FORMAT
  • Font=Times New Roman
  • Font Size= 12 
  • Double Spaced
  • Header= Last Name and Page # on Top Right Side 
HW DUE 11/2
1. Final Draft of Research Paper due end of class November 2nd.
FRIDAY
  1. Watch A Time to Kill and complete viewing guide (17 questions).
  2. Write RACER: What are some similarities between TKAM and A Time to Kill
HW DUE 11/6
1. USATESTPREP practice questions (1-10)
2. Read the Pacific Standard article on the Stand Your Ground law in Florida.  What does the article tell you about who is more likely to get away with vigilante justice in the US?  Choose 5 sentence starters to write discussion questions for our seminar on Monday.
3. HAVE PARENTS SIGN-UP FOR EOC NIGHT for extra credit
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WEEK 12: "To Kill a Mockingbird"

  1. Review TKAM Research Paper
  2. Abstract (DUE 10/23): This should be a couple of paragraphs long summarizing who you are comparing to Atticus.  Answer these four questions in the form of a paragraph each and  type into Google Docs.  Font=12/Times New Roman:
    1. Summary of your  topic/issue
    2. Explain how your historical figure connects to Atticus and TKAM
    3. Explain why you selected this topic
    4. What you expect to learn.
      Abstract 
  3. ALL Source Sheets (DUE 10/25): Gather evidence from your first source "To Kill a Mockingbird" using this>>> online novel of To Kill a Mockingbird and place on your source sheet #1.  You will end up with 3 source sheets with info gathered for each of the sections of your paper (see pic below).  Download 3 source sheet to your lunch number.  Save three source sheets.  Title each source sheet 1, 2, and 3.  You will need source #2, and #3 to complete "Modern Day Atticus" section of your paper.
    Works Cited Page







  4. USATESTPREP: Continue working on dots not turned green on usatestprep by completing practice questions, games, and watching vids to help prepare you for the EOC 
HW DUE 10/25: 
1. Source Sheet 1-3 (15 pts)

 THURSDAY
  1. Revisit source sheet #1 (TKAM) and make sure you have the following quotes from the novel to help you with the FOUR sections of the research paper.
HW DUE 10/27:
1. Section I: Summary of Novel is due in rough draft section 

FRIDAY
  1. Rough Draft: Complete sections i and ii of your research paper in your rough draft section of your notebook.

HW DUE 10/30:
  1. Finished Rough Draft (4 sections/minimum 16 quotes/facts)
  2. Friday Practice: Complete 10 practice questions on USATESTPREP to remediate the recent Touchstone.
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WEEK 11: To Kill a Mockingbird

RESOURCES: EagleTV Syllabus, Bronx Masquerade Novel (1-80), Notebook Check #3, To Kill A Mockingbird (movie link)

 MONDAY
  1. Finish TKAM movie
  2. TKAM project: Complete #4 on the project sheet.  Rewrite the last scene as Boo or Bob Ewell might have told it.  Some things to consider.  Explain why you were out walking late that night?  Were you waiting for the children? How come you have a knife?  Must be at least two pages in length and in final draft quality.
HW DUE TODAY
1.) USATESTPREP: Practice context clues.  Due no later than Sunday at midnight. Anyone that did not complete this can complete for a late grade during the lab.

 TUESDAY

  1. Writer's Workshop: Use analysis sentence starters to revise the "E" in RACER for you film V. book paragraph.
  2. USATESTPREP: Complete practice questions and play games to help turn dots green from Mock EOC.
WEDNESDAY
  1. Review research paper assignment
  2. Brainstorm (see sections of paper below)
    1. ABSTRACT
    2. SUMMARY OF TKAM (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
    3. CHARACTER ANALYSIS-ATTICS FINCH (S.T.E.A.L)
    4. MODERN DAY ATTICUS (COMPARE ATTICUS TO MODERN HERO)
    5. REFLECTION (TEXT TO SELF CONNECTION WITH THEME OF TKAM)
HW DUE 10/19: 
1. Completed brainstorm for research paper 
2. A thesis statement that has your topic (A modern day Atticus), your position (is similar to Atticus), your arguments (reasons #1, #2, #3).

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

  1.  Abstract (DUE 10/20): This should be a couple of paragraphs long summarizing who you are comparing to Atticus.  Answer these four questions in the form of a paragraph each and  type into Google Docs.  Font=12/Times New Roman:
    1. Summary of your  topic/issue
    2. Explain how your historical figure connects to Atticus and TKAM
    3. Explain why you selected this topic
    4. What you expect to learn.
  2. Source Sheets (DUE 10/24): Gather evidence from your first source the online novel of To Kill a Mockingbird and place on your source sheet.  You will end up with 3 source sheets with info gathered for each of the sections of your paper (see pic below).  Download the source sheet to your lunch number.  Save three source sheets.  Title each source sheet 1, 2, and 3.
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WEEK 10: To Kill a Mockingbird

RESOURCES: EagleTV Syllabus, Bronx Masquerade Novel (1-80), Notebook Check #3, To Kill A Mockingbird (movie link)

 MONDAY-TUESDAY
1. Writing Practice:  Read the article about what happens when Black Kennesaw State University cheerleaders recently kneeled during the national anthem.  Read the part the sheriff said. Write a letter to the Cobb County Sheriff explaining your support or condemnation of his words targeting the cheerleaders (8-10 sentences with one fact from the two links below). Use the letter template below to guide your writing. 
Link #1 (MDJ Article) 
Link 2 (West Virginia V. Barnette Vid): 
Link 3: (West Virginia V. Barnette Summary): 
2. USATESTPREP: Complete homework practice questions that were due on Claims/Arguments and work on turning dots to green for skills you missed.

HW DUE 10/10: 
1. Claims Practice on USATESTPREP
2. Prepare to discuss the article about cheerleaders.  How is what the sherif said about the students similar to the dilemma Atticus faced in To Kill a Mockingbird when deciding to go against the entire town to defend the black Tom Robinson? Are there any other similarities.  Jot them down and prepare for a discussion on Tueaday.

WEDNESDAY
W-up: N/A
  1. EARLY RELEASE
THURSDAY
W-up: Claims/Argument
  1. Read the article about the airport bomber and complete the writing assignment below:               
    • Writing Topic: What media bias technique does the author believe is being used.  Provide evidence from the text that supports this technique (see media bias poster below)

2. Complete UsaTestPrep.  Turn dots green by completing practice questions.
FRIDAY
W-up: Claims
  1. Touchstone Test #2
  2. Finish TKAM movie
  3. TKAM project: Complete #4 on the project sheet.  Rewrite the last scene as Boo or Bob Ewell might have told it.  Some things to consider.  Explain why you were out walking late that night?  Were you waiting for the children? How come you have a knife?  Must be at least two pages in length and in final draft quality.
HW DUE 10/13
1.) USATESTPREP: Practice context clues.  Due no later than Sunday at midnight.
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WEEK 9: "To Kill A Mockingbird"

RESOURCES: EagleTV Syllabus, Bronx Masquerade Novel (1-80), Notebook Check #3, To Kill A Mockingbird (movie link)

MONDAY

  1. W-up: N/A
  2. Go to www.usatestprep.com and complete any incomplete assignments for partial credit (50%).
  3. Use your answer sheet handed to you in class to take Mock EOC on USATESTPREP. Your score on answer sheet should match the score online when you are finished plugging in the "Student" column of your answers (see below).  If you did not take Mock EOC then you must take test today in lab and finish for homework. 
    • After you receive a score for your completed Mock EOC, begin practicing the skills by placing  mouse over "MILESTONES EOC" then click on "9TH LIT & COMP".  See image below.  Work on turning the dots to green by completing practice questions or playing games related to that skill. 
HW DUE 10/3: 
1.) Notebook Check on Tuesday 3rd.
2.) Watch YouTube video introducing To Kill A Mockingbird" and answer the questions below. 

 TUESDAY

  1. W-up: Claims
  2. Class Discussion on Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement, Scottsboro Boys and events surrounding the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird.
  3. Watch To Kill A Mockingbird & complete viewing guide.
HW DUE 10/4:
1.) Read Slate article What It’s Like to Be Black in the Criminal Justice System.  
2.) Choose one of the disparities (injustices) and summarize the problem people of color face then propose a possible solution.

 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

  1. Finish watching movie
  2. Complete viewing guide
  3. Discuss the symbols in To Kill A Mockingbird (ie: Tree, Mockingbird, Boo)
HW DUE 10/6: N/A


 FRIDAY
  1. Writer's Workshop: Complete a RACER paragraph comparing Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird to a modern day Atticus.  How are they similar in their ability to sacrifice for what they believed in?
HW DUE 10/9:
1.) USATESTPREP: Complete the practice questions on developing claims
2.) Sign permission slip and bring $8 on Monday 9th for opportunity to get out of class to watch a play.  Also get a missing homework grade for attending.  MONDAY IS LAST DAY TO BRING $$$

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