English IIIAP (2015)
Colglazier
Research Paper/Frederick Douglass
(Items for grades highlighted in yellow for practice essay; green for your research paper; blue for any other assignments)
Monday
5 Student Holiday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
6 Midterm Exam Debrief;
7 View Act V; Novel Card
8 Everything’s an Argument,
Othello Act V
(Othello) due Friday; turn in
nonfiction title and topic of
research paper
Chapter 16: Academic
Arguments- read and
discuss (take notes – may
use on quiz on Tuesday)
Friday
9 Turn in Othello Novel
Card; Everything’s an
Argument, Chapter 17:
Finding Evidence- read and
discuss; (take notes – may
use on quiz on Tuesday)
Frederick Douglass assign.
(Practice for Synthesis
Question on AP Lang./Comp.
Exam as well as research
paper)
12 Junior Seminar Maher
13 Quiz: Chaps. 16/17;
Everything’s an Argument –
chaps. 18/19
“Evaluating/Using Sources;
read and discuss
14 Everything’s an
Argument: chap. 20
Plagiarism and Academic
Integrity; read and discuss
15 Annotated Bibliography –
discuss handouts and
example; view Texas A&M
Writing Center video
16 Peruse various college
online writing centers
19 Student Holiday
20 Library – Research topic
due; participation grade
21 Final research topic due
– determine need for
additional days in library;
participation grade
22 Library?
23 Read articles in Frederick
Douglass folder – Practice
annotated bibliography
based on sources provided
(Tues.)
26 Read/ annotate articles
given in Frederick Douglass
folder
27 Turn in annotated
bibliography (FD); complete
The Narrative…for seminars
28 Review/discuss samples
of research papers –
Frederick Douglass (topic –
the relevance of Douglass
today); thesis statement for
practice essay
29 Practice writing body
paragraphs synthesizing and
citing sources given
30 Continue practice
researched essay; turn in
thesis statement and
annotated bibliography for
your topic and sources
2 Complete an MLA works
cited for the practice partial
essay; due Tuesday
3 Write introductory
paragraph for practice
essay; share and turn in
4 Feedback on annotated
bibliography (your topic and
sources); turn in hard copies
of sources for your research
paper.
5 Work on research paper –
begin to form your own
voice regarding the topic
and your reaction to the
sources you’ve chosen to
utilize in your paper.
6 Work on research paper
9 Work on research paper
10 Turn in MLA formatted
works cited page (your
research paper)
11 Feedback on work cited
pages; work on research
paper
12 Frederick Douglass – A&E
Biography
13 Complete film
16 Student holiday
17 Draft of paper due – see
checklist for paper; attach
checklist and work cited
page to essay. Underline or
highlight the thesis
statement
18 Read Chapters 1-6- The
Narrative of Frederick
Douglass: An American
Slave
19 Discuss Frederick
Douglass’s Narrative…
20 Quiz- Chapters 1-6 (The
Narrative…)