Class Agenda for 1/20/15
1. Post-it Note Starter
2. Outline/Rough Draft Writer’s Workshop
3. Citation Lesson
4. I learned/I wonder statements
CLO: Today you will, orally and in writing, develop and strengthen your writing
by reviewing and evaluating another classmate’s thesis statement using a
checklist and a writer’s workshop protocol for thesis statements and your
outline and including the terms “narrow” and “debatable”.
Post-It Note Starter
Write your answer to the following questions:
• What challenges did you encounter while writing your
thesis and/or outline?
• What did you do well on your thesis and/or outline?
You will attach this post-it note to your Outline/Thesis Checklist
Outline/Thesis Workshop
DISCUSS THESIS
DISCUSS OUTLINE
Is it narrow?
Does the outline answer both requirements?
Is it debatable?
Five stages of a quest
Does the thesis answer both requirements?
Degree of atonement/redemption
◦ Quest for redemption
◦ Degree of atonement/redemption
Textual evidence
Final typed draft is due on Monday, January 26, 2015
Citation Lesson
Rule: You must always tell the reader who said the quote and where to find it; there are three
ways you can do this:
1.
At the end of The Kite Runner, Amir compares Sohrab’s ability to heal to the changing of
seasons when he states that “because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a
time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting” (Hosseini 371).
2.
At the end of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir compares Sohrab’s ability to heal to
the changing of seasons when he states that “because when spring comes, it melts the snow
one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting” (371).
3.
Khaled Hosseini creates a sense of hope through Amir, his main character in The Kite Runner,
who states that “because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and
maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting” (371).
Works Cited Page
Use a citation generator web site to create works cited page, then
copy/paste it under the “Works Cited” section at the end of your
paper
This tells the reader just where to find the sources that were used to
write this paper
Citation Lesson
Look at the handout (at the bottom of outline checklist page)
When you type,iItalicize the titles of magazines, books, newspapers, academic journals, films,
television shows, long poems, plays, operas, musical albums, works of art, websites.

The Kite Runner
As a general rule, you will use quotation marks to indicate something that can be found within
any of the items above such as chapters, articles, TV show name, songs, etc.
 “On War and Redemption”
Teach an ACT Lesson
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Use the remainder of the time to research your ACT punctuation/grammar lesson
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Books are available
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Web sites (OWL at Purdue, The Oatmeal, etc.)
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Plan meeting time or PowerPoint slides
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Include one ACT practice test question in your presentation
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Make a handout! Send or give it to me AT LEAST ONE DAY PRIOR to your presentation
I learned / I wonder
Please complete the following statements:
Today, I learned that I …
Today, I was surprised that I…
Today, I was displeased that I …
Today, I wondered about…