Monday, November 22, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA
1. Journal: You are immortal for a week, what would you do?
2. Media Center: look for reference and periodical sources.
3. Update your working bibliography.
4. Computer Lab: list sources in working bibliography.
5. Start drafting the introduction with a thesis (TITLE: RESEARCH INTRODUCTION AND THESIS).
6. Be sure to check spelling and follow guidelines in RULES FOR WRITERS.

HW:Take draft home and ask someone else to read it. Ask the reader if your point is clear.

Friday, November 19, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA

1. Journal: If you had to room with a classmate, from this period, in a college dorm, who would it be?
2. Voc. 14 Quiz
3. Voc. 15 Pneumonic Synonyms
4.Computer Lab-Finish this week's entries.

HW:Interview needs to be ready for complete transcription.

Vocabulary 14 Quiz

Vocabulary 14 Quiz
(Matching)
1. CONCILIATORY
2. CRITERION
3. CRYPTIC
4. INGRATIATE
5. INSIPID
6. LACKLUSTER
7. QUELL
8. QUIBBLE
9. QUIP
10. TIRADE
11. TREPIDATION
12. TURBULENT
13. URBANE
14. VOLATILE
15. VOLITION
16. cacophony
17. pompous
18. mschiang.blogspot.com
19. chronic
20. colloquial

a. act in a way to make oneself agreeable/ acceptable

b. bland and dull

c. harsh, jarring sound

d. minor criticism or objection

e. recurring often or lasting a long time

f. pretentious and full of oneself

g. explosive and unpredictable

h. will, power to choose

i. to calm down or put an end to

j. conversational

k. Ms. Chiang's blog address

l. having the effect of soothing anger, pacifying

m. marked by unrest or disturbance

n. lacking brightness or energy

o. long angry or vehement speech

p. smooth and well-mannered

q. mysterious, puzzling, having a hidden meaning

r. rule or standard on which judgments can be based

s. state of alarm or dread

t. clever witty remark

Thursday, November 18, 2004 (PROGRESS REPORT DAY)

TODAY'S AGENDA
1.RECEIVE OFFICIAL PROGRESS REPORTS AND C.M.'s Week 15 PICTIONARY
2. Journal: Create a list of journal topics for your class. Title: Possible Journal Topics (3rd period is finished).
3.Continue with your blog.
Things to do in the computer lab:
a. Continue transcribing the rest of the interview.
b. Document your working bibliography (Title: My Working Bibliography 11/18) as shown in Wednesday, November 17 agenda.
c. Research online, then cut/paste the important information that you would like to use for your research project. Be sure to cite the source(S) in your working bibliography.

HW: Study for vocabulary 1-14 quiz.
Finish Interview transcript by Monday Afternoon.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA
1. Check your blog for my comments.
2. Correct and rectify the issue that I mentioned in those comments.
3. New Post- Title: MY WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY
4. List the sources that you have used thus far, according to guidelines discussed in Diana Hacker's Rules for Writers.
EXAMPLE:
1.Bender, Larry. Trophies of an Ancient Culture. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Ch 3—Roles of archaeologists
pp. 223-40—pros and cons as a career
2. Chiang, Vickie. "Wednesday, November 17, 2004" mschiang.blogspot.com

5. Continue transcribing and researching online.

HW:.Continue transcribing and researching online.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA
1. No Journal
2. Transcribe the interview.
3. Include question and answers. (TITLE: INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION 11/16)
4. Change Blogger settings with Ms. Chiang.
5. Use Word Processing's Spellcheck.
Example:
Ms. C: What will I have to do to get my song recorded in your studio?
Mr. Rogers:Book a time to come in and pay the deposit.
Ms. C: How much will the deposit be?
Mr. Rogers: $25 and $100 to burn your song onto a disc.

HW: Continue with interviews and research

Monday. November 15, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA
1. Turn in ALL make-up work.
2. Journal-Free Write
3. Research
4. Primary vs. Secondary Sources
5. Working Bibliography
6. Quoting
7. Forming Thesis
8. What the final product should look like
9. Pop Quiz on #3-8 (above)

HW: Continue with interviews and bring transcriptions in.