General+Paper+Assignments


 * WEEK ONE****:**
 * Handout Syllabus:**




 * Binder Requirements:**


 * This is Your Brain on G.P.**






 * Fact-Finder Flashcards**








 * Mechanics to Writing**
 * Terms and Topics**


 * Analyzing the Logic of an Article**




 * Pre-Reading of "Watching You" UpFront**


 * Snowden Article**


 * WEEK TWO:**
 * Mechanics to Writing Continued**
 * G.P. An Overview PPT**


 * G.P. Overview Student Packet**


 * Brainstorm Hand Approach**


 * Brainstorm G.O. for Writing**








 * Inquiry Research**




 * MLA Guidelines Resources**
 * Link provided within Blackboard**
 * RUBRICS:**








 * // LEFT-HAND COLUMN //**


 * **CONTENT** **feedback** (30 of the 50 points on the official Cambridge [|rubric]


 * // RIGHT-HAND COLUMN //**
 * ** Use of ENGLISH CRITERIA feedback ** (20 of the 50 points on the official Cambridge [|rubric]


 * Understanding the Difference Between Discursive, Persuasive, and Expository Essays**
 * Current Events: CNN Student News**
 * WEEK THREE:**


 * Mechanics to Writing Continued**
 * Reading Diagnostics**


 * Introduce UpFront Magazine and Activities**
 * HOW TO ANNOTATE:**




 * Vocabulary Word in Context Activities**
 * FCAT MAIN IDEA STATEMENTS, SUMMARY SKILLS, ACTIVE READING STRATEGIES**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * WEEK FOUR:**
 * Paper 1- Due 9/10/13 How much government surveillance should people accept to keep their country safe? **
 * Mechanics to Writing Continued**
 * Essay: Purpsoe, Style, Organization of Discursive Essay (ppt. and Handouts)**
 * Brainstorming practice: Hands Approach for Generating Strategies**
 * Understanding AICE Level Descriptors for Essay Marking**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * WEEK FIVE:**
 * Mechanics to Writing Continued**
 * Novel: "Of Mice and Men" (Thematic Focus: Coexisting with Nature, employment, social classes, farming, The American Dream, Americans and Disabilities Act)**
 * Grammar: Parts of Speech**
 * **Prepositions** **//first//** (since the subject and verb are never found in them, I like to search and destroy these first!);
 * then I go to **Nouns** (common/proper/concrete/abstract/collective);
 * then **Pronouns** (personal/possessive/reflexive/intensive/demonstrative/interrogative/relative/indefinite);
 * then **Verbs** (action/linking/transitive/intransitive/verb phrases);
 * now I can do a little **Subject-Verb** work,
 * before moving on to **adjectives vs. adverbs**;
 * **conjunctions** (coordinating/correlative/subordinating);
 * and finally, **interjections**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * WEEK SIX:**
 * Mechanics to Writing Continued**
 * Continue Novel "OMAM"**
 * Inquiry Research with OMAM**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * WEEK SEVEN:**
 * Paper 2: Due 10/1/13 Should modern media be restricted in any way? **
 * Mechanics to Writing Continued**
 * Review and Test for "OMAM"**
 * Review and Test on Parts of Speech**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * WEEK EIGHT:**
 * Personal i-Portfolio Project: Due Students will keep a Culture Portfolio. Included in the i-portfolio will be four articles, two art references, two cartoons, two music references, two literary references and three quotes pertaining to Culture. Students will write a paragraph in which they synthesize the information gained from their documents into a coherent statement about culture. **
 * Media Articles**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * WEEK NINE:**
 * Group Project: Due Students will choose their own groups (no more than three unless there are extenuating circumstances), or they may choose to work alone. Students will choose their own topics which must then be given approval by the teacher. Projects will be about some aspect of pop culture and should be directed by a guiding question. Students are encouraged to use the information in their portfolios. Projects will be presented in the 9th week of class. **
 * Continue with Media Articles**
 * Current Events and UpFront**
 * Flashcards due, Binder check due, Current Events Essay**