May 18

Today we highlighted parenthetical citation, or in-text citation. Additional notes were taken on the proper format for bibliography entries.

The rest of the class was spent going over the various deadlines for the local issues paper and the class time that would be devoted to the project. The last few minutes were given to groups to look over their research articles so that everyone could fill out the checklist handout for sources that was given out last Thursday. The checklist will be due this Wednesday, May 20th.

May 15

The soft deadline for the body was today for those that wanted peer responses on their work. The beginning of the class was spent working on our local issues paper. This was followed by group work so that people can organize their resources for the next hard deadline (Wednesday the 20th) when the results are due.

May 14

STAR testing!

Keep working on your Local Issues Paper. Tomorrow the soft deadline for your body paragraphs are due.

May 13

The results section of the Local Issues Paper was the focus for the beginning of the class today. Notes should have been taken in our journals- if absent, please ask your group members for the notes because the results section is due in one week!

Journal Write 15: Respond to the short story by Kurt Vonnegut
http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html

The remaining time in class was spent working in groups, organizing information for the soft deadline on Friday (body paragraphs), and the hard deadline next week (results)

May 12

STAR testing!

Have class work ready if the test does not take the full scheduled time.

May 11

Introductions were due today for the local issues paper. The class period was spent looking at other students' work and providing some feedback. To finish off the period time was given so that groups could organize with their groups.

Tomorrow, STAR testing begins

Soft deadline this Friday for the body paragraphs

May 8

The majority of the class time was spent organizing group members and information for the local issues paper. At the end of the period each group turned in a responsibilities list that highlighted areas that need attention, as well as who would be responsible for completing them.

Another journal write to focus everyone on their community...

Journal write 14:

What is the relationship between your ideal community and the actual one you live in?
How does your topic affect your community and how much of an impact do you have on it?

Due Monday:
Introductions and Journals!