Monday, October 27th

Quote of the day: French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal once wrote something to the effect of: "If I had more time, I would have made this letter shorter"(1657)

Goal:  

• Plan your work time goals for the week
  
• Understand the areas in your writing that you can strengthen and begin refining your op-ed article. 

Starter:
1. Complete the check-list for exhibition prep and the work time planning guide on page 2.

2. Open your op-ed article feedback from me and carefully read my feedback and your first draft grade as indicated on the attached rubric. Answer these questions in your starter notebook:

• If you can't see my tracked changes, tell me and I'll print the document for you!
• What is the most significant improvement you need to make in your sentence structure?

• What are 2 more significant refinements you need to make regarding your argumentation/perspective/rhetoric/philosophical/constitutional connections?

• What, if any, questions do you have for me about my feedback? 

A note on my feedback:  
Don't be alarmed!  I had to get straight to the point and thus there is more critique than positive feedback.  I still think you are all wonderful, smart and beautiful human beings, I just care more about you becoming outstanding writers than making sure you feel all warm and fuzzy after reading my critique. After all, these are drafts. There should be room for improvement. 

Announcements

• Sign-up for class party contributions
• If you signed up for an exhibition prep role, meet with me during work time today!
• Review deadlines for the week 
• How to accept track changes in word
• Helpful resource for MLA formatting (see today's blog post with the powerpoint link)

Agenda

1. Go over starter questions (op-eds and exhibition prep deadlines)
2. Announcements 
3. Mini Lesson: Common errors in your op-ed articles with student examples  
4. How to cite the U.S. Constitution

Works Cited entry:
U.S. Constitution. Amend. XII, Sec. 3.  

Parenthetical Citation (In-Text)
The Seventh Amendment states, "QUOTE" (US Const. amend. XII, sec. 3). 


Work Time:
Execute your work time goals for today

artist statement instructions