Wednesday, October 9th

Goals:  

• Demonstrate your understanding of how to set up and explain a quote in your article
  
• Understand the requirements for SLC Prep
  

Starter
Silently read the SLC requirements and jot down 2-3 questions you have about the requirements on your google doc of starters.  Then summarize what SLCs are and why we do them as if you were explaining them to one of our new students.

Agenda
1.  Go over SLC requirement questions
2. Sign-up for SLCs during class today!

3. Mini Lesson:  Setting up and explaining quotations

• Go to "Student Resources" on my DP tabs
• Take note of the Owl at Purdue resource (When you don't know what to do, Click on Owl at Purdue! Hoo Hoo Hoo!)
• Click on "Setting up Quotations"
• Read through this document
• On one side of your note card

1. Summarize in as few of words as possible the three ways to set up your quote
2. Explain what a dropped quote is

• On the other side of your note card, practice setting up AND explaining a quote that you would use in your op-ed article.  
• Show me your note card when you're done

4.  Work Time

• Draft op-ed
  
• Remember- bring TWO printed copies of your draft for FRIDAY's critique