Aim: How can we complete the COLLEGE ESSAY?

Do Now: Log in and finish working

on your essay.

Essay is due by the end of class. Have at least 1 classmate read your essay

before you hand it in.

Sign up with me if you would like to have an individual conference about your college essay.

If you want detailed feedback about your essay - sign up for a conference.

If you just want a grade for the essay - do not sign up for a conference.

Essay due by the beginning of class tomorrow!!!

Writing Conferences

Aim: How can we begin the research project?

Do Now: Read through the research

contract.

HW: begin research.

Research Topic: Your research paper will expand on one of the ideas or concepts found in Freakonomics. You may choose a topic directly from Freakonomics or choose a topic that is inspired by Freakonomics. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Incentives Performance incentives Teacher pay incentives Teacher cheating Testing Cheating in sports Why do people cheat? KKK – rise and/or fall Real Estate Agents Power of information Effect of the internet on information Crime rates rising/falling –

causes/effects

Effects of crack…

Effect of legalized abortion

Parenting

Fear as motivation to act, buy, do…

Black/White test gap

Names – power of a name, effect of a name on a child

Dispute a conventional wisdom

Impact of Freakonomics on society

Value of Freakonomics on society

Uncover the hidden side of something

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Research Topic: You may choose a topic directly from Freakonomics or choose a topic that is inspired by Freakonomics. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Incentives Performance incentives Teacher pay incentives Teacher cheating Testing Cheating in sports Why do people cheat? KKK – rise and/or fall Real Estate Agents Power of information Effect of the internet on information Crime rates rising/falling –

causes/effects

Effects of crack…

Effect of legalized abortion

Parenting

Fear as motivation to act, buy, do…

Black/White test gap

Names – power of a name, effect of a name on a child

Dispute a conventional wisdom

Impact of Freakonomics on society

Value of Freakonomics on society

Uncover the hidden side of something

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Suggested media based topics:

cameras in the courtroom corporate ownership censorship radio

coverage of elections satellite radio video games law

newspaper/journalism cable television rating systems film

pressure groups magazines telecom policy directors

public relations industry sensationalism photojournalism violence

war and militarism race and racism film criticism sexism

advertising techniques/influences foreign films reality television television

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ASSIGNMENTS DUE DATE GRADE DONE?

SIGNED CONTRACT (this paper) / Folder or Binder– Two copies of this paper

will be signed, one that I will keep on file, and one for your binder.

Thursday

10/24

100 Points

Quiz Grade

TOPIC and RESOURCES – Select a topic and begin your research. You will

need at least FIVE sources of research.

Friday

10/25

100 Points

Quiz Grade

THESIS and at least 3 Thesis Points – This is the statement that you intend to

prove in your research paper using the research you have found.

Friday

11/1

100 Points

Quiz Grade

NOTE CARDS (20) – Organize your research into usable pieces of evidence that

you can later sort into an outline while keeping track of the citation information.

Friday

11/22

100 Points

Quiz Grade

ROUGH DRAFT / Outline Friday

12/6

100 Points

Test Grade

100 Points

Essay/

Project Grade

FINAL DRAFT – Submit on Turnitin.com and to me in hard copy form Friday

12/20

Begin by thinking about potential topics. You should focus on a topic that interests you…a topic that you are genuinely curious about. What do you want to learn?

Once you have a topic in mind begin searching for information.

Search and re-search for information!!!

If you are not happy with the information that you are finding, pick a different topic to research.

How do we begin???

Your research should aim to answer a question regarding your topic. You don’t need to know the “question” right away. Your research on the topic should help you determine what you want to answer.

Once you have a question – continue researching the topic to find the answer to your research question. Keep track of all the sources that you use – especially citation information.

How do we begin???

You must show me a piece of paper with the following information on it by the end of class on Friday:

Topic

Research question

The names of 5 sources that you have used so far in your research.

Due FRIDAY!

Topic – Violence in movies.

Question: How does violence

in movies effect children?

Wednesday – Friday: Meet in the Library!!!

Thursday: Signed Contract and Research Binder are due.

Friday: Topic, Research Question, and Sources are due. Hand in Freakonomics. Sign out Hamlet

Next Week

Monday: Meet in room 229. Begin Hamlet in class.

Tuesday: Vocab Unit 3 Quiz. Continue with Hamlet

Wednesday: Continue with Hamlet.

Thursday and Friday: Meet in the Library. Thesis statement and 3 thesis points are due by the end of class on Friday!

Our schedule…

Thesis Statement

The clear and specific argument you are proving in your paper.

The thesis statement must take a specific stance. Your thesis is the answer to your research question.

Thesis

The increased commercialization of violence, especially in film and on

television, has a negative effect on children.

A. Watching violent films causes children to behave more aggressively with their peers.

B. The increase in ‘cartoon’ violence and gore desensitizes children to ‘real’ violence.

C. Increased popularity of Mixed Martial Arts causes children to be more apt to settle disputes with physical confrontation.

Thesis Points

Aim: How can we learn how to use the library’s resources.

Class will meet in the library and the Librarian will demonstrate how to access the online databases, etc.

Wednesday

Aim: How can we begin our research?

Do Now: What questions do you have about the research project?

Continue researching possible topics.

Topic and sources are due TOMORROW!!!

Thursday

Aim: How can we choose a good research topic?

Do Now: Continue conducting preliminary research. Topic is due by the end of class!!!

Friday

Novel – Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Topic – The protagonist’s issues stemming from his participation in WWII.

Question: How did WWII affect Billy

Pilgrim?

In Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter-house Five Billy Pilgrim’s borderline

insanity isn’t caused by witnessing the firebombing in Dresden, but by his inability to assimilate back into

normal life.

A. “So it goes” repeated after someone dies shows his ultimate struggle to make peace with his part of the war.

B. Flash-backs to the war illustrates his constant focus on what happened

C. Life on Tralfamadore representing his ultimate escape from his world

D. “Remember only good things” represents his inability to forget the past

Thesis Points