WEEK OF 1/23 - 1/27/12

MONDAY

* we will discuss charts/graphs & editorial cartoons & a painting
* we will review your original Synthesis Essay creations
* we will review the 2nd multiple choice question set
* we will begin your first Synthesis Essay to be complete for next class

WEDNESDAY

* we will discuss charts/graphs & editorial cartoons & a painting
* we will review your original Synthesis Essay creations
* we will discuss your first Synthesis Essays
* you will work on your 3rd multiple choice set of questions

FRIDAY

* we will discuss charts/graphs & editorial cartoons & a painting
* we will review your original Synthesis Essay creations
* we will discuss your first Synthesis Essays
* you will work on your 4th multiple choice set of questions

WEEK OF 1/17 - 1/20

TUESDAY

* I will return your semester essays and explain why I gave you the score I did
* we will discuss your individually-created synthesis questions due next week
* we will review the handout on the television & politics synthesis essay. We will look at the source material, read another student essay or two to see how they used the sources
* we will analyze some other source material such as graphs and cartoons
* we will review the first multiple choice reading you did last week by Twain and go over the answers - then move on to the next reading in groups

THURSDAY

* we will continue to review the first synthesis essay: sources, student responses
* we will review other types of sources
* we will review citing these sources
* you will continue in teams for multiple choice questions

WEEK OF 1/9 - 1/13/12

TUESDAY (substitute teacher)

We begin this semester with a review of two new areas of study: the synthesis essay and the multiple choice question. You will be given handouts explaining the synthesis essay, along with a sample for you to try your hand at. To begin our study of answering multiple choice questions, you will be given a review sheet explaining types of questions. Then take the sample reading and read it aloud as a group. Then break up into 3 or 4 groups, perhaps working in different rooms if possible, and answer the questions as a group. Then when everyone is finished, return to the big group and compare your answers with the other groups. I will see you on Thursday.

THURSDAY

We will review the materials on synthesis essay from Tuesday, along with more information. Then as a group we will discuss your approaches to the essay you were given, and how you are approaching it.

We will review answers to the questions from Tuesday. What I am interested in is your thought process as you attempt to find the answer. Then I will give you another reading that we will read together, and then break into groups to answer.