Agenda, April 9

Due Now: Vocab Ex
Due Now: Reading 3 anchor papers, justify the score

April is National Poetry Writing Month. Check out OCPoWriMo!

1. Remember the OWF! And remember to put up your chairs!
2. Calibration
3. Score your friends and neighbors
4. Vocab Ex
5. "The Prince" multiple choice answers (anybody remember that?)

Agenda, April 8

Do Now: Just War Essay
Due Now: Vocab Ex
Due Tomorrow: Reading 3 anchor papers, justify the score

April is National Poetry Writing Month. Check out OCPoWriMo!

1. The Panic-Free Submission of the Essays
2. Remember the OWF! And remember to put up your chairs!
3. Review of Friday's Work
4. Vocab Ex, if time allows
5. Rhetorical Analysis Timed Write: 45 minutes exactly.

Agenda, April 5

No Foolin': Just War Essay Deadline changed to Monday, 4/8
Due Monday, 4/8: Vocab Ex
Due Now: Reading 3 anchor papers, justify the score

April is National Poetry Writing Month. Check out OCPoWriMo!

1. Essay questions?
2. Calibration
3. Score your friends and neighbors
4. All logos, all the time 
5. Multiple choice discussion and answers

Scoring Guidelines

8 - Effective

Essays earning a score of 8 effectively respond to the prompt, taking a position and developing the position with appropriate and convincing evidence. The prose demonstrates an ability to control a wide range of the elements of effective writing but is not necessarily flawless.

6 - Adequate

Essays earning a score of 6 adequately respond to the prompt, taking a position and developing the position with appropriate evidence. The writing may contain lapses in diction and syntax, but generally the prose is clear.

5 - Inconsistent

Essays earning a score of 5 provide uneven, inconsistent, or limited arguments and/or evidence. The writing may contain lapses in diction and syntax, but it usually conveys the student's ideas.

4 - Inadequate

Essays earning a score of 4 inadequately respond to the prompt. They may have difficulty taking a position or the evidence may be insufficient.  The prose generally conveys the student's ideas but may suggest immature control of writing.

2 - Little Success

Essays earning a score of 2 demonstrate little success in taking a position and supporting a position with appropriate evidence. These essays may misunderstand the prompt or substitute a simpler task by responding to the prompt tangentially with unrelated, inaccurate, or inappropriate evidence. The prose often demonstrates consistent weakness in writing.

Special Notes: 9's and 7's are prettier 8's and 6's; 3's and 1's are uglier 4's and 2's. 5's must show some evidence of "6-ishness." A really good 4 is a 4+, not a 5.

Agenda, April 4

No Foolin': Just War Essay Deadline changed to Monday, 4/8
Due Monday, 4/8: Vocab Ex
Due Tomorrow: Reading 3 anchor papers, justify the score

April is National Poetry Writing Month. Check out OCPoWriMo!

1. Argumentative Time Write Strategies
2. Timed Write: 40 minutes exactly. Use every minute, even if you think you've finished early.
3. Essay questions?
4. All logos, all the time 
5. Multiple choice discussion and answers

Agenda, April 3

Due Now: "The Prince," by Niccolo Machiavelli, from 50 Essays, 1st Edition. Add it to your Bib.
Due Friday: Just War Essay
Due Monday, 4/8: Vocab Ex
Coming Tomorrow: Argumentative Timed Write
Coming Thursday Night: Reading 3 anchor papers

1. Essay questions?
2. Multiple choice practice
3.  The Prince small group discussion review
4. All logos, all the time

Agenda, April 2

Due Now: "The Prince," by Niccolo Machiavelli, from 50 Essays, 1st Edition. Add it to your Bib.
Due Friday: Just War Essay
Due Monday, 4/8: Vocab Ex

1.  The Prince small group discussions 
2. Multiple choice practice
3. All logos, all the time
4. Somebody ask me about the Oregon Writer's Festival
5. Essay questions?

Vocab Ex

Sittin’ on the Fence

Words for the Indecisive

Due Monday, April 8

Provide the definition of the following words. Include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words. Write an original sentence for each. Post one sentence as a comment.

1. Ambiguous
2. Ambivalent
3. Apathetic
4. Arbitrary
5. Capricious
6. Equivocate
7. Indifferent
8. Spontaneous
9. Whimsical

It’s a Small World, After All

Words for the Insignificant

1. Inconsequential
2. Superficial
3. Tenuous
4. Trivial

April is National Poetry Month

... so the world has challenged you to write one poem a day during the month of April. If you'd like to join OCPoWriMo, e-mail your poem to me and I'll publish it.

If you just like to read poetry, there are four years worth of poetry for your reading pleasure.

Agenda, April 1

Due Now: Vocab? Nein!
Due Now: "The Prince," by Niccolo Machiavelli, from 50 Essays, 1st Edition. Add it to your Bib.
Due Now: Just War Essay
Due Monday, 4/8: Vocab Ex

1. Collect War Essays
2. How I Spent My Spring Vacation
3. Vocab Ate and Nein Review
4. Open Disco on The Prince