On Thursday, May 23, the word of the day was "canker" and then we listened to research essay presentations.

Today, the word was "filial," and we heard more presentations.

On Monday, May 20, the word of the day was "muliebrity." We started the presentations on the food research.

On Tuesday, May 21, the word of the day was "caterwaul." The final draft of the WITS story was due and we shared them in class.

Today's word was "compliance."  We worked on WITS packet #10 (should be labeled #9, though.)  Students started drafting their story in this packet.  Final, typed, double-spaced story is due in class on Tuesday, May 21.

UPCOMING DUE DATE: Final, typed, double-spaced story is due in class on Tuesday, May 21.

Monday's word of the day was "sesquipedalian." Then I reminded students about the presentation  (Prezi + artistic representation) that is due on Monday, May 20. I showed examples of art pieces from other topics and classes to give some ideas about possible artistic representations.  Then we completed 2 worksheets on how to use commas properly.  See me for these worksheets.

On Tuesday, we had WITS writing exercise. See me for make-up work.

On Monday, May 6, the word of the day was "hackneyed." Then I collected the final draft of the research essay, along with the 2nd draft, the 1st draft, the peer-edit sheet, and the 7 text-marked articles. Then I handed out the instructions and calendar for a presentation assignment.  Students will create a "Prezi" presentation in order to teach the rest of the class about their research topic.  Read the assignment instructions for details.  The Presentation is due on Monday, May 20.

On Tuesday May 7, the word of the day was "ethereal."  Then we had WITS session #7.  See me for make-up work.

On Thursday, May 9, we went to the computer lab to work on creating the prezi presentations referred to above.

The word of the day for Tuesday, April 30 was "transmogrify."  We then did a WITS exercise (see me for make up work.)

The word of the day on Thursday, May 2 is "caveat."  Today we did a self-edit / fine-tuning exercise on the research essay.  Students will take their essays home and make changes/corrections and fine-tune them.  The FINAL, final draft of the research essay is now due on MONDAY, MAY 6.  In addition to bringing the final draft, you will hand in the following on Monday:

first edited draft
peer-edit sheets
second (self-edited) draft
7 text-marked articles