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Hey, y'all! This week's Research of the Week should be a fun one. We're gonna assess embedding quotations and inferences, so:
1. You're going to choose your favorite song (if you have many, go with one of them) and pull out a line or two that are meaningful to you. 2. You're gonna tell us what that quote means to you (it's no longer what it says [Explicit information], it's you reading between the lines [Inference]. 3. You're gonna place the quotation directly into your answer. Remember: S.E.S.S. I'm leaving an example below but DON'T COPY OFF OF THAT EXAMPLE: "'Weird Al' Yankovic's 'Word Crimes' is a great song because it uses humor to teach grammar. Grammar is something that's normally boring, but because Al is a nerd and he parodies songs he can mix both to make it more memorable. For example, when he says in the song "Just now, you said, you literally couldn't get out of bed / That really makes me wanna smack a crowbar upside your stupid head" (Yankovic, Word Crimes), he exaggerates the actual use of literally as a way to supposedly teach us a lesson. Ultimately, teachers might show us these rules in different lessons, but Weird Al manages to put a bunch of them together, in a funny way that does what a teacher can't. Due FRIDAY 11:59 p.m.
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We're gonna start working more on your opinions (a.k.a analysis), seeing how you create a claim, evidence, and the analysis tying it together. For this week, look up some topic or idea connected to our future, and tell us your opinion on it; specifically, is it a good or a bad thing? Read about it and come up with a claim, THEN you grab from the text to prove your claim. Tell us if you think the idea is good or bad.
E.g.,: We should stop using devices like Alexa or Siri because they invade our privacy. Although they help us with information and make our lives easy, they record us and keep track of what we are doing, constantly. As the Washington Post found, even though Alexa should only pay attention when you call its name, it has been found to record you constantly. Though making our lives easier is good, protecting who we are is more important. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/06/alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-you-this-whole-time/) DUE FRIDAY 11:59 P.M. Use the Richard Feynman technique to inform me about a topic you are an expert on. Here are the guidelines:
Choose a concept we learned in English class (or, if you know one from another class better, choose that one). Use the Feynman method to teach it to me: - Name of the concept - Explanation in as simple as it can be Note: Simple doesn't mean small, it means simplifying things that might not make sense or require more information. Due Friday, 8:50 a.m. Hi, all!
Unlike these last four weeks, this time I want you to tell me about something that is meaningful to you. A movie you love, an artist, a song, etc. Here's the catch: As well as using a Topic Sentence and a Conclusion, I need to see you use TWO pieces of evidence to prove the claim you'll make in your Topic Sentence about your choice of research. So, for example, if you tell me Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of our generation, you have to give me TWO pieces of evidence to prove it. Due Friday 8:50 a.m. Let's do a repeat of last week (topic sentence, three sentences of analysis where one is a quotation, and a conclusion), except this time you'll tell me if you'll be using example 1, 2, or 3, and why this one is the toughest for you.
Use it as practice on that difficult one, don't just go with the one you see as easiest. Due Friday at 8:50 a.m Hi, y'all!
This week, include a quote in your paragraph. Take that as you will, show me how you quote directly from a source! No worries about it being 'right', this is for us to practice. Just put the link to the site below if you don't want to do the citation, that's not our focus for the week. Have a Topic Sentence, three sentences in the middle of analysis (one being the quotation), and a conclusion. Due Friday at 8:50 a.m. You know the drill!
Academic: Three bullet points, turn them into a paragraph starting with a topic sentence and a conclusion. Honors: Four to six sentences as a paragraph. Posts with links and author photos are the first two on this page. Due Friday at 8:50 a.m. Enjoy! Hi, y'all!
This week is pretty straightforward: Academic: 3 bullet points as a paragraph (so, along with the three facts, start with a topic sentence and end with a conclusion) Honors: 4 to 6 sentences on the topic you looked for. As always, the very first two posts on this page are the links you'll need! Due FRIDAY, 8:50 A.M. Comment your paragraph for this week under this post. OpenCulture - Posts on cool and interesting information, documents, etc. Can search by any topicBrain Pickings - In-depth and heartfelt essays about various topics, linking to other essays around similar ideasLitHub - Cool articles on books, authors, writing, etcAtlas Obscura - If you're fascinated by weird places on Earth, you can find many around the world on hereGreat Big Story - Bite-sized documentaries on all sorts of topicsBig Think - Updates on emerging topics to look out forEdge.org - Essays on emerging topics by well-known personalitiesTED - Talks of all sorts by all sorts of speakers |
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