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Day 7- Off Campus Work

1/16/2025

Work Time Goals
By the START of class on THURSDAY….

Completed Annotated Bibliography Notes for EIGHT sources, and SHARED with Lori or Jessica for formative feedback.
Found another source

Original Research: At least 7 interviews scheduled, 3-4 interviews complete. Surveys- have finalized and distributed surveys to multiple groups, have scheduled a meeting with Kyle to analyze survey data and results.

Day 6- Types of Evidence + Annotated Bibliography

1/14/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

POL Notes Review + Plan- Completed with signatures. DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. In basket.
Annotated Bibliography FINAL (8-10 sources). DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Annotated Bibliography PROCESS CHECK (5 sources). LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Monday, 1/20, by end of class. SHARE with Lori.

Announcements

People Who Drive to School- Meet with Dave Farkas in Maker Space at the start of 4th period!
Off Campus Work on WEDNESDAY- Smiley Cafe or Durango Public Library. Be there at 9:30am, plan on being released at 12:00. This is a big chunk of work time, so bring what you need to be productive. Need to print things? Do it on Tuesday!

Types of Evidence + Showing Evidence vs. Telling Evidence

Review the different types of evidence- students take notes!
Analyze example slides:
1. What type(s) of evidence are present in the SHOWING example?
2. Why is the showing example better/more convincing?

Starter 4: Evidence Analysis

For your thesis, which types of evidence do you need to use to make a strong and successful argument? Give this as a percentage (they should add up to 100%).
1. EX: Bella Ogden (Postmodern Poetry)- 80% literary quotes, 20% expert opinions
2. EX: Maddie Tharp (Youth Political Engagement)- 60% statistical/quantitative, 10% anecdotal, 30% expert opinions
Look through your completed evidence entries in your annotated bibliography. For each source, make a comment of what types of evidence you have from that source.
Once you have done that, what revisions do you need to make to your evidence to have a more convincing argument? In general, is the evidence you have gathered right now TELLING or SHOWING?

Class Work Goals: By the START of class on WEDNESDAY, I have…

Completed Annotated Bibliography Notes for at least SIX sources
Reviewed the feedback I received from Lori on my first five sources, and revised my notes
Found another source
Completed at least 60% of your POL Notes Plan, and gotten them signed off
Original Research: At least 6 interviews scheduled, 2-3 interviews complete. Surveys- have finalized and distributed surveys to multiple groups, have scheduled a meeting with Kyle to analyze survey data and results.

Day 5- Annotated Bibliography Process Check

1/13/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Annotated Bibliography PROCESS CHECK (5 sources). DUE: Monday, 1/13, by end of class. SHARE with Lori.
POL Notes Review + Plan- Completed with signatures. DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. In basket.
Annotated Bibliography FINAL (8-10 sources). DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

POL Notes Review + Plan Checked off. LAST DAY TO DO THIS: Wednesday, 1/15, by noon. See Kyle, Lori, or Jessica.

Announcements

Off Campus Work on WEDNESDAY this week- Smiley Cafe or Durango Public Library. Be there at 9:30am, plan on being released at 12:00. This is a big chunk of work time, so bring what you need to be productive. Need to print things? Do it on Tuesday!

Starter 3: Process Check
Process check!

How useful has the POL feedback been in guiding your research for this chunk?
How on track are you with our daily goals (need five entries by end of class today)? What do you need to do this week to make sure that you are ready to start writing after the annotated bibliography?
What is your current top project idea? Write that idea + your name on a sticky note. Keep it short and sweet. We will use these to put you in preliminary project cohorts for our action project week next week.
1. EX: PJ Golbricht, coloring book.
2. EX: Lori Fisher, Documentary.

Class Work Goals: By the START of class on TUESDAY, I have…

Completed Annotated Bibliography Notes for FIVE sources, and SHARED with Lori for formative feedback.
Found another source
Completed at least 50% of your POL Notes Plan, and gotten them signed off
Original Research (Mitchell): At least 6 interviews scheduled, 2-3 interviews complete. Surveys- have finalized and distributed surveys to multiple groups, have scheduled a meeting with Kyle to analyze survey data and results.

Day 4- Annotated Bibliography

1/10/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Annotated Bibliography PROCESS CHECK (5 sources). DUE: Monday, 1/13, by end of class. SHARE with Lori.
POL Notes Review + Plan- Completed with signatures. DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. In basket.
Annotated Bibliography FINAL (8-10 sources). DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

POL Notes Review + Plan Checked off. LAST DAY TO DO THIS: Wednesday, 1/15, by noon. See Kyle, Lori, or Jessica.

Announcements:

Schedule Next Week- Back to the grind! Regular classes, make sure you know your elective schedule!
Funding- Once you’ve gotten funded, it is your responsibility to find me and buy the stuff! I will hold the money for a month, and then it will be folded back into the fund of money.
Language- Stop swearing. In classes, in hallways, in this building in general.

Class Work Goals: By the START of class on MONDAY, I have…

Complete Annotated Bibliography Notes for at least FOUR sources
Found a 5th source
Completed and been signed off on at least one more of your items from your POL Notes Plan.
Original Research- At least 4 interviews scheduled, 1 interview complete. Surveys- Have finalized and distributed surveys to multiple groups. Focus Groups- Have a focus group scheduled with multiple participants.

Day 3- Annotated Bibliography

1/9/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Annotated Bibliography PROCESS CHECK (5 sources). DUE: Monday, 1/13, by end of class. SHARE with Lori.
POL Notes Review + Plan- Completed with signatures. DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. In basket.
Annotated Bibliography FINAL (8-10 sources). DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

POL Notes Review + Plan Checked off. LAST DAY TO DO THIS: Wednesday, 1/15, by noon. See Kyle, Lori, or Jessica.

Announcements:

Schedule Friday
1. Lori's AM Pod- Humanities 1st and 2nd, Stats 3rd
2. Lori's PM Pod- Stats 2nd, Humanities 3rd and 4th
3. Jessica's Pod- Humanities 2nd and 3rd, Stats 4th
Spanish 4- Go to Spanish Tuesday and Thursday.
Language- Stop swearing. In classes, in hallways, in this building in general.

Starter 2: Deep Reading Survey
Please take the survey linked above to give us feedback on this assignment!

Class Work Goals: By the START of class on FRIDAY, I have…

Complete Annotated Bibliography Notes for TWO sources
Found a third source
POL action plan is approved and printed
Completed 1-2 action items on my POL Notes Plan and gotten them signed off
Original Research (Mitchell)- Interview/survey questions approved and refined, all potential interviewees contacted, or survey population identified

Original Research Folks- Individual Conferences

What method are you using?
Show me your questions- let’s critique them
Who are you reaching out to?
Schedule- show me and talk me through how you balance these with textual research

Day 2- Annotated Bib Off Campus Work

1/9/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Annotated Bibliography PROCESS CHECK (5 sources). DUE: Monday, 1/13, by end of class. SHARE with Lori.
POL Notes Review + Plan- Completed with signatures. DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. In basket.
Annotated Bibliography FINAL (8-10 sources). DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

POL Notes Review + Plan Checked off. LAST DAY TO DO THIS: Wednesday, 1/15, by noon. See Kyle, Lori, or Jessica.

Off Campus Work Priorities:

Complete the POL Notes Debrief + Plan. Show it to Kyle, Jessica, or Lori to get it checked off. We will tell you to share it with your Humanities teacher once it’s approved, and then they will have it printed for you on Thursday.
Complete Annotated Bibliography Notes for at least TWO sources (more is always better..)
Find a third source (or more!)
Original Research (Mitchell, Jayda)- Interview/survey questions approved and refined, at least 2 interviews scheduled, or survey population identified.

Day 1- Annotated Bib + POL Review

1/7/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

POL Notes Review + Plan Checked off. DUE: Wednesday, 1/8, by noon. See Kyle, Lori, or Jessica.
Annotated Bibliography PROCESS CHECK (5 sources). DUE: Monday, 1/13, by end of class. SHARE with Lori.
POL Notes Review + Plan- Completed with signatures. DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. In basket.

Annotated Bibliography FINAL (8-10 sources). DUE: Tuesday, 1/21, start of class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Nothing!

Announcements:

Off Campus Work on WEDNESDAY- Smiley Cafe or Durango Public Library. Be there at 9:30am, plan on being released at 12:00. This is a big chunk of work time, so bring what you need to be productive. Need to print things? Do it on Tuesday!
Schedule this Week- Normal core classes Tuesday and Thursday, off-campus Wednesday from 9:30-12:00, Friday all seniors here from 9:30-12:00.
Grading for this Semester. 50% final draft thesis (yes, you will have an opportunity to revise), 30% TED Talk, 20% everything else (drafts, SPAM meetings, etc.).
GripTape Applications HERE. Submit anytime in January.
Senior Project Funding Applications are HERE. Submit anytime.
Spanish 4- Go to Spanish Tuesday and Thursday.
Language- Stop swearing. In classes, in hallways, in this building in general.

Starter 1: Work Habits
Work Habits

How well did your work habits/behaviors serve you for the Deep Reading assignment? Discuss 1-2 things that worked well for you that you'd like to continue, and 1-2 things you would like to change, and how you might change these habits.

POL Notes Review + Plan
The goal here is to review the feedback you received, and use that to make a concrete plan moving forward into the next stage of research. Let's get started on the assignment in Google Classroom. You will need to get these checked off by one of us on Wednesday, and then completely signed off before you turn it in with your annotated bibliography.

Our Rationale about the next assignment!
This is actually a really key piece- it requires you to engage and interact with your sources at a deeper level, and it's something that former seniors have found hugely helpful once they enter into the writing process. If you do this well, you should have some pieces of analysis and evidence that you can pop right into your thesis when you are drafting. This is also a task that is key to academic research, and is likely something you are going to have to do at some point in college- I've talked to a number of alumni who have had to do this in college. As far as the number of sources, the more research you do, the more you know. Remember-- the goal of a writing assignment is the RESEARCH, not the actual writing. The downfall of much non-fiction writing is not having done enough research.

Example Annotated Bibliographies
Read over two of the examples: Annotated Bibliography Examples

What do you notice about their annotated bibliographies? Explain what stands out to you and why.
How do you think this type of notes might be useful when you go to outline and write your senior thesis? Explain.
Read over this document outlining acceptable uses of AI for this assignment and the cost of using these tools. This is a living document and is subject to change.

Annotated Bibliography

Read CAREFULLY over the instructions for this assignment.
If you are confused, you have a few strategies:
1. Check out the example that's linked on the Senior Project page of my DP
2. Talk to a classmate (or a few classmates)
3. Talk to Lori or Jessica
Start on this assignment.
Daily Goal for Today: Find (and print!) at least two additional sources. Remember, these must be reputable, but do NOT have to be from academic journals. If you find these quickly, start reading and annotating them! For those of you doing original research, this is where you should start using interviews as sources!

Meet With People Doing Original Research/Interviews

Interview vs Focus Group vs Survey- Pros and Cons

Questions written and shown to Jessica or Lori
Plan for who to reach out to and how (what method)- go back to POL advice
Start getting these scheduled ASAP
Daily Goal for Today: Read the appropriate guide, decide on your method, write your questions (interview, survey, or focus group). Figure out who you would like to reach out to. Bring all this to a conference with Lori tomorrow.

Forward>>

Day 7- Off Campus Work

Day 6- Types of Evidence + Annotated Bibliography

Day 5- Annotated Bibliography Process Check

Day 4- Annotated Bibliography

Day 3- Annotated Bibliography

Day 2- Annotated Bib Off Campus Work

Day 1- Annotated Bib + POL Review

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