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Thesis Statement Critique + Outline

2/6/2019

Announcements:

Remember, you should have sent your SPAM 2 email last week- if you haven't sent it yet, do it now!
The month of February will be intensive. Plan on working outside of class more days than not to finish a quality thesis by the due date.

Thesis Statement Workshop- This has been POSTPONED due to Seniors not showing up to class. :(
However, those of you who were not here today, your thesis statements will be counted as LATE.

Outlining
Once you have a thesis statement that has gone through the critique process (see Senior Project page for this!), you should start outlining. My suggestion is that you start thinking about Part 3, and thinking about how you want to organize this section. Think about major themes in your research, different arguments that are made about your topic, and start making groups. Then move on to outlining Parts 1 and 2.

GOAL: Identify major themes/arguments for Part 3 of your paper.
GOAL: Outline parts 1 and 2 of your thesis

HOMEWORK:
Work on your outline! The sooner you finish (and get it approved by Lori), the more time you have to write!

Thesis Statements and Outlines

2/5/2019

NOTE- From this point on, all documents linked below can be found on the SENIOR PROJECT page of my DP! I will not be linking them in every post here.

TURN IN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY- Make sure it's shared with Lori!

Outline of Senior Thesis

Senior Thesis Outline Dissection- Complete this activity to get a look at the inner workings of some good outlines (not perfect...but good)
Review Outline Format and requirements as a class with Lori
Review the guidelines on the Elements Handout

Thesis Statement:

How to draft a thesis statement (two potential approaches)
Time to work on it!

Work Time Goals:

Draft a working thesis statement that we can critique tomorrow
Start your outline! My suggestion is that you start thinking about Part 3, and thinking about how you want to organize this section. Think about major themes in your research, different arguments that are made about your topic, and start making groups. Then move on to outlining Parts 1 and 2.
GOAL: Identify major themes/arguments for Part 3 of your paper.
GOAL: Draft a working thesis statement for your paper

HOMEWORK:

Draft a working thesis statement (it can be crappy!). This should be a 1-2 sentence answer to your research question.

Exhibition TONIGHT! And finish those annotated bibliographies...

2/4/2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Exhibition tonight. Be there at 4:45 (Student Union Ballroom at FLC)
1. Let's read the Herald article about YOU and the event!
Turn in final annotated bibliographies tomorrow, start of class, shared with Lori.
Deep Reading Redos? What happened?
Get hyped for our event! 200 people? 20 organizations? Catered? Film! Publication! Website! You guys ROCK and people CARE about this stuff. Just be present, engaged and well-dressed.

Starter: What would you say to a community organization representative, community member or elected official about the following questions:

What did you learn about Sustainable Development and how it relates to mental health in our community?
What did you learn about wellness and mental health last semester?
What do you think is the most important thing we as a community should do to improve mental health or build resiliency?

Share out! Take turns with your "dates" asking and answering questions

Whole class share out: What was the most articulate answer you heard?

Community of Resilience Event Prep

Let's all review the schedule of events
Organizations committed to attending
Student leaders, check-in with Ashley (Acacia, Ethan, Baylee, Alma, Cady, Ryan, Owen, Charlie...anyone else?)

Annotated Bibliography work time
(Final due tomorrow with 8-10 TOTAL sources- make sure they are shared with Lori!)

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Exhibition TONIGHT! And finish those annotated bibliographies...

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