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Action Project: Week 2, Day 3

1/8/2026

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Action Project Goals and Checklist. DUE: Start of Class, Monday 1/12. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

None!

Announcements

Alumni Panel TODAY, 11-12, Lori's Room. You are REQUIRED to be here for this (which, you should be here for anyway...).

Working out the Classroom:
You are in my classroom unless three conditions are met:

You have received approval from me to work elsewhere (this will require a completed to-do list and a concrete idea of what you need to accomplish).
Your phone is on my desk.
You have written your name and location on the whiteboard

Work Time:

Make a to-do list
Do the things
Conference with Lori if we didn't talk yesterday- we will talk about your plans for this week, what you need to accomplish, and where you are right now.

Action Project Cohorts- Get Stuff Done!

1/7/2026

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Action Project Goals and Checklist. DUE: Start of Class, Monday 1/12. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Research Brief Version 2.0. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: 11:59 pm, Tuesday 1/6. Google Classroom.

Announcements

Scholarship fair TONIGHT! AHS Commons, 5:30-6:30. Come find out how to get money!
Alumni Panel TOMORROW, 11-12, Lori's Room. You are REQUIRED to be here for this (which, you should be here for anyway...).

Reset:
You are in my classroom unless three conditions are met:

You have received approval from me to work elsewhere (this will require a completed to-do list and a concrete idea of what you need to accomplish).
Your phone is on my desk.
You have written your name and location on the whiteboard

Work Time:

Make a to-do list
Do the things
Conference with Lori- we will talk about your plans for this week, what you need to accomplish, and where you are right now.

Action Project Cohort Groups- Day 1

1/6/2026

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Action Project Goals and Checklist. DUE: Start of Class, Monday 1/12. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Research Brief Version 2.0. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: 11:59 pm, Tuesday 1/6. Google Classroom.

Review Spring Semester Action Project Plan
Review schedule of Action Project Work time for Semester 2

Some time in February (overlapping with mini-TED Talks)
Full week before Spring Break, March 9-13
Partial time week of April 13-17 (during TED Talks, when you are not paneling)
4 full weeks April 20-May 15
ALL PROJECTS DUE no later that May 15

Schedule this Week:

Meet periods 2-4 every day
Tuesday = Goal Setting, scheduling, to-do lists
Wednesday = Get things done
Thursday/Friday = Work time, peer critiques, cohort conferences

Off Campus Approval Process

Pre-approval from cohort leader
Send documentation to your cohort leader before 3:30 to be marked as present

Goal Setting + To Do Lists
Do the project description and goal setting sections, write your to-do list for today.

Make sure you are DOCUMENTING your progress in the last 5 minutes of class every day. Photos, links, etc.

Research Brief- FINISH ITTTTTT!

12/19/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Research Brief Version 2.0. DUE: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Annotated Bibliography Part 2. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.
Research Brief Reflection/Revision Prewrite. DLAST DAY TO TURN IN: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

Announcements:

Get your work done! Unless we have spoken of another arrangement, ALL WORK for the semester must be turned in no later than 3:30 pm today.
Proud of you all for this last push! You will deserve the rest ahead of us.
The week after break is a modified schedule, FYI. Plan on being here from 9:30-12. Remember no school on Monday, January 5th: Teacher PD day.

BEfORE SUBMITTING….

Do a final revision check using this Self-Critique protocol. Option to trade with a partner and do the same protocol for each other!

RESEARCH BRIEF 2.0: TURN IT IN!

Review: Quote Setup and In-Text Citation

12/18/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Research Brief Version 2.0. DUE: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Annotated Bibliography Part 2. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.
Research Brief Reflection/Revision Prewrite. DLAST DAY TO TURN IN: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

Announcements:

Get your work done! Unless we have spoken of another arrangement, ALL WORK for the semester must be turned in no later than 3:30 pm on Friday. Yes, tomorrow. I will be grading everything except the Research Briefs over break. The Research Briefs will be graded our first week back, so they will be fresh in my head when we do writing goals conferences.

Setting Up Quotes

Review signal phrases
Pass out Setting Up Quotes handout.

In Text Citation Review

Walk through a quick review of in-text citation rules

Transition to Work Time:

Ticket into work time or other work zones is to show me two quotes that are set up correctly using signal phrases, correct punctuation using one of the three methods, and an in-text citation. Highlight them in your draft and show your Humanities teacher.

Work Time Priorities

Finish drafting and revision of Research Brief 2.0
Have a mostly completed draft tomorrow ready for a self-critique/assessment + revision

Research Brief Version 2.0- Drafting

12/16/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Research Brief Version 2.0. DUE: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Annotated Bibliography Part 2. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.
Research Brief Reflection/Revision Prewrite. DLAST DAY TO TURN IN: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

Announcements

Wednesday- Working off campus! Be at Smiley Cafe or Library no later than 9:30.

Thesis Statement Starter
Do this in preparation for our conferences today- one more revision of your thesis statement!

Work Time Goals for Tuesday and Wednesday

Finish drafting/revising paragraph 1 of Research Brief 2.0
Conference with Lori/Jessica
Revise and refine paragraphs 2-6
GOAL- come in Thursday with a complete draft of Research Brief 2.0 for revision

Research Brief Reflection

12/15/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Research Brief Reflection/Revision Prewrite. DUE: 11:59 pm, Monday 12/15. Google Classroom.
Research Brief Version 2.0. DUE: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Annotated Bibliography Part 2. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

Announcements

Wednesday- Working off campus! Be at Smiley Cafe or Library no later than 9:30.

Starter: Gratitude
Write down 5 things you are grateful for. Share one of them out with the class.

Research Brief Reflection and Revision Prewrite
Complete this analysis of your Research Brief from your thesis defense. This assignment has two goals:

To build your metacognition around your own writing skills
To lead into writing goals that we will set at the start of next semester
To give you a guide for the revisions/expansions as we write Research Brief Part 2 this week.

This is due at midnight tonight, but you should be able to finish in class.

Done with that? Begin writing/outlining Research Brief 2.0
The goal here is to revise and add to your previous research brief. This will be a Frankensteinian creation in which we add limbs and body parts to make your original brief a more perfect creation (although some of you will probably need to chuck the previous limbs in an incinerator and gather some new corpses).

Annotated Bibliography Part 2- Finish it!

12/11/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

POL Notes Review + Plan. DUE: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/12. Google Classroom.
Annotated Bibliography Part 2. DUE: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/12. Google Classroom.
Research Brief Reflection/Revision Prewrite. DUE: 11:59 pm, Monday 12/15. Google Classroom.
Research Brief Version 2.0. DUE: 11:59 pm, Friday 12/19. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)
None!

(In lieu of)Starter: Teacher Pep Talk (proud of you guys for this push; it matters! We are in an iteration and laying the groundwork for the enormous academic tasks of next semester! You are fully immersed in the academic conversation! One more push…)

Preview the Next Iteration: Research Brief 2.0
The goal here is to revise and add to your previous research brief. This will be a Frankensteinian creation in which we add limbs and body parts to make your original brief a more perfect creation (although some of you will probably need to chuck the previous limbs in an incinerator and gather some new corpses).

Done with Annotated Bib Part 2 and ready to get started on the writing? Start with the Research Brief Reflection and Revision Prewrite (in Google Classroom)

Work Goals for Thursday/Friday

Finish and submit Annotated Bibliography and POL Notes Review
If you are finished with the Annotated Bibliography, submit it early and work on the Research Brief Reflection and Revision Prewrite assignment (due 11:59 PM Monday!)

Annotated Bib Part 2...keep on truckin'.

12/9/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

POL Notes Review + Plan. DUE: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/12. Google Classroom.
Annotated Bibliography Part 2. DUE: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/12. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)
None!

Announcements

Wednesday- Working off campus! Be at Smiley Cafe or Library no later than 9:30.
Kick in the Pants- The semester is coming to an end quickly! Make sure, especially if you are riding the line of passing, that you are doing the things you need to do to pass. Gandalf will not be coming to save you…

Starter- Feedback Survey

Lori Fisher Feedback Survey

Work Goals for Today: Before the start of class on WEDNESDAY, I have…

Found all 5 new sources for my annotated bibliography
Read all FOUR new sources
Completed an Annotated Bibliography Entry for at least FOUR new sources.
Checked in with my Humanities teacher if I am done with all the above things for feedback on my annotated bibliography entries so far

Annotated Bibliography Part 2, Week 2

12/8/2025

DUE DATES- ON TIME

POL Notes Review + Plan. DUE: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/12. Google Classroom.
Annotated Bibliography Part 2. DUE: 3:30 pm, Friday 12/12. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)
None!

Announcements

Wednesday- Working off campus! Be at Smiley Cafe or Library no later than 9:30.
Kick in the Pants- The semester is coming to an end quickly! Make sure, especially if you are riding the line of passing, that you are doing the things you need to do to pass. Gandalf will not be coming to save you…

Starter (10 min)

Where are you at with your research process right now?
What can you do with your annotated bibliography notes/reflections to set yourself up for success when we start outlining and writing next semester?

Work Goals for Today: Before the start of class on TUESDAY, I have…

Found all 5 new sources for my annotated bibliography
Read at least four new sources
Completed an Annotated Bibliography Entry for at least three new sources.
Checked in with my Humanities teacher if I'm done with tasks 1-3 above for feedback on my annotated bibliography entries so far

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Action Project: Week 2, Day 3

Action Project Cohorts- Get Stuff Done!

Action Project Cohort Groups- Day 1

Research Brief- FINISH ITTTTTT!

Review: Quote Setup and In-Text Citation

Research Brief Version 2.0- Drafting

Research Brief Reflection

Annotated Bibliography Part 2- Finish it!

Annotated Bib Part 2...keep on truckin'.

Annotated Bibliography Part 2, Week 2

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