Wed/Thurs Jan 10-11
Vocab words and grading change discussion. 

Vocab: bolster, depreciate, indiscriminate, inquisitive, nebulous, relegate, finite, sedentary, tenet, terse

Introduction to argumentation.  This will be our writing focus this semester.  Details and links will be added, but this Purdue OWL template is a good simple start.

Case study discussion and example.  What will the format look like, and how will we prep for it?  Here's an example of what a "case study" resource might look like, paired with a prompt/question that will need to be answered in the vocab essay.

Martian Chronicles initial discussion and read time.

Tuesday, Jan. 9:

Discussion of some format changes in grading, specifically to vocabulary test/essay.

Literary magazine submission extra credit options: JOCO Elementia and South Inscriptions.  See earlier post for JOCO link.  Submission deadline is Feb. 1 for JOCO, so get on it if interested.  Inscriptions deadline is April 3 so you have a little more time on that one.

Guiding questions reflecting in-class discussion over getting started on The Martian Chronicles and connecting it to our media consumption intro to the semester can be found on G-Class. Read Rocket Summer and Ylla.

Check G-Class for today's topics and response items.  This is a continuation of last week's focus on media and how we connect to it.

If you have not taken your Semester 1 Exam yet, your grade has been entered as an Incomplete for the semester.  After 20 days, Incompletes automatically change to an F.  Get on it.

Click here for submission information to the Johnson County Library's literary magazine for teens, Elementia. The deadline for submissions is almost up.  Great opportunity to make your voice heard and to earn extra credit in class.

If you did not take the semester exam, please see me tomorrow.  We need to get things sorted out by the end of the day on Friday as grades finalize Friday night.