1st+Block



Yesterday's homework assignment was submitted at the start of class. Students were then given informtion on avoiding plagiarism when taking notes during their research.
 * December 10th**

Students were then introduced to creating outlines. Students were paired together to create an outline in the proper MLA format.

Creation of a works cited page was also covered in class. Students were shown examples of what a properly formatted works cited page looks like.

Students worked in the library researching their topic for the informative speech. Students are to use the week in the library to located three sources, take notes on the sources, create a working outline, and finalize their works cited page.
 * December 13th - 21st**

The research folder, which contains MLA source and notecards, is due on December 22nd at the end of class. See the calendar page for more info on the contents of the research packet.

Students started off class with an introduction to the communication process.
 * January 3rd**

Students then reviewed the way in which to create and introduction, parenthetical citation, and conclusion for the speech (located in the research packet).

The guidelines and requirements for the speech were then discussed. Students will be given time in class to create their intro, conclusion, and Powerpoint in class. The speeches will start on Thursday (6th).

After reviewing the rubric for their presentation, students were given time in class to work on creating their intro, conclusion, and Powerpoint for their presentation.
 * January 4th**

Students started off class by analyzing sample informative speeches. Students were asked to pick out the postive and negitive communication techniques being used in the examples.
 * January 5th**

Students then continued to work on their material for their upcoming presentation.

Student worked on putting the final touches on their Powerpoint for their research presentation. When finished, Students were asked to load their presentations onto CRTeacher. All Powerpoints should be on CRTeacher before the start of tomorrow's class.
 * January 6th**

HOMEWORK: prep for presentations

Students began their research presentations.
 * January 7th**

Research presentations continued. Students also worked on a characterization assignment was was to be handed in before the end of the class. This will be counted as the last in class assignment of the semester.
 * January 10th**

Students were given their final review packet at the start of class. Students worked with partner in locating/defining literary terms from their notes.
 * January 11th**

After the last research presentation, students worked in groups on final review questions from their packets. Students were reminded to look over their literary terms to prepare for tomorrow's review game.
 * January 13th**

Students played the "What's the Word" review game to prepare themselves for the liteary terms for the final exam. Students then continued to work on their final review packet.
 * January 14th**