Assignment for Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday, April 12

Refine and finalize your presentation based on the feedback you received Monday and Tuesday. If you didn't prepare note cards yet, do so. If you need to add images or put them in Google Slides, do so. Essentially, do whatever you need to do to get your presentation to its final form. In class, you will practice the presentation again. If you practice outside of class, at home or at school, remember to practice focusing your energy before you start speaking.

Assignment for Monday, April 9, and Tuesday, April 10

Complete your STP presentation and bring it to class. Try to have it on note cards rather than your laptop, just as you will during the actual presentation, but be sure to have your images on a flash drive or in the cloud. During class, you will practice the presentation in groups of 3 or 4.

Assignment for Wednesday, April 4, and Thursday, April 5

Complete the spoken content of your STP presentation. Focus on bullet points (keep in mind that you'll have note cards); you shouldn't try to write out your whole presentation. Look over the presentation guidelines to see how you should organize your talk. You'll have the rest of your time to prepare your presentation.

If you missed class, watch this TED talk by Bryan Stevenson. 

Assignment for Wednesday, March 21, and Thursday, March 22

Look over your exploratory essay and combine it with your research writing. (Just add it to the Google doc you've been working in.)  Make sure that the exploratory essay is consistent with the research writing you've produced. Also, make sure that your research question appears toward the end of the exploratory essay, and your thesis appears no later than the beginning of your research writing, even if you aren't sure of or confident in your thesis. Work on making an appropriate transition between the exploratory essay and the research writing.

Snow Day Update

Your assignment for Thursday (Day 4) remains the same.

Your assignment for Friday (Day 5) is the same as Wednesday's.

Those of you who are behind on the STP writing should take advantage of this day to begin catching up. Also, if you have fewer than five pages written, I want you to make a plan in writing for completing the draft by March 28 or March 29.

Assignments for Monday, March 12, to Thursday, March 15

For Monday and Tuesday, read to the page in Jimmy Corrigan pictured below:

For Wednesday and Thursday, read to the page in Jimmy Corrigan pictured below:

If you missed class on Monday or Tuesday, watch the following TED talks (each is about twenty minutes long) in preparation for your STP presentation:

https://www.ted.com/talks/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_as_it_is

https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability#t-1199969

Assignments for Friday, March 2, to Thursday, March 8

For Friday (Day 2), write one additional page of your STP research writing. Bring Jimmy Corrigan to class.

For Monday (Day 3), write two additional pages of your STP research writing. Bring Jimmy Corrigan to class.

For Tuesday (Day 4), write two additional pages of your STP research writing.

For Wednesday (Day 5), write two additional pages of your STP research writing. This makes a total of four additional pages from where you left off before the break. Bring Jimmy Corrigan to class.

For Thursday (Day 6), write one additional page of your STP research writing. This makes a total of four additional pages from where you left off before the break. Bring Jimmy Corrigan to class.