2/6 English III AgendaTSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student sample essay. TSW be introduced to, and utilize, a variety of online technology in order to integrate it into their course work.

Focus: Revise and edit sample persuasive introduction.

Activities: 1. Class: Review persuasive introductions

2. Class: Introduction to online resources:

Class wiki site, sign up for turnitin.com, sign up for

online textbook, and review online card catalog

3. Class: Review Beowulf background wiki.

Closing: Independent reading time.

Mr. David’s wiki site – go through my homepage www.burltwpsch.org/users/bdavd/ or go directly therehttp://mrdavidbthsenglish.wikispaces.com/

turnitin.com:Go to turnitin.comSelect “Create Account” (under where you sign in)Go to the section “Student” and follow the directionsYou will Need the following information for your class:

Block 2Class ID: 4777520Class Enrollment Password:davidfrancis

Block 5/6Class ID: 4777521Class Enrollment Password:david1 (The site requires an email address, but it can be a fake address if you do not have an email account.)

Activation code for online textbook4900641-30 Block 23749500-30 Block 5/6

2/7 English III AgendaTSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student sample essay. TSW identify key background information for early British Literature and Culture by using their textbook and database resource to create an interactive wiki page to display the information.

Focus: Revise and edit sample persuasive body paragraph.

Activities: 1. Class/Groups: Wiki site walk through and setup of group pages

2. Groups: Organize projects and brainstorm ideas.

Closing: Independent reading time.

2/8 English III AgendaTSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student sample essay. TSW identify key background information for early British Literature and Culture by using their textbook and database resource to create an interactive wiki page to display the information.

Focus: Revise and edit sample persuasive body paragraph.

Activities: 1. Class: Review any online resources not covered and respond to questions.

2. Groups: Organize and create background wiki sites.

Closing: Independent reading time.

2/9 English III AgendaTSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student sample essay. TSW identify key background information for early British Literature and Culture by using their textbook and database resource to create an interactive wiki page to display the information.

Focus: Revise and edit sample persuasive body paragraph.

Activities: 1. Groups: Organize and create background wiki sites.

2. Class: Review creating an MLA works cited.

Closing: Independent reading time.

Items to be cited for the background wiki:

Background information from the text book: Chapter or section of a compiled work (anthology)

Article from the database: Work from an online database (there are 2 basic types of databases – those that collect articles from other sources (magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.) and those that create most of their own material)

Your internet source: web document (a web page is different from a web site – wikipedia is a web site consisting of thousands of pages, while an article on wikipedia on say, “Tim TeBow” would be just a web page)

2/10 English III AgendaTSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student sample essay. TSW identify key background information for early British Literature and Culture by using their textbook and database resource to create an interactive wiki page to display the information.

Focus: Revise and edit sample persuasive conclusion paragraph.

Activities: 1. Groups: Complete background wiki sites.

Closing: Independent reading time.