Steinbeck and the Great Depression Research Paper

Steinbeck/ Great Depression Research Paper

Research Tools:  Library, MLA, Blog, Turnitin.com, Grammarly.com/edu, Noodletools.com 

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Tuesday - Intro to note taking - Noodle Tools
Wednesday/ Friday: Introduction to research - Library
Thursday - Web Citations - Room 60
Review Research paper requirements and rubric
Review PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS AND WORKS CITED

Go to library and begin research.

You are required to bring your laptops with you during this project. 

OMM Research Paper Requirements:
https://www.scribd.com/document/332659109/Of-Mice-and-Men-Research OMM Rubric:
https://www.scribd.com/document/332659283/OMMResearch-ReportRubric Please see the OMM Research Paper Requirements link for deadlines and directions

All papers Must be Proofread aloud
All papers Must be placed through www.grammarly.com/edu All papers Must be submitted on time to www.turnitin.com (No exceptions;  Deductions will be given for papers turned in after December 9th.
All papers must include a graphic organizer.  Please use the 5 Paragraph essay outline under "Links"
**Your papers will be more than 5 paragraphs, so please adjust the outline accordingly.

***The links can be found in your OneDrive under COLLABORATIVE and then go to HOMEWORK.  It is suggested that you download these documents into your personal class notebook.

Sample Paper:  (with older MLA Works Cited Page)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_sample_paper.html
Sample Paper

Research info
https://libguides.tncc.edu/c.php?g=764427&p=5486581
MLA 8 Info



HOW TO APPROACH THIS PROJECT:

Step 1:

Before you write, you must have an idea for your thesis
What are you going to prove?
Today, we are going to read…noting which books you wish to return to in the future
Make sure you find enough info to support your paper

 Step 2:

Homework:  Bring in your thesis and create a general 5 paragraph outline for your paper

Step 3:

Go to the library and gather notes
Tomorrow we will begin taking notes

Note taking:
Must take notes from at least 5 sources
Be sure to use note card and Bib card format
Take tons of notes
Place Quotation marks around notes taken directly
Mark as ‘Paraphrased’ for notes you put in your own words/ summarize
-always be sure to include your bib card so you know where to return to that information

Step 4:

Requirements:

In the actual paper:
5 or more must be used in the paper – parenthetical citations

In the library/ initial research:
 While collecting research (before you write your paper)
When you are in the library, you need to take notes from 5-6 sources minimum (I suggest going beyond minimal requirements)
You prob. won't use all sources in your paper, but they will appear on your BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE
Make sure you have enough notes.

Essay - OMM

Directions:

Complete the quotation analysis.

1. Use 5 paragraph essay form

-Begin with an outline

-Underline your thesis and blueprint

-Underline 4 transitional sentences

2. Use specific examples (Contextual Evidence)

3.Include and explain direct quotes that support your thesis.

4. Cite direct quotes and any material/ ideas taken directly from the authors

5. Read all of the information below

6. Check your paper in www.grammarly.com/edu

7. When you are finished, turn your paper in to www.turnitin.com

8.  Due Date:  Wednesday, 11/21 before the end of the school day. 

*there is no homework over break. You had three full classes to complete a five paragraph essay.   

9. There is plenty of time in class to finish this assignment.  You have been thinking about this assignment for several weeks.  I'm sure you have many ideas.

NO homework over vacation.

*Have an AMAZING and SAFE holiday!!

Quotation analysis: 

Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."  

 How do both authors (Hurst and Steinbeck) use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story?  (If you look closely, you will see that the authors refers to pride several times in each of their works (Hurst directly and Steinbeck indirectly).  

**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above.  Next, find several references of "Pride" in both stories.  Why do the authors continuously refer to pride throughout their stories?  What does pride mean to the authors/ the characters?

Explain the quote using examples from the stories.  Both stories have many similarities.

(You may write in first or third person.  If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You can be the narrator of this journal)

After vacation-OMM debate and  OMM Research Paper

The literary Terms Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsXYM7aFyLo

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject

Final Discussions

Tuesday/ Wednesday
OMM Quiz

Review/ discuss the end of the novel

Big Question:  Were George's actions justified?

Quotation analysis: 

Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."  

 How do both authors (Hurst and Steinbeck) use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story?  (If you look closely, you will see that the authors refers to pride several times in each of their works (Hurst directly and Steinbeck indirectly).  

**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above.  Next, find several references of "Pride" in both stories.  Why does the authors continuously refer to pride throughout their stories?  What does pride mean to the authors/ the characters?

Explain the quote using examples from the stories.  Both stories have many similarities.

(You may write in first or third person.  If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You can be the narrator of this journal)

Wednesday/ Thursday- OMM Research Paper

The literary Terms Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsXYM7aFyLo

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject

Silent reading day.

Read OMM and work on the Key Points Worksheets.

Have an amazing weekend!!

OMM ch 3 and 4

Study Islands are due on Friday,11/9
Please read: I would like to post my instructions again so you are clear about the assignment
I told you to complete 10 questions and score 75%
If you don't accomplish this the first time, continue answering the questions until you get 75%

Ex. First time taking a test in section 1 you get 6/10= 60%;  take it again to get a 75%

Just score  at least 75% and answer a minimum of 10 questions

Review chapters 3 and 4

1.  OMM Overview and due dates:
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2018/10/omm-overview-and-due-dates.html2.
Key Point Worksheet3.
Audio Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIU5PH4_Yno

4.
Study Guide

If you finish this assignment, begin to think about the Journal:

 Part 4

Begin to think about your quotation analysis journal:  (This will be due when we complete OMM)

\Remember to complete the 7 exercises in Study Island by Friday.
Score 75% and complete at least 10 questions

Quotation analysis: 

Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."  

 How do both authors (Hurst and Steinbeck) use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story?  (If you look closely, you will see that the authors refers to pride several times in each of their works (Hurst directly and Steinbeck indirectly).  

**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above.  Next, find several references of "Pride" in both stories.  Why does the authors continuously refer to pride throughout their stories?  What does pride mean to the authors/ the characters?

Explain the quote using examples from the stories.  Both stories have many similarities.

(You may write in first or third person.  If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You can be the narrator of this journal)


The literary Terms Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsXYM7aFyLo

OMM ch 1 and 2

With your permission, I would like to discuss a change in reading dates for OMM.
Reason:  There is a large number of class officer candidates, and the office asked if we could tape the speeches in our studio during 7th and 8th period tomorrow. (Most candidates are in your class)

I have the changes indicated on the due date link below.

Review chapters

OMM ch 1 and 2 in class activity which we will go over on Thursday.

Part 1.
1.  OMM Overview and due dates:
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2018/10/omm-overview-and-due-dates.html2.
Key Point Worksheet3.
Audio Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIU5PH4_Yno

4.
Study Guide

If you finish this assignment, begin to think about the Journal:

 Part 4

Begin to think about your quotation analysis journal:  (This will be due when we complete OMM)

\Remember to complete the 7 exercises in Study Island by Friday.
Score 75% and complete at least 10 questions

Quotation analysis: 

Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."  

 How do both authors (Hurst and Steinbeck) use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story?  (If you look closely, you will see that the authors refers to pride several times in each of their works (Hurst directly and Steinbeck indirectly).  

**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above.  Next, find several references of "Pride" in both stories.  Why does the authors continuously refer to pride throughout their stories?  What does pride mean to the authors/ the characters?

Explain the quote using examples from the stories.  Both stories have many similarities.

(You may write in first or third person.  If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You can be the narrator of this journal)


The literary Terms Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsXYM7aFyLo

Scarlet Ibis

If you failed to turn in the Key Point Worksheets for Chapters 1 and 2, Please turn them in ASAP!  We talked about this in class.



Part 1.
1.  OMM Overview and due dates:
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2018/10/omm-overview-and-due-dates.html

2.
Key Point Worksheet

3.
Audio Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIU5PH4_Yno

4.
Study Guide


Part 2
Friday, 11/2 - Voc 6 test
Review readings up to page 55


**There will be a second surprise review quiz on Short Story terms in the near future
***Work on Study Island
****Don't forget about the beloved plot structures!!!!!

Part 3

1.  Review "The Scarlet Ibis"
2. Discuss key literary conceptst
PDF Link to the story"
http://whs.wsd.wednet.edu/faculty/zobel/documents/TheScarletIbisText.pdf
3. Answer the following questions:

A. How does Doodle disappoint his brother?
B. What motivates the narrator to teach Doodle to walk?
C. What other plans does he make for Doodle?
D. Summarize the circumstances leading to Doodle's death?
E. What is Doodle's attitude toward his brother?
F. How would you describe the narrator's attitude toward Doodle?
G. List the instances where the narrator is not nice to his brother?  How do you explain the narrator's actions?
H. Make a chart.  List the similarities/ differences between Doodle and the Ibis
I. How does the appearance of the scarlet ibis hint at the outcome of the story?
J. Do you think the narrator is to blame for Doodle's death?  Why or why not?
K. Make a Chart:  List the similarities and differences between Doodle and Lennie from OMM
L. What similar aspects do the authors of Ibis and OMM demonstrate in their writings?

Bonus Contest -TBA

If you finish this assignment, begin to think about the Journal:

 Part 4

Begin to think about your quotation analysis journal:  (This will be due when we complete OMM)

Quotation analysis: 

Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."  

 How do both authors (Hurst and Steinbeck) use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story?  (If you look closely, you will see that the authors refers to pride several times in each of their works (Hurst directly and Steinbeck indirectly).  

**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above.  Next, find several references of "Pride" in both stories.  Why does the authors continuously refer to pride throughout their stories?  What does pride mean to the authors/ the characters?

Explain the quote using examples from the stories.  Both stories have many similarities.

(You may write in first or third person.  If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You can be the narrator of this journal)