Tuesday!

1.   Be working-   (reading 1984, earning stars)

2.  Final Exam:  Dec 9-   1984-  In class if you haven't finished early.


3.  Grades on the 9th.

1.  We collected essays (practice for the test).

2.  We wrote one bp for this prompt:    Is technological advancement the most important goal for a society?


3.  Final exam day--- DECEMBER 7.  Lab opens at 7, closes at 11.

4.  Meetings on the same day, grades entered that day as well.  B/T now and then, grading, practicing.

5.  HOME WORK!

Your Goal-   Stars on essays-    C/C, Self-Affirmation, Victim/Creator, Narrative.

Plan one:

Journal- 

Plan an essay with examples for this prompt:   Can any obstacle or challenge be turned into a positive?


Groups and C/C essays.




Write Placer Review and Practice-

Plan out this essay-  Don't write it, just plan it.

Is an education a requirement for a successful career? Explain the topic and either agree or disagree with the statement, offering support for your position

Journal-  Write a paragraph using the format about this topic:  _______ is the best __________.


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Paragraph 3? 4?  What's best for you?

TS:  Unsuccessful students don’t set goals.

F:     For example, according to Skip Downing in his book, On Course, “they often quit when difficulties arise” (63).

O:   This shows that they don’t set a goal and stick with it.

O:    This also shows that they lack the motivation that having a set goal creates.

F:  In addition, the author mentions that unsuccessful students think, “How am I going to accomplish that” (77)?

O: This means that they don’t have goals.

O:  This also shows that they don’t have a life-plan to motivate them.

F:  Moreover, Downing mentions that “for some people long-term goals are too distant to be motivating” (77).

O:  This means that some students don’t even try to set goals, and that is why they are unsuccessful.

O    This shows that

CS

 



HW-  Finish CC essay-   Drafts due Monday

BP 2 draft-

TS: Unsuccessful students aren’t organized.

F:  For Example, according to Skip Downing, these students fall “behind in their assignments, coming to class unprepared and expecting to get good grades with little effort” (24).

O:  This means, then, that being organized will help students keep up with assignments, and that will help them be successful.

O:  This also means that being unorganized can affect a student in many different ways.

F:  What’s more, unorganized students don’t plan for the future so they, “give little effort in choosing and preparing for a career” (Downing 48).

O:  TST they either don’t care or don’t have a clear picture of what they want to do in the future.

O:  TAST they expect things to happen on their own and they don’t take charge of situations.

F:  Additionally, unorganized students blame their failures on “the book, poor performance by their instructors, or the time the class meets” (Downing 23).

O: TST the unorganized student makes excuses for their lack of planning.

O:TAST being unorganized leads to problems.

CS: Unorganized students suck.

HW-  Draft BP 3

We turned the pp below into a perfect paragraph and for HW, we'll come to class with a draft of pp 2 in the format and change it to be better.

Building a C/C paragraph draft

TS:  Successful students are organized.

F:    For example, according to Skip   Downing, “A monthly planner is an easy and effective self-management tool” (108).

O:    This shows that students who use one will be able to keep track of assignments in classes.

O:    This also shows that students who use one are unlikely to fall behind.

F:  In addition, in On Course, the author writes that organized students also are “regularly planning out and carrying out purposeful actions” (Downing 139).

O:  This shows that they are unlikely to miss deadlines.

O:  This also shows that they have a plan for what they do and when they do it, and that helps them be successful.

F: Moreover, successful students “…make a plan then take one step after another even when they don’t feel like it” (Downing 113).

O:  This shows that being organized and having a plan is part of being successful.

O: This also shows that success comes from taking things step by step and making work easier.

CS:  Successful students are organized.

NEXT class-  Either BPP 2 or Revise BPP 1 depending on facts in class.