---
title: "10.30.07"
date: 2007-10-30
url: https://learningischange.com/2007/10/30/103007/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 10.30.07

Core 1:

- Discuss-on: What makes a conclusion a good one?
- Check out some [good feedback about revision](http://www.academyofdiscovery.com/bluepie555/?p=21).
- Continue working on your essay, perfecting it into a form that you would want to turn in.  If you finish, get a couple of people to read it and comment.
- Comment on other students’ essays.
- Look for revisions to make your piece more persuasive
- Edit using one of the following checklists if you like:  [Checklist #1](http://www.scribd.com/doc/84380/Editing-Checklist)
- [Checklist #2](http://www.aps.k12.co.us/east/pagesmisc/editcheck.htm)

- If and when you finish working on your essay, you can start/continue your Academy Authentic work.
- Extension:  Make sure that your essay is ready to turn in by Thursday morning.

Core 2:

- Write-on: What is creative [non-fiction?](http://yongesonne.edublogs.org/2007/10/30/imagery-in-blogging-and-cell-phones-in-the-classroom/)
- From within your niche (or not), finish work on your next Academy Authentic (due Friday).  Share with others on docs to receive comments (or receive comments on your blog)
- Revise to the point that you would be proud to turn it in.

- Finish work on your chapter three Oppression piece. (You can use it for your Academy Authentic if you wish.)
- Extension:  Finish reading Chapter 3 and write your Oppression piece which was outlined in yesterday’s agenda.

Core 3:

- Write-on: What is creative [non-fiction?](http://yongesonne.edublogs.org/2007/10/30/imagery-in-blogging-and-cell-phones-in-the-classroom/)
- From within your niche (or not), finish work on your next Academy Authentic (due Friday).  Share with others on docs to receive comments (or receive comments on your blog)
- Revise to the point that you would be proud to turn it in.

- Extension (or in class after blogging):   Finish Act II and your scale(s) for tomorrow.

Core 4:

- Act-on: Grab a laptop.  Go onto morguefile.com and grab an image url for an image that
represents your thesis. Start by searching for things to do with your
book.
- Put that image at the top of your essay for inspiration.

- Work on writing your essay in any order you like. Please ask neighbors and Mr. Wilkoff for help if you need it.  Introduce your thesis.
- State your thesis.

- If you finish early, publish it and have others comment on it. You can also continue working on your Academy Authentic.
- How can you use another author’s words to prove your point?  What are the attributes of a good quotation?
- How do you plug that quotation into a persuasive paper?
- How do you use those words to weave your own theories and ideas?

- Extensions:  Refine your Introduction so that it in only introduces what is essential.
- Write down 3 quotations that would help to prove your thesis.

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