Day 38

Mission 1

• Read "Summarizing" pp. 61-62

Mission 2

• Complete Unit 3 Activities 3-4

Mission 3

• Read "Synthesizing" pp. 64-66

Mission 4

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 8 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Ancient Middle East: Will This Pyramid Draw Crowds?

Day 37

Mission 1

• Read "Using Information from Sources" p. 54

Mission 2

• Read "Methods of Citing Sources in Your Paper" pp. 54-56

Mission 3

• Read "Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing" pp. 57-58

Mission 4

• Complete Unit 3 Activities 1-2

Mission 5

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 6 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Losing History
• Empty Nests

How to Make a Reference Page

For those of you who need it (if you used information from sources other than your brain) for your essay 3, here's a link explaining in detail how to make a reference page.

Day 36

Mission 1 - Rough Drafts DUE 3 December; Final Drafts DUE 10 December

• Peer Editing
• Essays have been shared with you in your gmail inbox. Evaluate them for the following:
• Is the hook interesting?
• Does the connecting information clearly bridge between the hook and thesis?
• Is the thesis a clear opinion in favor of or against the topic?
• Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence?
• Does each body paragraph have information that clearly supports the writer's thesis?
• Is the counterargument truly opposite of the writer's thesis?
• Is there support for the counterargument?
• Does the refutation clearly shoot down the counterargument?
• Is the refutation supported?
• Does the writer restate the thesis in the conclusion?
• Does the writer summarize his main points in the conclusion?
• Does the writer give a recommendation or prediction in the conclusion?
• Is the recommendation or prediction supported?
• In addition to the questions above, remember to point out any obvious spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors.

Mission 2

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 3 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A Better Way to Farm?

For those of you who would like to get ahead:

The following are the upcoming Achieve 3000 assignments:

• Ancient Greece and Rome: Losing History
• Empty Nests
• Ancient Middle East: Will This Pyramid Draw Crowds?
• Pluto: Full of Surprises
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Look What They Found
• Letting Girls Learn
• Medieval Europe: English Princess Found?
• TBD
• A Desert Run
• Did Weather Change History?
• Breaking Balloon Records

Also, on 13 December you will automatically have to complete an interim Level Set on Achieve3000. Completion of this Level Set will result in a score of 100%. Failure to complete this Level Set will result in a score of 0% and will block you from completing future Achieve3000 lessons.

Day 35

Mission 1 - Due by the end of class today
NOTE: As I am in a meeting this morning (W5-205, if you need me for anything), your attendance will be based on your completion of Mission 1. If you do not complete this paragraph by 10:00am today, you will be marked absent.

• Compose your Refutation paragraph (see p. 173 for guidance).
• This must include 
• a clear counterargument (what the other side says - the opposite opinion)
• at least one reason why they believe this
• a clear refutation of the counterargument (why are they wrong - shoot them down!)
• at least one reason why your side is right

Mission 2 - Due by 8:59am on Tuesday

• Compose your Conclusion paragraph.

Mission 3

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 1 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A Real Rembrandt

Day 34

Mission 1 - DUE by the end of class

• Compose Body Paragraph 2.

Mission 2 - DUE by 8:59am on Sunday, 29 November

• Compose Body Paragraph 3

Mission 3

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 29 November. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Water Worries
• Earliest Peoples: Saving the Paintings

NOTE: The site will be unavailable on Saturday, November 28th, from approximately 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. EST (That's 5-8am Kuwait time) while they do some important system upgrades.

Day 33

Mission 1

• Create a new Google Doc titled with your ID number, essay 3, draft 1
• example: 12345Essay3Draft1

Mission 2 - DUE by the end of class

• Compose your Introduction

Mission 3 - DUE by 8:59am on Thursday, 26 November

• Compose Body Paragraph 1

Mission 4

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 26 November. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Sun Power

Day 32

Mission 1

• Thesis Statements Test

Mission 2

• Topic choices for Argument Essay

Mission 3

• Create your outline on a new Google Doc and share it with me (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw).
• Be sure to include:
• a thesis statement with a clear opinion in favor of or against your topic.
• topic sentences for each of the three body paragraphs.
• a counterargument.
• a clear refutation.
• a complete conclusion with:
• restatement of thesis,
• summary of main points,
• opinion/suggestion/prediction.

Mission 4

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 24 November. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• What's Behind This Door?

The following students must see me today during office hours:

• Fahad Al-Dousari
• Hassan Al-Sayegh
• Mohammad Al-Qenaei
• Assel Qasem
• Abdullaziz Ben Farah
• Saud Al-Ajmi
• Saleh Al-Ruhaimani
• Abdullah Al-Jazzaf