Today you hand in your MLA style Informing paper, if you wish.
You also hand in your daybook.
And you type up your Intellectual Property short essay.
See you next Tuesday.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thinking About Ideas
I hand back your interview papers. You record some information in your daybook.
We look at two videos. The first is a little radical. The second is very radical.
This is your prompt:
We have discussed plagiarism and its consequences in school and in the real world. Teachers try to enforce plagiarism rules in order to make students give credit for others' ideas. "Intellectual property" is a term that takes the idea into the courts, as the government attempts to define and enforce just which ideas belong to whom.
Think about the difference between "having" an idea, "using" an idea, and "stealing" an idea. Come up with a statement reflecting how you think we should treat the ideas of others, and then support your thesis with two or three paragraphs. Use specific, interesting examples to back up your views.
When I say how "we" should treat the ideas of others, keep in mind that you decide which "we" you want to discuss. Are you referring to "we" here in school, or "we" as a nation and our laws, or "we" as everybody in the global culture that makes up the internet.
Today in class you have time to brainstorm for this short essay. Tomorrow in class you have time to type and turn it in. It is due at the end of class tomorrow.
We look at two videos. The first is a little radical. The second is very radical.
This is your prompt:
We have discussed plagiarism and its consequences in school and in the real world. Teachers try to enforce plagiarism rules in order to make students give credit for others' ideas. "Intellectual property" is a term that takes the idea into the courts, as the government attempts to define and enforce just which ideas belong to whom.
Think about the difference between "having" an idea, "using" an idea, and "stealing" an idea. Come up with a statement reflecting how you think we should treat the ideas of others, and then support your thesis with two or three paragraphs. Use specific, interesting examples to back up your views.
When I say how "we" should treat the ideas of others, keep in mind that you decide which "we" you want to discuss. Are you referring to "we" here in school, or "we" as a nation and our laws, or "we" as everybody in the global culture that makes up the internet.
Today in class you have time to brainstorm for this short essay. Tomorrow in class you have time to type and turn it in. It is due at the end of class tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Draft #2 Informing MLA Style
Today's quote: "Your head is where ideas go to die!" from a Dilbert comic strip
Freeewrite: Discuss yesterday's quote with today's. What is the difference between having a mind that stretches with new ideas and one that kills new ideas?
You read each other's drafts. Also, ask questions about citing your sources.
Homework:
1. Take Draft #2 and get it finished. It is due Thursday. Edit carefully, and check with me about any citation questions.
2. Tomorrow and Thursday class time will be spent on the next short essay topic; I'll answer specific MLA questions, but there won't be class time for the Informing paper.
Freeewrite: Discuss yesterday's quote with today's. What is the difference between having a mind that stretches with new ideas and one that kills new ideas?
You read each other's drafts. Also, ask questions about citing your sources.
Homework:
1. Take Draft #2 and get it finished. It is due Thursday. Edit carefully, and check with me about any citation questions.
2. Tomorrow and Thursday class time will be spent on the next short essay topic; I'll answer specific MLA questions, but there won't be class time for the Informing paper.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Creating Your Works Cited Page
“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
We look at bibme.org.
Homework:
1. Complete your Works Cited page and
prepare Draft #2 due tomorrow. You should
have a couple in-text citations as well as a
Works Cited page for this draft.
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