Friday, November 4, 2011

Draft #2 Summary/Response

We discuss: if the ideas came from somebody else, how DO you cite it?

In conversation:

In a paper for school:

At work:

In an email:

In an engine:

In a piece of software:

In a song:

And how is your favorite band going to make a living, if you never pay money for their music?


Then you read and comment on drafts.

Homework:

1.  On Monday bring to class a digital copy of both the Long Observation paper and your Summary/Response paper.  (N drive or email will do it.)

2.  Have five TWFTD for this past week.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Plagiarism #1

In your daybook,  define plagiarism.  Here's one.

First of all, plagiarism stories: ViswanathanHelene , Herr Guttenberg.

What's fair use?    Book covers?  A business model? If the courts are in charge... more about music...  TV   iTunes

Look at this survey.  Write your extended comments into your daybook.

Homework:

1.  Draft #2 Sum/Response due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  your choice from your article.

3.  Warning:  On Monday you need to have your Summary/Response paper AND your long Observation paper in digital form to use in class.  N Drive would be good....or in your email...

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Summary/Response Draft #1

Do these need any punctuation marks?

1. My articles title has quotation marks around it but his article title does not.


2. If you are hoping to get rich why do you keep spending every penny?


3. He was an expert at evasion and obfuscation but not evisceration.

Now you read drafts.

Homework:

1.  Look at your comment sheets and make improvements on this draft.

2.  TWFTD:  your choice from your article.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Misplaced Modifiers and EasyBib

 Everyday Writer Section 35.  What's wrong with these? 

◦The young girl was walking the dog in a short skirt.




◦The dog was chasing the boy with the spiked collar.

And these?

◦Having been thrown in the air, the dog caught the stick.




◦Smashed flat by a passing truck, Big Dog sniffed at what was left of a half-eaten hamburger.

Thanks to Big Dog's Grammar for these examples.   Do this self test on Dangling Modifiers and Misplaced Modifiers. Now you do Ex. 35.1 in Ev. Writer p. 82 in your daybook numbers 2,3,4,6,9,10.


Now we go to the lab, where you register with EasyBib and create a Works Cited page for this paper.

Homework:

1.  Draft 1 due tomorrow.

2.  TWFTD:  a word from your article, with a quote from the article, and a definition that matches. Cite the author as source of the quote, and cite what dictionary you use.

Monday, October 31, 2011

More Summary/ Response

First of all, hand in the short essay from Friday if you owe it to me.

I return daybooks.

The schedule is changing: 

The first draft of the Summary/Response is due Wednesday, the second draft on Friday.

We do a quick review of c.s. and run-ons.

Now, to get you moving on your first draft, you will answer the questions on this handout in your daybook during class today.  If you have questions, ask me.

If you finish these questions before the end of class, begin writing your first draft.

Homework:

1.  Begin writing the first draft of your Summary/Response. It's due on Wednesday.

2.  TWFTD:  a word from your article. YOU CHOOSE THE WORD, copy down the sentence FROM YOUR ARTICLE that uses it, and then find the definition that fits that quote.  You may use the dictionary of your choice, but credit it as your source.