You read each others' drafts.
Homework:
1. Continue to work on this paper.
2. No TWFTD.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
More Grammar and Easy Bib
Apostrophe answers. Apostrophe fails.
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. We go to the lab so you can 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.
Then you register with EasyBib and create a Works Cited page for this paper. Record you log-in info in your daybook!!
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.
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. We go to the lab so you can 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.
Then you register with EasyBib and create a Works Cited page for this paper. Record you log-in info in your daybook!!
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.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Working on Summary/Response
We do a quick review of c.s. and run-ons. Apostrophes? Ex. 41.1 pages 104-105.
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 Friday.
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.
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 Friday.
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.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Summary/Response Practice
I. Everybody put up one (two?) combined sentence from Ex. 24.1.
II. We look at your Pat Bourne lists of events. For THIS class, your summary should help us know how the article did it -- you can't simply straighten out the information.
III. Okay, take some time and in your daybook, write out one paragraph that summarizes the Pat Bourne article, and one paragraph that responds to it.
IV. Now, read the handout, an example of summary and response on this paper. This example has 530 words.
Please do the following:
1. Label the paragraphs: summary/response/intro/conclusion
2. Double underline where the title and author are cited. Underline every "author tag."
3. Label which points are positive or negative in the response.
V. Time to skim the articles and choose one. Read your article tonight and be prepared to work with it tomorrow.
Homework:
1. Look over the article choices, pick one, and read it. Begin to annotate -- you can make a copy in the library at 10 cents a page.
4. TWFTD: A word from your article. So that means a quote from your article. You may use the Bedford definition, but record it as the source.
II. We look at your Pat Bourne lists of events. For THIS class, your summary should help us know how the article did it -- you can't simply straighten out the information.
III. Okay, take some time and in your daybook, write out one paragraph that summarizes the Pat Bourne article, and one paragraph that responds to it.
IV. Now, read the handout, an example of summary and response on this paper. This example has 530 words.
Please do the following:
1. Label the paragraphs: summary/response/intro/conclusion
2. Double underline where the title and author are cited. Underline every "author tag."
3. Label which points are positive or negative in the response.
V. Time to skim the articles and choose one. Read your article tonight and be prepared to work with it tomorrow.
Homework:
1. Look over the article choices, pick one, and read it. Begin to annotate -- you can make a copy in the library at 10 cents a page.
4. TWFTD: A word from your article. So that means a quote from your article. You may use the Bedford definition, but record it as the source.
Monday, January 30, 2012
What is Written Can Change Your Life: Summary/Response
Can you read this?
"I amongst other have indured a parlyament which contenwid by the space of xvii hole wekes wher we communyd of warre pease Stryffe contencyon debatte murmure grudge Riches poverte penurye trowth falshode Justyce equyte dicayte [deceit] opprescyon Magnanymyte actyvyte foce [force] attempraunce [moderation] Treason murder Felonye consyli … [conciliation] and also how a commune welth myght be ediffyed and a[lso] contenewid within our Realme. Howbeyt in conclusyon we have d[one] as our predecessors have been wont to doo that ys to say, as well we myght and lefte wher we begann." 1520, Thomas Cromwell from Wikipedia + a good book
I. Meet William Kamkwamba. A book can change a life.
William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.
Now, William later.
His website.
II. Read pages 20-22 in Bedford under "Responding to Reading."
III. Look at the assignment sheet.
IV. We look at the Pat Bourne handout. Read, write on the article, and answer the questions in your daybook.
Reading a book.
Homework:
1. I. Do Ex. 24.1 on page 27 of the Ev Wr. Exercise book. Rewrite the whole paragraph, but feel free to use either coordination or subordination to link ideas.
2. Finish the Pat Bourne handout in your daybook.
3. TWFTD: annotate
"I amongst other have indured a parlyament which contenwid by the space of xvii hole wekes wher we communyd of warre pease Stryffe contencyon debatte murmure grudge Riches poverte penurye trowth falshode Justyce equyte dicayte [deceit] opprescyon Magnanymyte actyvyte foce [force] attempraunce [moderation] Treason murder Felonye consyli … [conciliation] and also how a commune welth myght be ediffyed and a[lso] contenewid within our Realme. Howbeyt in conclusyon we have d[one] as our predecessors have been wont to doo that ys to say, as well we myght and lefte wher we begann." 1520, Thomas Cromwell from Wikipedia + a good book
I. Meet William Kamkwamba. A book can change a life.
William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.
Now, William later.
His website.
II. Read pages 20-22 in Bedford under "Responding to Reading."
III. Look at the assignment sheet.
IV. We look at the Pat Bourne handout. Read, write on the article, and answer the questions in your daybook.
Reading a book.
Homework:
1. I. Do Ex. 24.1 on page 27 of the Ev Wr. Exercise book. Rewrite the whole paragraph, but feel free to use either coordination or subordination to link ideas.
2. Finish the Pat Bourne handout in your daybook.
3. TWFTD: annotate
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