Browsing for Sources

We go to the library.  In your daybook you must list title, author and source information for two sources that are on topics you listed yesterday.

When you have done that, sit and read related sources.

At the end of class, turn in your daybooks.

Homework:

1.  Decide on your topic for the Informative essay and begin writing.  The first draft is due Wednesday.

Summary/Response Due

Hand in your Summary/Response with all comment sheets.


A bit of grammar: We look over Section 38 in The Everyday Writer.

You do Ex. 38.1 page 93-94 in Ev. Wr. Exercise Book.

In your daybook, number from 1-10 and write the word with the needed comma following it.

Now, the next paper.  We look at the assignment sheet.  What are reputable sources? 

Now for today's daybook assignment:

On a full page, space out the letters A through E in outline style.  Under each letter leave room to number 1-3.  Next to each letter you will write a topic that you can tell a story or two about.  Then come up with three questions related to those stories that would take you to serious sources to answer.

For instance, from my list:

A. Sailing

     1.  Why did our aluminum mast snap?  Is this common?

     2. Can you lightening-proof a sailboat?

     3.  How many people die each year from sailing accidents? How many sailboats are out there compared to motor boats?


B.  Hiking with little kids (losing Peter)

     1. How many hikers are lost each year in CO or USA?

     2. Where do they charge you for search and rescue?

     3. How have gas prices affected RV sales?  manufacture?


C.  Goats

      1.  Why is colostrum so necessary?

      2. How has the formula changed for powdered milk over the years?

      3. What is the growth difference between kids on milk and kids on powder?

Homework:

1.  Finish this list.  You must fill out letters A through E with at least three questions each. Each question that is solid gets 10 points.  I will give points for more than three questions. 

2.  TWFTD: citation from the  OED

Revise and Edit Sum/Resp.

Quotation marks:  Ex.42.1 page106. Everday Writer page 344 is it.

Think about your introdution and conclusion for this paper -- 10 points each.  THEN work on sum/response.

We go to the lab. and you work on your final version.

Homework:

1. Final Version due tomorrow.  Bring ALL drafts and comment sheets.

2.  TWFTD:  plagiarism in the OED.

Summary/Response Draft #2

If ideas DO come from someone else, how do you cite them? List three ways you have seen used.

I return your long observation papers.  In your daybook:
1.  List one strength and one weakness for this paper, based on my comments or scores.
2.  List one comment or score that surprised you.
3.  Make a list of the marked punc./grammar errors and tally a count.  What are your top three errors?

Prepare your drafts, and we go to the lab to read them. You will only comment on ONE draft today. Do a good job.

Upload your draft through Moodle to TurnItIn.

Homework:

1.  Be ready to edit tomorrow. You will work on the "top three' from today.

2.  TWsFTD: intellectual property -- define and find and quote a sentence that uses the term.

Plagiarism

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

First of all, plagiarism stories: Viswanathan  Why did the publisher cancel her contract and destroy her books?  Helene Why did the publisher NOT cancel her contract, etc.?   Herr Guttenberg. Was this the right outcome for Germany?

On to bigger questions of ownership:    Book covers?  Was this a case of theft? A business model? How could this be stopped? If the courts are in charge...  Do you agree with this ruling?

Better news, for some:  music...  TV   iTunes

All the questions above are answered in the daybook.

Homework:

1.  Draft #2 Sum/Response due tomorrow, and also submit your draft within Moodle to TurnItIn. 

2. TWFTD: nebulous.