Friday, February 24, 2012

Informing Due/ Write Intellectual Property

Check hyphen exercise.

Turn in Informing Essay.

Type up Intellectual Property.

Turn in Daybooks.

Homework:

1.  Finish Intellectual Property essay if you do not hand it in today. Turn in Monday.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Intellectual Property

Grammar: 

I used a simple example.
That example is easy to read.
He liked the easy-to-read example. Do Ex. 47.1 page 120.  Write down only the hyphenated terms.

Short essay on observation.  I return yours.  You read your essay.  In your daybook, answer these questions:

1.  Which example that you used do you think works best?
2.  Which example is the weakest?
3.  Evaluate your hook. Looking at it now, do you want to read on?

Now, you get the new topic for a short essay, due tomorrow.

Answer this:  what is the purpose of copyright law? Why does it exist?
 
We look at two videos.  The first is a little radical. The second is very radical.


Homework:

1.  The Final Version of your Informing paper is due tomorrow.  Bring all related sheets.

2.  During class you will type up a short  five paragraph essay on Intellectual Property -- see the prompt.

3.  No word. Daybook is also due with the "Til Death" handout and the Database worksheet.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Editing/Finishing Your Informing Essay

We watch this short film.   Then you watch this short film. In your daybook, write about whether you agree or disagree with this statement: copying is not theft.  Explain.

We go to the lab.  Use TurnItIn to help you edit your paper;  finish adding sources.  The final version is due on Friday, but there won't be time to work  on it in class tomorrow.

Homework:

1.  Finish up your Informing paper. Due Friday.

2. TWFTD:  censorship in the OED

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Draft #2 Informing

Look at your Summary/Response papers.  Copy down strength/weakness and chart errors.

You read drafts; then go to the lab and submit your draft to TurnItIn in Moodle.

Homework:


1.  You will have time to edit tomorrow during class.


2.  Final version due on Friday.


3.  TWFTD: superficial in OED

Monday, February 20, 2012

MLA Style Some More

You look at "My Friend Michelle."

1.  Underline all the in-text citaitons.
2.  Do all clearly lead to a source on the Works Cited list?  Explain.
3.  Is every source on the Works Cited list used in the paper?  Explain.

We go to the lab.  If you have a source, create an EasyBib project and put it in.

Homework:

1.  Draft #2 is due Tuesday WITH a Works Cited page. It is still a draft, but have at least one source used in it.

2.  TWFTD:  mondegreen