No class today.
If you need help making an MLA style Works Cited page, come to room 184 during coffee break.
OR, see instructions written out below (in Thursday).
You must have a printed Works Cited page to hand in with Draft #2 on Tuesday.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
How to Make a Works Cited Page
On page 30 in the Bedford Guide is an example of a citation of an essay from this text (wrong edition) at the bottom of the page. If you already know how to do this, go ahead on your own.
If you are not sure, there are several tools to help you. Microsoft Word has a Bibliography section; SCC has paid for a special online tool that helps you with this. I am posting helpful videos about it here, but if you want to figure it out on your own, that's fine too.
Click here to go to EasyBib. Open it in a window next to this one.
1. Log in and create an account. That way it will save your information, and you can work on it from any computer. Remember what you choose for password, etc. (write it in your daybook?). They will NOT send you spam. If you don't log in, everything will be lost when you quit.
Click here for an introductory tutorial.
2. You will "create a project" and call it Sum/Response. Then click on "Bibliography" to start.
3. Then click on this tutorial on how to enter the information for a book.
NOTE: The Bedford Guide is your source, and you must enter ALL the authors. Your article is treated as a chapter/essay within that source, and you must click on "Add another contributor" and select "Section author" in order to match your author to his/her article within Bedford.
3. When you type information in, you must make correct capitalization and spelling choices; the computer does it YOUR way.
4. After filling all the useful boxes, click the "create citation" tab at the bottom.
5. The next page will have a "Print as Word Document" button. Click on that and a correctly formatted page in Word should open (you may have to disable a pop-up blocker). Print it.
If you are not sure, there are several tools to help you. Microsoft Word has a Bibliography section; SCC has paid for a special online tool that helps you with this. I am posting helpful videos about it here, but if you want to figure it out on your own, that's fine too.
Click here to go to EasyBib. Open it in a window next to this one.
1. Log in and create an account. That way it will save your information, and you can work on it from any computer. Remember what you choose for password, etc. (write it in your daybook?). They will NOT send you spam. If you don't log in, everything will be lost when you quit.
Click here for an introductory tutorial.
2. You will "create a project" and call it Sum/Response. Then click on "Bibliography" to start.
3. Then click on this tutorial on how to enter the information for a book.
NOTE: The Bedford Guide is your source, and you must enter ALL the authors. Your article is treated as a chapter/essay within that source, and you must click on "Add another contributor" and select "Section author" in order to match your author to his/her article within Bedford.
3. When you type information in, you must make correct capitalization and spelling choices; the computer does it YOUR way.
4. After filling all the useful boxes, click the "create citation" tab at the bottom.
5. The next page will have a "Print as Word Document" button. Click on that and a correctly formatted page in Word should open (you may have to disable a pop-up blocker). Print it.
Draft #1 Summary/Response
Correct Ex. 41.1.
What's the goal in your Summary/Response paper? Look at the rubric.
You read and comment on drafts.
No class tomorrow. You must create a bibliography page for this paper that lists your article, MLA style. Here at the blog next is a step-by-step on how to do that using EasyBib, the link on the side of this page. This page needs to be part of your Draft #2, which must be uploaded in Moodle again next week.
Tomorrow, Friday, I will be in room 184 during coffee break to help anyone with creating their Works Cited page for this paper. Come there if you want my help learning how to use EasyBib.
Homework:
1. Create a Works Cited page for this paper that lists your article within The Bedford Guide.
2. Draft #2 is due Tuesday. Look at the grading grid on the back of the Writer's Page for help in revising.
3. TWFTD: A word from your article.
What's the goal in your Summary/Response paper? Look at the rubric.
You read and comment on drafts.
No class tomorrow. You must create a bibliography page for this paper that lists your article, MLA style. Here at the blog next is a step-by-step on how to do that using EasyBib, the link on the side of this page. This page needs to be part of your Draft #2, which must be uploaded in Moodle again next week.
Tomorrow, Friday, I will be in room 184 during coffee break to help anyone with creating their Works Cited page for this paper. Come there if you want my help learning how to use EasyBib.
Homework:
1. Create a Works Cited page for this paper that lists your article within The Bedford Guide.
2. Draft #2 is due Tuesday. Look at the grading grid on the back of the Writer's Page for help in revising.
3. TWFTD: A word from your article.
Wednesday, August 8, 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 tomorrow.
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 tomorrow.
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, August 7, 2012
Practice Summary/Response
I am collecting daybooks at the end of class today. Be sure to include the "Why Is English So Hard to Spell" note sheet.
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. Which article have you chosen? Read your article tonight and be prepared to work with it during class tomorrow.
Here's a link to a cool writer and his book. I have copies of this book if you'd like to read it.
Homework:
1. Read your article several times. Begin to annotate -- you can make a copy in the library at 10 cents a page.
2. 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.
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. Which article have you chosen? Read your article tonight and be prepared to work with it during class tomorrow.
Here's a link to a cool writer and his book. I have copies of this book if you'd like to read it.
Homework:
1. Read your article several times. Begin to annotate -- you can make a copy in the library at 10 cents a page.
2. 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, August 6, 2012
Reading
I. Meet William Kamkwamba. Reading can change your life.
William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.
Now, William later.
His website.
II. Read pages 20-22 in Bedford under "Responding to Reading."
III. I pass out the assignment sheet for the next long paper. Note: Error for Draft 1 due date -- IT'S THURSDAY this week.
IV. We look at the Pat Bourne handout. Read, write on the article, and answer the questions on the handout in your daybook.
Reading a book.
And Curosity made it! See Seven Minutes of Terror.
Homework:
1. Finish the Pat Bourne handout.
2. Look at the article choices in Bedford and choose which article you are going to reread and write about. You will have to tell me tomorrow.
3. TWFTD: annotate
William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.
Now, William later.
His website.
II. Read pages 20-22 in Bedford under "Responding to Reading."
III. I pass out the assignment sheet for the next long paper. Note: Error for Draft 1 due date -- IT'S THURSDAY this week.
IV. We look at the Pat Bourne handout. Read, write on the article, and answer the questions on the handout in your daybook.
Reading a book.
And Curosity made it! See Seven Minutes of Terror.
Homework:
1. Finish the Pat Bourne handout.
2. Look at the article choices in Bedford and choose which article you are going to reread and write about. You will have to tell me tomorrow.
3. TWFTD: annotate
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