Hand in your final Long Essay.
Remember watching TED? We watch Mike Rowe.
What is Mike Rowe's point? What does he want to do?
Homework:
1. Use the "interactive transcript" feature (click on the button to see the text of his talk) under Mike's video to find and copy two vocabulary words of your choice with quotes by Mike Rowe into your daybook.
2. Fill one half of a page in your daybook brainstorming about Mike Rowe's point and talk. The short essay on Mike Rowe will be due at the end of class Monday.
3. TWFTD: Machiavellian.
4. You will turn in your daybooks for the FINAL CHECK on Monday.
5. Tuesday you must bring hard copies of all your Final Versions for Page Count Day. This is your portfolio.
6. Wednesday is the Final and the last day of class.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Editing
Put your answers to yesterday's quiz on the board.
Then you have time to get your draft in shape for handing in Friday. Use TunrnItIn for editing, and pay special attention to MLA details and marks I put on your graded Problem/Solution paper.
Homework:
1. Final version due, with the graded version of the Problem/Solution paper and all drafts, as well.
Then you have time to get your draft in shape for handing in Friday. Use TunrnItIn for editing, and pay special attention to MLA details and marks I put on your graded Problem/Solution paper.
Homework:
1. Final version due, with the graded version of the Problem/Solution paper and all drafts, as well.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Draft Due Problem/Solution MLA Style
In-text citation quiz. Do the following in your daybook:
1. You have an article titled “New Moon Discoveries,” written by Jerry Lewis and published in Nature magazine, that says this:
"In 2012 it was determined by the observations of over 27 middle school students that the moon closely resembles cheese. Based on their use of a telescope purchased at WalMart, the seventh grade class of Mrs. D. Rose now believes that the moon is made of cheese."
How would you include that information in a paper with a correct MLA style in-text citation? Paraphrase the information and cite it as though you are writing it into your paper.
2. You have an article by Milly Smith titled "The Stars Are Falling" that was published in Space magazine. Here's a quote:
"The night sky is full of stars we can't see."
Write down a sentence that contains this quote and cites it correctly, as it would fit into your paper.
Now you fill out the Writer's page for your draft, and exchange papers.
Also, submit your draft to TurnItIn using Part 3 in the Problem/Solution upload in Moodle.
Homework:
1. Use TurnItIn and draft input to make changes and get your paper ready to hand in on Friday. There will be time tomorrow during class to ask questions and edit.
2. TWFTD: debacle
1. You have an article titled “New Moon Discoveries,” written by Jerry Lewis and published in Nature magazine, that says this:
"In 2012 it was determined by the observations of over 27 middle school students that the moon closely resembles cheese. Based on their use of a telescope purchased at WalMart, the seventh grade class of Mrs. D. Rose now believes that the moon is made of cheese."
How would you include that information in a paper with a correct MLA style in-text citation? Paraphrase the information and cite it as though you are writing it into your paper.
2. You have an article by Milly Smith titled "The Stars Are Falling" that was published in Space magazine. Here's a quote:
"The night sky is full of stars we can't see."
Write down a sentence that contains this quote and cites it correctly, as it would fit into your paper.
Now you fill out the Writer's page for your draft, and exchange papers.
Also, submit your draft to TurnItIn using Part 3 in the Problem/Solution upload in Moodle.
Homework:
1. Use TurnItIn and draft input to make changes and get your paper ready to hand in on Friday. There will be time tomorrow during class to ask questions and edit.
2. TWFTD: debacle
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Comp I Shared Essay
Today you go to the Moodle version of our class, open the Shared Essay "quiz" and type in your answers within the timed 50 minute class period.
Please follow the directions and make your essay focus on one of the prompts. Don't rush. If you run out of time, a good start will be worth more credit than a rushed attempt.
Remember, a hook leads to your main point, and then you support that point.
Homework:
Prepare your draft to share tomorrow. You will submit it to TurnItIn as well as share a hard copy. It must have a Works Cited page as well as in-text citations.
An A paper will have reputable sources, smoothly added information, all done correctly using MLA style. Plus any corrections I made on the last paper will be attended to.
Please follow the directions and make your essay focus on one of the prompts. Don't rush. If you run out of time, a good start will be worth more credit than a rushed attempt.
Remember, a hook leads to your main point, and then you support that point.
Homework:
Prepare your draft to share tomorrow. You will submit it to TurnItIn as well as share a hard copy. It must have a Works Cited page as well as in-text citations.
An A paper will have reputable sources, smoothly added information, all done correctly using MLA style. Plus any corrections I made on the last paper will be attended to.
Monday, September 10, 2012
EasyBib and Getting Ready for the Shared Essay
In-text citation? How do you do it? Keep it simple. We review Easy Bib -- see link to the left.
Then I show you the format for the Shared Essay tomorrow in Moodle. We will go to the lab, where you will take the practice quiz until you are comfortable.
Tomorrow you will have 50 minutes to do the two part quiz. A different instructor will score your answers; this will be 5% of your course grade, and the department uses this to assess how well our students are writing.
If you are NOT comfortable typing the shared essay into Moodle, you may use a bluebook.
Homework:
1. Read or listen to "Finding Out What's Under Second Base" by Lex Urban several times. Annotate your copy. Be ready to write about it tomorrow. Look at the scoring rubric on the back of the reading.
2. Also, be working on your draft for Wednesday.
Then I show you the format for the Shared Essay tomorrow in Moodle. We will go to the lab, where you will take the practice quiz until you are comfortable.
Tomorrow you will have 50 minutes to do the two part quiz. A different instructor will score your answers; this will be 5% of your course grade, and the department uses this to assess how well our students are writing.
If you are NOT comfortable typing the shared essay into Moodle, you may use a bluebook.
Homework:
1. Read or listen to "Finding Out What's Under Second Base" by Lex Urban several times. Annotate your copy. Be ready to write about it tomorrow. Look at the scoring rubric on the back of the reading.
2. Also, be working on your draft for Wednesday.
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