Draft #2 Observation/Description Long Essay

You must do what the bottom of your blue Writer's page insructs and attach  it to your Draft #2, with two new comment sheets.

I show you how to upload your draft to TurnItIn through Moodle.  We go to the lab, where you do that, and you read two drafts by your classmates.

Homework:

1.  Read comments and make revisions.  Monday during class there will be some time for editing using the TurnItIn software, and my input. The Final Version is due Tuesday. What will you do to improve it?  You earn points for making changes.

2.  TWFTD:  thing in the OED.

Sentence Variety

What did you learn about American English from the 10 minute history of English?

We look at sentences and Section 24 in Everyday Writer. I explain subordination and coordination and you take notes.

Make up two short sentences about sports.

Now you combine them.

Do Ex. 24.1 from page 27 in the Everyday Writer exercise book in your daybook.  Recopy the paragraph using subordination and coordination to make it read more smoothly.

Homework:

1.  Draft #2 due tomorrow, typed. Look at your sentences.  Is there variety in length and structure?  Run spell check.  Be sure all your details help to make your point.  You should be certain what your point is! Make sure your draft will be accessible in the computer lab on a computer, in a readable file. Also bring a hard copy to class.

2.  TWFTD: obnoxious in the OED.  Notice how meaning has changed over time.

Draft #1 First Long Essay: Obs/Description

Today you practice more analytical thinking.

#1  Read and React:  use ! and ?

#2  Analyze:  Are the details clear?  Do I understand and "see" the scene?

#3  Evaluate:  What works well?  What could be improved?

AND do this in a supportive fashion. I'm awarding you points on the quality of your input.

You will fill out the blue "Writer's Sheet" (handout).  I'll pass around 2 "Reader's Sheets" that will be filled out about your draft.  When we're done, all these sheets will go home with you, and you will revise your draft into Draft #2.

Homework:

1.  Make changes/additions to your draft.  Draft #2 typed is due Friday. How will you save it? On Friday Draft 2 must be available electronically in the computer lab in order to upload it to TurnItIn in Moodle. BACK UP A FLASH DRIVE!

2. Watch this NSFW video about the history of English. In your daybook, answer these questions:

A. Explain the difference between the following words in meaning and etymology:   cow, sheep, pig   vs.   beef, mutton, pork.

B. List two common phrases Shakespeare coined.

C.  List two common phrases from the King James Bible.

D. Of the 1.5 billion people who use English, what are the 3 types of speakers they describe (1/4, 1/4, 1/2 each use the language how?)

{Note: there is a "transcript" button under this video that is supposed to show you what the narrator is saying.  It is a hoot! Is this a computer trying to do this task? For extra credit in your daybook, you may copy out a section of the transcript with your corrections to it -- 10 daybook points per correction.}

2. TWFTD:  "rough" in the OED --see yesterday's post for instructions.  The link to the OED is on the left.

The OED and "punk."

Writing your first draft: think about organizing your material.  Will you move through time or space? Are there events to organize, or impressions?  Describe in a way that puts all our senses to work.

Homework:

1.  Bring a hard copy of your Draft #1 Observation/Description to class.

2.  TWFTD: "punk" from the OED.  You must choose a quote used in the OED, give the year only (not the source, unless you wish to), and give the definition that matches that quote. So you have an entry for "punk" from yesterday, AND one from today.

Why is English so Hard to Spell?

Hand in your short essay and daybook (at the end of class).

Consider the words knight, night // through, though, bough, cough, rough // come, give, gone.

Take a short pretest about the history of English.  Look at this chart.

What does England look like in the year 0?  -ish? Well, this is already 2,000 years old.

Think Roman Empire.

Old English spoken for us.

Anglo-Saxon art

Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings  which leads us to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

After Norman castles we come to Middle English.

Fold your handout and put it in your daybook.

Here are some related links of interest on this topic:

The History of English in 10 Minutes Video

An animation of one of Chaucer's Tales

National Geographic on the buried Vikings



Homework:

1.  Wednesday the first draft of your observation paper is due.  It can be either hand-written or typed and PRINTED OUT BEFORE CLASS.  See the back of the blue assignment sheet for drafting help.  Also, Bedford pages 88-90.

2. Tomorrow (Tuesday) there will be SOME time to work on your draft, but there will be some other work as well.

3. TWFTD:  punk.  What can you find for the origin of the word?