Short Essay #2 Assigned

Watch this. That comes from questioncopyright.org.

You have to decide what you think about intellectual property.  Should it be protected, or shared?  For short or long?  Comprehensive or flexible?

I hand out the assignment sheet.

How do you write a short essay?  I'm so glad you asked.  Use this as your guide.

There is a lot to this guide;  take the advice about your introduction and conclusion especially.

Turn in your daybooks.

Homework:

1. Write the Short Essay #2 Intellectual Property, due next Wednesday.

2. TWFTD:  contrarian in OED

Critical Thinking

Thinkwrite: What are "critical thinking skills" and what's an example of a task where you would use/need them?

We look at Bedford pages 36 - 39.

You read and take notes in your daybook about pages 40-42.

Now we watch a short video. Sound familiar? Together we identify his point, his evidence, his assumptions on the sheet I'll hand out.

Homework:

1.  Fill at least one page in your daybook with your thoughts on copyright/patent issues.  Review your notes from Tuesday and Thursday.  What do YOU think the purpose of copyright is?  Do you see any problems with it?  Do you steal the music you listen to?  Why?  Why not? Would you care if someone stole the idea for a tool you invented?  What if someone copies a picture you took and uses it to make an album cover?

Do you need help?  Look at this.  AND look at this.

2. TWFTD: intellectual property (as a term)

Long Obs. DUE/ Reading

I. Final Version turned in.

II. Thinkwrite:  Describe the last interesting thing you read. Article? News post? Book?

III. Reading can change your life.

William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.

Now, William later.

His website.

IV. What is critical reading? Find the answer on page 17 of Bedford.

Read pages 20-22 in Bedford under "Responding to Reading."

Take the handout and annotate the reading on it.  This will be part of the daybook check this Friday.  Show that you are analyzing the reading, reacting to it, and discovering its structure.

Homework:

1. Finish annotating the handout.

2.  TWFTD:  annotate

Plagiarism

First of all, "bad" analogies. I used to get an email with the subject, "Why English Teachers Die Young." It was "bad high school student writing". It said.  But it was funny...

Snopes (the place on the internet to go to see if you're being fooled) revealed that these gems are the result of writers' hard work at winning a contest.
If you'd like to read more of them, go to the same contest from a different year.

In your daybook, please copy down two of these that you think are especially good, AND INCLUDE THE AUTHOR'S NAME.

Now, in your daybook,  define plagiarism.  Here's one.

First of all, plagiarism stories: Viswanathan

1. Why did the publisher cancel her contract and destroy her books? Do you think this was appropriate?

 Helene

 2. Why was this outcome SO DIFFERENT?

 Herr Guttenberg

  3. Was this the right outcome for a politician, for Germany?

Beyond "plagiarism" to "intellectual property":

 Book covers? 

      4. Was this a case of theft?  Who decides?

 If the courts are in charge... 

       5. Do you agree with the Australian Supreme Court ruling?

If there's time....better news, for some:  music...  TV   iTunes 

       6.  Whom do you think the law says that TV news footage "belongs" to? What do you think? Have you heard of "fair use"?

All the questions above are answered in the daybook.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow your Final Version is due.  Bring your hard copy with ALL blue sheets and drafts to turn in. 

2. TWFTD: nebulous.

Editing

1. Q and A Forum: There is a forum in Moodle where you are to "Reply" to the two questions I ask there.  You are putting a sentence from your draft in there for each reply.

2. Editing using TurnItIn: Open your Draft 2 in the TurnItIn assignment where you submitted it Friday, and think about fixes to apply to your draft. Think about RE-WRITING (Transforming!) sentences that are confusing, overly long, or marked up in mysterious ways.

Also, do your paragraphs make sense as units of organization?

Do you have a hook?

Homework:

1.  Continue editing your paper.  The final version will be handed in with ALL DRAFTS on Wednesday.

2. TWFTD:  sinister in OED