Comma Day

We check Everyday Writer Ex. 39.1.

I hand out a worksheet. You get into groups and work on it.

We watch some videos:

Werner Herzog.

1. What is the problem?       2.  What are some solutions?

Land mines.

1. What is the problem?   2. What are some solutions? Google...

Homework:

1. The Final Version of Summary/Response is due Monday. Have ONE hard copy and all the tan sheets to turn in.

2. TWFTD: the longest useable word you can find.  This is a word that you can imagine actually using yourself.

Editing Using Turnitin

First of all, commas in Everyday Writer page 400. Do Ex. 39.1 in your daybook.

Then we look at the list on page 470 in Bedford. In your daybook, please list three of these suggestions that you think will be useful for you to use as you revise.

Do you know how to use "find" in Word? Open your paper in Word, and check. If you had comma splices, f"ind" all your commas. If you had fragments, "find" all your periods. If you use "and" too much, "find" it and see where you can rewrite a sentence. 

And you edit using Turnitin. Use the match to check your quoting and paraphrasing. Less than 10% match for this paper, please.


Homework:

1. Continue  to edit your paper. The Final Version is due Monday, August 19.

2. TWFTD- berserk from the OED.

Summary/ Response Draft 2

In an article titled "Surfing Savant," writer Paul Solotaroff describes surfer Clay Marzo's amazing surfer powers and frustrating social deficits.

The sentence above cites a source. Please write a sentence of your own that inserts your article title and your author, describing the article and citing it in one sentence. For the Summary/Response paper, you MUST have a sentence that gives us both the title AND the author. You are summarizing later, so the rest of the sentence is up to you.

Now you read and comment on drafts.

When you are done, upload your draft in Moodle in the Summary/ Response section. There are two parts; try to choose Part 1. You can use Part 2 to upload again after changes, if you wish.

Homework:

1. Read in Bedford pages 467-472.

2. TWFTD: unambiguous in OED which requires that you look up ambiguous.

A Works Cited Page

I return your Long Observation Paper. Do the following:

1. Copy down the strengths and weaknesses according to Kate.
2.  Describe one weakness that you hope to work on in the S/R paper.
3. List a count for all c/s, r/o and frag. IF THERE ARE NONE, count your sub/coord commas. IF THERE ARE NONE, draw a happy face.


Let's look at MLA style citation. You'll see this again for the last paper, but here is an introduction.

For the Summary/ Response paper, you are referring to another author's work, so in a school situation, it's correct to provide a bibliography.

In MLA style, the bibliography is called a Works Cited page.

Let's use EasyBib and make one. Register (see link on sidebar of blog) and we'll start.


Homework:

1. Get Draft 2 ready for tomorrow. You should have a hook, thesis, both summary and reponse, and a conclusion.

2. TWFTD: bibliography in OED.

Summary/ Response Draft 1 Due

Bring two copies of your Draft 1 to class.

As you read, keep thinking: do I know who said THIS? Do I know whose idea THAT is?

AND most of all, do I know what the article's title and author was, and what it was about?

You should also see that the summary is objective, and the reponse is subjective.

Turn in your daybooks.


Homework:

1. Make changes. Draft 2 is due on Wednesday, both on paper and in Turnitin.

2. TWFTD:  synthesis in OED (In next daybook check.)