Draft 1 Due (Except for 11 AM)

You read each other's drafts.

On Monday you'll submit to Turnitin and we'll try to use it for help with quoting and paraphrasing.

The Final Version of this paper is due Wednesday Dec. 11, which is also the last Daybook Check. I'll hand out the assignment for the last Short Project on Tuesday, and that will be due on Thursday.

Homework:

1. Keep working on your Problem/ Solution with Sources paper.

Looking for Information

Practice an in-text citation:

I want to use this quote in my paper:  "Nielson holds that on-screen reading is 25 percent slower than reading on paper."

The author of this quote is Michael Agger. The title of his article is "Lazy Eyes." It was published at Slate.com on June 13, 2008.

Please write what would be included before and after the quote to fit it into my paper using MLA style. (Write out the quote as well as all punctuation.)

We discuss.

Now use the time to find sources for your Problem/Solution with Sources paper.

Homework:

1. Draft 1 due tomorrow with 2 in-text citations and 2 sources on a Works Cited page. Remember EasyBib.

2. No word.

Problem/ Solution with Research

I return your Problem/ Solution papers.

We discuss any questions you have.  Remember, you need to make changes as marked on your paper.

Use databases to look for sources; you may also google for statistics, etc. Be sure to smoothly include new information, and to use in-text citations correctly. See the Prezi on MLA style to help you.

Homework:

1. Be working on the only draft of your Problem/ Solution with Sources paper, due Friday. The Final Version is due Tuesday, Dec. 10. For Friday you should have at least 2 in-text citations and 2 sources on a Works Cited page. Remember, the final version must have at least three CREDIBLE sources.

2. No TWFTD.

The Common Assessment

Today you write the common assessment.

You have the class period to type or write a short essay in response to ONE prompt about the reading.

The reading is a short excerpt from Eric Weiner's book The Geography of Bliss.

Homework;

None.

Getting Ready for the Common Assessment Essay

You hand in your Short Project #3 papers ( with Works Cited page).

Thinkwrite: What was the most effective piece of writing you've read so far this quarter? What made it effective?

We talk about the SCC Departmental Assessment Essay. This will be written during class tomorrow. It will be about the reading I hand out today. You may type or hand-write (you need a bluebook if you handwrite). You will have two prompts to choose from. WHEN YOU PASS IT, you get an automatic ONE page added to your page-count in addition to the amount you write for the essay. (It will be scored by an instructor in Lincoln.)

9 AM class: Class is cancelled today. Stop by the classroom OR my office for a copy of the reading. The reading is also found in The Bedford Guide pages 630-632, excerpt from The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner.


Homework:

1. Annotate the excerpt from Bedford -- mark words, comment on meaning, write down your reactions. Tomorrow you can use your annotated copy as you write your essay.

2. TWFTD: a word from The Geography of Bliss excerpt. Your choice.