The Final

Please follow the directions on the handout.

Your grades should be correct in Moodle by the end of the day Thursday.

Have a good break.

Count Day

Get out all your graded papers and arrange them in order:

1. Lego Directions -- Green

2. Kickstarter Review  Solo #1-- Purple

3. Kickstarter on Paper -- Blue

4. Summary/ Response Solo #2 -- Yellow

5. Summary/ Eval./ Response -- Tan

6. Problem/ Solution -- Goldenrod

7. Problem/ Solution with Sources -- Salmon

8. Your Choice from Gale -- Gray

9. Common In-class Essay -- Pink


Then go to this link fill out the survey. Please read carefully and answer thoughtfully.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P5X28YL


When you are done with the survey, open the "Count Day" Forum in Moodle, and enter your number of pages in the subject line.  Follow directions for message content.

If you have fewer than 25 pages, you need to read ONE of the following articles, and be ready to write about it during class tomorrow.

"As Attitudes Shift on P.T.S.D, Media Slow to Remove Stigma"

by Mike Haynie

 

OR

 

"Be Cool to the Pizza Dude" by Sarah Adams

 

If you had twenty-five pages, have a safe break. If you want to have your graded Problem/ Solution papers, please stop by my office before Friday this week to pick them up.

If I do not okay your page count and you skip the final, you will receive a zero for the final.

     

Papers and Daybooks Due

Prepare your paper to hand in.
 
I return papers.
 
Words on the board.
 
Thinkwrite:  Consider the kinds of learning you've been doing for the past 10 years. Think about changes that have happened in that time. Ten years from now, in 2024, what kinds of learning will you be doing? How do you plan to keep an "open mind"? Or do you?
 
Go to the Hub and respond to the course evaluation there. PLEASE type in answers and take your time.
 

Now you fill out the daybook score sheet and turn in your daybooks.

Homework:

For tomorrow collect and bring every returned paper with its grading rubric. If you did not save the graded copy of a paper, it cannot be counted.

Solving All Problems

Number 1 to 10 in your daybook.

Click on this link: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/tutorials/mlatutorial/quiz.php?type=post

In another window, open this link: http://prezi.com/qmf4siv3xukj/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Click to the examples page in the prezi and put it side-by-side with the quiz.

Write the answers down.

Open your paper in TurnItIn through Moodle.

You have time to work on your draft and get the final version ready.

Homework:

1. The final version is due Monday.

2. Your daybooks are due Monday.

3. TWFTD:  credible in OED

Only Draft Problem/ Solution MLA Style

Print your draft, and turn it in in Moodle.

You will each read and comment on two drafts.


Homework:

1. Tomorrow we'll use TurnItIn to check your quotes and paraphrasing and any MLA questions you have.

2. TWFTD:  a big word of your choice in the OED.

Working on MLA Citation Details

Thinkwrite: 
Do you consider yourself to be a detail-oriented person? You are here at school to prepare for doing a job. (What job is that?) How detail-oriented will you have to be to do that job, do you think?  What are some ways to become MORE detail-oriented?

I hand out another example of student writing. It has a number of problems with its citation. Read it and answer these questions in your daybook:

1. . Underline every in-text citation you see as you read. How many are there?

2. When you read an in-text citation, check to see if it clearly leads to a source in the Works Cited list. List any problems you find.

3. Are there items on the Works Cited list that were NOT used in the paper? List them.

4. This paper is old, so it follows MLA 6. What major difference can you find between MLA 6 and MLA 7? Look at one of YOUR works cited pages for MLA 7.

5. If you know the page number where information occurred, you should include that in an in-text citation. Please put a star next to each in-text citation in "My Friend Michelle" that SHOULD have included a page number in parentheses. How many are there? [Hint: use the bibliography to help decide if there were page numbers in the source.]

After you finish this, use the time to work on revising your Problem/ Solution paper. Make correct in-text citations, and use EasyBib to work on your works cited page. REMEMBER you MUST have cited information from a database source in this article.

Homework:
1. Get your paper ready for turning in to Turnitin tomorrow, to check your paraphrasing and quoting of sources.

2. TWFTD: synonymous in OED.

Solo Paper #3 Due

You turn in your Solo #3 papers, with the article you wrote about, and the rubric.

I return your Problem/ Solution paper.  Read the comments/markings on your paper.

1. Copy down ONE comment or question I wrote on your paper that indicates something you need to change.

2. Explain ONE OTHER part of the paper that you could change for the better. Explain what is needed.

3. How many outside sources did you use to write this paper?

I hand out the assignment sheet for the last paper.


Now, click on this Prezi link: http://prezi.com/qmf4siv3xukj/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share 


Homework:

1. Begin working on changes to your Problem/ Solution paper. Fix problems and look for more information/ sources if you need to. The ONLY draft is due Thursday of this week.

2. TWFTD:  citation

Practicing Puctuation

Apostrophe review?

Copy and add apostrophes:

1. My dogs tail wagged.

2. My three dogs tails all wagged.

3. The ________ door was broken.   (bus)

4. The two _________doors were open.  (bus)

5. All the __________on the street were stopped.  (bus)


Now click on chompchomp to do an exercise. Number 1 to 20 in your daybook. Record your answers until you arrive at the CORRECT one for each number. (Cross out the errors. I want to see how many errors you make.) Make sure you write down the CORRECT answer, if you miss it once.

Now use EasyBib to cite your database article.

Homework:

1. Solo Paper #3 is due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  your choice from your Gale article.

Research Friday

Find and print an article from Gale.

Read and annotate.

Print a copy of the CRAAP test worksheet from Moodle. Work on this project for Solo Paper #3. This worksheet will part of the last daybook check.

Homework:

1. Begin writing your Summary/ Evaluation paper about your chosen article.

2. TWFTD: your choice from your article.

Databases for Research

Corrections for Ex. 42.1.

Let's start with Mike Mulligan! Which leads to this article.

One source of credible material is a library database.

Go to The Hub and click on the Library (LRC) link in the row of links below the top section.

We will all look at the top two databases, specifically Gale.

I hand out the assignment sheet for the last Solo paper.

You will have time tomorrow to look for and print out an article on your topic.

Homework:

1. Be looking for an article to read, summarize, and evaluate using the CRAAP test.

2. TWFTD: annotate in OED.

In-Class Assessment Essay

Read the prompt carefully before you begin. Take the time to organize your thoughts and make some notes.

If you wish to hand-write, use a bluebook. Otherwise, type.

Use the standard heading with page numbers/last name.

When you are done, print. Hand in the pink prompt with your essay.

Problem/ Solution Due

You hand in your papers.

I give you the reading assignment for the in-class essay tomorrow. We read it.


Apostrophes? Ex. 42.1 in Everyday Writer. Write the words that need apostrophes in your daybook.

Homework:

1. Read "The Right to Fail" again and think about it. What exactly is his point?

2. TWFTD: your choice from "The Right to Fail."

Using TurnItIn

Use my comments in TurnItIn and the editing feature to make final improvements to your Problem/ Solution paper.

Today your daybooks are due.

This week you will be writing the Common Assessment Essay, during class on Wednesday.

Tomorrow I'll give you the reading, and return your Summary/ Evaluation/ Response papers.

Homework:

1.  Prepare your Problem/ Solution paper to hand in. A Works Cited page only counts toward your page count if it is MLA style.

Draft #2 Due of Problem/ Solution Paper

Thinkwrite:
So what do YOU think about Wikipedia? How do you use it? Would you ever want to edit it? If you don't trust it, how do you check up on it?

1. Prepare your drafts to exchange. Let's revisit the rubric to see what will earn a good grade in this assignment.

2. Go to the Problem/ Solution Forum in Moodle and post your paper's title (subject) and your thesis statement ( the sentence that states the problem and maybe solutions...).

3. Also, upload the efile of your paper to Moodle (Turnitin). Please spread out the times you upload, to see if that improves our success rate.

Homework:

1. The final version of this paper is due on Tuesday 2 December. 

2. Pay special attention to the evidence you are using, and how you present it. If the information comes from a source, cite it the best way you know how. You will NOT be graded on MLA details, but you CANNOT plagiarize (using sources without citing them. 

3. Daybooks will be checked Monday Dec. 1.

4. TWFTD: your choice of a word related to your problem paper.

The CRAAP Test

I expect you to use online sources both to explain your problem and defend your solution.

The most important part of that process is taking the time to choose carefully the sources you use.

Use The CRAAP Test when you do so. The CRAAP Test Prezi. Take notes in your daybook.

Print a copy of the CRAAP Test Worksheet from Moodle. Use that sheet to score TWO different sources that you have visited online about your topic. Try to score one that you expect to fail, and one that you expect to pass. In your daybook write a paragraph about EACH source, explaining its score and how/why it passed or failed.

If you have done NO web investigating on your topic, start googling.


Homework:

1. Finish the above activity using the CRAAP Test.

2. Draft 2 of your Problem/ Solution paper is due tomorrow, typed, in essay format.  

3. At some point tomorrow you will also turn in the e-file of the paper in Turnitin through Moodle. You will be able to see how you're doing with paraphrasing/quoting source information.

4.  TWFTD: relevance in OED see def. #3.

Draft #1 Problem/ Solution Due

Thinkwrite: How often do you change your mind? What does it take to change your mind? Can you think of a recent example?

Today you read drafts and give feedback.

Homework:
1. Revise and improve your paper. If you don't like your topic, you may change it, but get busy. Draft #2 is due Tuesday.

2. TWFTD: fact in OED.

The Three Appeals

Thinkwrite: What does it take to change your mind? Can you think of an example in the near past when you decided you were wrong about something, and changed your mind? Explain. Have you successfully changed somebody else's mind? Explain.

Let's talk about the Three Appeals.

And then there's the problem of HOW you present your facts. If your want to be persuasive for this class, please be sure  to present the facts in as fair a manner as possible. And be sure to deal with the facts that do NOT support your view.

Homework:

1. Draft #1 is due tomorrow. Have both problem and solution drafted.

2. TWFTD:  anecdote in OED.

Using Evidence

Thinkwrite: Your brother is shopping for a car. He has found two cars on Craigslist that he likes. You think one of them is a horrible choice. What kind of evidence will you present to him to prevent a BIG MISTAKE on his part?

Read pages 40-42 in Bedford. Let's sort them.

How about evidence for your problem/ solution? As you draft this paper, include links to ANY sources you use.

Now we look at another example of this kind of writing: Bedford pages 187-189.

Homework:

1. Begin drafting your problem/ solution paper, Draft #1 due Friday. Look for evidence online to help you make your points. Just put hyperlinks to your sources in the draft as you write. 

2.  If you aren't sure about your problem, how about this one? If you think it's a hoax, and you're a farmer, is that a problem?

2. TWFTD: rehabilitation

What's Your Problem?

 I pass out the assignment sheet.

Now you look at an example. We look at page190-191 in Bedford.

How well does this essay meet my assignment? You score the essay.

In your daybook, explain one strength and one weakness of this example essay.

Homework:

1. Read pages 193-197 in Bedford.

2. Create either an outline, a mindmap, or a cloud diagram of your problem. State the problem clearly, in one sentence. Then list causes and effects,parts of the problem, and possible solutions.

3. TWFTD: trivial in OED.

Beginning Problem/ Solution

Hand in your papers.

Did you find out how the word "plagiarism" got chosen? How does it relate to intellectual property?

Here's a definition of plagiarism. Here is intellectual property.

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. Fill at least a half page in your daybook with brainstorming about possible problems you could write the next paper about. For help, see the video links on last Friday's blog. Think about situations that concern you, and that you would like to know more about.

2. TWFTD: patent in OED.

Final Improvements

Open your Summary/ Eval/ Response paper in Turnitin (in Moodle). NOW you can click on the middle button and see comments I have made, and see some proofreading by the software.

Use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page.

For your daybook today, find one sentence using coordination and one using subordination from your own paper, and copy them down.

Check your daybook list of errors for the paper returned to you. What should you look for in THIS paper?

Last ten minutes:  The next paper you write is called the Problem/ Solution paper. This weekend, as you finish up your Summary/ Eval/ Response paper, be thinking about a problem that you'd like to think more deeply about solving.

Here are a selection of sources that point to problems. You could use one of these, or come up with your own. Note: I prohibit gun-control related papers.

"Humans Need Not Apply" video by CGP Grey.

"Injustice in Ferguson, Long Before Michael Brown" from Bloomberg's Business Week.

"The Net Neutrality Debate in 3 Minutes" by Hank G.

"Incarceration Nation" By CNN

"The Skills Gap" by Siemens

"Alcohol is Still the Deadliest Drug in the United States, and It’s Not Even Close" The Washington Post

Daybooks are due.

Homework:

1. Final Version of your Summary/ Eval/ Response due Monday with ALL tan sheets.

2. Look through the problem examples and be thinking about your next paper.

3. TWFTD:  none

Draft #2 Summary/ Evaluation/ Response Due Today

Today you read and comment on two drafts. Some of you will read drafts by the same person so that you are reading about the same article that you wrote about.

Before class tomorrow, upload this draft into our class in Moodle using the Turnitin link.

Homework:

1. Upload Draft 2 in Moodle.

2. Have your daybook ready to turn in.

3. TWFTD:  plagiarism in OED ( can you figure out the original meaning in Latin?)

Ch. 22 Continued

Due to the failure of text2mindmap for SOME students, we'll do something a bit different with the same information.

1. Open a Word file, and give it the standard heading for this class.

2. Type in the NINE sections of Ch. 22, and number them.

3. Next to each, you will write a short paraphrase (in your own words) explaining what the section is about. Use one or two COMPLETE sentences.

4. Space, indent, and add ONE quote from that section that also explains what it is about (copy/paste from your mindmap, if you have one).

5. When you have completed this for all nine sections, every section will have a paraphrase and a quote.

6. Save the file where you can access it.

7. Go to Moodle and upload the file into Turnitin, which will be found in the highlighted section of our class. I'll show you how.

8. In Turnitin, hopefully their software will show whether you're doing a good job paraphrasing this chapter.

Tomorrow, you will upload your Draft #2 into Turnitin, so that we can look at it there in class on Friday.

Homework:

1. Prepare Draft #2 of your Summary/ Evaluation/ Response, due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  revise in OED.

Draft #1 Due of Summary/ Evaluation/ Response with Feedback

We look at the example paper I wrote about the Pat Bourne article.

Fill out the Writer's Page about your draft.

I pass out the comment sheets, and you gather into groups. Read and fill out sheets.

Homework:

1. Work on revising your draft. Draft #2 is due Thursday.

2. TWFTD:  your choice from Bedford Ch. 22.

How Writers Develop Ideas

Open up The Bedford Guide to Chapter 22.

Now click on this link: https://www.text2mindmap.com/

This chapter is full of information that can help you create a paper AND analyze the writing of others.

Your task is to read and outline this chapter using text2mindmap.  I show you how to use the thing.

The red heading from the book will be headings in the mindmap. Under each you should type at least TWO quotes from the section that are key "explainers" of the heading.

I strongly recommend that you read a section, then type your notes, then go on to the next. We will save and work on these in class again Wednesday.

Homework:

1. Draft 1 due tomorrow of your Summary/ Evaluation/ Response paper.

2. TWFTD: evocative from Bedford Ch. 22.

Understanding Your Article

Read and take a page of notes about your article in your daybook. Fold the page in half so you separate the objective/summary side and the subjective/eval-reaction side.

Based on your reading of your article and the notes you have taken, answer the following questions in your daybook:

1. What is the main point your author is trying to make?

2. Copy down in quotation marks one sentence from the article which states this point (or comes close):

3. List at least three pieces of support or evidence this writer gives for this point:

a.
b.
c.

4. Which of these are STRONG, in your view? Why?

5. Which of these is WEAK or ineffective? Why?

6. Are any of these hard to follow or not clear?

7. Can you think of any OTHER examples/people/experiences/sources that would support this point? List:

8. Can you think of any other examples/people/experiences that would disprove this point?

Based on those questions begin your draft. Draft 1 due Tuesday.

Homework:

1. Complete the page of notes on your article.

2. Complete the answers to the questions above (write them in your daybook.)

3. Begin writing the draft due Tuesday. Use the tan assignment sheet to make sure you include all the required elements.

4. TWFTD:  your choice from your article.

Summary/ Evaluation/ Response and Pat Bourne

You do some writing.

We discuss the Pat Bourne questions.

I hand out the assignment sheet for the next paper.

We look at an example of the kind of writing for the next paper. You read it. Rename a copy of my example paper (found in Moodle) with YOUR last name and save it.


1. Make the first and last sentences in the paper red. The first should be a hook. The last is a “clincher.”

2. Italicize the title and author of the article I'm writing about.

3. Make the thesis orange.

4. Make the summary yellow.   



5. Make any evaluation of the writing green.



6. Make any response to the content of the article pale blue. 


7. Underline any quotes. These are places that used the exact words of the article.

8. Make BOLD any time I used “the writer”  or "the author" or "the article"– any time I used author tags (and would have used a name if there was one on this article).


We discuss how this relates to the  assignment sheet. Special attention to what is OBJECTIVE and what is SUBJECTIVE in this assignment.



Homework:

1. Decide which of the readings you want to write about for the next paper (see handout). You MUST choose one for tomorrow.

2. If you did not finish, post your colorized paper to the forum in Moodle.

3. TWFTD: your choice from Pat Bourne OR Kate's example paper.

Solo Paper #2 Due

First of all, print one copy and hand in your Solo Paper #2. Let's think about beginnings...

Now, comma rules and conjunctions review in the daybook.

Look at the following sentences and decide what needs a comma:

Coordination--

1. The auditorium was filled with people but the sea of faces did not intimidate me.
2. I had read the heroine's part and I had sung a song.

Subordination --

3. They had chosen me for the role even though I was untrained.
4. Although I was untrained they had chosen me for the role.

Next we look at your answers to Ex. 25.2 in The Everyday Writer.


Last of all, read the handout and write the answers to  the questions at the end in your daybook.

Homework:

1. Finish reading the handout and answering the questions.

2. TWFTD: mastectomy in OED.

Typing Your Summary/ Reaction: Solo Paper #2

If you did the homework, you have read and written notes about either A. "Getting It All Done" by Gareth Cook p. 605-606 or B. "The Creation of Discontent" by Juliet Schor p. 611-613.

You now have today's class and tonight to type up your short essay about that article. Use the yellow assignment sheet to guide you; read the grading rubric on the back.

This is practice for the in-class essay that will happen at the end of the quarter.

Homework:

1. Finish typing this essay to hand in tomorrow. Bring the yellow assignment sheet as well.

2. TWFTD: your choice from the reading/ from OED.

Summary/ Reaction Solo #2

If you did the homework, you have read an article in The Bedford Guide. That reading is going to be the topic of your next Solo paper. You are going to write this paper very quickly, as practice for something called the In-Class Assessment Final essay near the end of the quarter. The choices:

A. "Getting It All Done" by Gareth Cook p. 605-606
B. "The Creation of Discontent" by Juliet Schor p. 611-613.

Today we go over the assignment, and you will have about 20 minutes to take some notes in your daybook. Take time tonight to continue taking notes.

Tomorrow you will have class time to type up your Solo #2 paper. You may work on it for homework as well, but this will give you an idea how much you can accomplish in 50 minutes.

We also look at Ex. 25.2. Please do this exercise, using conjunctions AND dropping words AND rearranging information, to try and make one smooth sentence for  each. PAY ATTENTION TO MEANING!

Homework:

1. Finish Ex. 25.2 in your daybook.

2. Fill one page with notes about the reading. Use two columns, one for putting what the article says into your own words, and one for recording your reactions/thoughts/questions.

2. TWFTD:  your choice from your reading, using the OED.

Kickstarters on Paper Due

First of all, trade blue comment sheets with each other. You should end up with the four blue comment sheets that YOU filled out about other papers, to hand in with your own paper. Assemble your drafts and comment sheets as instructed.

Next, open Moodle to Comp I and click on the Forum to Turn in Your Kickstarter on Paper. Follow the directions there to create a post with a message and a copy of your paper.

Next, you will show your classmates your paper, using the projector. You have TWO minutes to tell them the basics and their pledge choices. Yes, you can pitch your idea.

After each presentation, the class will each reply to that paper's post with the amount of money you would pledge to the project, and explain why.

All of this will be worth daybook points.

Turn in your daybooks.

Homework:

1.  Look at two readings in The Bedford Guide and pick one to read. You will be writing the next solo assignment about the reading you choose.

A. "Getting It All Done" by Gareth Cook p. 605-606

B. "The Creation of Discontent" by Juliet Schor p. 611-613.

Read either A. or B. for class Monday.

Sentences Style

I return your Kickstarter reviews.

In your daybook:

1. Copy down my comment at the bottom of the rubric.

2. List any margin error labels you have and HOW many you have.

3. List one strength and one weakness of this paper, using your scores or my comments.


You read in Everyday Writer about putting ideas together using conjunctions. Let's review them.

Here are some short sentences:

My dog loves to chase cats.

Our barn is full of cats.

Most of the cats on my place ignore the dog.

No cat has ever been injured by my dog.

Please create two long sentences. In one of them, use coordination to combine two of these sentences. In the other, use subordination to combine two of these sentences.

Let's share.

Now do Ex. 25.1 (p. 289)--your choice whether you write or type it. Make sure it's in the daybook.Copy or type the whole paragraph, please.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow the Kickstarter on Paper is due. You need to have one copy printed of the final version, and bring ALL blue sheets and Drafts 1 and 2. Also, have access to the efile of your paper to turn in in Moodle.

2. TWFTD: subordination in OED.

The OED and EasyBib

Thinkwrite:   Now that you've spent a lot of time on Kickstarter, what do you think about crowdsourcing? It's not just crowdfunding; there are citizen science projects (my favorite) and Airbnb and the Mechanical Turk.

Examples? We watch this video....then look at the OED. Punk, anyone? From now on, I may tell you that your TWFTD info must come from the OED. When I do that, you first choose ONE of the quotes, copy it down, give its year, and then the definition that matches that quote. Please do look over ALL the definitions when I send you to the OED. See the link on the left side of this post for the OED. If you are at home, the password info is there as well.

Now, how will you cite your pictures? We go to page 468 in The Everyday Writer.

Homework:

1. Read pages 287-292 in Everyday Writer.

2. Get your citations in shape for the Kickstarter on Paper, due Friday. If you have included pictures, you need a Works Cited page.

3. TWFTD: punk in the OED.

Draft #2 Due Kickstarter On Paper

Thinkwrite: Yesterday I kept bringing up the idea that English is a difficult language to learn to read. What do you remember of the process YOU went through to learn to read? Please describe it. Highs and lows?

Print ONE copy of your Draft #2. Get out the purple Writer's Page to pass around with your draft and the comment sheets. Everyone reads and comments on TWO.

Now you are reading closely for details that need work. You may help each other with spelling and punctuation details.

Homework:

1. Prepare you Final Version for Friday. You will hand in ONE hard copy (with all comment sheets and drafts), AND turn in an efile in a forum in Moodle, the same way we did the last paper.

2. ON FRIDAY, you will get up and present your Kickstarter to the class. We'll put the paper up with the projector, because how it LOOKS is part of your sales pitch,  and you can explain it to us. When everyone has done that, you will choose a pledge amount for each project using the "Reply" button in the forum in Moodle.

TWFTD: Your choice of a long word that does NOT begin with "s".

Why is English So Hard to Spell?

Why is English so hard to spell?

I hand out a sheet. Read it over and complete anything on it you can.

Here is the link to today's lecture on "Why Is English So Hard to Spell?

This is called a Prezi, an alternative to powerpoints. Fill your handout in as we go. After class I'm hoping you'll open this up and look at the stuff I skipped over.

Tuck the handout in your daybook for the next daybook check (this Friday).


Homework:

1. Draft #2 Kickstarter on Paper is due tomorrow, Tuesday.

2. TWFTD: punk

3. If the history of English interests you, watch this video, a "lighthearted" (not safe for school) history of English in 10 minutes.

Draft #1 Kickstarter on Paper Due

Today is about giving feedback. YOU are the audience, so you need to communicate to each other what YOU find effective.

Note: the blue comment sheets earn YOU points. Be detailed and thoughtful.

ALSO, you may write ON the draft you read with your REACTIONS. This is a rough draft, so DO NOT PROOFREAD or edit -- just provide reactions/ input/ ideas.

Homework:

1. Use today's feedback and get your paper ready for Tuesday, when DRAFT 2 is due. Have Draft 2 be as close to perfect as possible, so people can help with editing and proofreading, as well as organization.

2. If you want MY feedback, send me an email (kloden@southeast.edu) with your draft attached.

3. TWFTD: hoax

Working on Draft #1

I return the Lego papers.

We check Ev. Writer Ex. 23.8 and 23.9.

Thinkwrite: Describe what you are kickstarting on paper. Why should people want to give you money for your product? What are you thinking of for rewards?

Now open a Word file, create the MLA heading,  and llist ALL the Key Elements.  If you've already started this paper, open that file and work on it. At the bottom, list the Key Elements, and delete them as you write them into your paper.

How will you arrange them on the page? What will you CALL them? You are free to play with these in your layout, after the MLA style heading and page numbers. You may make headings font size 14, and text should be 12 or smaller.

You have time to work on the rough draft, due tomorrow.

Homework:

1. First Draft Kickstarter on Paper due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  novice (from Everyday Writer)

Spelling

First, we finish the list of Key Elements for your Kickstarter on Paper assignment.

Then thinkwrite:

Rant time -- English spelling is incredibly illogical. What are some very strange spellings you have noticed, or problem words, or words that bug you? Use Everyday Writer Sec. 24 to jog your memory.

What about spellcheck?  Everyday Writer Sec. 23.  Ex. 23.8. Let's test your eyes, your typing, and MS Word. Type it up with corrections and print. Save it in your daybook.

Thanks, memebase.com

Then hand write Ex. 23.9 into your daybook. Number 1 to 13 and only write the correct word down. [Number the blanks in your book to keep them straight.]

Homework:

1. Be working on your Kickstarter On Paper -- remember to get a page of notes done in your daybook. Tomorrow there will be time during class to work on it.

2. TWFTD: mangle OR havoc, you choose.

Solo Paper #1 Due

Don't print yet!!

Open on your computer screen YOUR copy of your paper. Do a "Save As" and add "Color Version" to the name for the paper. Make the following changes to the new file:

1. Make your title red. Are ALL the major words capitalized? [All font size 12. Times New Roman.]

2. Make the introduction and conclusion purple.

3. Make your hook and your clincher bold. They should be about a sentence long. If you haven't got one, don't mark it.

4. Underline the words that refer to key elements  in the kickstarters you discussed.

5. Italicize your thesis (the point of your paper.)

6. Click the "save" icon and close this file.

7. Go to our class in Moodle and click on the forum to turn this color version in.

NOW PRINT your hard copy.

THINKWRITE: Please look back at your group's list of the steps in the writing process, from the second day of class. Think about the process you went through to write THIS paper. Which of those steps on the list did you actually do? What did you find hard/easy about writing this paper?

We shift gears to the Kickstarter on Paper.  I hand out the blue assignment sheet.

You get into groups and come up with a list of the sections that you think every Kickstarter OUGHT to have. These should come from what you observed. These sections or parts of sections are what we're going to call Key Elements for this assignment.

We combine your imput into a CLASS LIST OF KEY ELEMENTS. Everyone will write this onto the purple sheet.



Homework:

1. Write a page of brainstorming notes of ideas for your Kickstarter on Paper. The rough draft, due Friday, should be typed. It should have something in EACH of the Key Elements, but it need not be complete.

2. TWFTD: Your choice from Bedford Ch. 21.

EasyBib for Solo Paper #1

I return the daybooks. We discuss the Language Use in Kickstarter worksheet.

Solo Paper #1 is due tomorrow. Come to class with an electronic copy of the finished paper. Either have it saved on the N drive, or in Moodle files, or attached to an email to yourself. You will hand that copy in using Moodle AND print a hard copy during class. Be sure to bring the purple grading rubric to hand in with your paper.

Thinkwrite: You have been doing some thinking about Kickstarter. Tell me, what do YOU think is necessary to make an effective Kickstarter? Explain. (Note: this is what your paper due tomorrow is about.)

Together we'll use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page for the paper due tomorrow. You are to list any Kickstarters that you discuss in your paper.

Homework:

1. Solo #1 Review of Two Kickstarters is due tomorrow. Bring an electronic copy of the finished paper.You will hand that copy in using Moodle AND print a hard copy during class. Be sure to bring the purple grading rubric to hand in with your paper.

2. TWFTD: provocative (found in Bedford ch. 21).

An Example Paper for Solo #1

First of all, I show you how to hand in your e-file worksheet in the forum in Moodle.

Those of you with paper copies, keep them in your daybook to hand in at the end of class.

Now, we go to Moodle to download the Example Analysis paper there.

1. I want you to rename your copy of the example paper. Type your LAST NAME in front of its name when you do "save as".
2. You are going to use the highlight tool to colorize your copy.
3. Make the title red.
4. Make the introduction and conclusion pink.
5. When the paper discusses example #1, make it yellow. This includes parts of sentences.
6. When the paper discusses example #2, make it pale blue, also including parts of sentences.
7. When the paper discusses BOTH AT ONCE, make it green.
8. Underline the words that refer to the Key Elements being compared. {These are the topics of the paragraphs.}
9. Italicize the thesis or main idea of the whole paper.
10. Make the hook and the clincher bold.

There is some nomenclature going on in the list above-- be sure to ask if you are not sure.

If you finish before the others, use the time to be taking notes about two Kickstarters.

At the end of class, we will upload the colorized document into the same forum in Moodle where you turned in the worksheet today.

Leave your daybooks. Make sure your name is visible on it.

Homework:

1. Read Ch. 21 in The Bedford Guide, pages 420-435. These pages have helpful advice for writing your solo assignment.

2. Decide on two Kickstarters, take notes about them, and begin writing your Solo #1 paper (pale purple sheet).

Figuring Out Context for a Kickstarter

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/12/05/tip-of-the-iceberg-how-the-illusion-of-products-can-mislead-customers-about-the-realities-of-business/

This caused me to follow the link about the T-shirt. Which brought me back to Kickstarter.

Thinkwrite: How can we tell whether a Kickstarter project has the ability to actually produce its product?

I hand out the assignment sheet for the Solo paper due next Tuesday.


Homework:

1. Finish the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment due tomorrow.

2. Finalize your choice of two Kickstarters to write about, and begin the steps of creating Solo Assignment #1. Start with taking a page of notes in your daybook. Then begin identifying Key Elements and levels of effectiveness. If you wish to do this over the weekend, you can add the page of notes into your daybook when I return it.

3. Daybooks are due tomorrow, Friday. I will return them Monday.

3. TWFTD: your choice from a Kickstarter.

A Closer Look at Kickstarter

1. We discuss the Kickstarter Newsletter.

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain

2. Open The Everyday Writer to Section 23a-d. Read and become familiar with what this section offers you. Skim over the exercises; I'll assign some of them later. For today, read and understand the main points.

Then you are going to spend the rest of class today and time over the week using Kickstarter and The Everyday Writer to fill out an assignment in Moodle called "Language Use in Kickstarter." Go to Moodle and look in the Kickstarter section.

NOTE: Here are links to two crowdfunded scams. They were identified by neuroscience writers (in my Twitter feed)-- the things these products claim to do are bogus. On Kickstarter, NeuroOn: World's first sleep mask for polyphasic sleep. On Indiegogo, No More Woof. Can you spot problems with them?

Homework:

1. Complete the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in Moodle, due Friday. You can hand it in electronically OR on paper, your choice. As you work on it, confirm your choice of two Kickstarter projects you want to write about.

2. TWFTD: your choice from Section 23 in Everyday Writer.

Legos Due/ New Genre of Writing

Organize your Legos to be ready to hand in. (See white board.)

Nomenclature: context is key to communication. What does that mean?

How about assumptions? We watch Derek Sievers on assumptions.

Thinkwrite I: How did the Lego project go for you? Did you make any assumptions you were not aware of? How did you handle the nomenclature problem? Was it hard to give feedback AS you were building?

I show you the set of directions that taught me the key elements in this genre of writing (assembly directions with no pictures). I did not instruct you to do these; I was hoping you would discover them by trial and error. Key elements: ______.

Thinkwrite II: Assess the directions you created. Which of the key elements did you come up with on your own? Explain.

When you are done, please hand in your Lego Project. Only leave the parts in the bag if you think I might need to build it.

To keep you thinking about the relationship between the key elements of a genre and effective writing (rhetoric in action), our next two writing projects involve another genre that none of us has written before.

Look at Kickstarter.com. Here's the information sheet. Read it. 

Some projects I've found....#1 and #2 and #3 and #4.

Homework:

1. Go to Kickstarter.com and look for projects that interest you. Use "Search" or "Discover" to see completed projects. You are looking for two that interest you; one that succeeded and one that failed.

2. In your daybook make a list of at least 5 projects that you looked at. Record enough information about them so that you could find them again.

3. TWFTD: crowdsourcing

Tomorrow you will need The Everyday Writer for class. NOT Bedford.

Lego Build #2

Open up The Bedford Guide to page 26. Look at the graphic at the bottom of the page, which is one version of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Thinkwrite: How many ways can you think at once? Copy these down in your daybook:

Reading the directions-
Deciding what to do (assembling the parts)-
Giving feedback on the directions-
Filling out the feedback green sheet-

Bloom's Taxonomy is a way of classifying or naming the ways we think. Next to each activity you copied down, write one or more of the ways of thinking listed in Bloom's Taxonomy that you think fits.
Again, I pass out a green scoring sheet, and you build, give feedback, and score/comment.

After you have built two, your project and all papers should come back to you.

Homework:

1. Read the input from your builders. If there were still problems, make further revisions, and discuss further revisions on the green "Revision Brainstorming" sheet given out last week.

2. Print out a single final version of your directions to hand in tomorrow. 

3. Bring ALL former versions to hand in, with ALL green score sheets, and the legos.

4. Be ready to discuss the Lego Nomenclature reading tomorrow. The questions at the end of the reading should be answered in your daybook.

5. TWFTD: taxonomy

Lego Build #1

"Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all." -

Norman Cousins

I give you a green comment sheet. You put your parts (taken apart) and the answer picture (well-folded) in your bag, to pass around with the directions (both copies) and green comment sheet.

1. As a builder, you put your name on the green comment sheet AND one set of directions. Have a pencil in your hand. You SHOULD write on the directions with comments and questions that you have as you are building. Be specific about what confuses you; watch for inconsistent orientations or unclear spatial directions. Make positive comments when it is going well.

2. Then when the build is complete, you must score it and write about it on the green scoring sheet. Remember, thorough comments earn you points.

3. Everyone builds two.

When all are done, all the papers come back to you. You can see how others did with your directions. You will have some ideas for ways to improve your own.

I will pass out a green Revision sheet at the end. Even if people easily built your directions, I want you to look for ways to improve what you have; write ideas down on the green sheet, and make actual changes to you directions.

Note: Everyone MUST now include a "General Description" at the beginning.

Homework:

1. Brainstorm ideas for changes to your directions on the green brainstorming sheet. Come up with as many ideas for change -- even "silly" ones -- as possible.

2. Make typed changes to your directions and print the new version before class Monday (2 copies). You do NOT have to make all the changes that you brainstormed, but you MUST now have a "general description" at the beginning.  Show that you are thinking. Have 2 copies of the revised directions Monday.

3. TWFTD: superfluous

4. No typo today.

Typing Your Directions

Get out the green sheets you were to have read for homework. Compare the front and back of the page with the builder pictured on it. The information content is very similar between the two.

Thinkwrite: Describe the different style and content of the two sides and explain which one you prefer to use for class directions. Which is more effective?

How will this work?

Audience, purpose, genre, content and style for the Lego project?

We look at MLA style page layout: pages A-2 and A-3 in Bedford.

You make the heading, insert page number top right with your last name, and the rest is up to you.


To get in the mood:
  Legos  we   love .  Indeed. And professional builder #1. Professional builder #2. Lego artist #3.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow bring:

A. TWO copies of your directions printed

B. An answer key picture (either drawing or photo)

C. Your legos.

2. Go to our class in Moodle. In the highlighted section, click on the Lego nomenclature reading. There are questions at the end that should be answered in your daybook.

3. TWFTD: nomenclature. Use the reading in Moodle for your quote, please.

4. No typo that I know of.

Aristotle's Rhetoric Equation

About yesterday:

      "Smart practice always includes a feedback loop that lets you recognize errors and correct them -- which is why dancers use mirrors. Ideally that feedback comes from someone with an expert eye and so every world-class sports champion has a coach. If you practice without such feedback, you don't get to the top ranks.
      The feedback matters and the concentration does, too -- not just the hours. ..."

The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Author: Daniel Goleman

[Did you have a coach who would let you do this?]
 

 Today we start here.

Audience + Purpose + Genre = Style (how it looks) and Content (what it says)

We look at p. 15 in Bedford and consider the equation for each. Witch is more effective?

Now we look at your examples.

In your daybook, create a chart for each of the terms in the "equation" and your direction examples that you brought to class, like this:

MP3 Player:
Audience-
Purpose-
Genre-
Style-
Content-

After filling in your chart, think about the effectiveness of each of your examples. What specific choices in style and content work or do not work?

Your first writing project is writing directions for a small Lego creation. I give you the handouts now, and you pick out pieces to take home and write a set of directions for building.

Tomorrow there will be time during class to type up your directions, and on Friday you will build each others' projects (NO PICTURES ALLOWED -- just written directions).

On Monday you will build each other's REVISED directions, and on Tuesday you will hand in the final version of your directions and all Legos.


Homework:

1. Fill at least one page (one side) in your daybook describing a situation where you experienced written communication (any genre) that completely missed its audience. As you describe what happened, try to analyze what the specific problems were, based on today's discussions.

2. Read the green sheets thoroughly. Write up directions for building your project. Be ready to type them tomorrow.

3. TWFTD: rhetoric

4. There is one spelling error (that I know of) in today's blog.

The Writing Process

"Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed."

Ray Bradbury (SF writer)

Copy and thinkwrite. Discuss.
                Here's a link to an article about 10,000 hours of practice.
                And here's another link on the same topic.
                 Would you like a video on it?
          
Groups share lists. Discuss.


All look at pages 7-11. See anything there you did not discuss?

Establish a vocabulary section in your daybook. Flag.

1. Enter TWFTD: drudgery.

2. Find a quote (by SOMEONE ELSE) that uses the word. For this word, today, you should use the sentence from the Bedford Guide. BUT for all other words, you must choose and copy down a quote using the word, AND GIVE THE SOURCE --an author and a site or publication.

3. Definition? Google? Always give teh source of your definition. Make sure your definition matches how the word is used in the text.

Homework:

1. Read pages 6-15 in Bedford. In your daybook, write out two paragraphs based on the "Learning by Doing" on page 14.

2. Find TWO EXAMPLES of written directions to bring to class. These could be the directions for any product OR a school assignment OR a "how to" from online OR in a manual. They must be hard copies.

3. There IS a typo on the blog today. If you found it, write it down, with a correction, in your daybook under the "Learning by Doing" assignment.

Welcome

This is the place for the daily happenings in class and HOMEWORK.

Today I'm showing you how to bookmark the blog on your Hub page.

I will hand out the course information sheet and calendar. Copies are also available in the Moodle version of this course.

A. On paper, write the answers to these questions about the yellow handout:

1. Copy down my name.

2. From the "Course Objectives" section at the top, list the four goals of this class.

3. Circle the course objective in #2 that you think is the most important for you to practice this quarter.

4. How many points is the daybook worth?

5. How many papers (projects) with feedback will you write?

6. How many "solo" projects (papers) will you write?

7. How many "polished" pages do you have to write to skip the final?

8. What do you think an English teacher might mean by "polished" pages?

9. How can you get a zero on a paper?
 

10. On this blog, what is the first link under the "Useful Links" section?
 

11. Go back to the HUB, open our class in Moodle, and click on the "Grades" link under "Settings" (on the left). Which papers are worth the most points? How many points is that?

We discuss.

B. Now, on the back of your sheet of paper, please do some creative thinking/writing. Please imagine a scenario in the future where you will need to communicate clearly and effectively in writing (this includes typing on computers or phone). Try to describe it in as much detail as possible. Is it work-related? Or is it a personal situation? Is something important hanging in the balance?

Pkease remind me to collect these sheets at the end of class!

Homework:
1. Get your books if you have not, including something to use for a daybook and a folder to hold all your graded papers.

2. On the first page in the daybook, write today's date and "Steps for Writing a Paper." Underneath that title, please use your past experience to put together a list of steps for writing a long paper.

3. Did you notice the typo on today's  blog page? Then skip a couple lines below your "Steps for Writing a Paper" and write the typo from this blog page with its correction.

The Final

Welcome to the last day of class.

You have read ONE of the assigned readings.

Article Choices: 

"As Attitudes Shift on PTSD" by Mike Haynie pages 546-548 in Bedford.

"The Creation of Discontent" by Juliet Schor pages 611-613 in Bedford.

Please read the handout carefully and follow directions.

Have a safe and restful break. Stay curious!

Count Day

1. Get your Problem/ Solution with MLA Style ready to hand in. Keep it with you.

2. Organize your papers in a pile. Collect ONLY the graded copy with the rubric stapled to it. Put them in order from oldest to most recent. So that's:

Lego Directions - green
Kickstarter Review - blue
Kickstarter on Paper - purple
Agger review - ?
Summary/ Eval of your choice in Bedford - yellow
Problem/ Solution - salmon/ orange
Summary of a Database Article - goldenrod
Shared In-Class Assessment Essay - white or gray
Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources - cream

3. Use your papers in front of you to respond to this survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P5X28YL

It is NOT SHORT. Please take your time and give THOUGHTFUL answers. Only AFTER you are done, can you have the COUNT SHEET.

4. Count your finished pages. Treat partial pages as fractions. A works cited page only counts if it was MLA style. I must initial your results.

5. If you are taking the final, choose between the readings and read before class on Monday.

6. Fill out the Course Evaluation on The Hub page if you have not done so already.

7. Hand in the TWO Problem/ Solution papers AND the Database article summary ( I have to grade them all).

Homework:

1. If you had twenty-five pages, please drop by my office to pick up your graded papers next week. No class for you.

2. If you are taking the final, read ONE of the assigned readings and come to class on Monday.

Article Choices: 

"As Attitudes Shift on PTSD" by Mike Haynie pages 546-548 in Bedford.

"The Creation of Discontent" by Juliet Schor pages 611-613 in Bedford.

Use Turnitin to Prevent Plagiarism

Gradually upload your Problem/ Solution paper WITH citations to Turnitin.

We're looking at BOTH the matching AND any "Grademark" input.

The final, revised version is due tomorrow.

Today, you leave your daybooks with me.

Tomorrow you MUST bring all graded papers for the page count. 

Tomorrow I will give the reading choices for the final. You may take the final to help your grade if you have 25 pages. If you have fewer than 25 pages, you MUST take the final. The final is worth 6% of your grade.

Homework:

1. Make the final changes to your Problem/ Solution paper with MLA Citation. Be ready to hand in the final hard copy tomorrow, WITH the copy that was already graded.

2. If you need the weekend you may hand your paper in late, on Monday. It will cost you 5% AND you MUST take the final, regardless of your page count.

Working on MLA Details

Thinkwrite: 

Do you consider yourself to be a detail-oriented person? You are here at school to prepare for doing a job. (What job is that?) How detail-oriented will you have to be to do that job, do you think?  What are some ways to become MORE detail-oriented?


I hand out another example of student writing. It has a number of problems with its citation. Read it and answer these questions in your daybook:

1. . Underline every in-text citation you see as you read. How many are there?

2. When you read an in-text citation, check to see if it clearly leads to a source in the Works Cited list. List any problems you find.

3. Are there items on the Works Cited list that were NOT used in the paper? List them.

4. This paper is old, so it follows MLA 6. What major difference can you find between MLA 6 and MLA 7?

5. If you know the page number where information occurred, you should include that in an in-text citation. Please put a star next to each in-text citation in "My Friend Michelle" that SHOULD have included a page number in parentheses. How many are there? [Hint: use the bibliography to help decide if there were page numbers in the source.]

After you finish this, use the time to work on revising your Problem/ Solution paper. Make correct in-text citations, and use EasyBib to work on your works cited page. REMEMBER you MUST have cited information from a database source in this article.

Homework:

1. Get your paper ready for Turnitin tomorrow, to check your paraphrasing and quoting of sources.

2. The final paper is due Friday. You CAN turn it in on Monday, but then you will HAVE to take the final (whatever your page count might be on Friday).

3. Any other papers that are owed me MUST be turned in by Friday of this week in order to get credit.

4. Daybooks due tomorrow.

5. TWFTD: synonymous in OED.

MLA Details

You hand in Solo Paper #3 with rubric.

We review what will be required for your Problem/ Solution with Sources paper.

Here's a prezi: http://prezi.com/qmf4siv3xukj/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

To practice how in-text citations work with your bibliography, you'll read an example paper in Moodle.

Download the paper. Read the whole thing.


Highlight ALL the in-text citations in the paper with yellow.

Then answer the questions below IN YOUR DAYBOOK:

1. How many times was a source quoted in this paper?

2. How many times was a source paraphrased?

3.  Copy down a parenthetical citation (everything inside the parentheses) that uses an author’s last name.

4.  Copy down a parenthetical citation that uses the title of an article:

5.  Look at the Works Cited list on page 5.  How many of these sources are from the internet? 

How many are print?

6. Give a shortened version of the title of the oldest source she used.

 7.  Do you think Mother Jones is a book or a magazine? 

                     How can you tell by looking at the Works Cited citation?

8.  When I look at the Works Cited page, I can tell when this student was working on researching her paper.  Look carefully.  What is the date range when she was looking up information?

 9.  This quote is cited in the paper like this:

                      Sadly, “twenty-five percent of all women who are beaten are pregnant” (Prah).

           Which of these, A or B, is also correct? 

A.   Pamela Prah writes that “twenty-five percent of all women who are beaten are pregnant” (Prah). 

B.    Pamela Prah writes that “twenty-five percent of all women who are beaten are pregnant.”

Homework:

1. Finish this daybook activity.

2. Time to work on your draft in class tomorrow. The only draft of this paper is due Thursday. You'll post it in Turninit to check your use of sources.

3. TWFTD: your choice from a source for your paper.