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.