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.] Is the title unique and interesting?

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.

Make any changes to your original file you need to (remove the extra line of space between paragraphs). Print and hand in with the blue assignment sheet and the bibliography page.

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 purple assignment sheet.

You get into groups and come up with a list of the Key Elements that you think the Kickstarters On Paper should have. Note these down in your daybook.

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



Homework:

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

2. Complete the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in Moodle. Due Monday.

2. TWFTD: your choice from Sec. 23 in Everyday Writer. Again.

EasyBib for Solo Paper #1

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 blue 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.)

Next 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. Note: Use the closing date of the Kickstarter for its date of publication.

Now I explain the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in Moodle. It is due Monday Jan. 26.


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 blue grading rubric to hand in with your paper.

2. Language Use In Kickstarter is due on Monday Jan. 26, either as an e-file or hard copy.

3. TWFTD: citation

Evaluating Kickstarter Some More (Production plus Language)

Open Bedford to page 426.  Daybook writing follows.

1. 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?

Now on to the topic of writing/ language use.

2. Open The Everyday Writer to Section 23a-d. This section is FULL of nomenclature relating to writing. Take notes in your daybook over these sections. Write down each green heading and then explain it in your own words. Tomorrow there will be an assignment using this information.


Homework:

1. Complete taking notes on Section 23a-d in Everyday Writer.

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

An Example Paper for Solo #1

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 working on your own paper.

At the end of class, we will upload the colorized document into a forum in Moodle.

Also at the end of class, turn in your daybook. 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. Continue writing your Solo #1 paper. After you write your ideas about the two Kickstarters, think about an introduction/ conclusion and making transitions between ideas. Are your paragraphs logical units?