And more of the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXa8cO9mXFk
Thinkwrite: 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? Have you ever tried to help someone else learn to read English?
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.
Prepare your daybook to hand in.
Homework:
1. Prepare you Final Version for Tuesday. On Monday we'll discuss how to cite any pictures you used, and I'll return Solo Paper #1.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
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 daybook check (Friday).
Homework:
1. Draft #2 Kickstarter on Paper is due tomorrow, Friday.
2. TWFTD: punk
3. If the history of English interests you, watch this video, a "lighthearted" history of English in 10 minutes.
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 daybook check (Friday).
Homework:
1. Draft #2 Kickstarter on Paper is due tomorrow, Friday.
2. TWFTD: punk
3. If the history of English interests you, watch this video, a "lighthearted" history of English in 10 minutes.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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. Politely.
Note: the purple 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.
Useful comments on a draft:
What colors? How much? When will I get it? Why...? What does x mean? More info needed here...How does x work? I want THIS reward! You lost me here...
Homework:
1. Use today's feedback and get your paper ready for Friday, 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
Note: the purple 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.
Useful comments on a draft:
What colors? How much? When will I get it? Why...? What does x mean? More info needed here...How does x work? I want THIS reward! You lost me here...
Homework:
1. Use today's feedback and get your paper ready for Friday, 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
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Working on a Kickstarter
We check Ev. Writer Ex. 23.8 and 23.9.
Thinkwrite: Describe what you are kickstarting on paper. Are you going to be using jargon? What are you thinking of for rewards?
Now open a Word file, create the MLA heading, and list 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)
Thinkwrite: Describe what you are kickstarting on paper. Are you going to be using jargon? What are you thinking of for rewards?
Now open a Word file, create the MLA heading, and list 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)
Monday, January 26, 2015
Spelling
Lego papers returned. Keep the stapled portion in your portfolio.
You turn in your Language Use in Kickstarter assignment.
Thinkwrite: Doublespeak and jargon are negative uses of language. Why do we sometimes choose language that hides or distorts the true message? Do you have any experience of this?
Now, on to figurative language: Why English Teachers Die Young. Note that snopes.com is the place to find out the truth of some internet oddities.
Take the handout and copy down your two favorite "lame analogies" in your daybook.
How important is spelling? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-30642759
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.
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 have 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.
You turn in your Language Use in Kickstarter assignment.
Thinkwrite: Doublespeak and jargon are negative uses of language. Why do we sometimes choose language that hides or distorts the true message? Do you have any experience of this?
Now, on to figurative language: Why English Teachers Die Young. Note that snopes.com is the place to find out the truth of some internet oddities.
Take the handout and copy down your two favorite "lame analogies" in your daybook.
How important is spelling? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-30642759
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.
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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 have 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.
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