Remember 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 Monday. Get it as complete as possible; Draft #2 will be uploaded into TurnItIn, an e-service that will show you how well you are paraphrasing and quoting material in the article.
2. Before you leave, score and hand in your daybook.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Sentence Building
Thinkwrite: Think of something -- a model of truck/car, a movie, a product -- that you strongly dislike. Please describe it right now in neutral, objective terms. Be as objective and unbiased as possible. After a time I will call time, and you may shift to a subjective description of the same topic.
We go over Ex. 25.2 using a moodle forum.
Next, we review page 386 in The Everyday Writer. Using that information, do Ex. 37.1 page 390. You may either write it in your daybook or type it, but do copy out the sentences completely. You have to do each one TWO different ways.
Homework:
1. Tomorrow Draft #1 is due of your summary/ evaluation/ response paper.
2. Daybooks will be turned in also.
3. TWFTD: your choice from your article.
We go over Ex. 25.2 using a moodle forum.
Next, we review page 386 in The Everyday Writer. Using that information, do Ex. 37.1 page 390. You may either write it in your daybook or type it, but do copy out the sentences completely. You have to do each one TWO different ways.
Homework:
1. Tomorrow Draft #1 is due of your summary/ evaluation/ response paper.
2. Daybooks will be turned in also.
3. TWFTD: your choice from your article.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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 reading and notes, go to Moodle and download and rename the Article Map Template and type in the required information. When it's done, post it in the forum in Moodle.
Based on those questions begin your draft. Draft 1 due Friday.
Homework:
1. Complete the page of notes on your article.
2. Complete the Article Map Template and post in Moodle.
3. Begin writing the draft due Friday. Use the tan assignment sheet to make sure you include all the required elements.
4. TWFTD: your choice from your article.
5. Note: daybooks are due Friday.
Based on those questions begin your draft. Draft 1 due Friday.
Homework:
1. Complete the page of notes on your article.
2. Complete the Article Map Template and post in Moodle.
3. Begin writing the draft due Friday. Use the tan assignment sheet to make sure you include all the required elements.
4. TWFTD: your choice from your article.
5. Note: daybooks are due Friday.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Summary/ EVALUATION/Response
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.
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.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Solo #2 Due
We create a Works Cited page for the Brooks article.
Print one copy and hand in your Solo Paper #2.
Thinkwrite: Did you agree or disagree with Brooks in your paper? What evidence did you use for your position? What evidence did Brooks use for his opinion? Is evidence important?
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.
Now practice these punctuation rules by doing Ex. 25.2 page 292 in The Everyday Writer. You combine the sentences into one or two correct sentences. Rearrange, leave out words, but retain the meaning. (Write them in your daybook.)
Next, we are going to spend more time on summary/response writing.
Read the handout and write the answers to the questions at the end in your daybook.
Homework:
1. Finish Ex. 25.2 in The Everyday Writer.
2. Finish reading the handout and answering the questions (daybook).
3. TWFTD: mastectomy in OED.
Print one copy and hand in your Solo Paper #2.
Thinkwrite: Did you agree or disagree with Brooks in your paper? What evidence did you use for your position? What evidence did Brooks use for his opinion? Is evidence important?
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.
Now practice these punctuation rules by doing Ex. 25.2 page 292 in The Everyday Writer. You combine the sentences into one or two correct sentences. Rearrange, leave out words, but retain the meaning. (Write them in your daybook.)
Next, we are going to spend more time on summary/response writing.
Read the handout and write the answers to the questions at the end in your daybook.
Homework:
1. Finish Ex. 25.2 in The Everyday Writer.
2. Finish reading the handout and answering the questions (daybook).
3. TWFTD: mastectomy in OED.
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