Work Day

You have two projects due Monday: Solo Paper #1 and the Language Use in Kickstarter worksheet.

Use time today to work on them. The classrooms will be open, but I will not be present. Email me if you have any questions.

Homework:

1. Solo Paper #1 is due Monday.

2. Language Use in Kickstarter is due Monday.

3. TWFTD:  your choice from a Kickstarter

Using EasyBib

Okay, I'll put off the due date for this assignment. Both Solo Paper #1 AND the Language Use in Kickstarter sheet are due on Monday April 20.

Fun with figurative language:  Why English Teachers Die Young. Note that snopes.com is one place to find out the truth of some internet oddities.

Take the handout and copy down your two favorite "lame analogies" in your daybook. BE SURE TO CREDIT THE SOURCE --THE PERSON WHO MADE IT UP.

We cite the source because of this: Joe was frustrated, like a man who thought his claim to fame was occasional appearances in a weekly humor contest, but in fact is known to millions as a stupid high school student who writes unintentionally humorous bad analogies. (Joseph Romm, Washington)

Next we'll use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page for the paper due Monday. 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.

Homework:

1. Be working on the two projects due Monday.

2. TWFTD: ubiquitous

Language Use in Kickstarter

Thinkwrite: Hopefully, you have made some progress on the paper due Friday. So take some time now to explain what YOU think are the required characteristics (or criteria, or elements) for a successful Kickstarter presentation. (Note: this is what your paper should be is about.)

Example: We took a test.

Everyday Writer Section 23. Do Ex. 23.5 on page 267, writing the answers in your daybook.

How about metaphors and similes? http://www.ted.com/talks/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking?language=en

Now I explain the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in our class in Moodle. It is due Monday April 20. [Go to Moodle, scroll to the highlighted section, click on "Language Use in Kickstarter." Directions are on the sheet that downloads.]

Homework:

1. Continue working on your paper, due Friday.

2. Keep an eye out for the items on the "Language Use in Kickstarter" as you think about your examples.

3. TWFTD: synesthesia 

Evaluating Kickstarter Some More

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: What can we look for in a Kickstarter's presentation to help decide 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. Be working on your Solo Paper #1.

3. 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". You will need to remove the markup -- choose the "Review" tab, and halfway across (in the "Track Changes" section) there's a drop-down box where you can choose "No Markup".
2. You are going to use the highlight tool to colorize your copy. Don't let the colors be too dark.
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 (Kickstarter Review).

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

Also at the end of class, you will 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?