Draft #2 Sum/ Eval/ Response Due

Today you upload your Draft #2 to TurnItIn in our Moodle class. I'll show you how.

Then you read each other's drafts and comment.

Turn in daybooks, as well.

Homework:

1. The  Final Version of this paper is due Tuesday May 12. It should have a Works Cited page. On Tuesday you'll bring all drafts and comment sheets to hand in.

Looking Ahead to Problems

Now, a change of gears:

Here's a definition of plagiarism. Here is intellectual property.

First of all, plagiarism stories: Viswanathan

1. Identify a problem in this story. Any solution?

Helene

2. Why so different? Is there a problem here? Solution?

Herr Guttenberg

3. Was this the "right" outcome? Problem? Solution?

Beyond "plagiarism" to "intellectual property":

Book covers?

4. Was this a case of theft? Who decides? Problems?

If the courts are in charge...

5. Do you see a problem here?

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"?  Is there a problem?

All the questions above are answered in the daybook.

Homework:

1. Draft #2 of your Summary/ Evaluation/ Response is due.  Have it printed -- you will fill out comment sheets about two drafts, as usual.

2. TWFTD:  plagiarism in OED

Draft #1 Sum/ Eval/ Response Due

Today you'll use your drafts a bit differently.

First of all, fill out the tan sheet about your own draft.

Then, you'll move into groups.

Homework:

1. Work on Draft #2 of this paper. It is due Friday, and should be complete, with introduction, conclusion, and summary, evaluation and response all happening.

2. TWFTD:  contrarian in OED

Evaluating Writing

Get out the subordination/coordination explanation handout and the Comma Rules Worksheet from Friday. This is related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY . How does this apply to proofreading?

Thinkwrite:  You are going to have to evaluate the article you read last night for the effectiveness of its writing.  What have we discussed so far in this class about the characteristics of effective writing that you could use in your paper? (Consult a rubric or two?)

We discuss.

Everyday Writer Ch. 8 pages 78-93.

Here are some questions to help you as you take AT LEAST a page of notes about your article:

1. What is the point of this article? How soon in the article have you figured this out?

2. What support has the writer chosen to use? (Make a list.) (Comment on the effectiveness of each piece of support.)

3. How are the paragraphs organized? Any weaknesses or confusing choices?

4. What is one strength of this article? One weakness?

Take time to work on your notes.

Homework:

1.  Draft #1 is due tomorrow, Wednesday May 6. It is a rough draft, but it MUST have some summary, some evaluation, and some response included in it.

2. TWFTD: your choice from your article.

Solo Paper #2 is Due

First of all, we use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page for this paper. There is only one source on it, but the citation will be different depending on whether you used the online version or the Bedford version.

Now you are going to highlight the final version and post it in a reply to your post from Friday. So the two versions will both be posted in the forum in Moodle; your final version will be color-coded.

Please do a SAVE AS to create a NEW VERSION of your Final Version. DO NOT MAKE THIS THE PERMANENT FINAL VERSION, OVERWRITING YOUR FILE.

1. Italicize the sentence in your paper where you gave the title and author of the article you are writing about.

3. Make your  thesis green.

4. Make the summary yellow.   

5. Make your response to the content of the article pale blue. 

6. Underline any quotes. These are places that used the exact words of the article.

7. Make BOLD any time you used “Staples”  or "the author" or "the article"– these are your author tags.

When you are done, please post this in the forum, in a reply to your post on Friday.

NOW print your final version to hand in (PLAIN, NO COLOR).

Thinkwrite:  How much did you revise your paper after writing 45 minutes during class Friday? What can you do to prepare for a good outcome when you write the assessment ?

Tomorrow we will discuss the grammar homework you did for today -- keep it in your daybook.

Now about Paper with Feedback #3. See the handout. See the example in Moodle.


Homework:

1.  Look at the reading choices and choose which article you will write the next paper about. Read the whole article. Begin the note-taking process?

2. TWFTD: your choice from the article you have chosen.