Rough Draft Due of Summary/ Evaluation/ Response

Midterm grade breakdown.


Now you read and comment on drafts.

When you finish two drafts, get the handout example paper from me and do the following to it:

1. Label each paragraph out in the margin. They are either intro/concl./summary/ evaluation/ response.

2. Underline the sentence that gives the title of the article and the author of the article.

3. Double underline where a quote was used as an example in the evaluation of the writing.

4. Bracket and label as "positive" the part of the evaluation that has something good to say about the writing.

5. Bracket and label as "negative" the part of the evaluation that has something negative to say about the writing.

6. Draw a wavy line under the two topic sentences that transition by referring back to what went before and then bringing in the new topic.

7. Find and circle a sentence that uses subordination.

8. Find and draw a rectangle around a sentence that uses coordination.

Homework:

1. Create Draft #2 of this paper. On Monday have your e-file of the paper available for class as well as a hard copy.

2.Finish marking the example paper (see directions above).

3. TWFTD:  your choice from your article, using the OED.

Subordination and Coordination

For starters: http://delanceyplace.com/index.php

How many errors did you have on Solo #1: frag., r.o., p.sub, p. coord, c. ? (See Mon. Feb.1)

The Everyday Writer pages 287-292.

Now, you go through this prezi at your computer:  http://prezi.com/q2xhxi74tjqg/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share 

When you finish, do the worksheet.

Homework:

1. Rough draft of  Summary/ Evaluation/ Response of a reading is due tomorrow. One copy, printed, is what you need tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  your choice from the article you are reading, defined using the OED.

Evaluating Writing

Thinkwrite:  You are going to have to evaluate the article you read last night for the effectiveness of its writing.  What are choices that a writer makes that you could discuss as you analyze the effectiveness of the article?

Everyday Writer Ch. 8 pages 82-93.

Work on the tan handout.


Homework:

1.  Draft #1 is due Friday, February 12. For this rough draft, you may have a very rough collection of ideas. BUT for credit, you must have something for each of the three main parts of this paper: summary, evaluation and response.

2. TWFTD: your choice from your current article using the OED.

The articles online:

http://www.newsweek.com/americas-fat-hatred-78971 (missing an author?)

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2000/06/violent-media-good-kids-0 

http://faculty.uml.edu/bmarshall/Lowell/whywecravehorrormovies.pdf

Solo #2 Due

A. First of all, we use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page for this paper.

B. Print a copy of your Solo #2 to hand in.

C. 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. If you find corrections to the final version that you want to make, do so by writing on the hard copy. That's fine with me.

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 the author's name  or "the author" or "the article"– these are your author tags.

When you are done, please post this in the forum. Click on the title of your post yesterday, then click on the reply button. You decide what goes in the title/message boxes.

Hand in the hard copy, paper-clipped to the yellow rubric.

Now about Paper with Feedback #3. See the handout.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZiTQy3g1g

Bedford Ch. 2.


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: sinister in OED.

Write Solo #2 -- A Timed Writing Practice

Put the normal heading on a paper, and write up a summary/ response essay about the article you read.

Key Elements from the yellow sheet:

1. Make up your own title.
2. Have a hook.
3. Later in your introduction, mention the title AND author of the article.
4. At the end of your intro, state your own point about the reading. (Thesis statement.)
5. Spend one paragraph summarizing the article objectively. Use author tags. (According to Staples...)
6. Spend a couple paragraphs explaining your opinion or reaction to the article. Use short quotes to support your reaction.
7. Finish your essay with a concluding paragraph. Revisit your hook? Point us in a new direction?

At the end of class, you will submit what you have written into a forum.

Homework:

1. You may take this essay home and rewrite, if you wish. Tomorrow you turn in a hard copy to be graded with the yellow rubric.

2. TWFTD: your choice from your article, using the OED.