Draft #2 Problem/ Solution Paper

You will submit your draft to Turnitin in our class in Moodle.

Print one copy of your Draft #2.  In your daybook, answer the following:

1.     1. How many sources are on your Works Cited page today?

2. How many of those are from a library database? 
  

3    3. Underline all your in-text citations. How many in-text citations do you have?

a.     How many of these are done author-tag (signal phrase) style?

b.     How many are done using parentheses?

Then get out your copy of Bedford.

Read Juliet Schor's article "The Creation of Discontent" on pages 611-614 of The Bedford Guide. As you read, notice that her sources are cited using MLA style.  Answer these questions in your daybook:

 1. How many sources are cited by Schor on her Works Cited list? (Be sure to turn the page to p. 614)

2. How many in-text citations do you count?


3. How many of those are parenthetical citations?

4. How current are Schor's sources? How important is currency to this topic, do you think? Explain.

5. How credible do you think Schor's sources are? Are there any you find weak?

Homework:

1. Final version Problem/ Solution Due Monday.

2. TWFTD: your choice from Schor using OED.

Work Day

Time for help with your Problem/ Solution sources/ citations, etc.

Homework:

1. Have Draft #2 ready tomorrow to upload into Turnitin in our class in Moodle.

Draft #1 Problem/ Solution

You print out your draft, and read each others' drafts.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow, Thursday, is a work day. I will be available to help with source and citation questions.

2. Draft 2 is due Friday. You will need to be able to upload the draft to Turnitin in Moodle on Friday.

In-Class Assessment Essay

Please prepare a Word doc with the standard heading, and save it where you can find it. At the end of class you will turn this paper in by submitting it to a forum in our class in Moodle, as you have many times this quarter.

Please read the prompt choices carefully and choose ONE to respond to, AFTER you have written a BRIEF summary of the article's point.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow bring Draft #1 of your Problem/ Solution paper to class. It should have a Works Cited list and some in-text citations of credible sources that support your points about either your problem or solutions.

2. TWFTD:  trajectory in OED.

Citation Practice

Handout. Underline all the in-text citations as you read.

Answer these questions in your daybook:

1.  How many in-text citations are there?

2. When you read an in-text citation, check to see if it clearly leads to a source in the Works Cited list. List any problems you find.

3. Are there items on the Works Cited list that were NOT cited in the paper? List them.

4. If you know the page number where information occurred, you should include that in an in-text citation. Please put a star next to each in-text citation in "My Friend Michelle" that SHOULD have included a page number in parentheses. How many are there? [Hint: use the bibliography to help decide if there were page numbers in the source.]

Homework:

1. Tomorrow is the Common Assessment Essay.You should have read "How My Illiterate Grandmother..." before class. Bring your copy with you, with any other resources you might need.

Wednesday Draft #1of the Problem/ Solution with Sources is due. Bring a hard copy of your Problem/ Solution paper with in-text citations that clearly lead to a credible source on the Works Cited page. Cut out your weak points and strengthen your evidence.

Friday you will upload your Draft 2 to TurnItIn and fine-tune your citations.

2. TWFTD: succinct in OED.