Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Editing Using TurnItIn

 1. Finding coordination and subordination.  Look at the last paragraph of "Communications" on page 84 in Bedford. I see two examples of coordination and one ( and a hard-to-find second) example of subordination. In your daybook, copy down the words you think are doing coordination and subordination between full clauses [with a couple of the words around them].

2. Editing using TurnItIn: Open your Draft 2 in the TurnItIn assignment where you submitted it yesterday, and think about fixes to apply to your draft. Think about RE-WRITING (Transforming!) sentences that are confusing, overly long, or marked up in mysterious ways.

What's a C/S or comma splice? It's a run-on made WITH a comma. It's a comma missing the FANBOYS word. It's a comma that should be a period.

Also, do your paragraphs make sense as units of organization?

Do you have a hook?

Homework:

1. Continue editing your paper. The final version will be handed in with ALL DRAFTS on Friday.

2. TWFTD: sinister in OED

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Draft #2 Due of Observation/ Description

Get out your Writer's Page from Draft #1 and attach to Draft #2 with new comment sheets.

Review of sentences:

Coordination:    I was late, and I missed the beginning.
I was late, so I missed the beginning.


Subordination:      I missed the beginning because I was late.
Because I was late, I missed the beginning.
 

Do what the Writer's Page tells you to do with your draft #2. Then we exchange.

When you are done, you upload your electronic file of your draft in Moodle.

Homework:

1. Look at your feedback. Whether or not the feedback is useful, it's your job  to figure out what will make the paper better.

2. TWFTD: idiot in OED

Monday, July 29, 2013

The OED and Sentence Variety

The OED and "punk."

Sentence variety: Everday Writer pages 287-294. What is coordination and subordination?

Let's see what you already know.  You write some sentences. Then you make changes.

We look at them.  Then you look in your Draft #1 for examples.

If there's time, we look at this.

Homework:

1. Draft 2 due, both 2 paper copies and an electronic copy to submit in TurnItIn.

2. TWFTD: "punk" from the OED. You must choose a quote used in the OED, give the year only (not the source, unless you wish to), and give the definition that matches that quote.