Problem/ Solution Day 1

Turn in Summary/ Response.

Thinkwrite: Come up with three labels that apply to you. 

Now think of the worst thing (morally or emotionally) you have ever done. What labels might someone on the outside attach to you based on those actions? Don't tell what you did, but list some labels. 

Are any of the terms on your second list also on the first? Why?

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Remember I said that TED talks were Creative Commons works?We watch this. Is any of this your problem?

Now we read an example of the next paper you will write. Bedford pages 185-187, "Why Prisons Don't Work."

In your daybooks, answer questions 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 from Bedford page 187.

Homework:

1. Finish the questions about "Why Prisons Don't Work."

2. List 3 possible problems you can write about, with actual solutions you can propose and explain. The problem should be something you have personal experience with.

3. TWFTD: identity in OED NOT the first definition!

[ ASEP: Have Draft #2, two copies printed tomorrow for class at 2 PM. Also be able to upload it in Moodle to Turnitin. ]

Comma Day

We check Everyday Writer Ex. 39.1.

I hand out a worksheet. You get into groups and work on it.

We watch some videos:

Werner Herzog.

1. What is the problem?       2.  What are some solutions?

Land mines.

1. What is the problem?   2. What are some solutions? Google...

Homework:

1. The Final Version of Summary/Response is due Monday. Have ONE hard copy and all the tan sheets to turn in.

2. TWFTD: the longest useable word you can find.  This is a word that you can imagine actually using yourself.

Editing Using Turnitin

First of all, commas in Everyday Writer page 400. Do Ex. 39.1 in your daybook.

Then we look at the list on page 470 in Bedford. In your daybook, please list three of these suggestions that you think will be useful for you to use as you revise.

Do you know how to use "find" in Word? Open your paper in Word, and check. If you had comma splices, f"ind" all your commas. If you had fragments, "find" all your periods. If you use "and" too much, "find" it and see where you can rewrite a sentence. 

And you edit using Turnitin. Use the match to check your quoting and paraphrasing. Less than 10% match for this paper, please.


Homework:

1. Continue  to edit your paper. The Final Version is due Monday, August 19.

2. TWFTD- berserk from the OED.