Working on a Kickstarter

We check Ev. Writer Ex. 23.8 and 23.9.

Thinkwrite: Describe what you are kickstarting on paper. Are you going to be using jargon? What are you thinking of for rewards?

Now open a Word file, create the MLA heading,  and list ALL the Key Elements.  If you've already started this paper, open that file and work on it. At the bottom, list the Key Elements, and delete them as you write them into your paper.

How will you arrange them on the page? What will you CALL them? You are free to play with these in your layout, after the MLA style heading and page numbers. You may make headings font size 14, and text should be 12 or smaller.

You have time to work on the rough draft, due tomorrow.

Homework:

1. First Draft Kickstarter on Paper due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  novice (from Everyday Writer)

Spelling

Lego papers returned. Keep the stapled portion in your portfolio.

You turn in your Language Use in Kickstarter assignment.

Thinkwrite:  Doublespeak and jargon are negative uses of language. Why do we sometimes choose language that hides or distorts the true message? Do you have any experience of this?

Now, on to figurative language:  Why English Teachers Die Young. Note that snopes.com is the place to find out the truth of some internet oddities.

Take the handout and copy down your two favorite "lame analogies" in your daybook.

How important is spelling? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-30642759

What about spellcheck?  Everyday Writer Sec. 23.  Ex. 23.8. Let's test your eyes, your typing, and MS Word. Type it up with corrections and print. Save it in your daybook.

Thanks, memebase.com

Then hand write Ex. 23.9 into your daybook. Number 1 to 13 and only write the correct word down. [Number the blanks in your book to keep them straight.]

Homework:

1. Be working on your Kickstarter On Paper -- remember to have a page of notes done in your daybook. Tomorrow there will be time during class to work on it.

2. TWFTD: mangle OR havoc, you choose.

Solo Paper #1 Due

Don't print yet!!

Open on your computer screen YOUR copy of your paper.

Do a "Save As" and add "Color Version" to the name for the paper. Make the following changes to the new file:

1. Make your title red. Are ALL the major words capitalized? [All font size 12. Times New Roman.] Is the title unique and interesting?

2. Make the introduction and conclusion purple.

3. Make your hook and your clincher bold. They should be about a sentence long. If you haven't got one, don't mark it.

4. Underline the words that refer to key elements  in the kickstarters you discussed.

5. Italicize your thesis (the point of your paper.)

6. Click the "save" icon and close this file.

7. Go to our class in Moodle and click on the forum to turn this color version in.

Make any changes to your original file you need to (remove the extra line of space between paragraphs). Print and hand in with the blue assignment sheet and the bibliography page.

THINKWRITE: Please look back at your group's list of the steps in the writing process, from the second day of class. Think about the process you went through to write THIS paper. Which of those steps on the list did you actually do? What did you find hard/easy about writing this paper?

We shift gears to the Kickstarter on Paper.  I hand out the purple assignment sheet.

You get into groups and come up with a list of the Key Elements that you think the Kickstarters On Paper should have. Note these down in your daybook.

We combine your imput into a CLASS LIST OF KEY ELEMENTS. Everyone will copy this onto their purple sheet.



Homework:

1. Write a page of brainstorming notes of ideas for your Kickstarter on Paper. The rough draft, due Tuesday, should be typed. It should have something in EACH of the Key Elements, but it need not be complete.

2. Complete the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in Moodle. Due Monday.

2. TWFTD: your choice from Sec. 23 in Everyday Writer. Again.