Count Day

Get out all your graded papers and arrange them in order.

Lego Directions -green
Kickstarter Analysis -blue
Kickstarter on Paper -purple
Summary/ Response about "Black Men and Public Space" -gray
Summary/ Eval/ Response about your choice of reading -tan
Problem/ Solution -orange
Summary/ Eval about your choice from Gale -yellow
Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources -goldenrod
Common Assessment -white

Use your papers to do the Count Day Essay Analysis.

Then count up your pages. Each Works Cited page counts as a whole page; all other partial pages are fractional (1/4, 1/2, etc.)

If you have 25 or more pages, today is your last day. If you have fewer than 25, follow the homework directions and come to class tomorrow.

Homework:

1. If your page count is less than 25 pages, choose ONE of the following essays to read:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112219425  "Dodging the Concussion Discussion" by Frank DeFord


http://www.npr.org/2005/05/16/4651531/be-cool-to-the-pizza-dude "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude" by Sarah Adams


Come to class prepared to write a short essay about one of the readings. You will able to look at the reading as you write.

Daybooks Due

Upload your Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources into TurnItIn in Moodle.

Thinkwrite:  You have written a lot of papers this quarter. Here's the list:

Lego Directions
Kickstarter Analysis
Kickstarter on Paper
Summary/ Response about "Black Men and Public Space"
Summary/ Eval/ Response about your choice of reading
Problem/ Solution
Summary/ Eval about your choice from Gale
Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources

Think about how you did on these assignments. What did you learn about YOUR writing process this quarter? How much did you procrastinate? What works to get you started on a project? What is required for you to produce a perfect final version?

Now spend time proofreading and using TurnItIn to create the best possible final version of your Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources paper.

At the end of class turn in your daybook.

Homework:

1. On Monday bring ALL your graded essays.

2. Be ready to turn in the Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources with its Writer's Page.

3. You will be counting your polished pages. When class is done you will turn in BOTH Problem/ Solution papers. I will want to compare my feedback with your changes.

Only Draft of Problem/ Solution with Sources Due

We go over "My Friend Michelle" questions.

Fill out the Writer's Page.

Read two drafts.

Homework:

A. Daybook homework: 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. At the end of paragraph #6 there is a quote which has NO page number in the parentheses, just the author's name. Why do you think that might be? (It is correct in this case.) (Note: The New York Times is a newspaper.)

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?

B. Get your Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources ready to submit to TurnItIn through Moodle tomorrow.  Every paper MUST be submitted before it can be turned in on Monday.

C. Daybooks will be collected tomorrow.

D. TWFTD: onerous in OED.