Review Due

Reviews are due. Also submit your review in TurnItIn, as well as a hard copy.

We talk about evaluating writing: good writing is like magic. 

Wait, you tell me -- How is good writing like magic? Thinkwrite.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/07/130107fa_fact_green?currentPage=all

Time to draft Summ/ Eval/ Response? You have more time to work.

Homework:

1. The completed tan notes/worksheet page will be part of the next daybook check.

2. Draft #1 is due Tuesday. Be sure that your draft has SOMETHING of all three parts done: Summary/ Evaluation/ Response.

3. TWFTD:  Word #2 from your article, same instructions as Thursday.

Getting Started on Long Project #2

Questions about your review due tomorrow? Are you evaluating the criteria on the outline? What are those?

You may upload into TurnItIn today if your review is ready and you want the proofreading feedback. If not, upload tomorrow as you hand it in.

Begin filling out the handout about your article for Long Project #2, the Summary/Evaluation/Response.

Homework:

1. Your review (Short Project #2) is due tomorrow. Be able to upload the e-file as well as turn in a hard copy.

2. TWFTD: A word from the article you choose. Quote the article. Definition from the OED, even if Bedford defines it as well. Quote the OED to make sure the definition matches the article's use of the word.  SO TWO QUOTES PER WORD FROM ARTICLE.

Practice Summary/Eval/ Response

Newsflash: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/10/29/241372607/top-reviewers-on-amazon-get-tons-of-free-stuff

Thinkwrite: What was your main reaction to the reading "Pat Bourne Overcomes..."?

We look at your answers to the questions.

Now take 5 minutes and write a paragraph summary of "Bourne Overcomes..."

What did you include? What did you leave out? Are you doing description?

Now write a paragraph evaluating the "presentation." Evaluate the effectiveness of the writing. Was it clear? Concise? Interesting to read?

Finally, write a paragraph that is your reaction to the content of the article. What do you think of Bourne's story/experience/decisions/ whatever?

We are getting ready to write your second long assignment, with drafts due during class; it is a review, really, but it is more formal, and doing several things at once. I'm calling it the Summary/Evaluation/Response.

Assignment Sheet for Long #2 Summary/ Evaluation/ Response.

Homework:

1. Look over the articles in Bedford and choose the one you will write about. Read it. Be prepared to work with it in class tomorrow.

2. Finish up your review due Friday.

3. TWFTD: tirade in the OED