Papers returned.
Copy down the sentence that cites the article, with correct puntuation.
How is your use of quotation marks? Which is correct?
a.
According to Jones, the Hulk is "overgendered and undersocialized,
half-naked and half-witted, raging against a frightened world that
misunderstood and persecuted him".
b. According to Jones, the Hulk is "overgendered and undersocialized,
half-naked and half-witted, raging against a frightened world that
misunderstood and persecuted him."
c. Jones describes one example, "a middle-class 'nice girl'," in order to demonstrate just how serious he is.
d. Jones describes one example, "a middle-class "nice girl"," in order to demonstrate just how serious he is.
Put paper in TurnItIn. Proofread.
Daybooks due Monday.
Homework:
1.
Your Final Version Problem paper is due Mmonday. Please
bring all drafts and comment sheets to class, with one printed copy of
your final version.
2. No word.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Draft #2 of Problem Paper Due
You'll read two drafts.
When you finish, read pages 380-381in Everyday Writer. OR read this. Do Ex. 36.1 by rewriting into your daybook.
Homework:
1. Finish the above grammar assignment.
2. Create the Final Version of your Problem/ Solution paper, due Mon. Feb. 29.
3. TWFTD: unintended consequences as a phrase
When you finish, read pages 380-381in Everyday Writer. OR read this. Do Ex. 36.1 by rewriting into your daybook.
Homework:
1. Finish the above grammar assignment.
2. Create the Final Version of your Problem/ Solution paper, due Mon. Feb. 29.
3. TWFTD: unintended consequences as a phrase
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Preconceptions?
Number in your daybook from 1-3. Write down your own answers as you watch the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pVlaEbpJ7k
(Mr. Rosling's sources: http://www.gapminder.org/)
Thinkwrite: Where do you get your "facts"? How do you know facts are facts? What does being "open-minded" mean to you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life_of_knowledge
Get out your Bedford Guide book: read pages 40-42. We discuss.
Think about your Problem paper and the kinds of evidence you are using to support your view of the problem. Are you using strong sources for evidence? What are your own preconceptions? Are you using others' opinions?
See page 43 to doublecheck what you use as evidence.
Or, check here:
Truth O Meter
http://www.factcheck.org/
Homework:
1. Create Draft #2 of your Problem paper. You may use other sources. Please do cite them as best you know how. I will not be grading you on how you cite sources; that will come on the second version of this paper, due at the end of the quarter.
2. Be prepared to upload your draft into TurnItIn again, so you can tell how well you are paraphrasing information from other sources.
3. TWFTD: preconception in the OED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pVlaEbpJ7k
(Mr. Rosling's sources: http://www.gapminder.org/)
Thinkwrite: Where do you get your "facts"? How do you know facts are facts? What does being "open-minded" mean to you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life_of_knowledge
Get out your Bedford Guide book: read pages 40-42. We discuss.
Think about your Problem paper and the kinds of evidence you are using to support your view of the problem. Are you using strong sources for evidence? What are your own preconceptions? Are you using others' opinions?
See page 43 to doublecheck what you use as evidence.
Or, check here:
Truth O Meter
http://www.factcheck.org/
Homework:
1. Create Draft #2 of your Problem paper. You may use other sources. Please do cite them as best you know how. I will not be grading you on how you cite sources; that will come on the second version of this paper, due at the end of the quarter.
2. Be prepared to upload your draft into TurnItIn again, so you can tell how well you are paraphrasing information from other sources.
3. TWFTD: preconception in the OED
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