For MONDAY 1/30
The Kite Runner Discussion. Be prepared to argue about Amir! (Still in the first half of the book, try not to spoil people who haven't read ahead. But keep reading. Plan on finishing the book next week.)
For TUESDAY 1/31
Rewriting CH 2 discussion. Be brilliant.
Hopefully we'll all be feeling better by then. Sheesh. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Why Wikipedia Is not a Reliable Source
This first one is fast, so you may have to watch it a couple times. :)
The Colbert Report
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Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bib
Please see norming session essays on the wiki Here.
Requirements:
• 10 Sources
• Summary of each source
• Incorporation of whether each source will help you prove your thesis in essay 3.
o (Essay 3 is the classical argument in which you choose a side from your controversy in essay 1)
• Format is important. Remember your first page header on the left, as well as page numbers.
• Each source should be formatted correctly (alphabetical order, hanging text) with the paragraph of summary and evaluation after it.
• Due TH February 2, 2012; 11:59pm
***Format for the Annotated Bib still requires your name, class, my name, due date header on page 1, as well as last name/page numbers on each page.
Please see norming session essays on the wiki Here.
Requirements:
• 10 Sources
• Summary of each source
• Incorporation of whether each source will help you prove your thesis in essay 3.
o (Essay 3 is the classical argument in which you choose a side from your controversy in essay 1)
• Format is important. Remember your first page header on the left, as well as page numbers.
• Each source should be formatted correctly (alphabetical order, hanging text) with the paragraph of summary and evaluation after it.
• Due TH February 2, 2012; 11:59pm
***Format for the Annotated Bib still requires your name, class, my name, due date header on page 1, as well as last name/page numbers on each page.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
For Wed 11/25
Today:
1.) Opening Writing: Make a list of the major characters EXCEPT Amir. Write 3 words that describes each of their personalities.
2.) Small group discussion The Kite Runner
3.) Big group discussion The Kite Runner
For Tomorrow:
1.) Read the “norming session” essays on the wiki for the annotated bibliography.
2.) And we’re in the lab. M-118.
1.) Opening Writing: Make a list of the major characters EXCEPT Amir. Write 3 words that describes each of their personalities.
2.) Small group discussion The Kite Runner
3.) Big group discussion The Kite Runner
For Tomorrow:
1.) Read the “norming session” essays on the wiki for the annotated bibliography.
2.) And we’re in the lab. M-118.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
MLA Video
I didn't really find a template for Word that I thought was complete or helpful.
But I did find this video, which pretty much repeats all the stuff I showed you in class. I hope this helps you format your papers correctly! :)
But I did find this video, which pretty much repeats all the stuff I showed you in class. I hope this helps you format your papers correctly! :)
Stuff for the next couple weeks
Tomorrow:
1.) Meet in the lab M-118 for more of the same. We may go to the library, so don't be late.
Monday—No School! MLK day.
Tuesday—No class, because I said so.
Wed/TH –in the lab M-118
Monday 1/23—peer review of exploratory essay, essay due to me at 11:59pm. Bring 2 copies PRINTED to class, WITHOUT your name on them. But with a title.
Tuesday 1/24—The Kite Runner discussion. Have read/digested/analyzed/critiqued/marked up to p. 189 (end of CH 13).
1.) Meet in the lab M-118 for more of the same. We may go to the library, so don't be late.
Monday—No School! MLK day.
Tuesday—No class, because I said so.
Wed/TH –in the lab M-118
Monday 1/23—peer review of exploratory essay, essay due to me at 11:59pm. Bring 2 copies PRINTED to class, WITHOUT your name on them. But with a title.
Tuesday 1/24—The Kite Runner discussion. Have read/digested/analyzed/critiqued/marked up to p. 189 (end of CH 13).
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
For Wed 1/11
Hey!
Tomorrow, we're in the lab. M-118. Please report there.
Bring anything you need to begin work on the exploratory Essay.
Read CH 2 in Rewriting for TH.
Keep reading The Kite Runner
Tomorrow, we're in the lab. M-118. Please report there.
Bring anything you need to begin work on the exploratory Essay.
Read CH 2 in Rewriting for TH.
Keep reading The Kite Runner
Monday, January 9, 2012
Intros and Conclusions
Hi, Class!
I posted information for stylized intros and conclusions at the wiki (pbworks, linked below). Please read and review before Tuesday. Thanks!
I posted information for stylized intros and conclusions at the wiki (pbworks, linked below). Please read and review before Tuesday. Thanks!
Exploratory Essay Evaluation
EVALUATION FOR EXPLORATORY ESSAY
The following list of criteria is based on the key features for writing an effective Exploratory Essay described on your assignment sheet and on the strategies for producing effective academic writing discussed in class.
Title: Does your title forecast the issue or problem your essay examines and make readers want to read on?
Exceptional__ _____ Proficient__ X ______ Needs Work__ ____
Opening move: Describes the problem, why it is worth pursuing, why it is problematic, why the writer, as the investigator, is interested in it; in other words, it hooks the reader. Is this a stylized intro?
Exceptional___ ____ Proficient__ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
Considers alternative views and plays them off against each other. As Ramage and Bean point out, "the essential move of an exploratory essay is to consider multiple solutions to a problem" (165). [Moves through sources, both embracing and discarding arguments and information.]
Exceptional____ X __ Proficient_ _ _____ Needs Work___ _ ___
Organization: The essay should include logical organization. The reader should be able to understand each section of your essay, as well as how each section relates
Exceptional_______ Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
Offers new, relevant input and responds to it thoughtfully. In other words, the writer summarizes and explains the new input (from a book, article, interview) and then analyzes and evaluates it, playing the believing and doubting game and exploring how this new input affects her or his thinking. The author repeats this process several times.
Exceptional__ _____ Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
Integrates source material into essay correctly and effectively so that all borrowed facts, ideas, and words are documented and quotes are not left hanging. (Draws from a minimum of 5-6 relevant sources; limits use of internet sources.) Be sure citations are correct! Embrace the OWL at Purdue! http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Exceptional_______ Proficient___ _____ Needs Work__ ____
Style: The author's writing demonstrates careful editing with attention to stylistic choices such as use of strong verbs, use of attributive tags, strategic use of punctuation and unified paragraphs. Writer uses logos, pathos, and ethos to give their writing depth.
Exceptional_______ Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work_ __
Proofreading: The essay demonstrates careful proofreading and does not contain serious errors in spelling or punctuation (in particular, comma splice errors, sentence fragments, misused semicolons or colons). Awkward phrasing also falls into this category.
Exceptional_______ Proficient__ X ___ Needs Work_ _ _
Closing is satisfying to reader, explaining how the process of exploration has affected the writer's thinking on the issue under investigation. This conclusion must, above all, NOT summarize the essay. It must show movement towards, and hopefully include, the thesis.
Exceptional_______ Proficient____ X ____ Needs Work__ ____
Works cited list is complete and correct (double-spaced and in alphabetical order). Again, make sure these are correct!
Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
MLA format?
Proficient__ X ______ Needs Work_____
The following list of criteria is based on the key features for writing an effective Exploratory Essay described on your assignment sheet and on the strategies for producing effective academic writing discussed in class.
Title: Does your title forecast the issue or problem your essay examines and make readers want to read on?
Exceptional__ _____ Proficient__ X ______ Needs Work__ ____
Opening move: Describes the problem, why it is worth pursuing, why it is problematic, why the writer, as the investigator, is interested in it; in other words, it hooks the reader. Is this a stylized intro?
Exceptional___ ____ Proficient__ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
Considers alternative views and plays them off against each other. As Ramage and Bean point out, "the essential move of an exploratory essay is to consider multiple solutions to a problem" (165). [Moves through sources, both embracing and discarding arguments and information.]
Exceptional____ X __ Proficient_ _ _____ Needs Work___ _ ___
Organization: The essay should include logical organization. The reader should be able to understand each section of your essay, as well as how each section relates
Exceptional_______ Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
Offers new, relevant input and responds to it thoughtfully. In other words, the writer summarizes and explains the new input (from a book, article, interview) and then analyzes and evaluates it, playing the believing and doubting game and exploring how this new input affects her or his thinking. The author repeats this process several times.
Exceptional__ _____ Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
Integrates source material into essay correctly and effectively so that all borrowed facts, ideas, and words are documented and quotes are not left hanging. (Draws from a minimum of 5-6 relevant sources; limits use of internet sources.) Be sure citations are correct! Embrace the OWL at Purdue! http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Exceptional_______ Proficient___ _____ Needs Work__ ____
Style: The author's writing demonstrates careful editing with attention to stylistic choices such as use of strong verbs, use of attributive tags, strategic use of punctuation and unified paragraphs. Writer uses logos, pathos, and ethos to give their writing depth.
Exceptional_______ Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work_ __
Proofreading: The essay demonstrates careful proofreading and does not contain serious errors in spelling or punctuation (in particular, comma splice errors, sentence fragments, misused semicolons or colons). Awkward phrasing also falls into this category.
Exceptional_______ Proficient__ X ___ Needs Work_ _ _
Closing is satisfying to reader, explaining how the process of exploration has affected the writer's thinking on the issue under investigation. This conclusion must, above all, NOT summarize the essay. It must show movement towards, and hopefully include, the thesis.
Exceptional_______ Proficient____ X ____ Needs Work__ ____
Works cited list is complete and correct (double-spaced and in alphabetical order). Again, make sure these are correct!
Proficient___ X _____ Needs Work__ ____
MLA format?
Proficient__ X ______ Needs Work_____
For Tuesday 1/10
For Tomorrow:
1.) PRINT, read, critique and mark up sample Exploratory essay from pbworks. Be ready to discuss.
2.) Read CH 2 in Rewriting for Wed
3.) Read The Kite Runner.
1.) PRINT, read, critique and mark up sample Exploratory essay from pbworks. Be ready to discuss.
2.) Read CH 2 in Rewriting for Wed
3.) Read The Kite Runner.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Norming Session Essays for Essay 1
Essay 1 is the exploratory essay.
Please PRINT and read and mark up these 2 essays for Tuesday's class.
Link: Here
At the top there's a tab for pages and files, click it, and then click the folder with Essay 1 on it.
Woot. See you Monday.
Please PRINT and read and mark up these 2 essays for Tuesday's class.
Link: Here
At the top there's a tab for pages and files, click it, and then click the folder with Essay 1 on it.
Woot. See you Monday.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
For Monday 1/9
For MONDAY:
1.) Do more googling about your controversy. Keep a running log about what you’ve found.
2.) Read the “norming session” essays I’ll be uploading online.
3.) Read the rest of CH 1 in Rewriting
(Get books. Read The Kite Runner)
1.) Do more googling about your controversy. Keep a running log about what you’ve found.
2.) Read the “norming session” essays I’ll be uploading online.
3.) Read the rest of CH 1 in Rewriting
(Get books. Read The Kite Runner)
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