Writing 102 Saturday: Flexible start time

With the weather like it is, just do your best to arrive before 10. I may be there on time (may not be, too, depending on the streets), but if I am there early I will give the class an optional exercise. (You won't be held responsible for having this exercise in your notebook.)

Writing 102 Tues-Thurs What Happened

We did a poetry explication in class.

Over the next two weeks, we are to prepare for the poetry presentations on March 18-20. The following students need to email the instructor by Sunday, March 2 with their poetry genre.

Michelle
Tania
David
Manny
David
Rodrigo
Menham
Danielle
Darryl

The instructor handed out the drama reading and that is to be read by the next class, which is March 11.

Social Advocacy Feb. 26 What Happened

We watched a 60 Minutes segment that showed how the United States has its first political prisoner. The class discussed the case.

We looked at the ads each group produced and critiqued and discussed them. We will discuss and work on the ads again in the next class. The instructor said she wanted to see a "benefit" in each ad. Erin recounted her research on what the benefits of voting are.

Due on Thursday are the revisions to the position paper and the annotated bibliography.

Event Planning Feb. 26 What Happened

We did a worksheet in pairs. The worksheet was based on Charlotte Diakates' talk with the group last week. We went over the answers in class.

The instructor showed examples of collateral from large trade shows. We saw examples of show directories, brochures that were distributed in the shows, and an amenity (calendar). The instructor showed the large and elaborate catalog for the MadridFusion07 show.

Comm 128 February 26 What Happened

Class members read an example of a media theory-movie paper. The structure of the paper is roughly how students can set up their paper, although students should feel free to organize their paper in alternative ways if they would like to do so.

The instructor showed how to do textual citations for MLA. For now, students should just put the source and page number in parentheses. Example: (Smith 43).

Next the instructor passed out a worksheet and paired the students. Students were to work with their partner to answer the 13 questions. We discussed the questions in class.

The instructor picked up the papers and annotated bibliographies alphabetically.

The instructor then went through a Powerpoint of Chapter 5, which was about crafting competent communication messages.

For next week, students should get ahold of a copy of their movie and watch it. They should watch for examples they may want to use in their theory and begin making notes for how they will write about it.

Students should also write approximately five paragraphs summarizing their theory and bring it to class after semester break.

Writing Tues-Thurs, February 26-28: What Happened

We wrote a contrast to the previous long-sentence exercise from Lukeman. We attempted to recreate fear from a past experience. Two student examples were viewed on the overhead projector. In one, the student had some long sentences so she is going to re-write and we will look at it at our next class session.

The instructor handed out the poetry assignment. Poetry presentation dates are March 18 and 20. Students are to read the genres and on Thursday we will assign a genre to each student and put it on a table. Students are encouraged to use Powerpoint for their presentation.

The instructor returned the research paper point 2. Students spent a little time examining the errors and looking them up in Hacker. After that, the instructor went over some common errors. She showed the class how to do internal citations and discussed how the student will add his/her "voice" to the topic matter.

Students now proceed to Point 3, which is due after spring break on Thursday, March 13.

All Students with Tuesday 2/25 Class: Weather

Once again the TV news is saying ice and sleet tomorrow but nj.com's weather site says just rain.
I don't want you to go out if it's icy and I might not even be able to get out. The way we'll handle this is that you should check this blog before leaving for class. I will post whether I am going to class or not at least 90" before the class.

If that doesn't work for you because you have a longer commute time, feel free to call me at the number listed on the syllabus.

Social Advocacy: Online Press Clipping File

We'll be working with the press clipping file in class.

Snow Alert: Tuesday

I just heard on television news that there is a big snow and ice storm headed our way for Tuesday: possible snow day. From nj.com's weather page (this one says mostly rain/ice, the other said snow):

Tuesday, Feb 26

High: 46 °F RealFeel®: 35 °F

Breezy with rain

Tuesday Night, Feb 26

Low: 33 °F RealFeel®: 16 °F

Rain ending in the evening; mostly cloudy, windy and cold

Writing 102, Tues-Thurs, Feb. 26-27

Vote on best haiku:

Haiku 1

Haiku 2

Writing 102 Sat., Feb. 23 What Happened

The instructor returned the annotated bibliography (AB) and point one that each student wrote. Students handed in point 2 and some people handed in an AB.

The focus of the class then turned to how to make corrections. The instructor put the Hacker guide up on the overhead projector and took students through how to find help with looking up the rules. We looked at the first two pages of category breakdowns, the proofreader marks, and the sections that are combined with the proofreader marks.

After reviewing the manual, the instructor handed out a corrections model for students to follow. Corrections are made only on final papers, as corrections on rough drafts are incorporated into the next draft. Students receive notebook points for corrections that are done. Students made corrections on their papers in class and if they had difficulty, the instructor or a colleague helped them find the rule.

Next the instructor discussed assistance that is available from the college. She gave a handout that listed 102 tutoring times and showed the students about a new online tutoring program.

In addition, the college provides students with online computer exercises to help with certain areas such as commas, subject-verb agreement, etc. The instructor gave the students a handout showing them what the areas were and how to get to that spot on the UCC home page. She also went over the way to find the exercise on the overhead projector.

Source credibility was the next topic for discussion. The instructor showed students how to check out sources to be sure they are credible. She showed students how to be aware of propaganda sites.

The last item on the agenda was peer readings. Each student read a colleague's paper. Students made corrections and wrote one-two sentences of summary reflecting what they understood the writing to say.

Next week the instructor will return Point 2. We will also cover drama next week and the instructor will hand out the reading at that time.

Social Advocacy February 19-21 What Happened

Added 2/22, 12:30 p.m.

Re issues of Barack Obama and plagiarism, please see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ7Cs3QvT3U



How to Write and Layout a Poster/Flyer

Wikipedia Update

Recently a student asked about the use of Wikipedia in papers. She said that one of her professors said it could not be used. What was my policy?

I explained the policy and told of some studies that showed Wikipedia's accuracy is very close to that of some of the long-established encyclopedias.

This editorial by PC Magazine's long-time columnist John Dvorak explains what you need to know about the Wikipedia if you decide to use it for research:

Recently, I was on a podcast with a reporter who taught a journalism school class. He put forth two odd edicts: "Never use Wikipedia," and "Never use Google as a spell-checker." I do both. I cannot understand why you would not use Google as a spell-checker, since the misspelled word usually shows up in the hit list with variations you can then check on Webster's. And Wikipedia can bring a writer up to speed on any topic more quickly than any other research method.

What do the studies on Wikipedia accuracy say? He quotes them in his essay:

Wikipedia keeps getting higher and higher scores for accuracy. The English version, for example, is often compared with commercial encyclopedias—and is often more accurate. Recently, I received a press release about the German version of Wikipedia saying this:

"The German-language version of Wikipedia is better than Brockhaus, Germany's commercial encyclopedia, according to an analysis commissioned by Stern magazine. The popular German publication hired WIND research institute to compare 50 articles from Wikipedia and the Brockhaus online encyclopedia based on their 15-volume edition. On a scale where 1 is the best and 6 is the worst, Wikipedia's average rating was 1.7, while Brockhaus's average rating was 2.7. The study assessed articles based on accuracy, completeness, up-to-date information, and ease of reading. In 43 out of the 50 articles, Wikipedia was judged the winner. Currently, the German-language version of Wikipedia is the second biggest, after English, with 673,000 [articles]."

He tells what you need to know about Wikipedia to use it.

Comm 128 February 19 What Happened

1) Discussed issues with the annotated bibliography. Some students turned in their Annotated Bibliography (AB). Others will be turning their AB in next week. There were problems with students not finding enough references to their theory. The instructor will review more communications journals and post them at the blog.

We went to NoodleBib and viewed Elaine's extensive list of citations. Double-spacing occurs when the bibliography is exported into Word.

2) The instructor delivered a lecture on Ch. 4, which is about the management of emotions in communication. The lecture was accompanied by a Powerpoint.

3) Exercise: reappraisal on page 35. We analyzed the case study for how the situation was handled and then for what strategies the text discusses that could have been used instead.

5) How to add support in the paper and plagiarism in writing research papers. The instructor was to discuss this but the .ppt was the wrong one. We will, therefore, go through this at a future class.

Writing 102 Feb. 19-21 What Happened

Instructor returned papers (Pt. 1 and ABs) and went over common errors, such as formatting with block and font changes. Diana showed the class how to use style sheets to avoid font changes.

The corrections sheet was also introduced. Students must make corrections on final papers only. RDs incorporate the corrections into the final.

Instructor went over differences in MLA and APA formats.

Students were reminded of poetry quiz on Thursday and that Pt. 2 is due. She reminded students that it's better to show up and get some points rather than to skip the quiz and get a zero.

All Classes: What We're Doing this Week

Writing 102 Tues/Thur: Papers and annotated bibliographies will be returned. Pt. 2 is due Thursday (some students will be turning in Pt. 1 with Pt. 2). We will learn how to do corrections using Hacker and use of the required corrections form for the class. Computer-aided instruction from the college will be demonstrated. The instructor will discuss the difference between primary and secondary sources. Review for poetry quiz. The quiz is based on this file:
"How to Read a Poem"

Some of the items you will need to know about are: characteristics of poetry, types of poetry and what a poem of each type might look like (pay particular attention to dramatism). Know the meaning of the word prose.

Next week we may spend time in the computer lab working with how to export sources from NoodleBib into Word.

Event Planning: Instructor will discuss first part of Chapter 4. There will be an ungraded pre-test. She will also talk about an optional assignment where students participate in an event.

On Thursday, we have guest speaker Charlotte Diakite, event planner. Charlotte is dynamic, interesting, and knows the event planning field thoroughly.

Social Advocacy: The instructor will be providing instruction and tools for students to work with in the development of ads for the voting registration campaign. There is a handout for writing for radio and a storyboard to help with planning the youtube video. A flyer-poster design .pdf will be discussed. RDs for this assignment are due Thursday.

There will be new reading questions for Nuclear Nebraska.

Revisions on position papers and ABs is due February 28.

Comm 128: Discussion of Chapter 4, "Experiencing and Expressing Emotions." In-class exercises. Further work on papers. Instructor will be providing CD interviews with some theorists for use on student sources.

All Students: Set up Google or Yahoo News Alert Page

Go to Google, click "news," and log in.

• On the right-hand side, click "edit this personalized page."
• Click "add a custom section"
• Put in your key words.
• Click "add section"
• Examine your news page to see if it is picking up the stories.

Yahoo:

• Go to Yahoo and clicking on "My Yahoo" on left side of page under logo. Log in.

• Click "Personalize this Page"

• Content--> Add Modules

• Put in keywords in the search box on the far right, click search, and you will see selections on your left. Add them (or not).

• Click Close when finished.

Writing 102 Sat., Feb. 16

Instructor went over the difference between primary sources and secondary sources. She showed a website where students can conduct primary research by doing a questionnaire online. The questionnaire tabulates the responses.

Instructor went over ways to write support into the research paper:

1. summary
2. paraphrase
3. direct quote
4. indirect quote

The class then went to the library computer lab where Letitia showed how she exported her works cited into Microsoft Word.

The class then worked on citations in NoodleBib.

During the last half hour, student wrote one summary and one paraphrase from their research.

The class returned to L314 where the instructor took the students' Point 1 and Annotated Bibliography. She also took the summary and paraphrase that the students did in the lab.

Next week students are to write Point 2.

Because students did not have the poetry lecture, the instructor put off the poetry quiz for one week. The new quiz date is March 15.


Another item unfinished was short sentences from Lukeman. The short sentences writing exercise will be done next week. Students should be sure to have their original long sentence with them, classified in the notebook under "class exercises."

Comm 128 & Writing 102

Here are links you'll need to do the assignment:

Annotated Bibliography (model paper)

NoodleBib

Writing 102 Tues/Thurs

No class tomorrow a.m. My car won't start--mechanic says it will be fixed by noon tomorrow.

Social Advocacy Students

Aren't you glad John Conyers isn't your congressman? You would have a tough time getting ahold of him (from David Swanson's journal, a political blog):

There's a new rule on Capitol Hill: the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee can remove impeachment from the Constitution, but cannot also use telephones, Email, or fax machines, because the flood of pro-impeachment communications from outraged citizens is overwhelming each of those devices. Don't believe me? Try phoning, Emailing, or faxing John Conyers' office.

Congressman John Conyers' telephone, by many reports, rang endlessly on Monday, approximately 60 times per minute, or as fast as people could get through. The same thing appears to be happening today (Tuesday).If you try to get through at 202-225-5126, chances are you'll hear a busy signal. Other times it will simply ring forever until a recorded voice tells you "Your party is not answering, please try your call later." Some people have had better luck by calling the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121 or through one of the toll-free numbers that activist groups use, and asking to be connected to John Conyers' office. Others have just run into busy signals that way too.If you are lucky, you will get through to a staffer, and by all reports they are very, very cheerful staffers glad that you called, no matter where in the country you live.

Emailing the Congressman is out, because he has stopped accepting Emails, at least at this address mailto:%20john.conyers@mail.house.gov . I could tell you some of his staff members' Email addresses, but then they wouldn't be able to work for a week.Faxing the Congressman is very much in, but you have to set your fax machine to repeatedly redial until it gets through. The fax number is 202-225-0072.

You can also try these alternatives. Call Conyers' Judiciary Committee office at 202-225-3951. Or call his Detroit, Mich., office at 313-961-5670 or his Trenton, Mich., office at 734-675-4084.If you do get through, be prepared to hear that impeachment hearings are not happening, but hearings into impeachable offenses are. Even though these non-impeachment hearings will not make it onto television, and Conyers is not even announcing them ahead of time, and even though witnesses will refuse to show up, Conyers' staffers will try to tell you that hearings of the sort they've done for the past 13 months are all that's needed.Hmm. If that were true, would the phone be ringing the way it is?

Over 20 people are refusing to eat until Conyers begins impeachment hearings for Dick Cheney: http://afterdowningstreet.org/fasting Nine members of the Judiciary Committee and dozens of members of Congress agree with the public that Conyers should perform his constitutional duty and begin impeachment hearings. On Friday Congressman and Committee Member Robert Wexler will deliver a sign-on letter to Conyers urging him to begin Cheney impeachment hearings.Tuesday evening Conyers has agreed to meet with Leslie Angeline to discuss the possibility. Angeline is a member of Code Pink. Her father was a rider on the original Freedom Ride bus that was fire bombed in Alabama in 1961. She is fasting for impeachment. For her sake, if nothing else, set your phone on redial and have faith that you will get through. Consider making it a daily routine.

Social Advocacy Papers

I've read about half the position papers and annotated bibliographies and am very excited about the research you turned up! We are going to have some very significant material with which to work.

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Bring Nuclear Nebraska to class. There is an open-book writing question for the next class.

Sat., Feb. 10, Writing 102

What we did in class:

We did an exercise from Lukeman to learn the where long sentences might be appropriate. The instructor showed five or six ways to make a sentence long (yet grammatically correct). Students wrote a sentence that was a half-page long. We looked at a few of the sentences on the doc cam. Next week we will focus on short sentences and where to use them.

Instructor distributed poetry assignment and re-scheduled the poetry presentation dates. We talked about Dylan Thomas briefly and the instructor is looking for input on a poem to explicate. Jasmine suggested Poe and Shakespeare. Students gave their genre selection and we put them on a table.

Instructor lectured on characteristics of poetry and discussed the Jungian theory of the collective unconscious and how it relates to the arts. She reminded students there is a poetry quiz Feb. 23.

Students turned in their annotated bibliographies (AB) and received five points. There will be five more points next week if the AB is in correct form. Students are to write Point 1 of the research paper. The instructor also reviewed the readings for the coming class session.

Social Adv What Happened Febr 5-7

Read Time Magazine cover story.

Please note: this post was edited on February 13 to add more protest sources.

Thursday:

How to find protests in NJ:

1. There are ongoing weekly protests against the Iraq War. If you recall, our colleague Jessica is slated to attend an antiwar protest in New Brunswick. It is from 11:30-12:30 and is on Raritan Ave. and Rt. 27 in Highland Park. You will find that protest and others featured at this link, which is a .pdf file. There may be one near you.

2. Students should also check their presidential candidate's web site to see if there are any scheduled rallies.

3. On March 27, there will be a walk for peace. Ask your mom or go with a friend.

Save the Date!

New Jersey Peace Action’s

2^nd Annual Mother and Daughter Walk for Peace

Sat., March 29th, 2008 10AM-1PM (rain date Sun., March 30th 1PM-4PM)

Meet at NJPA office:
673 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Honoring women peacemakers!

For registration forms and more information, email:
njpawalkforpeace@yahoo.com
or call our office: (973) 744-3263

Instructor will post others as they come up.

4. Enter "protests NJ" in your alerts when you put in your key words.

New:

5. More URLS for protests in NJ:

http://www.njpeacesites.org/ / http://www.njpeaceaction.org/ / http://www.njpeace.org/index.htm http://bringtroopshomenj.org/ / that one has a list here: http://bringtroopshomenj.org/events.html

Added on February 13:

All are welcome to attend Pax Christi NJ’s Spring Assembly Saturday April 19th at St. Patrick’s Church and School in Jersey City. The topic this year is solidarity, migration and reconciliation. We have a wonderful program planned with several dynamic speakers including Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, the former president of Bread for the World and Juan Carlos Ruiz from the New Sanctuary Movement.

Theme- Although Americans view immigration as “the problem “it is just as much, or perhaps more so, the problems of extreme poverty and political conditions in the countries which cause people to migrate. This migration creates both a positive impact in the form of money being sent back and a negative impact in the “brain drain”. This relationship along with the issues of US foreign and trade policies and unfair immigration policies will be examined. We will also discuss the ideas that come from developing countries such as micro credit (Muhammed Yunus, Bangladesh) that have the potential to help everyone.


Keynote Speaker - Bishop Thomas GumbletonA longtime national and international activist in the peace movement, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton is an outspoken critic of violence and militarism. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, and has published numerous articles and reports.Former President of Bread for the WorldFounding President of Pax Christi, USACo-Founder of Michigan Coalition for Human RightsBoard Member: Lambi Fund of Haiti, U.S. El Salvador Institute; Fellowship of Reconciliation; National Agenda for Peace in El Salvador; Witness for Peace; Nicaragua-U.S. Friendship Office; World Conference on Religion and Peace (Office of the Secretary General of the UN)


Workshop Topics (Partial List)-


CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY:By giving poor people the power to help themselves, the micro-credit revolution has offered them something more valuable then food – security, hope and self-esteem. This is a how to workshop built on Tonie Malone’s 14 years of experience in Haiti.

FORGIVENESS RECONCILIATION AND HEALING:

Two different experiences will be shared about FRH

1) Rwanda’s experience by Fr. Sabune Petero

2) South Africa’s experience by Georgette Delinois


Participants will be able to explore ways to duplicate the FRH concept in places where individuals have experienced violence and are emotionally, psychologically, spiritually or physically wounded. They will hopefully additional gain insight into effective ways to best help people heal themselves consequently their countries.

What We Need is Peace The plea of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon and SyriaThis workshop will give an overview of the reality and concerns of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon and Syria with discussion of our response as American citizens. Presented by Clare Nolan. Clare was a member of CRS delegation of religious women to Iraq and Syria in January 2008. Clare is the NGO representative for the Sisters of the Good shepherd at the UN in New York. Good Shepherd has Lebanese and Syrian sisters with projects in both countries responding to our brothers and sisters from Iraq.


The US Immigration Detention System:Talk will be given by Father Juan Carlos Ruiz, an ordained Roman Catholic priest and the founding director of the Asociacion Tepayac Bronx Community Center. He is currently lead organizer for New Sanctuary Movement activities in New York City.

Full brochures for pre-registration will be available by the end of the month.

Kathy O'LearyState Council Member – Pax Christi NJChapter Coordinator-Pax Christi Summit(a local chapter of Pax Christi USA www.paxchristiusa.org ) 908-273-0751

www.paxsummit.blogspot.com

"We need no rifles or pistols for battle, but instead spiritual weapons; and the foremost among these is prayer." - Franz Jaegerstaetter“We Suffer & RejoiceWith Our Brothers & Sisters”Pax Christi NJSpring Assembly 2008Co-sponsored byHaiti Solidarity Network of the NortheastPlease join us for a day of prayer and education on◊ solidarity, migration and reconciliation ◊Saturday, April 19th9:30 am to 5:00 pm*St. Patrick’s Church & School492 Bramhall Ave.Jersey City, NJKeynote Speaker:Bishop Thomas GumbletonFounding Bishop President of Pax Christi USAIn Special Honor of :Fr. Gene SqueoPax Christi NJ Dorothy Day Peacemaker of the YearAward Recipient for 2007Workshops topics:The Immigration Detention System, Iraqi Refugee Crisis, Micro Credit, Forgiveness, Reconciliation & HealingCost $35 (includes lunch), $20 for Senior Citizens and Students*reception for Fr. Squeo to followFor more info contact: Kathy O’Leary 908-273-0751 kathy-wargo@comcast.net

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Here's a Coalition for Peace Moratorium on March 19:

http://www.peacecoalition.org/action/cfpa/080319_moratorium_regional_000.aspx

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The instructor described two other assignments:

a) Press clippings file. Each person will keep track of an area and post pertinent articles to a file that the instructor will set up online.

The instructor showed the students how to set up news alert pages, RSS feeds, and news articles sent to an email address. Students are to set these up with their key words over the weekend. The example given in class was Vanessa's topic, which is "why young people don't vote." Come to class prepared to discuss any technical issues you might have. Students will post articles over the period of the semester and the cut-off date is April 30.

At an upcoming class, the instructor will show students how to post their articles and make links.

The second assignment that was discussed was "meet a lawmaker." Find out who your representatives are and phone the local legislative office or subscribe to your rep's newsletter to find out about local meetings. See the upper left hand side of the page.

Instructor will explain benefits (for the advertising project) at the next class. Students will form into groups to work on the advertising projects. We now have the required research to begin those projects.


Tuesday:

We went over the chapter in the text about attending a protest. The instructor showed a video of a protest in D.C.

On Thursday we will turn in the position paper and its annotated bibliography. We will do peer readings of each other's work. There may be a brief writing assignment about Ch. 1 in Nuclear Nebraska.

Comm 128 February 5 What Happened

We filled out an alphabetical roster and each student will get a copy of colleagues' contact information.

We passed out new syllabi that have the schedule of activities and assignments. Throw out old ones.

Schedule of Reading & Activities date is for Thursdays; should be for Tuesdays. Instructor's mistake.

Instructor explained the research paper (semester-long project) to the class. Each person read the theories and made a choice for their paper.

Each student is to get 10 sources on her or his topic for next week. Eventually these sources will become an annotated bibliography, which is why all information from where the source came from should be kept.

Google part of assignment: Up to three. Put in theory and add "Wiki" at the end. Write brief summary. Keep URL. Five to six summary sentences on each source.

E-journal portals: No article requirement due to search (title) peculiarities. Try it, see what you get. UCC->Library->Database->Article->E-journal portals browse (upper right) ->journalism and communication->Communications & Mass Media-->Search

J-Stor: Balance of articles should come from here or E-journal portal. Library ->databases->social science->sociology or psychology-J-Stor->search. Browse articles for what interests you. Save citations.

Event Planning Febr. 5-7 What Happened

Bill Q complained about having to work too hard in this class.

The instructor went over the public relations angles that can be used in an event. The examples cited were the Superbowl Green angle and the Taste of the NFL. We went over a short video that gave students an idea of the public relations that can be gained from such positioning. Ryan discussed the Superbowl Parade and subsequent events from the previous Thursday.

We went over Chapter 3 and the instructor pointed out pertinent charts and lists that will be helpful to students who work in event planning. In addition, we discussed mapping out the venue and the instructor provided three software programs and one modeling program (all free) with which students should try to get some experience:

IBM Lotus software suite (Symphony) Also see article.
openoffice.org
drawanywhere.com

Program to buy:
Visio (Microsoft)

Note: I see that Symphony no longer includes a drawing program but I put in the link anyway because the software that is offered is so good.

We did chapter outline check-in for Ch's 1, 2, and 3. Each student handed in their outline of what they will be looking for when they do their reaction paper.

Next Thursday, students will be handing in their writing sample based on the assessment interview.

Quizzes section in notebook should be changed to "outline." Put outlines here; put notes taken in class in notebook section.

Due for Thursday:

Outlines that will be checked in for Thurs. are Ch. 3 and for people who got the book late, Ch's 1 & 2.

Outline for reaction paper, based on Ch's 1-5 (see assignment sheet). This outline is items you will note when you go to your event--items to which you will react. This outline can be handwritten.

Notebook check. One ponit for having the notebook, two points for having the notebook with the categories, and three points for having class papers to date put in each section.

Instructor handed out assignment sheet for writing for the needs assessment questionnaire. This assignment is due next Thursday, February 14th. The objective is to see the level of business writing skill of the students.

Writing 102--Tues/Thu, Febr 5-7

Thursday:

First we did an exercise from Lukeman where we wrote a sentence that was half a sheet long. The instructor explained the circumstances under which we might want to use long sentences. She explained techniques for writing a grammatically correct sentence using the semicolon, dash, parentheses and commas. We looked at a student example and indeed, it did convey emotion, which is one of the purposes of writing a long sentence. In next week's class, we will write a short sentence on the same topic and contrast the two techniques.

Point One of the research paper and the annotated bibliography was due today. We did peer readings using a guide provided by the instructor.

Paraphrasing and summary worksheet was handed out. Instructor went over the two techniques for providing support. A third technique, quotation, will be discussed in a future class. Students are to use their research to write a paraphrase and a summary for their Point 2, which will be due on the 17th.

Instructor said poetry presentations will be given the week of March 16.

Tuesday:

What to do for next class:

Be sure you've read Chapter 1 from Lukeman as we will be doing a writing exercise from it.
We will also be doing a writing exercise on paraphrasing and summary, and the assigned reading on which the exercise is based is Hacker, 113-18. We will also do peer readings of Point 1 at Thursday's class.

Bring Point 1 and annotated bibliography (five sources with abstract). The latter will be considered a rough draft (RD) and will not be given a grade until it is revised. RD's are not graded but timeliness is noted and it does have an effect on the overall grade.

The instructor discussed the nature of poetry today (heightened, concentrated, concrete, images, playful, mysterious). She also discussed the collective unconscious (CU) and how musicians, poets, writers, and artists draw upon it in the creation of their works. Students should know which psychiatrist is associated with the collective unconscious and discuss how the CU is related to poetry.

Instructor put off poetry presentation dates for one week.

Sat., Febr. 2, Writing 102

What we did in class:

-Students went to the library instruction room where Jane took them through the basics of why information/ideas must be cited. She admonished them that "not all information is valid or good in a Google world." Other points:
--If a source has references, you can check them out.
--When in doubt, cite it.
--Save the information when you're working so you have it.
--Use citation system the professor expects
--Citation requires you to be detail oriented and meticulous.

Jane then took the students through the MLA tutorial and showed them the hard-copy pamphlets. She also showed them NoodleBib and how Microsoft Word 2007 can help them do citations while they write their papers.

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Notebook check will be February 9:

• One point for having notebook
• Two points if notebook categories are labeled
• Three points if all classroom materials are filed in the notebook.

Students are to choose a poetry genre from the link at poets.org. Read every genre and then make the top three choices for what to write about and present. Written assignment sheet will be distributed next week.

Students should choose their topic for the research paper and bring five annotated sources to class next week. The sources must have the description (abstract) and be in the form of an annotated bibliography (like we did in class).