In the first hour of class we worked on MLA text citation. The instructor explained that we would also be doing APA.
She showed a Powerpoint and we worked through electronic citations. Students took one of their research articles and wrote an electronic citation in class. The citation was copied to hand in.
The instructor advised that there could be a quiz. If so, students would have to know what MLA and APA stand for, what the meaning of biblios is, why we have a Works Cited page instead of a bibliography, and which citation system has a References page and which one has a Works Cited page. There may also be a few questions from Ch. 3 of the text.
Students should also be able to do an electronic citation.
The next item on the agenda was to rehearse for next week's group symposium presentations. Students went with their groups and did recordings of their presentations. The recordings are part of the assignment and must be addressed in a paper (see original assignment for deadlines).
The last activity was to read through the Quick Guide to Public Speaking. The purpose was to give students the highlights before their first speech. We did not complete the guide, so we will go through the rest of it at a future class.
To Do for Next Week:
Group Presentations
"I Am" paper due
Read Ch. 3
