Writing 99 Friday

Feedback table for students who submitted rough draft or outline on Friday.


The instructor explained MLA citation and how a paper must be formatted in that style. She also discussed other forms of citation, such as APA or AMA. Each student "drew" a model of the paper on their own notebook paper, including how much the margins were, noting point sizes, flush left/ragged right,  and other pertinent information. She showed them where the thesis should go.

Then the instructor put up Microsoft Word and showed students how to do page numbers and headers, hanging indents, and how the Word citation system works.

We then went to the text and worked from Ch. 5. We worked with thesis statements first and moved on to how to write focused  thesis statements and how to narrow the thesis. We did the first exercise and students should finish the rest in that section on their own for homework for the coming week. Next week we will work with pages 87, topic sentences, in class.

We moved to the section on writing effective introductions. While in class, we read through each type of introduction. The instructor then asked students to take an old paper and write two types of introductions.

After students had written their intros, we worked on direct and indirect quotes.

To do for next week:

Ch. 6, p. 107-23 (read)
Next week in class we will do 124-35 and 87-90 in class.

Advertising

I have edited the link for the Photoshop assignment. You should be able to access it now. (posted Sunday a.m.)
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I have reached The Paley Center and we are set for our tour on Nov. 6. We will be in an auditorium from 2:30 through 4:30 and we will watch two presentations that their staff has put together:

• An Advertising Album 1950–2004 A Museum-produced compendium of iconic television commercials from 1950 to 2003, with one ad from every year. (52 minutes).

• Super Bowl: Super Showcase for Commercials This Museum-produced tape is a compendium of memorable television ads that have premiered on Super Bowls since 1984, the year the game emerged as the premier showcase for new television commercials. (compilation; 66 minutes).
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• After the two tapes, you will be free to look around the museum on your own.After the presentations, you will have some time to look at the museum's exhibits and its research facilities.
• Today in class we heard two presentations, one from Jonathan and the other from Kelli and Colleen
• After the two questions were presented, we looked at the font selection for the quotes students had chosen.
• The instructor told students the midterm was supposed to be this week but since she did not tell students about it with enough notice, it will be scheduled for Nov. 11. It will be over the book chapters to date.
• Note:  next week there will be no class because of the class trip to The Paley Center.
  

1402 Speech/Critical

We worked on informative speech outlines by first writing the preview. After the preview, the instructor discussed transitions and asked students to write in at least five transitions.

We moved on to writing the conclusion. We read the section in the book that covered conclusions and we wrote the conclusion in class.

We took a break and returned to the evaluation form. The instructor explained each part of the evaluation form.

She went over what each student needs to have next week.  All students should have two copies of the full-sentence outline with a Works Cited. There should be a notecard for people who are presenting. This notecard is what the speaker will to refer to and it can have 30-50 words. It should be shown to the instructor right before the speech.

The second copy of the full-sentence outline should have the following titles or sections highlighted:
general purpose (just underline "general purpose," not the whole section
specific purpose
thesis
preview statement
all internal text citations
Works Cited

Be sure you have your last name and page number on each page.

The instructor handed back the quizzes, the reaction to the taped speech, and the "I Am" papers.

We ran out of time to do the group discussion, so it will be done at an upcoming class. Please remember to bring your "I Am" paper and three articles for the discussion. Continue bringing this material until we have completed this part of the class.

Students who had perfect attendance were excused from the midterm. The rest of the students took the midterm.

Next week:

Speakers:


Read Chapter 11 on informative speaking
Bring "I Am" papers and three articles on your personality profile to class

Advertising

We talked about ads for The Tower. Two students have half-page ads but no one else has anything for November. The instructor told students we needed to get more ads for the newspaper and to focus on the December issue and the coupon offer. Jonathan has an ad for the December issue.

Next we discussed the field trip. We will have no class next week because we are meeting Saturday, Nov. 6, for the Paley Center. 

This week the instructor introduced the first Photoshop assignment. We went over the terms of resampling, downsampling and upsampling. We also discussed interpolation. The instructor handed out the instruction sheet for resampling a photo for the web. She asked students to use their own photograph but if they want to, they can use the pineapple image.

Students should upload the image to Blackboard. If they cannot get on Blackboard, they should email their resampled image (to 72) to the instructor.

To Do for Next Class:

Do the Photoshop assignment

Begin reading Ch. 7

Writing II MWF

Friday

The instructor returned student papers with grades and told students to put the paper in their portfolios. During class students did corrections on the paper. The corrections sheet should be labeled "Essay 1 Corrections" and stapled to the front.

While the students did the corrections, the instructor read student outline for the second essay. She gave feedback to students who had their papers.

On Monday the essay will be due. On Wednesday we will have the midterm. At some point over the weekend, the instructor will post some guides about what to study.  This will be applicable to all students except for one.



Monday

The instructor checked in outlines for the next essay. While students did an exercise in writing with detail, she reviewed the outlines and gave written feedback.

Next various members of the class read the adjectives and adverbs that were added to the paragraph in the class exercise. We did another exercise along the same line.

The instructor discussed the essay topics. She told students the difference between reports and an essay. She said reports cannot achieve anything more than a "C" and will probably not count toward much in the student's portfolio evaluation.

In the last part of the class, we did an essay on choosing the plural or singular form of the verb when using "each" and "either."

To Do for Next Class:

Read the first four pages of Ch. 5 on revision. We will be doing some of the exercises in class.

Write one to one-and-a-half pages of the essay.  Write only the body. Do not write an introduction.

Writing 99 Friday

At Friday's class, we checked in the work, for which students received points. The work was the latest chapter assignment (last half) and the Works Cited. Students were to add their two video citations to the Works Cited page.

Next we went to the lab, where the instructor showed students potential topics for essays. Students worked on their outlines and handed their work in at the end of class.

To Do for Next Week:

What is due next week is to write the first draft.

Also, read the next chapter in the text (on revision).



Potential essay topics:

The thesis will emerge after writing one of the first three.

Look for similarities of events in your life. Have you ever felt like you have found yourself making the same decision with just a different set of circumstances? Think of events having a circular effect. What theme has come full circle for you? Do you believe that the same "test" comes up over and over again until you "pass"?

What element of nature would you choose as an emblem for yourself as a writer. Is this a symbol that you use when writing? Does the tone match your writing? Write using it as a metaphor.

Do you consider opportunity as something that comes to you, or something that you create for yourself? What are some opportunities that you can act upon? Try to come up with three opportunities that will correlate with your immediate goals. Are there areas that you could create opportunity for someone else? It may be helpful to start the exercise with asking what you need, then brainstorming an opportunity list.

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The following are more "issues oriented" and will require some research:

Maturity

See this article:  "Girls Are More Intelligent Than Boys, but Men are More Intelligent than Women."

The American Male.  See the research of Dr. Leonard Sax.

Speech 1402

Personality profile

We first worked on the informative speech outline. We put a few outlines on the overhead projector and on the computer screen and critiqued them.

We then worked on writing the introduction. We went through the different types of introductions by reading through them from the text in class. The instructor asked each student to then write their introduction.


We decided on speaking dates. The first date is informative, the second persuasive. The dates have been entered on a table (at right) and posted in the Links section.

Nov. 2/Nov.30

Frank
Elizabeth
Maria
Jessica
Marcia
Tashmirrah
Joel

Nov. 9/Dec. 7
Jennifer
Dan
Cara
Mike
Adam
Jason
Kathleen
Stephanie

The next activity was to take the personality profile. Students went to the profile link (above, "personality profile"). They brought back their profile type and the instructor listed them.

She then told the class what the letters stood for. Students were asked to read three articles on their type and bring them to class next week for a group discussion. This discussion will also incorporate the "I Am" journal paper, which will be returned to students at that class.

In the last part of class, the instructor went over student attendance and who would or would not have to take the midterm. The midterm will be given on Oct. 26. It will cover citation material, the chapters from the text, and the instructor's lectures. The exam will be given in the last hour of class and students who do not need to take it will be excused one hour early.

The instructor assigned Ch. 9 as reading for next week.

To Do for Next Week:

Group paper due
Three articles on personality profile, annotated, bring to class for the group discussion
Have speech outline with the introduction added on. Put in the text citations by listing the author's last name in parentheses after where you took the information.  We will be writing the conclusion next week in class.Also the preview.
Study for the midterm if you have to take it

Advertising

Thursday:

We watched several presentations from Ciara, Chris, and Francesca.

We critiqued Google ads.

The instructor handed back question grades from previous classes.

Announcement:  layout for ad for The Tower must be prepared now for the November issue.

All students must submit an ad layout on Nov. 23, whether the client is going in the The Tower or not.

To Do for Next Class:

Read Ch. 6
Work on your question, if you have one
Ad layout/commitment for The Tower
Font assignment


Tuesday:

Megan reported to the class on the transportation fares into NYC for the Nov. 6 field trip.

We watched the rest of Helvetica and then we answered the questions in pairs.

On Thursday we will have two presentations.

The midterm will be on Oct. 28.  Students who have attended every class do not have to take the exam.

To Do for Next Class:

Work on font assignment

Read Ch. 6

Work on getting an ad commitment for The Tower

Writing II MWF

 Friday

We met in the classroom and discussed topics. The instructor checked in student work.  Students should see the post for my Friday 99 class, as I decided to use these topics for both classes.  Look for Friday 99 and you will see some additional links, etc.

To Do for Next Class:

Prepare outline for Monday's class.


Wednesday

The instructor checked in student work on the exercises. We also did the first few exercises of the upcoming assignment, which is the last half of the chapter.



Monday

We met at the library and did a magazine/periodical citation and also a Works Cited.

The instructor handed out an assignment for Wednesday, which was to do the exercises through p. 70. The other half of this chapter is to be finished by Friday.

To Do for Next Class:

Work on exercises for Wednesday's class.

Writing II Friday

Note:  for our upcoming class on the 22nd, we will be going to from the classroom to the L112 lab at 6:30. We are booked until 8:15 p.m. We will be working on our new essay assignment.

The instructor returned the essay assignment with the grade. She also gave students a corrections sheet and the class spent about 30" working on corrections from the paper. Students had to note what the error was, how they did it wrong, and how to do it right. Students were asked to fill the corrections sheet, which was about 15-18 errors.

The instructor pointed out that while the essays do not have to be revised, if they were to be revised, student would see a direction in which they could take the revised essay.

Next we worked on MLA citation and students learned how to do a TV citation. Students were given a worksheet and we did two citations. The instructor also explained how to do an in-text citation.

We did a comma worksheet together and learned about introductory clauses, appositives, and other comma rules.

In the last section of class, we did a few exercises from each section of Ch. 4. The purpose of the exercise was to make sure students understood what was expected in each section.

Next week will be the midterm, which will be held during the last hour of class. Students with perfect attendance and no late papers or late arrivals do not have to take the final and may leave at 8 p.m. Questions on the midterms will be from the chapters, instructor notes, exercises done in class, and what has been covered on citation to date.

To Do for Next Class:

Do exercises in Ch. 4. Twenty points will be given to all students who complete the assignment.

Add the two video citations to the MLA Works Cited that was started last week.  Note that the citations have to be added alphabetically. Ten points will be given for each correctly completed Works Cited. Bring one printed out copy to class.

Advertising

You can enter your topic selection choice on this table. Please try to keep it in order by presentation date.

I have also added this link to the Links section at right so students do not have to look up this post.

I will check the table and approve or disapprove of your choice, so check back to find out if your selection is acceptable.

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Thursday:

 Typography assignment

Here's a link to various type font sites. Some of them may offer free fonts.

Over the weekend, please read about how to download fonts.

The instructor cautioned that students should not attempt to download fonts if they do not have adequate virus and malware protection. If a student has any question whatsoever about this, font selection should be limited to what is available from Microsoft Word.

We listened to two presentations, one by Danica and Alexis, who monitored how many ads they were exposed to during different day parts and also by medium. The other presentation was by Julie and it was on ads that exhibited poor taste.

Next the instructor went over the assignment, for which the above links are posted.

We watched more of "Helvetica." In today's section, we heard from advertising people who are not so enthralled with this font.

To Do for Next Class:

Read Ch. 5
Work on question, if you have one
Work on typography assignment

Students who do not have perfect attendance and who have not turned in all papers on time should be preparing for the midterm by reading their notes and reviewing the book chapters.

Speech 1402

Essay question for group chapter

Notes from informative speech outline section

Writing II MWF

 Friday

We met at the library and did our first book citation.

The instructor returned the essays.

We are to meet at the library again on Monday.  Same spot, but at 2:25 p.m.

To do for next class:

Finish essay as it is due next Wednesday

Read Ch. 4 entirely and do all exercises. Be prepared to show them at Wednesday's class.

 Wednesday
Meet at the library for the next class. The class will be in a computer room and will be working on writing from the detailed outline to write an essay for the portfolio.

The instructor will be sitting beside students to assist them as they write.

The following students need to email the instructor their detailed outline by Tuesday evening, 8 p.m.:

Matt
Roxana
Amanda
Karla
Javis
Josmar

On Friday we will also be working at the library. On that date, we will be doing citation exercises

During class, we did a four-page worksheet on how to convert comma splices and run on sentences into correct sentences.

The instructor outlined class activities:

Wed., Oct. 13: library, work on essays
Friday, Oct. 15: library, work on first book citation

Monday, Oct. 18: library, work on magazine citation and Works Cited on the computer

To Do for Next Class:

Act on feedback from instructor on the outline
Organize material for portfolio

Search Engine Optimization

 Added Thursday, Oct. 15:  I asked the CE office what you needed to do to obtain your certification and here is the response:

They need to come into the office and pick up a certificate request form. That form is given to Linda Burk and she will issue them a certificate within a week or so. She can mail them to the student or the student can pick the certificate up when its ready.


 Added Wed. a.m.  Article on No Script, which was in the Top 100 by PCMag. Read first paragraph under "Hold the JavaScript, I'm Only Browsing."



Search engine ppt
 
Search engine protocol from sitemaps.org

Examples of site maps:
Microsoft
CNN
Jayson Home & Garden

Lynx

Make sure Readability is installed!

Google's suggestions

Yahoo and Bing 

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Webmaster Issues ppt

W3 Privacy Workshop

Writing II Friday

We worked on paragraph unity in Ch. 3. The instructor explained how topic sentences must frame the paragraph and all the remaining sentences must support the topic sentence.

Students turned in their essays.

Next the instructor distributed a 3-page handout and explained it. The purpose of the handout was to coach students through their first Works Cited page. The  class went to the library where students obtained a book and a magazine to write their citations. The students wrote their citations by hand first and then went to a computer and entered it, formatting it correctly.

Next class:

Do all the remaining exercises in Ch. 3

Advertising

Thursday

We discussed the class field trip to The Paley Center for Media in NYC. We decided the field trip would be on Saturday, Nov. 6 and that we would meet at 2 p.m. in front of the museum. Students will organize their own transportation. While the Union train is one option, leaving from Secaucus is another. Megan advised on the cost and times of the Union train and is checking out other options and will report back to the class. The instructor will be conferring with the museum for details on a tour or other guided program.

Students who cannot go at this time should go on their own. It is suggested they wait until after the other class members take the trip.

This trip replaces the Nov. 2 & 4th classes.

The instructor reviewed the criteria for the Google ads, a few of which are:

a) ad must be distinguished from others on the page
b) motivational words (free)
c) inter-capitalization
d) call to action

The remainder can be found in the presentation. See the link at the instructor's search engine class post on this page.

We looked at a few ads on the document cam and critiqued them. Due to the fact that the post did not appear here until early Thursday, the instructor gave students additional time for their ads.

The instructor told students about the in-class assignment that students in the search engine class did and she showed them how to look at source code and see if it is maximized.

At our next class, we will be watching Helvetica. There is a questionnaire exercise on the film. In addition, there will be an assignment involving the downloading and installation of fonts. Please make sure your computer is adequately protected, as with free fonts there is the possibility of viruses or malware. For this reason, the assignment will be optional. To assist students who want to do this assignment, however, here are some links to programs the instructor has used.

The following are free:

Avast

AVG

AVG AntiVirus Free Edition

AVG Internet Security

McAfee Site Adviser

This program is not free but the instructor considers it to be one of the best:

Webroot AntiVirus

Note that while the program is $49, it covers three PCs. If you can find two other people to purchase with you, you can then get the cost to around $16, which is 4 cents a day for very good protection. Purchased in 3-year increments, the cost of this program goes down to .03 cents per day.

To do for next class:

Read Ch. 3
If you have an assigned question, work on the question
Re-work the Google ad if you think it doesn't meet the criteria

Tuesday

We had student presentations on layouts and fonts.

Students selected questions:

Oct. 14
Julie, Ch. 1, Q2
Alexus & Danica, Ch. 1 Q1

Oct. 21
Chris & Ciara, Ch. 2, Q2
Francesca, Ch. 2, Q1

To do for next class:

Have Ch's 1 & 2 read so you can participate in the class discussion.

Google ads due. Be sure to consult criteria from ppt, as this will be used to decide on the grade (screens 35-40).

Prepare for question if you are a presenter on Oct. 14 or 21.

Speech Critical 1402

The instructor passed out a quiz on MLA/APA. We graded the quizzes in class.

Next we did group presentations and students received part of their grade at the end of class. The instructor will review the research aspect of the assignment, which could affect the grade.

As this was a group activity, the instructor asked students to read Ch. 16, which has to do with groups. Next week students will receive a writing assignment based on this chapter and with their experience in the group.

Finally, we talked about informative speeches and topics. The instructor showed topics and more will be posted here. A table has been set up for students to log in their topic.

To do for next class:

Read Ch. 16 and highlight or annotate sections that might apply to the student's group experience while working with the symposium.

Write the group symposium reaction to the video.

Find an informative speech topic and put it in the table.

Search Engine Optimization

 Posted Friday:  We are on for Monday, Oct. 12,  in N33, 6-9 or 9:30. We will work on search engine items in the first hour and then finish up with Web hosting.

Wednesday:

Worksheet

Title

NAICs

Types of keywords

Keyword Generation

Google Adwords ppt



Monday:


Links to search engines.


SEO PowerPoint

Writing II MWF

Friday:

There will be two short projects. This is the first one:

Assignment:  Portfolio Organization
Obtain a file folder and put your name and student number on the label.
Put all of the writing you have done for this class in the folder with the oldest writing at the back. Label each essay as either rough draft or final on the upper right hand side. On the upper right, name the essay (#1 essay, #2 essay, etc.)
Bring the file/portfolio to class on October 15th. Students who have their portfolios prepared as described will receive 5 class participation points. We will check the portfolios off in class.
Read and understand the following requirements for the portfolio:

PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH 099
Students’ portfolios must have at least four 3-5 page essays, each with at least one draft.
Students’ portfolios must have at least one essay that uses outside research, with proper in-text citations and a proper works-cited bibliography. Research sources should include periodicals and/or books, not just web pages. This should be an essay that the student completes individually and not a group project.
Students’ portfolios should have several examples of other types of writing, in addition to their four essays. This would include in-class writing in response to prompts, written response to readings, and various kinds of writing exercises.
Each portfolio should be organized before bringing to the portfolio reading, so it is easier to review, with the portfolio cover sheet filled out and included.
Decisions of the portfolio review teams will be final.





Wednesday

We worked on outlines today. The instructor took the outlines of students and showed how to develop them into more detail.

There will be an exercise posted here for Friday. Students who are at campus, however, should come to class at 3:05 p.m. The instructor will help students who come with their outlines. Students who travel to campus for this class only may do the online exercise without coming to class. The instructor is in ANGEL training from 1-3 p.m.


The second project will be posted here around 4 p.m.


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The instructor returned students intros with the grade. She told students how to do a corrections page and told them they had to correct every final essay that is returned if it still has marks on it.

We went over the finding a topic exercise that we did in the last class (Friday) for the students who were not in class.

We will do one intro on Wednesday. The instructor will return the "Watcher" papers on Wednesday.

This assignment is due on Wednesday:

Read Ch. 3 through p. 53 and do the following:
a. Do exercises on pages 34-35, 1-5 (4th ed, p. 32, 5th, p. 35)
b. Do Choosing a Topic on p. 35.
c. Thinking your audience, p. 36 (p. 35 in 4th edition, 5th, p. 39)
d. Draw an Idea Wheel (39) or list (42) for your own topic (41-42, 4th ed., 43-44, 5th ed.)
e. Write a “working thesis” and the topic sentences (44) (4th ed., p. 91, 5th ed., p. 94
f. Do exercises on 44-46. 5th, 96. 4th, 93.
g. Write a detailed outline (47).

On Friday we will be in writing lab, writing from our outlines. Note this change: The Friday writing lab has been changed to Wednesday, Oct. 13.