Writing 102 Saturday

We saw the play. After the play, the instructor asked the students to write their first draft tomorrow morning while the play was still fresh in their mind. One student mentioned that Ruby Sunrise might be on youtube.

While the students were at the play, the instructor read their Point 1, which was handed in at the beginning of class. The papers were returned with corrections and the instructor asked students to do the following:

a) write two pages of description of what their paper is about. For example, if the paper is about healthcare system, the student should describe in details employer group healthcare, individually purchased policies, Medicare, and Medicaid.

b) continue writing the paper, this time Point 2

c) Prepare for Langan check in in two weeks (Oct. 24). Eleven chapters should be done by the 24th.

d) Read the next chapter in Lester (six, I believe).

Writing 102 Saturday What Happened in Class

We are meeting at Cranford to attend the play for the next class. Show up by 7:30 p.m. and go to Rm. N24. There will be no Saturday morning class. Note: this was changed in class to students should all meet at the atrium at 7:45.

Read the drama handout before coming to class. Also read all the drama terms at the drama glossary. Also, read the paper emailed to you (paper by Camilla).

Rough draft of the drama paper is to be completed by the following Saturday, October 17. Peer reading on the 17th, make corrections and return on the 24th.

Tip. While watching the play, record the chronology:

Example: Rubie needs a place to live.
She is able to live with her aunt for two weeks.

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Instructor went over the process for peer reading. Next week we will do a peer reading of four pages of the research paper.

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Students presented their working thesis statement, which the instructor recorded. She will set up a table where students will enter their email so research material can be sent to them.
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We answered a quiz on the DVD we watched about propaganda in the news and in particular, on Fox News. Each quiz was scored and students were asked to keep the quiz in their notebook/folder.

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We corrected the Annotated Works Cited. First the instructor went over items like margins, formatting, etc. Then the students looked up each citation and corrected it for their colleague.

Next week:

Lester Ch 4
Langan Ch 7
Write RD of drama paper
Write two pages of Pt 2

Saturday 102 What Happened in Class

The class voted to attend the play on Saturday, October 10th at 8 p.m. We will, therefore, not have class on Saturday, October 12th. We will meet at 7 p.m. in Cranford Rm. N24 prior to the play, where we will go over various class items that are due and look at an example paper for this assignment.

We learned how to do personalized news pages and watched a DVD on news propaganda.

Next week:

For next class:

Write working thesis and point 1
Quiz on DVD (may not count on grade)
Understand half the drama terms (possible quiz)
Read Lester 3 and do Langan 5

Friday 102 What Happened in Class

Next week we will be attending the play at 8 p.m. Students should convene, however, at our classroom at 7 p.m. Be sure to bring $10 and student ID for admission.

The instructor will bring an example of a paper written for the drama assignment.

We discussed topics and researching them. The instructor explained that it was OK to take on a source if what the student is seeing does not concur with the source.

We were supposed to learn how to do a personalized news page, where we get current research to come to us. We were also to discuss RSS feeds and information transmitted via e-mail. Unfortunately, our computer classroom that was reserved was locked. We will work on this at a future class.

We watched a DVD on propaganda techniques, specifically with Fox News Channel.

For next class:

Write working thesis and point 1
Quiz on DVD (may not count on grade)
Understand half the drama terms (possible quiz)
Read Lester 3 and do Langan 5

Writing 102-Saturday What Happened in Class

There was some confusion over the classroom, but eventually we all ended up in a multimedia room, #514. First students did a writing sample. The writing sample was on a question the student has that has never been satisfactorily answered.

Next we went over the syllabus. Students were shown where the online version was (see link at left) and hard copies were also distributed. We read through the syllabus. While reading through the syllabus, the instructor showed the books.

We read through the process of writing the research paper on the schedule of activities and assignments (pp. 8-9 of the syllabus). We also covered the drama and poetry parts of the class.

The instructor gave students the assignments, which are detailed at the end of this entry.

We constructed an email list and each student entered their email address on the list.

To do for next class:

Order books and print off order form if ordered online

Chapters 1 & 2 in both Lester and Langan (Langan's first three chapters are online)

MLA section of Hacker--look through, page by page, and know where to find categories

Bookmark the instructor's blog and set up contact information in your cellphone and computer

Choose a research paper topic from the writing sample or link at left. Students may choose another topic not in the writing sample or topics list but they must first get the approval of the instructor.