We listened to the final round of informative speeches.
To do for next class:
Choose speech topic and bring three sources. (Note from instructor: (9:20 Saturday a.m.: I am preparing speech topics now and will post them shortly.)
9:45: here are some speech topics. More coming up.
Please note that you do not have to choose from these topics. You can choose your own topic, but it has to be approved by the instructor. Email me at comcast.net address.
Read chapter on persuasive speaking
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Writing 99 Friday
We worked from the text on our expatriate essay and set the point of view. We chose the purpose of our essay: inform, amuse, entertain, explain, or persuade.
Next we discussed complexity or conflict. The instructor related the story of a student in her other class who discovered a town that has a name that is the same as his last name. She explained that the student had researched the town and found it is made up of large mansions and estates. This could be an example of the "complexity" or "conflict" element: how is an American student from a middle-class background going to approach the people of this town to find out if he is possibly related to the name?
We then discussed chronological organization.
We worked with description by doing freewriting about the neighborhood. Students put their writing on the overhead projector and we added adverbs and adjectives to make the writing more vivid.
After this, the instructor explained dominant impression and clarifying connections, which is written when the essay is essentially complete. It is often the clarifying connections phase that gives the essay meaning and makes it a memorable piece of writing.
During the last hour of class, students worked on the first page of the essay.
To do for next week:
Write four-five pages with in-text citation and a works cited page.
Note: only five citations need to be MLA style.
The rest can be a list of URLs or other references used in the paper.
Next we discussed complexity or conflict. The instructor related the story of a student in her other class who discovered a town that has a name that is the same as his last name. She explained that the student had researched the town and found it is made up of large mansions and estates. This could be an example of the "complexity" or "conflict" element: how is an American student from a middle-class background going to approach the people of this town to find out if he is possibly related to the name?
We then discussed chronological organization.
We worked with description by doing freewriting about the neighborhood. Students put their writing on the overhead projector and we added adverbs and adjectives to make the writing more vivid.
After this, the instructor explained dominant impression and clarifying connections, which is written when the essay is essentially complete. It is often the clarifying connections phase that gives the essay meaning and makes it a memorable piece of writing.
During the last hour of class, students worked on the first page of the essay.
To do for next week:
Write four-five pages with in-text citation and a works cited page.
Note: only five citations need to be MLA style.
The rest can be a list of URLs or other references used in the paper.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Advertising
People who do not have to take the midterm:
Kelli
Chris
Jackie
Danica
Ciara
Francesca
LaShanna
Brendan
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I am showing absences for these dates:
Moo 9/9, 10/28
Stop by on Thursday and show me class notes for those days and you will be excused from the exam. In the future, if you come in late, per the syllabus, you are supposed to come up after class to make sure your attendance is marked.
The instructor told students they needed to do the coupon layout for their advertiser. She also said she would be assigning new clients in a final effort to meet the ad deadline for December's issue.
We discussed the Photoshop assignment and Jonathan showed the class a blog where they could post their assignment if they couldn't get it on Blackboard or through email to the instructor.
We talked briefly about the museum trip.
The instructor handed out the final assignment and told students who were not at the museum trip that they could produce a radio commercial to make up for the trip.
To do for next class:
Work on coupon layout
Find another advertiser on your own if you dont' want one assigned to you
Come up with an idea for a radio and a TV commercial. Be reading the assigned chapters (see assignment sheet).
Kelli
Chris
Jackie
Danica
Ciara
Francesca
LaShanna
Brendan
-----------
I am showing absences for these dates:
Moo 9/9, 10/28
Stop by on Thursday and show me class notes for those days and you will be excused from the exam. In the future, if you come in late, per the syllabus, you are supposed to come up after class to make sure your attendance is marked.
The instructor told students they needed to do the coupon layout for their advertiser. She also said she would be assigning new clients in a final effort to meet the ad deadline for December's issue.
We discussed the Photoshop assignment and Jonathan showed the class a blog where they could post their assignment if they couldn't get it on Blackboard or through email to the instructor.
We talked briefly about the museum trip.
The instructor handed out the final assignment and told students who were not at the museum trip that they could produce a radio commercial to make up for the trip.
To do for next class:
Work on coupon layout
Find another advertiser on your own if you dont' want one assigned to you
Come up with an idea for a radio and a TV commercial. Be reading the assigned chapters (see assignment sheet).
Monday, November 8, 2010
Writing 99 MWF
Friday
We worked on narration and descriptive writing. The instructor asked students to recount some of their research. She asked them to retell it in first person ("I") and through narration and descriptive writing. For example, the narrative might start off by telling how the student found a place to live. The descriptive part would describe the place the student rented.
We did an exercise with descriptive writing in class.
For next class: two pages of writing based on the research. Must be written in narrative form with descriptive detail added. See Ch. 6 for additional material on this type of writing.
Wednesday
We went to the computer lab and the instructor showed students the Writer's Help site.
Assignment for Friday:
Work on research for expatriate essay. Print out what you have. I will ask to see it.
Read and do exercises from text: 6th edition, p. 107-23; 5th edition, p. 125-140, 146-47
We worked on narration and descriptive writing. The instructor asked students to recount some of their research. She asked them to retell it in first person ("I") and through narration and descriptive writing. For example, the narrative might start off by telling how the student found a place to live. The descriptive part would describe the place the student rented.
We did an exercise with descriptive writing in class.
For next class: two pages of writing based on the research. Must be written in narrative form with descriptive detail added. See Ch. 6 for additional material on this type of writing.
Wednesday
We went to the computer lab and the instructor showed students the Writer's Help site.
Assignment for Friday:
Work on research for expatriate essay. Print out what you have. I will ask to see it.
Read and do exercises from text: 6th edition, p. 107-23; 5th edition, p. 125-140, 146-47
Monday
We met at the library and the instructor introduced the assignment.
In addition to the links at the end of the assignment sheet, this link will also take you to international newspapers.
Students have until Tuesday to change their country. Students should make their own change of country on the table that was done in class.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Writing 99 Friday
Writer's Help Student Sign-up. Account will be good through the end of the year.
Assignment for next week. Students were also given a hard copy, but on this electronic copy, links can be clicked.
Link to student selection of countries. You can change your country here without contacting the instructor.
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First we worked on topic sentences. We took the thesis statements students had narrowed from the text exercises. Then we worked on developing the topic sentences. The instructor did a demonstration and then students put their own topic sentences on the overhead screen.
After working on the topic sentences, we went to the computer lab at the library. There were two objectives for working on the computers. The first was that the instructor wanted to show students Writer's Help, a writing web site that is being offered free to students through the end of the year. The second was to introduce students to the next assignment, which required some computer interaction.
We worked through the Writer's Help web site. The instructor showed the students each of the tabs and the students went to them on their own computers. We covered MLA in-text citations and she showed them how to access model MLA papers on which to model their own paper.
We did thesis statement and topic sentence exercises. The grades ranged on this, with some grades as low as 40 but others as high as 100. These grades were not recorded.
The instructor asked the students to mail the link and their registration to themselves.
Next we went through the new assignment, half of which will be due next week. We read the assignment in the lab and then explored the links that will make the assignment come to life. Students told which country they wanted to live in and the instructor put them on a table. It is OK to change the country, but students cannot choose a country that has already been taken. They should change no later than Tuesday, as there will be seven entries required for the research that is due next Friday.
To do for next week:
Write seven research entries using MLA format as shown in class.
Read the text,
Assignment for next week. Students were also given a hard copy, but on this electronic copy, links can be clicked.
Link to student selection of countries. You can change your country here without contacting the instructor.
_________________
First we worked on topic sentences. We took the thesis statements students had narrowed from the text exercises. Then we worked on developing the topic sentences. The instructor did a demonstration and then students put their own topic sentences on the overhead screen.
After working on the topic sentences, we went to the computer lab at the library. There were two objectives for working on the computers. The first was that the instructor wanted to show students Writer's Help, a writing web site that is being offered free to students through the end of the year. The second was to introduce students to the next assignment, which required some computer interaction.
We worked through the Writer's Help web site. The instructor showed the students each of the tabs and the students went to them on their own computers. We covered MLA in-text citations and she showed them how to access model MLA papers on which to model their own paper.
We did thesis statement and topic sentence exercises. The grades ranged on this, with some grades as low as 40 but others as high as 100. These grades were not recorded.
The instructor asked the students to mail the link and their registration to themselves.
Next we went through the new assignment, half of which will be due next week. We read the assignment in the lab and then explored the links that will make the assignment come to life. Students told which country they wanted to live in and the instructor put them on a table. It is OK to change the country, but students cannot choose a country that has already been taken. They should change no later than Tuesday, as there will be seven entries required for the research that is due next Friday.
To do for next week:
Write seven research entries using MLA format as shown in class.
Read the text,
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Writing 99
Monday
Students handed in their first drafts.
We worked on thesis statements.
The instructor went over what would be on Wednesday's midterm.
To Do for Next Class:
Finish exercises on the thesis statement section that we started (through 10, I believe).
Study for midterm.
This link is for Liniyah.
Students handed in their first drafts.
We worked on thesis statements.
The instructor went over what would be on Wednesday's midterm.
To Do for Next Class:
Finish exercises on the thesis statement section that we started (through 10, I believe).
Study for midterm.
This link is for Liniyah.
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