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
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Writing II MWF
Friday:
Using the text, we worked on developing essay topics. We used the listing method and also the idea map method. Several students put their ideas on the board and the instructor helped students see how to develop an interesting essay. An example is the freestyler who is "not so good" at what he does.
Assignment:
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).
Wednesday:
Instructor checked in page 1 of "Watcher" and we did peer readings in class.
Student drew a picture of their "watcher" or listed the characteristics of their watcher.
For next class:
Turn in two pages for Watcher assignmetn
Turn in introduction (revised)
Read first half of Ch. 3
Monday
We completed a worksheet on comma splices and fused sentences.
Next students were given a worksheet that would help them critique an essay on "Watchers at the Gate." (Students who do not yet have the book can read this essay online.) They read and provided feedback for students in the instructor's other Writing II class. The exercise also helped students see how others looked at this essay.
To Do for Next Class:
Write one page of a two-page paper on "Watcher at the Gate."
Using the text, we worked on developing essay topics. We used the listing method and also the idea map method. Several students put their ideas on the board and the instructor helped students see how to develop an interesting essay. An example is the freestyler who is "not so good" at what he does.
Assignment:
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).
Wednesday:
Instructor checked in page 1 of "Watcher" and we did peer readings in class.
Student drew a picture of their "watcher" or listed the characteristics of their watcher.
For next class:
Turn in two pages for Watcher assignmetn
Turn in introduction (revised)
Read first half of Ch. 3
Monday
We completed a worksheet on comma splices and fused sentences.
Next students were given a worksheet that would help them critique an essay on "Watchers at the Gate." (Students who do not yet have the book can read this essay online.) They read and provided feedback for students in the instructor's other Writing II class. The exercise also helped students see how others looked at this essay.
To Do for Next Class:
Write one page of a two-page paper on "Watcher at the Gate."
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Writing II Friday Evening 6-9 p.m.
Notice: We are booked into L112 from 6:30-8 on Friday night. You will be writing from your outline. I will work with each student as they write.
Come to the regular classroom first.
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Writing 99 Assignment
Prepare a detailed outline for an essay by selecting a topic from the ideas at the end of Ch. 1 (Joy 9, for 4th edition, p. 10).
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).
We will write the first draft next week in class. The instructor will book a computer room and will sit with students to help them write.
Come to the regular classroom first.
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Writing 99 Assignment
Prepare a detailed outline for an essay by selecting a topic from the ideas at the end of Ch. 1 (Joy 9, for 4th edition, p. 10).
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).
We will write the first draft next week in class. The instructor will book a computer room and will sit with students to help them write.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Writing II MWF
Friday:
We continued with the introductions today and finished all but two.
After finishing the introductions, the instructor told the class that the most common problem was incomplete sentences, fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. She then told students three ways of correcting this problem:
--breaking the sentence into two
--using a BOYSFAN (coordinating conjunction) word (but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor) and a comma
--use of the semicolon
To do for next class:
--Read the first two chapters in Joy. Answer the questions on p. 4 and turn them in at the next class.
--Read and make notes on "Watcher at the Gate" for purposes of a class exercise or response paper. Try to use all three methods of correction on comma splices, etc., in the corrected paper.
--Do corrections on the intro. The introduction will be due on Wednesday.
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The instructor is ill, so there will be no class today. Please check this blog before coming Friday.
I notified all students for whom I had an e-mail address.
We continued with the introductions today and finished all but two.
After finishing the introductions, the instructor told the class that the most common problem was incomplete sentences, fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. She then told students three ways of correcting this problem:
--breaking the sentence into two
--using a BOYSFAN (coordinating conjunction) word (but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor) and a comma
--use of the semicolon
To do for next class:
--Read the first two chapters in Joy. Answer the questions on p. 4 and turn them in at the next class.
--Read and make notes on "Watcher at the Gate" for purposes of a class exercise or response paper. Try to use all three methods of correction on comma splices, etc., in the corrected paper.
--Do corrections on the intro. The introduction will be due on Wednesday.
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The instructor is ill, so there will be no class today. Please check this blog before coming Friday.
I notified all students for whom I had an e-mail address.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Advertising
Thursday
My illness is getting worse but I think I'll still go to class. I can't conduct a class but you can meet with your group and work on your project from Ch. 8. Bring magazines, paper, scissors, etc., and marking pens. We will stay for about one hour.
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Hand in name of advertiser (Part A) and instructor will photocopy
Photoshop revised exercise
Discuss layouts, chapter
Size image to 450 pixels
Ad words for Google ad
DVD ads
For next class:
My illness is getting worse but I think I'll still go to class. I can't conduct a class but you can meet with your group and work on your project from Ch. 8. Bring magazines, paper, scissors, etc., and marking pens. We will stay for about one hour.
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Hand in name of advertiser (Part A) and instructor will photocopy
Photoshop revised exercise
Discuss layouts, chapter
Size image to 450 pixels
Ad words for Google ad
DVD ads
For next class:
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