Comm 128 Tues. 7:10-10 p.m.

Writing Question:

Writing Exercise for Comm 128

Write one page examining the defensive climate of Initel in the movie “The Office Space.” First, define what a defensive climate is and what a supportive climate is and cite the text as your authority. Provide examples of how the defensive climate was exhibited and if you saw any supportive acts (yes, there were some). Point out what was strategic communication vs. spontaneous: “When coworkers communicate with each other in ways that obviously are rehearsed, they establish a defensive climate. People judge them as phony…” (McCornack 409).

If you know how to do it, use internal text citations and write a Works Cited page. Cite both the film and the text in the works cited page. If you do not know how to do this, we will go over it in class next Tuesday. The Works Cited page will bring your assignment for Tuesday to two pages.

Note: Please refer to the characters by their names in the film, not their actor’s names. Do not include the actor’s real name in the discussion. You will find a list of the characters’ names by Googling “Office Space wiki.”

In addition, you should be able to find the information needed to write the citation at Wikipedia.

Writing 102 Sat. a.m. 9-12:15

Research Paper

review working thesis statements and three points using overhead doc cam

check in two add'l sources to Works Cited (should be highlighted)

discuss about thesis statement exercise at writershelp

Person consistency and writing exercise

Take out the first and second person and change this paragraph to be consistently in the third person. Use the tips at the bottom of the handout:

When television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland."

How to take from sources and support a point (handout)
Paraphrase
Summary

At the end of this working session, every student should walk away from the class with two-three points on which 3 two-page papers are based.



Plagiarism .ppt

Poetry project:


poem choice--name of poem; put on chart

Blending the explication with critical analysis from literary databases to develop your "voice" on the poem and to write original material.

English language usage:

Grammar and usage exercises from writershelp:

Apostrophe:  finish .ppt



To Do for Next Class:


Research paper:

Write two pages of your first point. Due next class, March 16. Give it a title and use a header, putting your last name in. No page #s at this point.  Put working thesis statement at the top of each page (might be helpful to temporarily put in header).  Attach Works Cited and do an in-text citation to each source listed on the W.C.

Poetry:

Write two pages that combines the poetry explication to the literary criticism. Same as research paper re WC, etc.

Read "How to Read a Poem" (also in links section at right)

Plagiarism:

Listen to podcast on copyright law and plagiarism from "On the Media."  There will be a study guide to fill out. It (a link) will be posted here and it will also be sent to your UCC email address.

128 Communication Dynamics

Check in workbooks.

Do 2 worksheets from previous classes:

Ch. 4  How Would You Feel? Worksheet

Ch. 5 Paraphrasing and Asking Questions Response Practice Worksheet

Watch key concepts from Ch. 6, Communicating Verbally

"I language"

"You language"

"We language"

Connotation and denotation

Exercise on conotation and denotation

Next week: 

Chapter 7 Nonverbal communication

Public Speaking

We worked on a Works Cited page that will be used when students turn in their paper on the Onyango speech, which we are attending as a class tomorrow night.

After finishing the Works Cited, we discussed arrangements for traveling to the speech.

The instructor advised everyone to read the handout before the speech so they know what to look for and will have material to write about in their paper.

Advertising

We went over the handout on how to write a market research questionnaire. The assignment is at the bottom of the handout.

The instructor told students they could review the questionnaires of other students. The link is in the Links section at the right.

Students are to come to class on Thursday with 10 questions. The instructor will review them and return them after spring break, at which time we will turn them into Powerpoints and schedule presentation dates.

Social Advocacy

Working on notebooks and with cell phones, we looked up information about our representatives on the federal web sites, Open Secrets, etc.  The instructor handed out questionnaires for students to fill out about their representatives.

On Thursday, we will go directly to the computer lab on the 4th floor, rom. 403. We will work on learning how to find out what bills are pending.

Students turned in their legislator information sheet and their References page.

Sat 102

Assignment

write a working thesis statement

come up with three points that will support the thesis statement

separate sheet of paper, two copies

in addition add sources to Works
Cited (2 additional sources & highlight them)

do thesis statement 2 from writershelp./ copy results

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poetry  choose poem

do explication questions