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