Thursday, October 27, 2011

Evaluations and Meetings....

1. Let's discuss dates... and set final meetings.

2. Evaluations...

3. Papers back and in...



Dates: Meetings are December first, sixth, and eighth.

This means we have 8 classes left to meet.

Thurs Oct 27 Meetings and Evaluations.
Tues...Nov 1 WPA
Thurs..Nov 2 WPA
Tues...Nov 8 WPA
Thurs..Nov 10 WPA
Tues.. Nov 15 WPA DRAFT DUE IN CLASS...Peer Edit.
Thurs..Nov 17 (Free day for make-up)
Tues...Nov 22 (Free day for make-up)
Tues...Nov 29 Meetings and (Free day for make-up)

Meeting Schedules

Nov 29 4:00 Marisa (all days for make-up or editing help)
4:15 Kylie
4:30 Jose
4:45 Maria
5:00 LaToya

Dec 1 4.00 Tasha
4.15
4.30
4.45
5.00

Dec 6 4.00 Tosha
4.15 Lauryn
4.30 Delbert
4.45 Flavio
5.00 Azucena


Dec 8 4.00 Shir
4.15 Chris
4.30 Bernadette
4.45 Krishna
5.00 Jessica

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Nov 29 7.10 Miranda All days are open for make-up
7.25 Brenda
7.40 Itxier
7.55 Alfredo
8.10 Maria

Dec 1 7.10 Chad
7.25 Sophia
7.40 Bernardo
7.55 Emily
8.10 Daniel

Dec 6 7.10 Priscilla
7.25 Ken
7.40
7.55
8.10

Dec 8 7.10 Adriana
7.25 Patricia
7.40 Mykal
7.55
8.10

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Common Mistakes and Projects...

Some things to discuss....

No quotes on islands

No quotes longer than 4

Citations

Double Spaced

Facts to support points

Present Tense

Peer Reader

I is weird, so is you.

Don’t tell us what you’re going to do, just do it.

And a website to visit...

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/CommonMLA_problem.pdf


Now, the project... Where did we leave off?

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Final WPA project Cont.

1. Definitions of Selected project bullet points.

2. Time to read drafts of projects and complete today's explanations.

3. Leave your Essays on the front desk.

# Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating

This means that I read to learn, communicate, find out answers, and to help my thinking about new ideas.

# Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources

This means that I understand that writing is a step by step process that includes determining whether or not a source is valuable.

# Integrate their own ideas with those of others

This means that I can put together my words with others' thoughts and ideas to create new ideas or to explain my own.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Editing Workshop.

1.

Essays due today for group readings!

2.

What am I reading for? Answer: everything. Typos, Mistakes, Organization, Clarity, Everything.

3.

That's it? Yes. Return to class Thursday with a fixed draft for me to take home over the weekend and read.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Rhetorical Knowledge Cont.

1. Journal: What is voice and tone and how do you vary them?

2. WPA GUIDE LINES project Cont.

3. Finishing Rhetorical Knowledge...Draft in class and see me to leave.

4. Definitions and Model.

5. Important Dates: Oct 18th. Typed Draft of research paper due in class.

6. Problems or questions?

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Definitions and Drafts...

1. Journal: What does it mean to focus on a purpose in your writing?

2. Portfolio project cont. Extended Explanation....

3. Draft a Project Entry...


Sample Entry here....

Reminder: Research Drafts are Due Oct. 18th.

Any Problems or Questions?

Thursday, October 6, 2011

FINAL PROJECT

1. Journal: Why haven’t you started writing your research paper? If you have, are you having problems? What?

2. Final Project overview…

Your job for your project is to convince me that you understand what you should understand by explaining to me how you understand it and by providing evidence from your work this semester that proves you understand it.

3. Leaving early… Stay for questions.


WPA Guidelines FINAL PROJECT: ENGLISH 102

Berge
T/R: 4:00

Rhetorical Knowledge

* Focus on a purpose

Define:

I know how to focus on a purpose. Focusing on a purpose means to write with reason. It means having an idea that one wants to convey to an audience, and making sure that everything in my essay works toward that idea.

Explain and Provide evidence from your work:

When an author writes anything, he or she tries to convey a message, and that, at times, is the purpose of writing. As an example, when I completed my editorial about the dangers of owning cats, I focused on proving that owning a cat was detrimental to one’s health. In the first paragraph I pointed out that, “Cats carry many diseases.” Later on, in my third paragraph, I pointed out that cat feces harbor parasites that can kill those who become infected when I said that, “One shouldn’t let a cat climb on the counter since it defecates and then walks near that defecation. Once it jumps up on the counter or your lap, you are at risk of acquiring Cat Death Syndrome.” In my concluding paragraph, I continued to drive home my point and focus on my purpose by saying, “Cats are disgusting and cause many illnesses and even some deaths.”

Conclude:

As you can see, I focused on the same purpose in three different paragraphs, so I know how to drive home my point and stay on topic which, really, is how to focus on a purpose.

* Respond to the needs of different audiences
* Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations
* Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
* Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality




Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

* Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
* Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources

* Integrate their own ideas with those of others

Processes

* Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text

* Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading

* Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work

* Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
* Learn to critique their own and others' works

* Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part


Knowledge of Conventions

* Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
* Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
* Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Incorporating and Explaining Facts, Cont.

1. Please place your paragraph and your review of research on the desk in front.

2. Please read one factual article, here, here, or here.

3. Please use the information in the article to support one of the following topics.

A. The United States should/should not kill it's own citizens.

B. Cell phone users forfeit their privacy.

C. West Point is wrong/right to allow/avoid same sex weddings in it's chapel.


Remember to cite your sources correctly. See previous blog posts for explanations and resources.


After I see you regarding your review of research and visit with you about today's/last weeks paragraph, you may leave.

Homework... Start Drafting Research paper... Draft is due OCT 18th