This cite is a nice one for citing media including video, film and Youtube.
Citing a source within a source.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Week 13 - November 20
Revise.
Workshop.
Deep thoughts.
Deep breathes.
Submit draft revisions to me through our class portfolio site.
Looking Forward:
Monday, November 25:
* Bring materials to class to keep revising. You should have submitted at least one revision to me over the weekend and I should have returned it with comments.
* Feel free to bring computer, etc.
THIS IS OUR LAST CLASS PERIOD BEFORE I WILL BEGIN COLLECTING PORTFOLIOS.
Monday, December 2:
* Last day of class.
* Your portfolios should be almost ready to submit.
* If you bring your computer, or a zip drive, you may submit them in class and then be finished with the whole experience (and then nervously? excitedly? await your grade).
Wednesday, December 4:
* No class, but the portfolios will be due that day. I will check to make sure they are all submitted to the class portfolio website. If you have not submitted them, or if there is a problem I will contact you by the evening.
Workshop.
Deep thoughts.
Deep breathes.
Submit draft revisions to me through our class portfolio site.
Looking Forward:
Monday, November 25:
* Bring materials to class to keep revising. You should have submitted at least one revision to me over the weekend and I should have returned it with comments.
* Feel free to bring computer, etc.
THIS IS OUR LAST CLASS PERIOD BEFORE I WILL BEGIN COLLECTING PORTFOLIOS.
Monday, December 2:
* Last day of class.
* Your portfolios should be almost ready to submit.
* If you bring your computer, or a zip drive, you may submit them in class and then be finished with the whole experience (and then nervously? excitedly? await your grade).
Wednesday, December 4:
* No class, but the portfolios will be due that day. I will check to make sure they are all submitted to the class portfolio website. If you have not submitted them, or if there is a problem I will contact you by the evening.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Notes and Tips from the Portfolio Grading Group
Entering the Conversation and Trend Analysis
* Don't just throw out claims without support
* Are you sure? Look at counter claims in the larger issue.
* What article(s)? Make sure you actually discuss it.
* What is the summary of the article?
* Do not misrepresent the situation, because you have only read the one article, or part of an article
* Be careful of calling the reader ignorant
* Make the connection between the writers and article more concrete.
* Be mindful of your goal with this paper. Regardless of the prompt the reader should understand the point - persuade, engage, inform, etc?
* Why does this matter? Place in larger social context
* Weigh the different options and other alternatives
* Careless papers
* Include more scholarly/academic sources and much more analysis about the actual issue
* Go beyond the shallow analysis of the problem.
* Don't exaggerate the issues
* Make sure that each item in the work cited is clearly linkable to the in-text citation and information. Same goes in the other direction.
* Check that all of your citations are correct. Diana Hacker
Narratives
* Lack of detail.
* Don't use empty words that mean nothing - wonderful, amazing. really, a lot, very
* Go beyond surface details, facts and insights that could be applied to many people. Make it your story.
* Academic research could easily be included here on a more meaningful level, especially in the Essay 2
* Have more connection between the moment and you now
* Let us see the pictures - expressions on faces, details in the moment
* Dig deeper beyond the moment we see.
* Take it to a more personal space - don't just tell us things we would know readily from our own experiences
* Build the descriptive characters
* Doesn't need to be chronological
* Limit the focus
* It doesn't need to be positive
* Figure out what you can actually take from the moment, experience. Why does the whole thing matter, now that you have some perspective.
* But don't just wrap it up like an Aesop's moral - we can grasp without being clunked on the head
* It's ok to actually acknowledge conflicting or confusing elements
* You don't need to tell us everything
* Careful of awkward shifts in time - a retrospective look could help with that
* More description
* More dialogue
* Signs of characterization from the moment to present day?
* Don't give up on the conclusions
General Comments:
* What's the connection? What's the purpose?
* Where is this person coming from?
* Need to use signal phrases
* More is not better
* Be focused
* Sentence variety is nice.
* Articulate your goal with the piece - to inform, persuade, educate, summarize?
* Effective transitions
* Clear pronouns
* Don't be redundant
* Avoid cliches
* Pick one of the ideas you mention and really dig into that - create a strong and specific argument
* Connect all points - reverse outline?
* What are you going to say that is different, new, adding to any conversation?
* Use url in the citations when article cannot easily be found
* Have good strong sources
* Place in larger social context
* Do not over generalize
* Slow down. Plan the order a step at a time. Break it all down and explain it out.
* Body parts doing something - words caught in throat.
* Do not be disjointed. Focus on clear organization.
* Do not be bland.
* Run on, comma splices
* Semi colons
* "Little did I know..."
* Don't just throw out claims without support
* Are you sure? Look at counter claims in the larger issue.
* What article(s)? Make sure you actually discuss it.
* What is the summary of the article?
* Do not misrepresent the situation, because you have only read the one article, or part of an article
* Be careful of calling the reader ignorant
* Make the connection between the writers and article more concrete.
* Be mindful of your goal with this paper. Regardless of the prompt the reader should understand the point - persuade, engage, inform, etc?
* Why does this matter? Place in larger social context
* Weigh the different options and other alternatives
* Careless papers
* Include more scholarly/academic sources and much more analysis about the actual issue
* Go beyond the shallow analysis of the problem.
* Don't exaggerate the issues
* Make sure that each item in the work cited is clearly linkable to the in-text citation and information. Same goes in the other direction.
* Check that all of your citations are correct. Diana Hacker
Narratives
* Lack of detail.
* Don't use empty words that mean nothing - wonderful, amazing. really, a lot, very
* Go beyond surface details, facts and insights that could be applied to many people. Make it your story.
* Academic research could easily be included here on a more meaningful level, especially in the Essay 2
* Have more connection between the moment and you now
* Let us see the pictures - expressions on faces, details in the moment
* Dig deeper beyond the moment we see.
* Take it to a more personal space - don't just tell us things we would know readily from our own experiences
* Build the descriptive characters
* Doesn't need to be chronological
* Limit the focus
* It doesn't need to be positive
* Figure out what you can actually take from the moment, experience. Why does the whole thing matter, now that you have some perspective.
* But don't just wrap it up like an Aesop's moral - we can grasp without being clunked on the head
* It's ok to actually acknowledge conflicting or confusing elements
* You don't need to tell us everything
* Careful of awkward shifts in time - a retrospective look could help with that
* More description
* More dialogue
* Signs of characterization from the moment to present day?
* Don't give up on the conclusions
General Comments:
* What's the connection? What's the purpose?
* Where is this person coming from?
* Need to use signal phrases
* More is not better
* Be focused
* Sentence variety is nice.
* Articulate your goal with the piece - to inform, persuade, educate, summarize?
* Effective transitions
* Clear pronouns
* Don't be redundant
* Avoid cliches
* Pick one of the ideas you mention and really dig into that - create a strong and specific argument
* Connect all points - reverse outline?
* What are you going to say that is different, new, adding to any conversation?
* Use url in the citations when article cannot easily be found
* Have good strong sources
* Place in larger social context
* Do not over generalize
* Slow down. Plan the order a step at a time. Break it all down and explain it out.
* Body parts doing something - words caught in throat.
* Do not be disjointed. Focus on clear organization.
* Do not be bland.
* Run on, comma splices
* Semi colons
* "Little did I know..."
Week 13 - November 18
Portfolio 2 in the GB.
*Thoughts on each essay.
*Grade?
*What is working well as a whole portfolio?
Tips from Portfolio Group
Essay 1
Write: What do you remember working the most in this essay? What do you remember as the weakest aspect that could be most improved upon?
Spend the rest of the class period working on Essay 1.
Looking Forward:
Wednesday, November 20: Come prepared to work diligently on any (or all) of your three essays. This will be the last class session in the computer lab, so take advantage of this time.
*Thoughts on each essay.
*Grade?
*What is working well as a whole portfolio?
Tips from Portfolio Group
Essay 1
Write: What do you remember working the most in this essay? What do you remember as the weakest aspect that could be most improved upon?
Spend the rest of the class period working on Essay 1.
Looking Forward:
Wednesday, November 20: Come prepared to work diligently on any (or all) of your three essays. This will be the last class session in the computer lab, so take advantage of this time.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Week 12 - November 13
Sign up for Digital Portfolio.
Finish up the Instructor Copy of Paper 3.
Documentation - See this site to make sure you are doing it correctly.
Print and turn in next draft of Paper 3 before leaving the computer lab this morning.
I will be holding office hours today, from 12-12:30 ish in the commons room on the 3rd floor of LOH.
Looking Forward:
Monday, November 18
* Read all of Portfolio 2 in the GB. Create a rhetorical reverse outline for each essay and write a paragraph about what grade this should have been given and why.
* Look over C-3 in DH
* Come to class prepared to work on your revisions. I will return hard copies of each paper, but you may want to bring a laptop if that is how you prefer to revise.
Finish up the Instructor Copy of Paper 3.
Documentation - See this site to make sure you are doing it correctly.
Print and turn in next draft of Paper 3 before leaving the computer lab this morning.
I will be holding office hours today, from 12-12:30 ish in the commons room on the 3rd floor of LOH.
Looking Forward:
Monday, November 18
* Read all of Portfolio 2 in the GB. Create a rhetorical reverse outline for each essay and write a paragraph about what grade this should have been given and why.
* Look over C-3 in DH
* Come to class prepared to work on your revisions. I will return hard copies of each paper, but you may want to bring a laptop if that is how you prefer to revise.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Week 12 - November 11
Essay 3 Peer Review
Research Plan - do you have enough outside resources of high quality? What other types of research could you include? Be specific? Where will you look for more research?
On your own paper - Make sure each quote is both introduced and explained, and uses engaging and appropriate verbs. Expand your vocabulary options. Summary and paraphrasing should do the same thing, so it is clear who is voicing these opinions. See this handout for reminders.
Revision Plan
Looking Forward:
Wednesday, November 13 - Work on Essay 3. You will need to print a copy off and turn it into me by the end of the class period.
* I will return (with comments) all 3 of your essays to you on Monday, November 18. You will spend the following two weeks revising your papers before Portfolio Submission on Wednesday, December 4.
Research Plan - do you have enough outside resources of high quality? What other types of research could you include? Be specific? Where will you look for more research?
On your own paper - Make sure each quote is both introduced and explained, and uses engaging and appropriate verbs. Expand your vocabulary options. Summary and paraphrasing should do the same thing, so it is clear who is voicing these opinions. See this handout for reminders.
Revision Plan
Looking Forward:
Wednesday, November 13 - Work on Essay 3. You will need to print a copy off and turn it into me by the end of the class period.
* I will return (with comments) all 3 of your essays to you on Monday, November 18. You will spend the following two weeks revising your papers before Portfolio Submission on Wednesday, December 4.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Week 11 - November 6
In Groups:
Compare your writings from the readings: "Why Women Aren't Funny" and "Who Says Women Aren't Funny". What is the exigence for each of these writings - why were they written? What rhetorical appeals are used? Provide examples from the text that help support your claims regarding the appeal usage.
In groups, write up one solid collection of your thoughts: What is the exigence for each article? What was the purpose of each article? Which appeals are used? Provide examples. Which essay was more effective in proving their point? Why?
Essay 3 Drafting
Looking Forward:
Friday, November 8 - Essay 3 draft uploaded to BB groups
Monday, November 11 - Bring 1 copy of each peer letter and reverse outline
Compare your writings from the readings: "Why Women Aren't Funny" and "Who Says Women Aren't Funny". What is the exigence for each of these writings - why were they written? What rhetorical appeals are used? Provide examples from the text that help support your claims regarding the appeal usage.
In groups, write up one solid collection of your thoughts: What is the exigence for each article? What was the purpose of each article? Which appeals are used? Provide examples. Which essay was more effective in proving their point? Why?
Essay 3 Drafting
Looking Forward:
Friday, November 8 - Essay 3 draft uploaded to BB groups
Monday, November 11 - Bring 1 copy of each peer letter and reverse outline
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