Today you will write an essay in response to David Sedaris's "Us and Them."
I will hand out a prompt; be sure to choose ONE option, and write your essay in response to that ONE assignment.
At the end of 50 minutes you will print and hand in what you have written. Try to take time to proofread before you print.
Homework: 1. Open your Draft #2 in Turnitin in Moodle and look at the comments Kate has made. 2. Make your last revisions and have the Final Version of your paper ready at the beginning of class on Monday.
We discuss the Common Final grading rubric, and the test tomorrow.
Homework: 1. Read and study "Us and Them" by David Sedaris on pages 849-855 of the text. You may take notes in your daybook and use them tomorrow during the test.
First of all, your drafts. Remember that your goal is to explore controversy. You have all found some interesting examples; however, you don't all make clear connections with opposing views or interpretations of the situation. Before you state YOUR opinion of the situation, explain what others think about it -- especially people who don't agree with each other.
There are some "radical" views of patent law/copyright out there --
We look at the example report.
Homework:
1. Tomorrow Draft #2 is due -- it will also be turned in using Moodle and Turnitin.
2. On Thursday Sept. 14 is the Common Final. I will assign the reading tomorrow; you will read the article/essay before class on Thursday. During class on Thursday you will type an essay in response to a prompt about the reading. You will print and hand in what you produce in 50 minutes of work.
How does your draft look in Turnitin? All sign in and look, please.
The trickiest part of this paper is explaining clearly what you have learned about the controversy, and being clear about the sources of your information. You don't want to be boring, but you also need to give credit where credit is due.
To help with this, you will read a BETTER example of student writing (better than "My Friend Michelle). "Does Texting Affect Writing" by Michaela Cullington is in the text on pages 129-137.
Follow the directions with the handout carefully.
Homework: 1. Work on your draft, using information/ comments from Turnitin.
How are you doing finding sources that explain all sides of the controversy?
Your goal is to explain the controversy using information from your sources as you go. This means providing both in-text citations and a Works Cited page.
Let's see how this works...
You are writing your draft of this paper. Tomorrow is a work day (class will not meet). The draft will be posted in Turnitin in Moodle by the deadline of Sunday Sept 10 at 6 pm. Homework: 1. Continue to research and understand your topic. 2. Create your first draft, including both in-text citations and a rough Works Cited page. 3. Post your draft in the Turnitin link in Moodle before Sunday Sept. 10 at 6 pm.
Then we look at SCC's library databases, and you spend time looking for information on your topic.
DAYBOOK CHECK: Include Summary/ Response Worksheet and CRAAP Test Worksheet.
Homework: 1. Find at least 3 sources on your topic, and post them in the forum in Moodle. Due tomorrow. You do not have to end up using these exact sources, but they are a start.
1. Fill a page in your daybook with the prewrite where you explore which controversy related to Intellectual Property you will write about. 2. Finish the prezi handout.
3. Daybooks are due Tuesday of next week. (There is no class Monday.)
Homework: 1. In your daybook: Using Wikipedia or other sources, explain what "intellectual property" is, and explain the difference between a copyright, a patent and a trademark.
Use your book and notes to help you write a summary/ response essay about "Wikipedia as a Site of Knowledge Production" by Danah Boyd.
Homework: 1. You may take this essay and revise it. It is due Monday at the beginning of class. 2. Here is a piece of writing about viewing a total eclipse: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/. I recommend it! 3. Read the article you chose from the assignment sheet. 4. Begin work on the reading log for your article. It needs to be done Tuesday August 22 when I collect the daybooks for check #3.
Groups work to answer questions about the reading, "Wikipedia as a Site of Knowledge Production."
Then we look at pages 33-39 in the text.
Homework: 1. Finish reading and taking notes over pages 33-39 in the textbook. (Write down all the headings, indenting to show the relationship between them, and summarize the information under each heading.) 2. Add a word from the OED.
Homework: 1. Read "Wikipedia as a Site of Knowledge Production" pages 765-770 of the Norton Field Guide. 2. Use some of the suggestions we have discussed. You MAY write (using pencil) in your book. If you wish to print out a copy to annotate, this is a link to a PDF of the book : http://www.danah.org/books/ItsComplicated.pdf You will need to print ONLY pages 201-206 of the PDF.
3. Your purpose for reading this assignment is to prepare for having to write about it during class on Monday. Any notes you make can be used during class. If you make notes on paper, do it in your daybook.
We watch this video....then look at the OED (The Hub Menu > Library > under Databases A-Z). Punk, anyone?
A word a day starting tomorrow....Choose a word, look it up in the OED. In the vocab. section of your daybook write:
1. the word
2. its oldest meaning
3. one quote from the OED's list, and the year of the quote
4. the most common modern meaning of this word
We look into Chapter 2 of the text -- Reading in Academic Context.
Homework: 1. Read pages 10-15 and take notes in your daybook by writing down headings and a short summary of the information under each heading.
Homework: 1. Read Ch. 55 in the textbook. 2. In your daybook, copy down the headings starting with "Some Basic Principles of Design"(p. 598) and ending with "Evaluating a Design"(p. 606). Indent the headings as you copy them down, and summarize the main point of each section in your own words.
1. The first draft of your Kickstarter on paper is due at the beginning of class tomorrow. You should have chosen your template and have information filled in for several of the key elements. If you're not sure about a title, for instance, just choose a random one that you know you'll change later.
You hand in your Kickstarter Rhetorical Analysis papers.
We talk some more about coordination and subordination.
Then I hand out the assignment sheet for the Kickstarter on Paper assignment.
Homework: 1. Fill a page in your daybook with brainstorming about your Kickstarter on Paper. 2. Spend some time looking at Word templates to use for your layout.
