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For
our next class, Wednesday, 12/3, please
complete the following: o
Spend
a good deal of time browsing essays on www.thisibelieve.org. You can select a theme under the “browse
essays” link or listen to the most popular essays or just follow your
curiosity by clicking on related links after each piece. Listen to or read at least eight essays. o
As
you are listening, don’t forget to jot down your own ideas of what you could
write about! Hopefully these examples
will spark some connections for you. o
Write WJ #5. Be prepared to share in class! §
Our
next class, Wednesday, 11/19, is cancelled. Instead, we will hold out-of-class
workshops in the WT Young Library.
Here is the Workshop Schedule. o
Before workshop, you should: ·
Carefully
read (at least twice) your workshop members’ essays. Mark comments and questions in the margin. ·
Complete
an “Essay #3 Response Worksheet” for each essay.
(I will give you copies in class, but in case you need extras, you can use
this link.) ·
Be
prepared to lead a *detailed* discussion on your peers’ essays. This means you need specific evidence to
back up your claims. o
Rather
than asking you to make a copy of these worksheets, I am trusting the authors of the essays to hold onto
these response sheets and to turn them
in when submitting their final draft.
If you lose a response sheet, you will be penalized, rather than the
responder. o
Missing your workshop counts as an
absence. Be on time. We will not wait for you. o
Your
final drafts (+ rough drafts with
my comments on them, + peer response sheets) are due Monday,
11/24 in class. o
Special Request: If you have received an essay assignment in another class,
could you bring a copy of that prompt
to your workshop? We will discuss
on Monday 11/24 how what we’ve learned in this class applies to other college
writing you will be doing. o
Here
are the links for Transitions and Citing Sources that we discussed today in class. §
For
our next class, Monday, 11/17, please complete
the following: o
Write your rough draft! Remember
these guidelines: ·
Your
draft should be at least 7 pages ·
You
should include both in-text citations and
a Works Cited page ·
You
should bring 4 copies of your
essay for distribution o
Good
luck! This is crunch time. Do the best you can! §
For
our next class, Wednesday, 11/12, please
complete the following: o
Write your Annotated Bibliography! Remember the guidelines: ·
8 sources, 4 of which are “academic,” 1 of which must be fieldwork, from 3 different
“categories” of sources. ·
Each
entry needs: 1.
Proper
MLA citation 2.
2-3
sentences (total) including: 1.
Summary
of source 2.
How
you plan to use it in your essay ·
You
can use Extension Days on the
Annotated Bib. ·
You
will be graded based upon the above criteria as well as the relevance of your
sources. Your sources must be
well-suited to your particular investigation! o
Bring “Award Winning Essays” to class on
Wednesday! o
Don’t
forget that rough drafts (7+
pages) are due Monday, 11/17! It’s crunch time! §
For
our next class, Monday, 11/10, please complete
the following: o
Read carefully Schlosser, “On the Range,” in WP 173-187 o
Read SMH 9 a-d re: Analyzing Arguments o
Utilizing
the distinctions made in SMH 9d between kinds of appeals – emotional,
ethical, and logical—go back and re-read
Schlosser, looking for ways he utilizes these different kinds of
appeals. Highlight each in a different color, or label accordingly in the margins.
I will ask for examples in class.
o
Research, research, research! And
get going on that interview!! §
Our
next class, Wednesday, 11/5, meets in the WT Young Library, Computer
Classroom B-35 (in the basement.) Before
class, please complete the following: o
Write WJ #4 (see Writing Journals link to
the left) re: Evaluating Sources o
Review SMH 13 re: Research. Bring
list of keywords (brainstorm as many as possible) of keywords that you
will use to search for sources on your topic during class on Wednesday. I will ask you to share these lists; come
prepared. o
Set up your interviews if you have not done
so already!! §
Before
our next class, Monday, 11/3, please complete
the following: o
By 4 p.m. Thursday, 10/30: Proposal Part I, either via conference or
email. Proposals should answer the
following questions: ·
What
career or job will you be examining? ·
Who
do you plan to interview? Be as
specific as you can. If you do not yet
know of someone, detail your plan for finding an interviewee. ·
What
challenges do you anticipate this worker faces? Brainstorm as many as possible. ·
What
sorts of research do you need to do? Be as specific as possible. “Use the library” does not cut it. Tell me what sorts of articles you will
look for and where, or what sorts of statistics you want to find out. Tell me about possible observation or
experiential learning opportunities. ·
Do
you have any questions for me? o
By class on Monday, 11/3: Write
Proposal Part II. After you have discussed your essay topic
ideas with me (either in person or via email), expand and refine your
proposal by doing some initial research.
Here are a few tips: ·
Begin with Academic Search
Premier. Academic Search Premier is a
database of news magazines and scholarly journals; it will provide articles
that offer in-depth analysis rather than “quick facts.” You can access ASP by following the
directions on the Research Page. ·
If
you want to continue researching or are having difficulty finding what you
need, try searching for articles in the local newspaper and/or via
Google. Once you’ve found some
useful research (at least one good source,
but more are welcome) that helps illustrate some social / ethical /
environmental problems associated with your topic, type up a 1-2 page
expanded and refined proposal
addressing the following questions: 1.
List your source(s) using proper MLA
citation format 2.
Explain
what job / career / or job-related issue you are interested in
exploring. Tell me what your
connection is to this topic, and what you are curious about. Why do you care? 3.
Explain
what you’ve learned through your initial research that will help you focus
this exploration. What social /
ethical / environmental problems do you find associated with this topic? Quote and paraphrase from your source as
necessary. 4.
Why
is this issue significant to a general public? What is at stake? Why should we care? (SO WHAT?!) o
Bring your research with you to class. PRINT IT OUT. We will work on source evaluation in
class. o
Read SMH 14 a-d re: Evaluating Sources
and 13e re: Field Research. Be
prepared to discuss. Bring SMH to class. o
If you are using Extension Days for Essay #2, be sure to EMAIL ME
your final draft by class-time (3 p.m.) on the day that you submit! (1 day = Thurs by 3, 2 days = Fri by 3, 3
days = Sat by 3). Bring me the hard copy of the final draft + rough draft w/my comments
+ peer responses on Monday, 11/3! §
Welcome
to Unit #3! For our next class, Wednesday, 10/29, please complete the following: o
Write your Essay #2 final drafts! Do not forget the following: ·
CITE all sources in-text and include a
Works Cited page ·
Number your pages ·
Submit your final draft paper-clipped to
(or in a folder with) your rough draft with
my comments on it and your peer
review responses o
Read the Introduction to Chapter Three in
Writing Places, WP 149-152 o
Continue Brainstorming for your Essay #3 topic! Proposals
are due Thursday, 10/30 by 4 p.m., either
via a conference or via email.
Proposals should answer the following questions: ·
What
career or job will you be examining? ·
Who
do you plan to interview? Be as
specific as you can. If you do not yet
know of someone, detail your plan for finding an interviewee. ·
What
challenges do you anticipate this worker faces? Brainstorm as many as possible. ·
What
sorts of research do you need to do? Be as specific as possible. “Use the library” does not cut it. Tell me what sorts of articles you will
look for and where, or what sorts of statistics you want to find out. Tell me about possible observation or
experiential learning opportunities. ·
Do
you have any questions for me? o
Go
to it! We’re moving fast… §
Our
next regularly scheduled class, Wednesday 10/22,
has been cancelled so that we can hold
out-of-class workshops. Here is the WORKSHOP SCHEDULE. Please remember the following about
workshops: o
All
workshops will be held in the WT Young Library. Specifically, they will be on the 2nd
floor, between Cores 1 and 4, at the tables in front of the Reference
Collection. (Go up the stairs and turn
left. You’ll see me sitting at one of
the long wooden tables. Call my cell phone
if you are lost: 520-979-1757.) o
Before workshop, you should: ·
Carefully
read (at least twice) your workshop members’ essays. Mark comments and questions in the margin. ·
Complete
a “Response
Worksheet” for each essay. (I will give you copies in class, but in case
you need extras, you can use this link.) ·
Be
prepared to lead a *detailed* discussion on your peers’ essays. This means you need specific evidence to
back up your claims. o
Rather
than asking you to make a copy of these worksheets, I am trusting the authors of the essays to hold onto
these response sheets and to turn them
in when submitting their final draft.
If you lose a response sheet, you will be penalized, rather than the
responder. o
Missing your workshop counts as an
absence. Be on time. We will not wait for you. o
Your
final drafts (+ rough drafts with
my comments on them, + peer response sheets) are now due Wednesday, 10/29 in class. We will still begin Unit #3 in class on Monday,
10/27. §
For
our next class, Monday, 10/20, please complete
the following: o
Write your rough drafts! ·
Bring
4 COPIES to class. (1 for me, 1 for you, 2 for workshop
members) ·
Cite your sources within the text, and
create a Works Cited page ·
Don’t
forget page #s o
Don’t
forget that your 3rd
(final) blog update is due by Friday
10/24 at midnight. See the Blog Page for anything and everything re: blog
assignments. o
Please bring your marked Essay #1 +
evaluation letter to
class on Monday. We’ll work on
applying comments from Essay #1 to your draft of Essay #2. o
By
the way, here’s a copy of my “Rosenberg Block Sample
Essay” in case you lost yours. o
Here is the WORKSHOP SCHEDULE for next
week. Mark it in your caledars! o
Also,
I have extended the *final draft of essay #2*
deadline for all students. We
WILL begin Unit #3 on Monday, 10/27, but your essay #2 is not due until Wednesday, 10/29. o
Good
luck! Give it all you’ve got. §
For
our next class, Wednesday, 10/15, please
complete the following: o
By
Tuesday 10/14 at midnight, you
must post your second blog update.
Click the link for the new Blog Page to learn anything and everything re: blog assignments. o
Critically Read Corbett, “Robotic Iguanas,” WP 134-138. §
Read
it through the first time just to understand content. § Then read through it again, analyzing structure: Choose three different colored high-lighters (preferably the colors listed below, but substitute as needed), and highlight passages according to the type of writing. (You can put a box around the section rather than highlighting every word. Not every passage may be highlighted. That’s OK.) ·
Green: primary research / observation /
narration of trip ·
Yellow: secondary research (anything she’s
learned from a text) ·
Pink:
reflection / analysis / “so what” §
Bring this color-coded copy of the essay
to class, and be prepared to discuss your findings on STRUCTURE o
Bring your research for MEA #2 thus
far! We’ll talk about how to structure
your findings, and how to get to a “So What.” §
Our
next class, Monday, 10/13, meets back in our
home-sweet-classroom, CB 241. Please
complete the following: o
By
Friday 10/10 at midnight, you must
post your first blog update. Click the
link for the new Blog Page to learn anything and everything re: blog
assignments o
Between
now and class on Monday, Read
Fletcher, “By Dawn’s Early Light” WP 81-84. Pay attention to the *structure* of his
essay, which we will discuss in detail in class. Jot notes for yourself in the margins. Then do your own observation at dawn. (Woohoo!) ·
One
morning, set your alarm for sometime between 4:00 and
5:30 a.m. (You can choose your
own time within this frame.) Stay awake and observant for at least 15
minutes. Don’t throw a fit; you
can go right back to sleep; buck up and do it. J
I will do it, too. I
promise. ·
Go out of your room, preferably to somewhere where you might
witness some sort of pre-dawn action (outside, by a window, in a commons
room.) Bring your notebook. ·
Divide your notebook page into two
columns, (as we did
last Monday outside the library) and label them “Observations” and
“Observations about Observations.” (I
like this label better than “Hypotheses,” which we used before.) You are only responsible for filling the
“Observations” column that morning. We
will fill the other column (“O about O”) in class. ·
Write down your observations. What
do you see, hear, smell? What movement
do you notice, or what lack of movement?
How does this place feel different than during daylight? How the same? Just keep your pen moving; don’t censor
yourself. Fill your observation column for 15 minutes. ·
Go
back to bed. Bring your observations to class.
o
Get
going on those investigations! Work
hard and follow your curiosity! §
Our
next class, Wednesday, 10/8, AGAIN meets in the WT Young Library,
computer classroom B-35 (in the basement).
Here’s a map
of the WT Young library basement.
Please complete the following: o
Complete the Essay
#2 Research Worksheet. Utilize the
Unit #2 Research Page
link. Bring in any questions you have
re: doing research, finding certain types of information, etc. o
Blogs: See
the Blog Page for complete details on everything
blog-related. ·
Keep
adding content to your blogs. Add
current news stories or photos or links.
Get comfortable with navigating your blog. ·
Read
your workshop members’ blogs, become “followers,” and add comments. ·
By Friday at
midnight, complete
your first blog update. o
Read SM 13e (242-247), WP 242-247 about observation and interviews o
Review Tannen (Debate and Dialogue essay handout)
and review your WJ about this
essay. We will discuss on Wednesday. o
Get
going with your research! Go to it! §
Proposal Conferences: Here
is the schedule for proposal conferences on Thursday, 10/2 and Friday, 10/3. Be sure to BE ON TIME. All conferences meet in my office, POT
1306. (In class today I mentioned that I wanted you to do another
brainstorming activity before meeting with me, but I changed my mind. We’ll do it later in class. Instead, just follow the instructions
below.) Come to the conference
with at least 2 possible topics and
be prepared to discuss this following for each topic: o
Why
this place? What interests you? It should be a place that looking at from
multiple perspectives will illuminate and complicate in some way. o
What
perspectives do you plan to explore?
Why those? o
HOW
do you plan to find those sources? Research
strategies? §
Our
next class, Monday, 10/6, meets in the WT Young Library, computer classroom B-35 (in the
basement). Here’s a map
of the WT Young library basement.
Before class, please complete the following: o
Write the Intro to your blog. You
will need to email this document to
yourself or bring it on a jump-drive so that you can upload it to your
blog in class. Your Intro should be a
fluid composition (not bullet point answers) that address the following
questions: ·
What
place are you investigating and why is it interesting to you? You might include some of your own
background, including your experience or lack of experience with this
place. ·
What
do you already know about this place, and what do you want to find out? ·
What
perspectives do you think you’ll explore and why? HOW will explore them? ·
What
concerns, worries, or questions do you have about the project? ·
What
are your goals for the project (practical, personal, intellectual, etc.) No goal is to “get an A.” Move beyond superficial grades and into
important life-learning goals. o
Read SMH 13 a-d (222-242) about research
methods o
Get started exploring your place! Time moves fast in this unit. Don’t get left behind! §
Welcome
to Unit #2! For our next class, Wednesday, 10/1, please complete the following: o
Bring at least three ideas of possible places for Unit #2
essay. Continue brainstorming! o
Read the Chapter 2 Introduction in Writing Places (57-61) o
Critically Read Tannen (hand-out) Extras are in the green folder outside my
office (POT 1306) o
Write WJ #3 (see instructions on link to
the left!) § Unit #1
archive – list of all Unit #1 announcements and links |
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