Here is a good site to help you eradicate sexist language from your writing: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=201
Just in case you get frustrated, head over to http://www.pmla.org/altsource.html for a good chuckle related to “alternative” source citations.
Another fun article related to plagiarism: http://www.newsweek.com/id/94543/page/1. This just goes to show you that plagiarism is not just something college teachers think about.
The assignment sheet is now up for the Researched Argument assignment. I will a printed version of this for class, but for those of you who want a little jump on things, you can print it yourself here.
There should not be any surprises here, as we have talked about how this works for the entire [...]
Thesis statements are sorely misunderstood by beginning writers, often exacerbated by well-meaning but inept high school English teachers.
And that is where this horrible Thesis Generator comes in
http://ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html
Remember, to be truly useful, a thesis must be based on a research question that is problematic and specific. Yes/No questions are much less interesting and result in much [...]
[ March 24, 2008; 5:30 pm; ] Teacher draft due today. This means that you did a rewrite of the paper you had peer reviewed.
Accompanying the draft, you must have the following, in the indicated order:
Page telling how you want me to comment on your paper (all problems or just major ones, all grammar or [...]
[ March 19, 2008; 5:30 pm; ] Peer review draft due. Must have at least 3/4 of final number of sources to receive draft credit.
[ March 5, 2008; 5:30 pm; ] Teacher draft due today. This means that you did a rewrite of the paper you had peer reviewed.
Accompanying the draft, you must have the following, in the indicated order:
Page telling how you want me to comment on your paper (all problems or just major ones, all grammar or [...]
[ March 3, 2008; 5:30 pm; ] Peer review draft due. Must have at least half final number of sources to receive draft credit.
[ March 25, 2008; 7:00 am; ] Teacher draft due today. This means that you did a rewrite of the paper you had peer reviewed.
Accompanying the draft, you must have the following, in the indicated order:
Page telling how you want me to comment on your paper (all problems or just major ones, all grammar or [...]
[ March 20, 2008; 7:00 am; ] Peer review draft due. Must have at least 3/4 of final number of sources to receive draft credit.