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As I said in class, there is no reading due for class (although I recommend reading the student examples on BlackBoard for the Review of Literature and the portfolio drafts of the papers). Your review of literature assignment is not due until next Tuesday. Also, please bring the junk mail with you to class again. [...]

I apologize for the late notice on this – my internet went down over the weekend. Of course, this is all in the syllabus, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise. On Tuesday, we are going to be talking about Reviews of Literature and Categorizing. These are both important for the Proposal part of the [...]

This is the post where you should put your team free writing exercises. Make sure you post your own as a comment to this post. But, you are welcome to read and comment on each other’s stories as well.

There is a little bit of reading for Thursday. It is about annotated bibliographies. Yes, that’s right, we are starting the 3rd paper already! Also make sure to get your peer reviews done and bring the peer review sheets with you to class. That is all.

For Tuesday, review the chapters in Allyn and Bacon and the DK Handbook that tell you all about APA style and formatting. I’d recommend focusing especially well on the first couple pages of each one as they give general rules and stuff there. Also, make sure to be ready to send out your peer reviews [...]

Make sure to read AB 611-625 and DK 144-145, 308-325. This is all about incorporating sources into your writing using quote, summary, and paraphrase. We’ll talk a lot about Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in class, too. Finally, make sure to attach a draft version of your synthesis to an email that you send to me.

Sorry about the delay in getting this up – it was a very busy weekend for Cub Scout stuff. Your assignment for Tuesday was to read over the Teacher Drafts of the example Analysis and Synthesis papers (they are on Blackboard) You are supposed to email me and attach a document with a paragraph or [...]

Make sure to email me your summary of a source. Bring to class with you a printout (or electronic version) of 2 sources. Review AB 121-140 Read AB 346-368 This is a review of strong response and an introduction to text analysis.