Post your team freewriting activity here. You will only get credit for doing the freewrite if you type it up here. Also, feel free to use this opportunity to read and comment on other stories as part of your comment requirements for the class.

For Thursday, make sure you do the following: Review Green and Lidinsky chapter 4. You’ll need to do some of this in the Proposal paper. Read the Proposal sections in Green and Lidinsky chapter 11. Read DK Handbook pages 24-25. Get your 2 peer reviews done (if your peer did not send it to you [...]

That went fast! For Tuesday, make sure you do the following: Read Green and Lidinsky chapter 11 (you can skip the 2 sections on Proposals). Read pages 78-79 in the DK Handbook. Email me your current draft of the synthesis part of your Analysis and Synthesis paper. JUST attach the synthesis part, nothing else. Have [...]

Things to do: Start working with your group on getting your presentations ready. The first ones start October 5th. Annotate and make notes about your 2 sources, especially the second one. Bring one or more issue questions (the issue generation assignment) to class with you. You should follow the same processes we did in class. [...]

Tuesday is a big day. You all have lots to get done this weekend. So don’t delay! Read (and annotate and understand, of course) Green and Lidinsky, chapter 4. Read DK Handbook pages 20-23, 26-27, 34-37, and 80-86. Bring one or more research questions about your topic. These should be on paper (either handwritten or [...]

Make sure to get your peer reviews done by reading the peer drafts and filling out the peer review sheets. You can also comment on the peer’s paper if you want. Bring the interview memo with you to class to turn in.

For Tuesday, remember that we meet in the Library (LI 207). You should bring the Research Study Guide with you. To get it, do the following: Go to http://www.uvu.edu/library/ Scroll down about half-way and, under the Quick Links section, select the Tutorials link. Click the ENGL 2010/2020 Worksheet link about half-way down the page. Print [...]

For Thursday, we’ll be going over memo and letter formatting, thesis statements, and look at specific examples of rhetorical analysis. Make sure to bring your working thesis statement with you (it can be typed or written, so long as it is on paper). Do the reading in Green and Lidinsky chapter 10 (you can look [...]

Tuesday we are continuing the discussion on rhetorical analysis. We’ll also talk about claims. Homework: Read chapter 3 in Green and Lidinsky. There’s some optional reading in DK Handbook for those who need more help. Bring a source to class with you (this can be printed out, on a flash drive, or somehow accessible from [...]

For Thursday, you have the following things due: Green and Lidinsky chapter 2 Optionally, look at DK Handbook pages 88-101 for additional information Bring a print out of the Research History report (see assignment sheet) Make a comment (or a question) on this post about the reading In class, we’ll be talking about Academic Reading [...]