UVU Writing » Informative & Surprising

Class on Feb 2

Garrett — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:43:58 +0000

Make sure to remember that we are starting our class in the library (LI 207) on Tuesday, so go there first. Make sure you bring the ENGL 2010/2020 Worksheet (it is called the Research Study Guide in the syllabus) with you. It must be filled out completely! You can get it by going to http://www.uvu.edu/library/tutorials/index.html.

You also need to do the reading in AB so that you understand the things we’ll be talking about.

Finally, your Informative and Surprising Teacher Draft is due Tuesday (by 11:59pm).

Bring your peer review sheets to class to turn in. Everything else you email. See the Writing for 2020 and File Naming Conventionsdocument for information about how to name stuff.

Basically, you need to send me an email and attach the following to the email:

Teacher draft and peer draft in one document (the peer draft should be after the teacher draft). Make sure you name it: “ _Informative and Surprising_Teacher Draft.”. Make sure to change the and for your name and for the ending your word processor uses – see the handout (linked above) for details.

Cover letter (letter format) that says how you’d like me to comment on the paper and grammar and where you respond to the peer reviews. NOTE: If you fail to change something a peer tells you to do and don’t say why (and you should have), I will subtract more points than if you had a reason for not doing it. Make sure you name the letter: “ _Informative and Surprising_Cover Letter.” (changing the and for your name).

Download the Informative and Surprising_Teacher Review Sheet. Rename it to: “ _Informative and Surprising_Teacher Review Sheet.doc” (again, changing the and for your name).

Your source text (if it is not a PDF, either send the link to the web page or copy and paste into a document). Use the following naming convention: “ _Source_.” (again, change out the stuff in angle brackets for the appropriate information).

Reading for 1/21

Garrett — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:24:58 +0000

Just a quick post about the reading and assignments for Thursday.

Review chapters 3 and 4 in AB as preparation for the group presentations on Thursday.

Make sure to fill out your Group Evaluation form so you can turn it in on Thursday.F

For those groups presenting – make sure everything is ready to go.

Read the Surprising Introduction examples on Blackboard.

Email me your Surprising Introduction (make sure you follow formatting guidelines, use the file naming structure we talked about (Your Name_Surprising Introduction.doc), and attach it to the email to me.

Reading for 1/19

Garrett — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:40:56 +0000

The reading for this Tuesday is to review chapters 1-2 in AB. Make sure you read it so that the group presentations don’t have to go over everything.

You can optionally read AB 228-238, which are some example informative and surprising articles. However, while they have some similar parts to the paper required for this class, they are a bit different.

Make sure you get your research started this weekend. You need to find your first source. Remember, though, that the library is closed on Monday.

For next Thursday, you will need to read the Surprising Introductions from the A,B,and C students (in blackboard), so you might want to get a head start on that. Pay attention to why they wrote what they did based on the source they choose, and my comments on how well they met the needs of the assignment.

Reading for Sept 1

Garrett — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:41:23 +0000

Hello class!

You can use this post to comment on the reading about note taking, idea generation for research projects, and informative and surprising information.

You will get 3 handouts in class, but there are others that you should check out. They are:

Reading Process (PDF)

Annotating (PDF)

Mapping (PDF)

Capturing (PDF)

Peer Review Sheet – Informative Surprising (DOC)

Teacher Review Sheet – Informative Surprising (DOC)

Research Strategy Model (PDF)

You can find others (including PDF versions of the review sheets) under the 2020 Info page.

Reading for May 19th

Garrett — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:47:37 +0000

Here is where you can discuss the reading that is due for class on the 19th.

Specifically, it is to review AB 109-40 (you should have read this already for 1010), and to read AB 346-68 and 442-43.

Also, for class, remember to email me your teacher draft, bring the proper printed stuff for the paper, and have your interview memo ready for me.

See you in class!

Informative and Surprising Essay

Garrett — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:24:31 +0000

Your essay will be due soon!

Do you know what you are going to write it on?

Want some suggestions or help from your classmates?

Then this is the place to comment.

Comment on Ch.9 Readings

Garrett — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:51:17 +0000

This is the place to comment on the readings you did in Ch. 9 of Allyn & Bacon.

Confused by something? Found something interesting? Disagree with something in the reading? Let us know.

After you make your own comment on the reading, you are welcome to respond to another classmate’s comment (you can click on a paragraph to automatically copy and quote it). Note that you’ll see comments from both my 2020 classes. It is perfectly OK to comment cross-class.

Thanks!