For Wednesday, make sure you . . . Review the text of Green and Lidinsky pages 105-124 about researching. You’ll also want to look at the previous post about looking for sources. Attach your Review of Literature to an email to me by the start of class (remember to get formatting correct). Have your group [...]
Happy Valentines Day! Now get to work So, for class on Monday, the groups who are presenting need to get everything ready. You probably also should get to class early (or at least one person in your group should) to check on any computer or video stuff and make sure everything works. After all, the [...]
For Wednesday, the following is due: Green and Lidinsky: Read pages 251-261. Review pages 65-82 to make sure you remember what you read there. DK Handbook: Read pages 24-25. Bring (typed or handwritten) 1 or more research questions to class with you. They should be in the form of a question and show that you’ve [...]
As a reminder, ALL homework is due by the start of class. Major paper teacher drafts and sending out peer drafts must be done by 11:59pm on the day they are due (typically on Mondays). Here is the reading for Monday: GL 77-82, 249-251, 261-271 DK (old) 20-23, 26-37, 78-79 DK (new) 20-23, 26-37, 72-73 [...]
Sorry for the delay in getting this up - I have been having internet connection issues (in fact, I hope it works this time). Of course, none of this should come as a surprise since I went over it all in class on Monday: Find a second source for your research (if you have not [...]
My internet was down most of the day, so I haven’t been able to download or send out many of your synthesis papers that I had remaining. I will get those done this evening. this means I will need to do the Proposals tonight, tomorrow, and Friday. I’ll have the grades, therefore, next Tuesday. For [...]
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. [...]
Special for you today! I have put a couple examples (good, bad, and ugly) on Blackboard. Just remember to focus on analyzing the rhetoric or how the author says something. Don’t focus on what the author says (expect to do a summary). Make sure to give specific examples to back up what you say. Some [...]