You should be working on getting your oral presentations ready to go. You should also be revising and/or editing your drafts for the final portfolio. Since we only got to watch part of this in section 604 (and not at all in 601), here is the link to a presentation that I think was well [...]
Your Researched Argument paper is due by 11:59pm tonight. You should email me the following: 8 PDFs of your articles (minus any printed versions you turned in to me – if you forgot to turn it in, do so on Monday). Make sure to put your name in the file name of each one. Teacher [...]
For Monday’s class, make sure to get all your peer reviews done. If someone in your group didn’t send their paper by midnight last night, you are not obligated to review it. However, I am sure that they would be greatly appreciative if you are able to make the time for it. Bring the peer [...]
Everyone should be working on putting together a rough draft of the Researched Argument paper. The easiest way to do this to to take your Annotated Bibiography and save it as a new file. Then, cut and paste the citations (but leave the annotations where they are) and put the citations at the end of [...]
For Monday: Type up your team write and make a new comment on the blog (under the Team Write post – NOT THIS ONE). Prepare your Teacher Draft of the Annotated Bibliography for sending to me by 11:59 pm on Monday. You’ll need to bring your peer review sheets and any printed sources (remember, I [...]
For class, we are getting caught up on the Graphics lesson, so that means you need to read: AB 252-260DK 226-231 You should also print out and have ready for review your attempt at the opening of your classical argument paper (just the first page to two pages). You also need to bring (electronic or [...]
The reading for Tuesday is about the Classical Argument. You should REALLY pay attention and make sure you understand what this is saying so that you can write a good classical argument paper. As always, comment here as you like.
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 [...]
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 [...]
We are meeting at the library on Wednesday evening, so go there first. We will be in room LC 218. You need to bring a completed printout of the 5 questions available in the PDF for the Intermediate Research lessons. To get the PDF, do the following: Go to the library home page. Click on [...]