Hold onto your hats, because we’re picking up speed. For Wednesday, you have the following to do: Email me your Memo on Style in your Major as an attachment. Make sure the memo is in memo format (see the handout) Work on getting all 8 sources. Bring as many as you have with you to [...]

3 down and 2 to go! (major papers that is) For Monday, you need to do the following: Read Green and Lidinsky pages 150-156 Read DK Handbook OLD version – Read pages 144-145, 308-325 NEW version – Read pages 290-309 Read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?emc=eta1 Bring all your sources with you to class. Bring your Proposal [...]

Lucky you, there is no reading due for Wednesday. However, you do need to get all your sources (3-5 of them) lined up for your Proposal paper. You need to bring all the ones you have so far to class with you on Wednesday. They can be hardcopy or electronic, but you and your peer [...]

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 [...]

First of all, I decided to postpone the group presentations for an extra week — you’re welcome . So, we’ll talk about them on Monday and get into groups for it so you’ll have about 2 weeks to get them together. Second, since your Rhetorical Analysis papers are not due until 11:59 pm on Monday, [...]

Make sure you have the following done for class on Wednesday: Read GL 227-248 about peer editing (it might be useful to read this before you actually do the editing). Complete the 3 Peer Reviews. Make sure to have the Peer Review Sheet completely filled out and ready to give to the owner of the [...]