September 24, 2010

Today in class:

1. We decused the mistake within our syllabus about the due dates of the editorial analysis final for now and mid-term portfolio.
* and email will be sent out regarding this information.

2. Discussion on the memo which will need to be included in our mid term portfolio.
* page 145-146 of JAC has a template for the memo.
*miscrosoft word also has a memo template.
*page 169 of JAC also has ideas for writing your memo.
* most important thing is that your memo should be reflective on your writing.

3. Midterm portfolio should include all copies of news analysis, editorial analysis, memo, and short writes.
* You may also choose to include informal writings if they are discussed within your memo

4. Met with our groups for peer revisions and exchanged papers.

5. Turned in a copy of our rough draft editorial analysis.

**Reminder- class will not be held on Monday September 27
conferences will be held Monday and Tuesday

Homework:
Complete peer review "analyzing an argument" worksheet for conferences on Monday and Tuesday
* worksheet was recieved in class today.

Sep 22

TODAY IN CLASS:

A few housekeeping things...

1. We do not have class on Monday due to our conferences for our editorial analysis paper.

2. If you have not yet given your availability for Monday for your conference, email her by tonight!

3. We will be going over our midterm portfolio on Friday, which is going to be due Friday October 1st.

During class we talked about intergrading secondary sources which for our paper we should have at least 2 of them. These sources should provide us with more information on the given topic of your editorial. It should help you see if your editorial topic is positively or negatively argued. These should primarily be longer than your actual editorial.

Lindsey shared with us an outline of how our papers should flow.

Paragraphs:

1.) Should introduce the issue.

2.) Should introduce the editorial, provide a summary, and state your thesis.

3.) Claim should be tied to your thesis. - Editorial is successful or not because______.

A.) Evidence for editorial (Quote, paraphrase, summary) Will need to use Citations!

B.) Analyze evidence to show HOW it does what you say it does.

(This is where your secondary sources will come in)

i.) Evidence from secondary source to support your analysis.

ii.) Analysis of secondary source to show how it supports overall claim.

*ALWAYS END PARAGRAPH WITH YOUR OWN VOICE!*

Some examples of transitionary sentences that can be used to bring in your secondary sources.

- "X" matters/is important because____.

- Although "X" may seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in terms of today's concern over _____.

- Ultimately what is at stake here is _____.

- These findings have important consequences for the broader claim of ____.

- Although "X" may seem of concern only to a small group of _____, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about _____.

We also went over some MLA and a few things to keep in mind, and also received a worksheet:

1.) Make sure your works cited is in alphabetical order by last name, or which ever should come first.

2.) NO website links! *Keep track of the date that you accessed the website to cover you in case it has been edited after you were there.

3.) Examples and help in Easy Writer starting on page 222.

HOMEWORK:

- Continue to work on editorial analysis. Print enough copies for your group for Friday. It should be about 3 to 4 pages long.

- Complete MLA handout to go over in class on Friday.

Sept 20

In class today we went over a checklist of analyzing an argument critically. The checklist included the following steps:

1. who is the author?
2. is the piece aimed at a particular audience? A neutral audience? A sympathetic audience? a hostile audience?
3. what is the author's thesis?
4. what assumptions does the author make? Do I share them? if not, why not?
5. does the author ever confuse facts with beliefs or opinions?
6. what appeals does the author make? (ethos, pathos, logos)
7. how convincing is the evidence?
8. are significant objections and counter-evidence adequately discussed?
9. how is the text organized and is the organization effective?
10.if visual materials such as graphs, pie charts, or pictures are used, how persuasive are they?
11. what is the author's tone? is it appropriate?
12. to what extent has the author convinced me? Why?

We also paired up and did a writers workshop with the first three paragraphs of our Editorial Analysis using page 55 in the JAC

Homework:
1. continue working on our editorial analysis which is due for peer exchange on Friday

1. if you weren't in class, e-mail Lindsey your availability for conference sessions (next Monday and Tuesday from 9:30-4:30).

Friday, September 17th 2010

Hey guys!

Homework for Monday September 20th 2010

• Read EA Ch. 10
• Short Write D (different than the one on the syllabus!) Worksheet on Logical Fallicies. (If you weren't in class you will be getting the worksheet emailed to you, so check your Mix.)
• Write the first 3 paragraphs of your editorial analysis (as outlined on Pg. 156 of JAC). Print one copy and bring it to class on Monday for writing workshop. (If you don't bring a copy with you then you will be asked to leave class and be marked ABSENT as there is no point in you partaking in the workshop without your paragraphs!!!!)

In Class:

• Today we got together in groups and had to come up with an advertisment for any product that we wanted to sell Professor Joyce, using as many fallicies as possible!

Other notes:

• News Analysis papers will be handed back on Monday in class!
• Also, homework that was due today wasn't collected, so you're in luck! Bring it to class on Monday!

Have a great weekend! Lets go Mountaineers!! :)

Wednesday September 15

Homework for Friday, 17 September:

Read JAC 102-106 (on finding secondary sources)

Read Chapter 2 E.A

Find 2 secondary sources and create a works cited for those 2 sources to turn in friday

Today in class:

Read an example of an Editorial paper called " Ride to Live, Live to Ride"

Went over the thesis of the paper, the secondary sources, the claim, evidence and analysis.

Went over a handout where we put citations where necessary.

Homework for Wed. 15 Sept.

Either use the editorial you used for short write C or find a new editorial (at least 1.5 pages) and underline all logical fallacies. In the margin, label which type of fallacy it is.

Logical Fallacies :
explanation and examples of fallacies are found on pg. 43-44 of JAC

Today In Class

We looked at warrants. A warrant is an unspoken logic that supports the claim. It's a 'read between the lines' kind of thing.
Examples:
Mrs. Smith is a bad teacher; she's having an affair with the principal.
The Claim: Mrs. Smith is a bad teacher.
Support: She's having an affair with principal
Warrant: Good teachers don't have affairs.

SEPT 10

Today in class:

• We turned in our News Analysis papers which had to be about 4 full pages.

• We spoke about our new assignment and also received short write .

Our homework was a little different than the Syllabus;


We must Read Chapter 6 in Everything's an Argument


Also short write C requires us to find an editorial and fill out the sheet provided.

Our new writing assignment is called the editorial analysis and the info on it can be found on page 156 in your JAC.

(cross-posted from another class section)

Sep 8

Cross-posted via a student in another section:

Tonight's Homework:

1) Final News Analysis (4 full pages)
2) Compile "Final for Now" folder together in this order:
- "Final" Draft
- Peer Comment Draft(s)
- Professor Comment Draft(s)
- Other Drafts (if applicable)
You can use a binder or folder, just as long as the papers are controlled and prevented from getting mixed with your classmates' papers.


Today in Class:

1) We slightly reviewed the 'Rhetorical Analysis' (reading for today).
2) We began to discuss the Editorial Analysis, our next paper.
- This is to be an opinion article in which we analyze a biased newspaper editorial rhetorically. To do so, we must dissect and scrutinize their argument without disagreeing with said argument.
- Remember to identify the claim.
+ use ethos (ethical credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic) to see how the argument works (or does not work)
3) We then got into groups and worked on a rhetorical analysis of different magazine advertisements.
- Rhetorical Analysis Activity:
+ Step 1: Gather together in a group and look carefully at your advertisement.
+ Step 2: What is the ads purpose? What does it want you to do?
+ Step 3: Who has made the Ad? Nike? Dove? The Milk Processor Board?
+ Step 4: Who is the audience? Children? Women? Men? Both?
+ Step 5: How does the add appeal to this audience? Ethos, Pathos, Logos?
+ Step 6: Compile this information together to present to the class, and be prepared to explain/defend your analyses as a group.

4) Each group underwent the steps and openly discussed their rhetorical analysis of whichever advertisement the group had chosen.

September 1st
At the beggining of class Prof. Joyce handed back any Short Write A, Letter of Introduction, and Short Write B that were not yet collected. Then, to go along with the email we received from her before class we got into our groups for our English Conferences that are going to be happening Thursday and Friday. We needed the number of copies of our DRAFT #1 of the News Analysis Article that she told us in the email to give to each member of our group and one for Prof Joyce for tonights peer review. After that we went into our groups, and exchanged papers to talk about any specific problems we had that we needed our partners to "look out for" while reading.
For the remainder of the class we talked about MLA that was necessary for our papers. In the Easy Writer book the information we went over today can be found on page 232.

Just a quick note from today:
3 required in text citation
1-Direct Quotation
2-Summary
3-Paraphrase

Homework for tonight:READ Chapter 5 in EA, and pages 131-137 in the JAC.Also, use page 163 while reviewing and editting your partners papers and fill it out to bring to your assigned conference on either Thursday or Friday of this week.

Final Note:
No Class this Friday because of conferences, and....
NO Class this Monday because of Labor Day Weekend!