Wednesday, October 27-Brittany Warnick

Homework: 1. NO Class Friday!!!! : )
-Optional Conferences (office hours 9-3)
- "Research Day"

2. Final for Now Annotated Bibliography due Monday!!!
a. 300 word intro
b. 8-10 annotated sources (in prose)
i. Full MLA Citation in BOLD
ii. Quote/ Summary/Paraphrase important information
iii. Rhetorical Analysis
iv. How you will use this source in your paper.

In Class: 1. Returned shortwrite F
2. Writing exercise: different writing styles for tone/audience. (turned in)

Have a great Halloween!

Oct 25 - written by Mercedes Lewis

Homework: Continue to work on annotated bibliography- due this Monday.

-300 word intro.

-Annotate.

-8-10 Sources.

- Summary/ Paraphrase/ Quote ideas pertinent to your argument.

- Pull out what information is most important to use within your paper.

- Rhetorical analysis- How will you use the data gathered in your paper? Make sure to be specific within your paper.

- The key word is HOW will you use this data.

*Make sure to your MLA citation in bold and to use page numbers as well.

Today in class we went over a power point on "They Say/ I Say" in practice.

-We examined this article and broke down the key points within it.

- We learned that when you say what your source has said you must analyze it some how.

Intro- Within the intro paragraph you are allowed to make claims without evidence.

Conclusion- You do not need to end your conclusion with your thesis.

- Make sure to lay out the outline for the reader.

Evidence- Make sure to search for key vocab within your evidence.

Summary and Paraphrase- Make sure you keep the central idea of the source.

Fun facts:

What does the reader know when you start with a quote in your paragraph?

-They will know that this is all you're going to discuss in this paragraph.

*Do not use a quote as a transition and NEVER end a paragraph with a quote.

*Do not say that this is "good data" - explain how you will use it.*

- For example, stem cell research should be allowed," but why?

*Be specific when arguing and try to strait your argument from the very beginning of your paper!!!

JAC pg. 14-16

-If you are curious on how to structure an argument in an essay refer to JAC.

- It explains how to and gives you strategies.

Do NOT pay attention to pg. 17 in JAC because it is asking you to give your evidence, but it does not ask you to analyze it.

Thank you and have a great day :)

English 102 Section 25 Fall 2010: October 20, 2010 Homework: Short write E -- A) S...

English 102 Section 25 Fall 2010: October 20, 20

In class Activity:
Wrote down everything we knew about the subject we were going to research.
Did this to organize the information that we knew and identify our own biases.
Then read source of information to identify new information about our subject.
Did this to identify what we didn't know

Lecture:
Discussed what makes a good source of information.
If the article has good organization
If the article supports it's claims
If the article has good transitional worlds such as despite, however, therefore

Homework:
Answer questions in JAC page 50 in pros

October 20, 2010

Homework:
Short write E -- A) Summary/paraphrase/quote data relevant to your argument. B) Analyze source(rhetorical analysis). C) How you intend to use the data to support your argument(how will it be used in the paper).

Don't procrastinate :)

Discussed the audience and which one(s) is/are appropriate for your paper.

3 ways to look at audience:

1. lay- no prior knowledge other than interest; the average reader and most causal; argument to inform.
2. managerial- have some prior knowledge but might need a 'refresher' by means of a summary; can be used to convince and persuade.
3. expert- scholars; they know everything about the subject already; used to show them a different point-of-view of the subject; hardest group to talk to.

Important points:

Invoke- when you decide to write to one of the above audiences. It will tell the reader the type of audience.
Addressed- this is who will actually reads the paper. example-> Managerial tone but to a lay audience.

Did an in-class activity finding the audience with books and magazines provided by Lindsey.


Optional assignment....
For Friday that's actually due Monday. Short write F- pg. 50 in JAC

Oct 15

Homework:

1)  No class Monday (conferences)

2) Continue research

Today in Class:

Got back portfolios.

Went over how to write annotated bibliography-due Nov 1

Final For Now-Research Paper due Nov 19

Annotated Bibliography

I)  Intro-could be copy and paste of proposal in different tone.

II)  8-10 Annotated sources

A) source material

B) rhetorical analysis

C) how it applies to argument

no set length for annotations-longer means the source will be used more

October 4, 2010

Today in Class:

1. Talked about the issues surrounding writing: plagiarism.
2. Discussed similarities and differences about downloading music illegally and plagiarizing someone else's work.
3. Also discussed about copyright laws and creative common laws.

Homework:

1. Keep working on midterm memo and editorial, which is all due on Friday, October 8.
2. Bring the textbook "Everythings an Argument" to class on Wednesday.
3. After midterms, we are going to start working on proposals, where we propose a topic for the rest of the semester, so start researching topics.

Oct 1

Today we went over the worksheet on MLA citations from last week.

Our homework is to continue work on our editorial analysis and midterm memo.