Thursday Happy Halloween! October 31, 2024

Monday we meet in the classroom.

We are working toward the November 13 due date for the COMPLETE RAB.

As I circulated around the computer lab yesterday, the good news is — I see improvement!  Most of you are understanding how to write the Source Entry.

A few pointers about Summary Writing:

• Study the STRUCTURE of the article. It has parts.  Get a MI from each major part of the article.
• Make sure you get enough of the main points into your summaries so I know what the article is about.
• When I read your summary, I should know what the article is about.  I should NOT have to read the article myself!  SO — If you have written a good summary, there will be NO need to for me to read the article.
• HINT – If an article has subheadings, then those subheadings denote a part in this structure.  Use the subheads to find one main point in each part.  Then gather those points together to become your summary.
• USE the title of the source article. The words in the title are a clue to the MI of the article.  If the title is “Four Ways to Happiness,” then your summary should include a MI explaining the Four Ways.  If the title is “The Secret to Success: Hope Molecules,” then your summary should explain what Hope Molecules are and how that contributes to success.  It’s a MI!
• Discuss the article with a friend, so you practice saying out loud what the MIs are.

A few pointers about Rhetorical Analysis:

• Stick to the guiding questions from the Assignment and get straight to the point. Don’t have lengthy repeats of the MIs – those belong in the Summary!

 

HW 6 Due Saturday November 2. 

Post your Source Entry 2 (opinion piece) to the Open Lab (not Google Drive).  You will copy and paste from your RAB that you are “building” on your own computer.  I will not be commenting this time.  I will just check to see that you are following the Writing Process and getting the steps done on time.  

• Title: RAB Source Entry 2 – Your Name
• Category: RAB Source Entry 2
• Bring TWO hard copies to class on Monday.

 

ALSO this weekend you are finding and choosing your third source.  LOOK AT THE ASSIGNMENT!  This will be a non-print source.  THINK -- TEDtalk, podcast, interview, documentary or news video clip or university website video) or creative source (art, photography)

On Monday -- I will ask students to SHOW the class their third source on the projector and we will discuss how to write a Source Entry for this non-print source.

 

I am commenting on your Source Entry 1 (HW 5) which you should have uploaded last week on Google Drive.

HW 5 — For the LATE people, remember no comments and no credit are given for late work.  However, for this time, I will do my best to comment on the LATE submitted Source Entry 1.  If you don’t see comment, send me an email to remind me.  I am not able to notice when you submit late work because I have already read through and graded.  I did this right after the due date last Saturday.  It is very difficult to go backwards in my grading process and locate LATE submissions.  I will do it this time to help you get a good start on writing the first Source Entry. 

Finally -- last day to withdraw is Wednesday November 6.