Thursday, October 20, 2011

October 20, 2011 - Thursday

Class Work
1.  Get ready to submit your comparison/contrast essay. 
  • Place the final copy on top
  • The draft goes under the final
  • The peer editing sheet is on the bottom
2. Before you give the draft to me, let's check the MLA formatting one more time.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/mla-style-papers/
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3mla.pdf
(Make corrections in pen/pencil. Show that you know how to format.)

3. When you are satisfied that the formatting is correct, submit your essay.

4. Back to the GUM review . . . return to the group with which you were working on Tuesday. Get ready to share.
  • Identify the topic of review
  • Share the rules
  • Give your examples
  • Use the challenge questions
5. More GUM issues:
  • Possessives
  • That/which/who
  • Pronoun/Antededent agreement
  • Point of View
Refer to the information in Write Now.

Homework
1. Read Chapter 25 in Write Now: Visual Rhetoric Strategies.  See p. 479. Try your hand at exercises #2 and #3.
2. Bring your work to class. Either have a paper copy of the graphic you selected for #2, or be able to get to it on line.  Be sure you identify the collention studied for #3, and be able to get to it on line.

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