Class Work
1. Guidelines for PowerPoint presentation
Slide #1: Title and Your Name
Slide #2: Identify the problem
Slides 3, 4, 5: Explain the causes of the problem
Slides 6, 7, 8: Explain the effects of the problem - prove that the problem exists
Slides 9, 10, 11: Call to action - give the viewers concrete examples of what can be done and explain what difference their actions will make.
Slide 12: Works Cited
2. Taking a look at the PowerPoint scoring rubric - this will guide your slides. (Handout) Also, see 14D p. 233+ in The McGrawHill Handbook for information on slide presentations. See Chapter 13 as well. Page 223 - 224 13b has examples.
3. Sign up for a time for your presentation
4. Overview of "How to" give a presentation http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html
5. Introduction to new unit: Eating - Is there too much of a good thing in the USA?
6. Viewing of Time Magazine study.
Homework
1. Prepare your PowerPoint - we will do peer review of the presentation on Thursday and present next Tuesday. You must bring your PowerPoint on a jump-drive or CD.
2. Read the following selections: "O.K., So I'm Fat" by Neil Steinberg - p. 201 and "Discrimination at Large" by Jennifer A. Coleman p. 198 in Between Worlds. Answer two questions in the Thinking About Text sections for each article.
3. For one day, keep a food diary of what you eat - this is only for you.
4. Locate at least one article from a reliable source that discusses weight related issues in America.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
October 12 - Tuesday
What we did in class . . .
1. We registered for the on-line handbook. If you have not purchased your card, do so by Thursday.
The class is: eatonenglish101 - use it to sign in.
2. Before next Tuesday, complete the diagnostic test on-line. We will use the results to compare to what you actually do when you write. Some people are not good test-takers, but they are excellent writers. Do not let your score get you down.
3. Review of a critique . . .
4. Peer review of An Inconvenient Truth critique
5. Sharing of critiques
Homework
Complete your critique of An Inconvenient Truth. Bring drafts and the final copy to class on Thursday.
1. We registered for the on-line handbook. If you have not purchased your card, do so by Thursday.
The class is: eatonenglish101 - use it to sign in.
2. Before next Tuesday, complete the diagnostic test on-line. We will use the results to compare to what you actually do when you write. Some people are not good test-takers, but they are excellent writers. Do not let your score get you down.
3. Review of a critique . . .
4. Peer review of An Inconvenient Truth critique
5. Sharing of critiques
Homework
Complete your critique of An Inconvenient Truth. Bring drafts and the final copy to class on Thursday.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tuesday - October 5, 2010
Class Work
1. Finish viewing An Inconvenient Truth and prepare to write a critique.
2. See Between Worlds pp. 308-320.
3. Read the sample critique of The Social Network.
4. Generate categories to include in the critique.
Homework
Write your critique - bring the draft to class on Thursday.
1. Finish viewing An Inconvenient Truth and prepare to write a critique.
2. See Between Worlds pp. 308-320.
3. Read the sample critique of The Social Network.
4. Generate categories to include in the critique.
Homework
Write your critique - bring the draft to class on Thursday.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday - September 30, 2010
Class Work
1. Continue with the discussion of cause/effect essays - see the sample "Cold Comfort" at:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
2. Discuss critique writing
3. Begin viewing An Inconvenient Truth in preparation for a critique.
4. Generate topics for cause/effect PowerPoint presentation. Your topic will also have a call to action. Convince the viewers to do something. Be specific.
Homework
1. Read PP. 449-453 in Between Worlds. Answer three of the six questions on p. 453.
2. Read pp. 308-316 in Between Worlds. Pay special attention to the critiques. What did the professionals think about the documentary? Do you agree so far? Explain in a paragraph. Bring it to class on Tuesday.
1. Continue with the discussion of cause/effect essays - see the sample "Cold Comfort" at:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
2. Discuss critique writing
3. Begin viewing An Inconvenient Truth in preparation for a critique.
4. Generate topics for cause/effect PowerPoint presentation. Your topic will also have a call to action. Convince the viewers to do something. Be specific.
Homework
1. Read PP. 449-453 in Between Worlds. Answer three of the six questions on p. 453.
2. Read pp. 308-316 in Between Worlds. Pay special attention to the critiques. What did the professionals think about the documentary? Do you agree so far? Explain in a paragraph. Bring it to class on Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Class Work
Submit your essays - the description of your audience goes on top. The final copy follows. The rough drafts and peer editing notes follow.
Stay tuned for updates about class today. Do come.
1. "Saving the Songs of the Sea" . . . Save the Last Word for Me activity
2. "Bounty of the Sea" . . . example of a cause/EFFECT paper
Review of cause/effect writing - p. 449 in Between Worlds.
Homework
Find a cause . . . what would you save if you could?
Visit their website. Read two additional articles about your cause. Be prepared to prove a problem exists to the members of your table on Thursday.
Submit your essays - the description of your audience goes on top. The final copy follows. The rough drafts and peer editing notes follow.
Stay tuned for updates about class today. Do come.
1. "Saving the Songs of the Sea" . . . Save the Last Word for Me activity
2. "Bounty of the Sea" . . . example of a cause/EFFECT paper
Review of cause/effect writing - p. 449 in Between Worlds.
Homework
Find a cause . . . what would you save if you could?
Visit their website. Read two additional articles about your cause. Be prepared to prove a problem exists to the members of your table on Thursday.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Class Work
1. Peer Editing Activity - you must have a paper copy of your draft or be able to pull it up on the computer and share with your editor.
2. Work on effective conclusions (Handout)
3. Look over "Body Art" papers
4. Learn to avoid run-on sentences and comma splices. (Handout and web site)
Homework
1. Finish the comparison/contrast essay. It is due on Tuesday at the beginning of class.
2. Bring the Between Worlds book to class as we will be starting a new unit.
1. Peer Editing Activity - you must have a paper copy of your draft or be able to pull it up on the computer and share with your editor.
2. Work on effective conclusions (Handout)
3. Look over "Body Art" papers
4. Learn to avoid run-on sentences and comma splices. (Handout and web site)
Homework
1. Finish the comparison/contrast essay. It is due on Tuesday at the beginning of class.
2. Bring the Between Worlds book to class as we will be starting a new unit.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Class Work
1. Introduce your audience to at least three additional students in class. Listen to the other introductions. Ask questions to help the author clarify the identity of the intended audience.
2. Sharing of topics
3. Brief discussion of organization -
4. Looking at introductions - how you begin makes a difference.
What do paid professionals do to get the paper going? See PP. 398 + in Between Worlds. Look at introductions written by professionals in Between Worlds. What techniques were used? Were any of the introductory paragraphs effective? Why or why not? p. 71, p. 82, p. 113, p. 186, p. 198, p. 202, p. 233, p. 239 (Group activity)
5. Grammar moment - avoiding run-on sentences and comma splices. FANBOYS!!!!! to the rescue!
Homework
1. Write the rough draft of your comparison/contrast essay. Pay careful attention to organization and to the introduction. Remember, a good introduction must capture the attention of the readers and make them want to read more. Consider using famous quotations, quotes from experts, startling statistics, amazing facts, a brief narrative, a quotation from an interview, lines from a song or poem, lines from a movie, etc.
For the body of the paper, be sure to use one of the patterns of organization for the comparison/contrast essay - point-by-point or topic vs. topic. (The patterns were on the board.)
You must use a quotation from one of the articles in the book. In addition, you need a quotation from an interview and information cited from at least two additional articles.
Bring your Works Cited page as well. Don't forget Easybib for ease of creation!
Bring the draft to class on Thursday.
1. Introduce your audience to at least three additional students in class. Listen to the other introductions. Ask questions to help the author clarify the identity of the intended audience.
2. Sharing of topics
3. Brief discussion of organization -
4. Looking at introductions - how you begin makes a difference.
What do paid professionals do to get the paper going? See PP. 398 + in Between Worlds. Look at introductions written by professionals in Between Worlds. What techniques were used? Were any of the introductory paragraphs effective? Why or why not? p. 71, p. 82, p. 113, p. 186, p. 198, p. 202, p. 233, p. 239 (Group activity)
5. Grammar moment - avoiding run-on sentences and comma splices. FANBOYS!!!!! to the rescue!
Homework
1. Write the rough draft of your comparison/contrast essay. Pay careful attention to organization and to the introduction. Remember, a good introduction must capture the attention of the readers and make them want to read more. Consider using famous quotations, quotes from experts, startling statistics, amazing facts, a brief narrative, a quotation from an interview, lines from a song or poem, lines from a movie, etc.
For the body of the paper, be sure to use one of the patterns of organization for the comparison/contrast essay - point-by-point or topic vs. topic. (The patterns were on the board.)
You must use a quotation from one of the articles in the book. In addition, you need a quotation from an interview and information cited from at least two additional articles.
Bring your Works Cited page as well. Don't forget Easybib for ease of creation!
Bring the draft to class on Thursday.
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