Class Work
A. "Why Reality TV is Good for Us" by James Poniewozik http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C421047%2C00.html
B. "When Reality TV Gets Too Real" by Jeremy W. Peters http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08reality.html?pagewanted=print
C. "When the Patient Is a Googler" by Scott Haig http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0%2C8599%2C1681838%2C00.html
D. "Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?" by Parika http://www.salon.com/2008/01/10/web_doctor/
Group Activity . . . See handout.
3. Writing time. . . Persuasive/Argumemtative Writing
How to: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument.htm
Sample essay: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument_sample.htm
(Finish going through this for homework.)
Sample essay: "Evening the Odds" Handout only)
Write Now, pp. 203-223 - Position Arguments
Homework
4. Look for a topic - see pp. 206-207 in Write Now. Select a topic to support or refute. Complete the "Ask Question & Make Decisions" questions with your topic in mind.
#1 Read the editorials for at least two days. Make a list of the topics of interest. Select one letter and discuss its success or failure to convince.
#2. Complete this question as written in the book.
#3. Instead of writing a paragraph, make a +/- list. What are the arguments for your selected topic? What are the arguments against your selected topic?
#4 Complete #4 as written in the book.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Class Work
1. We have the computers today. Get with a group of four - yes, you single scholars on the side of the room need to join a table.
A. Call up your selected photograph of study. Share your paragraphs with the group. What did you see? What techniques were used? (See pp. 469-473) Did you use the "professional" terms? If so, which ones?
B. Discuss photo sharing sites. What did you find?
C. With your group, complete #1 on p. 479. One written report per group, please.
D. How can the use and/or discussion of visuals enhance a persuasive essay? Is a picture really worth a thousand words?
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Reality TV - do you watch?
A. "Why Reality TV is Good for Us" by James Poniewozik http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C421047%2C00.html
B. "When Reality TV Gets Too Real" by Jeremy W. Peters http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08reality.html?pagewanted=print
Homework
Finish reading about Googling and Reality TV. What do you think? Do you Google/Yahoo/ Bing information when an discussion with an expert would serve you better? Do you watch Reality TV? Do your friends? What's the harm? (Respond in writing. These are "thought notes." Bring at least one page of notes to class on Thursday. Talk to at least five others.)
We do not have computers on Thursday - bring your notes on paper.
1. We have the computers today. Get with a group of four - yes, you single scholars on the side of the room need to join a table.
A. Call up your selected photograph of study. Share your paragraphs with the group. What did you see? What techniques were used? (See pp. 469-473) Did you use the "professional" terms? If so, which ones?
B. Discuss photo sharing sites. What did you find?
C. With your group, complete #1 on p. 479. One written report per group, please.
D. How can the use and/or discussion of visuals enhance a persuasive essay? Is a picture really worth a thousand words?
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Reality TV - do you watch?
A. "Why Reality TV is Good for Us" by James Poniewozik http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C421047%2C00.html
B. "When Reality TV Gets Too Real" by Jeremy W. Peters http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08reality.html?pagewanted=print
Homework
Finish reading about Googling and Reality TV. What do you think? Do you Google/Yahoo/ Bing information when an discussion with an expert would serve you better? Do you watch Reality TV? Do your friends? What's the harm? (Respond in writing. These are "thought notes." Bring at least one page of notes to class on Thursday. Talk to at least five others.)
We do not have computers on Thursday - bring your notes on paper.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
October 20, 2011 - Thursday
Class Work
1. Get ready to submit your comparison/contrast essay.
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.
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.
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
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
- Possessives
- That/which/who
- Pronoun/Antededent agreement
- Point of View
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.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
October 18, 2011 - Tuesday
Class Work
1. Take out your draft of the Comparison/Contrast essay. We will be peer editing. You may use the computer to view your draft or you may use a paper copy. You will have your paper read by three editors. The first will be the Content editor. The second is the Clarity editor. The third is the Editing editor. You may select your own readers. For ease, please place yourselves in groups of four.
You will be the Detail editor. Did you include the following details:
Prediction?
Observation?
Statistics?
Comparison- then and now?
Expert/plain folks testimony?
Analysis?
2.What else do you need to do to make your paper perfect?
3. GUM concerns - You will be working with a group to come up with a review of one of the following:
A. Avoiding run-on sentences
B. Avoiding fragments
C. Avoiding the incorrect use of commonly misused words: Their/there/they're; here/hear; too/two/to; where/wear; your/you're (More than one group will work on these. Assignments TBD)
Guidelines: You will create a "poster" showing each in a correct sentence. You may illustrate the poster for visual impact and memory aid. You need to provide an explanation of each word. You may use the computer to create the visual poster or you may have a big piece of poster paper - group choice.
You need to come up with a three question quiz that will test the knowledge of the class on correct usage and application.
Homework
1, Complete your comparison/contrast essay. It is due Thursday. Bring the final copy, the draft, and the peer editing notes. The final copy goes on top.
1. Take out your draft of the Comparison/Contrast essay. We will be peer editing. You may use the computer to view your draft or you may use a paper copy. You will have your paper read by three editors. The first will be the Content editor. The second is the Clarity editor. The third is the Editing editor. You may select your own readers. For ease, please place yourselves in groups of four.
You will be the Detail editor. Did you include the following details:
Prediction?
Observation?
Statistics?
Comparison- then and now?
Expert/plain folks testimony?
Analysis?
2.What else do you need to do to make your paper perfect?
3. GUM concerns - You will be working with a group to come up with a review of one of the following:
A. Avoiding run-on sentences
B. Avoiding fragments
C. Avoiding the incorrect use of commonly misused words: Their/there/they're; here/hear; too/two/to; where/wear; your/you're (More than one group will work on these. Assignments TBD)
Guidelines: You will create a "poster" showing each in a correct sentence. You may illustrate the poster for visual impact and memory aid. You need to provide an explanation of each word. You may use the computer to create the visual poster or you may have a big piece of poster paper - group choice.
You need to come up with a three question quiz that will test the knowledge of the class on correct usage and application.
Homework
1, Complete your comparison/contrast essay. It is due Thursday. Bring the final copy, the draft, and the peer editing notes. The final copy goes on top.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
October 13, 2011 - Thursday
Class Work
1. What have you decided to compare and contrast?
2. How do you plan to organize - point by point or item by item? (Review)
3. How will you support your comparison?
5. Think about your conclusion. How can you leave the reader to believe you? http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/endings.htm
6. Thesis Statements . . . How do you present your message? What's your point? http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/thesis.htm
7. Review of Comparison/contrast essay writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
Homework
1. Write the draft of your essay. Pay attention to the organization, introduction, and conclusion. Be sure you stay organized. Let the reader know which item you prefer. Bring it to class on Tuesday.
2. Do not use "I think," "I feel," or "I believe". Also avoid "in my opinion". You are the author. What you write is what you think, feel, and believe. The paper is also your opinion. You do not need to state that again.
3. Start your Works Cited page. EasyBib is your friend! http://www.easybib.com/
1. What have you decided to compare and contrast?
2. How do you plan to organize - point by point or item by item? (Review)
3. How will you support your comparison?
- Prediction
- Observation
- Statistics
- Comparison- then and now
- Expert/plain folks testimony
- Analysis
5. Think about your conclusion. How can you leave the reader to believe you? http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/endings.htm
6. Thesis Statements . . . How do you present your message? What's your point? http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/thesis.htm
7. Review of Comparison/contrast essay writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
Homework
1. Write the draft of your essay. Pay attention to the organization, introduction, and conclusion. Be sure you stay organized. Let the reader know which item you prefer. Bring it to class on Tuesday.
2. Do not use "I think," "I feel," or "I believe". Also avoid "in my opinion". You are the author. What you write is what you think, feel, and believe. The paper is also your opinion. You do not need to state that again.
3. Start your Works Cited page. EasyBib is your friend! http://www.easybib.com/
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Class Work
1. What did you find out about the the two products you selected for web site study?
2. Let's learn to compare and contrast in an organized manner:
A. Point by point
B. Item by item
Take notes.
Also see pp. 452-459 in Write Now. In addition, go to Resources>Writing>Writing Purposes>Writing to Compare and Contrast in MyCompLab.
3. What ads did you locate to identify the use of pathos, logos, and ethos. In addition, identify the advertising techniques used. (See list in last Thursday's blog.)
4. Taking a look at sample comparison/contrast essays:
http://www.eslbee.com/comparison_contrast_essays_models.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
5. MyCompLab - check to see new assignments. A diagnostic is due on Thursday.
Homework
1. Finish the assignments listed in MyCompLab. Your completion is posted for me on the site.
2. Think of two items/services/activities to compare and contrast.
1. What did you find out about the the two products you selected for web site study?
2. Let's learn to compare and contrast in an organized manner:
A. Point by point
B. Item by item
Take notes.
Also see pp. 452-459 in Write Now. In addition, go to Resources>Writing>Writing Purposes>Writing to Compare and Contrast in MyCompLab.
3. What ads did you locate to identify the use of pathos, logos, and ethos. In addition, identify the advertising techniques used. (See list in last Thursday's blog.)
4. Taking a look at sample comparison/contrast essays:
http://www.eslbee.com/comparison_contrast_essays_models.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
5. MyCompLab - check to see new assignments. A diagnostic is due on Thursday.
Homework
1. Finish the assignments listed in MyCompLab. Your completion is posted for me on the site.
2. Think of two items/services/activities to compare and contrast.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Class Work
1. Submit the final copy of your essay. Include the rough draft and the peer editing sheet. If you received an e-mail from me with other instructions, please follow those guidelines.
2. Let's see how the pros convince people to part with money or votes:
Advertising Talks: http://adage.com/century/slogans.html
http://www.tvacres.com/advertising_slogans.htm
Testimonial- using words of an expert or famous person to persuade
Bandwagon- using social pressure to persuade people to purchase the product because 'everyone else is doing it'.
Repetition- idea is repeated over and over, like in that "Head On" commercial
Transfer- using names or pictures of famous people but not direct quotes
Free or Bargain- a speaker suggests that the public can get something for nothing or almost nothing
Glittering Generalities- in glowing terms and offering no evidence the speaker or advertiser supports a candidate or a solution to social problems
Common Sense- trying to persuade using everyday sense of good or bad/right or wrong
Emotional Words- words are used that make you feel strongly about an idea
Reasoning- luring the reader by listing or explaining reasons or an idea
Card Stacking- telling only one side of the story as if there were no opposing view or other consideration
Exigency- creating the impression that action is required immediately or the opportunity will be lost forever
Flag Waving- connecting a person, product, or course with undue patriotism
Innuendo- causing the audience to become wary or suspicious of the competition by hinting that negative info may be kept secret
Name Calling- negative or derogatory words to create a distasteful association in the mind of the audience
Plain Folks- using a person who represents the "typical" target of the ad to communicate the message that we are alike, and I use/buy/believe this so you should to
From: http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Persuasive-Techniques-in-Advertising)
3. Activity: Find examples of advertising techniques in magazines. Work with a partner. Select two ads. Identify all techniques used. Explain on paper. Attach to the ads. Be sure both names appear on paper.
4. Learn about pathos, ethos, and logos. See pp. 109-111 in Write Now.
Homework
1. On your own, locate ads for products. Identify the use of pathos, logos, and ethos. In addition, identify the advertising techniques used. (See list above.)
2. Locate the web sites for two similar products. Take a look. What techniques are used in each? Which site do you like best? Why? We will be using this information for the next essay.
1. Submit the final copy of your essay. Include the rough draft and the peer editing sheet. If you received an e-mail from me with other instructions, please follow those guidelines.
2. Let's see how the pros convince people to part with money or votes:
Advertising Talks: http://adage.com/century/slogans.html
http://www.tvacres.com/advertising_slogans.htm
From: http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Persuasive-Techniques-in-Advertising)
3. Activity: Find examples of advertising techniques in magazines. Work with a partner. Select two ads. Identify all techniques used. Explain on paper. Attach to the ads. Be sure both names appear on paper.
4. Learn about pathos, ethos, and logos. See pp. 109-111 in Write Now.
Homework
1. On your own, locate ads for products. Identify the use of pathos, logos, and ethos. In addition, identify the advertising techniques used. (See list above.)
2. Locate the web sites for two similar products. Take a look. What techniques are used in each? Which site do you like best? Why? We will be using this information for the next essay.
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