Class Jan 28

EXAMINING ETHOS AND CREDIBILITY
Reviewed Dupe Detector.
Students presented Made to Stick credibility examples and completed worksheet.
Homework application: Fill in Prewriting rubric that analyzes "ethos" in your article.

Homework for Jan 26

PAPER 3 PREWRITING

1. purpose/audience
2. writing style/word choice
4. use of evidence

APOSTROPHE QUIZ from GrammarGirl

REVISE SUMMARY (10 points)--print and bring to class.

Grammar Girl Apostrophe Homework

Grammar Girl is back and ready with a friendly tutorial about apostrophes. Please read Parts 1 & 2 and be ready for a quiz Jan 26 at the beginning of class. Here's the link to Part 1, and here's the link to Part 2.

Class Jan 20

PUNCTUATION PRACTICE: Add commas, apostrophes, and a hyphen to these sentences.

PEER REVIEW SUMMARIES

SUMMARY/STRONG RESPONSE PAPER: Analyzing Purpose, Audience, and Writing Style--yellow packet.

HOMEWORK:
1. Revise summary.
2. Finish yellow packet.
3. Do first two prewriting boxes in the Paper 3 packet.
4. Start drafting if you get ideas from your prewriting.

Class Jan 15

Pick up Writer's Notebook.

Quote of the day: "Without music life would be a mistake." (Nietzsche)

Apostrophe spotlight and quiz.

Choosing a topic: Collect your possible "strong response" articles.

Writing Summaries: In the text, review "Understanding Summary Writing," pp. 117-121. Read summary criteria on the grading rubric. Evaluate two student sample papers from last year.

Start homework:
1. Choose article.
2. Read your article several times and annotate the article; you must understand it well enough to write a summary of it.
3. Write a one-paragraph summary of your article and bring two copies to class next time.

Summary/Strong Response Paper Schedule

Here's a link to the schedule. Check here for homework assignments.

Here's a link to the grading rubric.

Reminders about Jan 13

Homework:

Finish Socratic questions we discussed--"I'd Rather Smoke than Kiss" article.

Read/review Chapter 6 for reading quiz.

Read Chapter 6

Reading quiz coming your way on Monday.

Reminders and Grammar Girl assignment

1.Bring your textbook to class next time to do the "Tattoo" assignment.
2.Writers Notebooks are due Thursday, January 7.
3.Semi-colon quiz next time. Here's the link the Grammar Girl.

Summary/Strong Response Paper

We are starting work on the Summary/Strong Response Paper (Chapter 6).Click on the assignment link (in the last sentence) and read the "Assignment" description, information about "Topic Choices," and the first few steps in the "Writing Process" to get an overview of the assignment.

Before beginning work on this paper, students must complete these three assignments this week:

• Read Chapter 6 (homework).
• Complete "On Teenagers and Tattoos" work.
• Find and print 2-3 interesting somewhat-controversial articles.

"On Teenagers and Tattoos" work (A&B pp. 110-113)

Take the survey, read the article, and complete the assignments at the end.

 Find and print 2-3 interesting somewhat-controversial articles

To write the paper, each student must have a somewhat-controversial article to evaluate. You will be more engaged in the paper if you're evaluating an article you're interested in responding to. So before beginning work on the paper, I want my students to help identify interesting articles that might be used to write the paper. Go to Pioneer On-Line Library, SIRS Knowledge Source, Pro/Con articles, and browse the topics and and skim articles. By the end of the class Thursday, print the best 2-3, put your name on them, and give them to me (well, the sub since I will be gone Thursday).