Day 18 (Monday, 3 March 2014)

Class with Samantha Xu

Schedule of Events:

1. What do you think the difference between pre-research and formal research is?  (5-8 minutes)
• Elicit student responses and briefly explain the differences 
2. Model CQ Researcher (10 minutes)
• Students will give instructor a couple (2 - 3) example topics which the instructor will use to lead a model bit of research on the projected screen.  
3. Model Pre-Research Chart using the findings of the CQ Researcher Modeling (5-8 minutes) 
4. Guided Student Practice (remainder of the time)
• Needed Resources/Materials
• CQ Researcher
• Pre-Research Chart (download and save to your Google Drive for future reference)
• Portfolio Document (the document students used on Friday) 

Homework: 

• Reflection due on Wednesday 
• Instructions are on Day 17's post

Day 17 (Friday, 28 February 2014)

Schedule of Events: 

1. What do you know about the IRP?  
2. Goal for Today: 
1. Topic solidified
2. 2 Organizations chosen
3. Causes and Effects
3. Model Topic 
• Associations Unlimited
4. Guided Practice

Homework: 

• Write a 250 - 500 word short reflection addressing any of these questions: 
• What are your skills and weaknesses as a writer?  How do you think you showed your strengths in the Units 1 Argumentative Essay, and how do you think you overcame your weaknesses? 
• What have you learned in Unit 1 and why do you think this thing/these things will be useful to you in your future as a student and academic? 
• If you were to teach ESL Academic Writing, what would you focus on and how would you teach your students?  
• If you have another writing/Unit 1 related topic that you would like to write on, please ask me in person or email me about it.  
• If you have not found your topic, organization, and the cause(s) and effect(s) of the problem, please come to class on Monday with those prepared.  

Day 16 (Wednesday, 26 February 2014)

Schedule of Events: 

1. What makes a good research topic? 
2.  Choosing a Topic
• Concept Map
• When you are deciding on a topic, keep in mind that you must be able to 
• Defend it
• Combine it with an organization that is actively addressing the problem
3. Defense
4. Double Pair Partner Problem/Solution Activity

Homework: 

By or on Friday, 28 February 2014, turn in your final draft of your Unit 1 Argumentative Essay.  This draft must be free of any plagiarism, have all sources appropriately cited, and include a references page.  If you have any questions, please contact me.  

Day 15 (Monday, 24 February 2014)

Schedule of Events: 

1. Units 2, 3, 4 Intro (10-15 minutes) 
2. Introduction to Research (10 minutes)
• Professor Janelle Scott's Research
• What is the purpose of research?  
• What is the purpose of writing about our research?
3. Argumentative vs. Analytical 
4. Ordering Activity
• Answer

Homework: 

• Continue working on your final draft of the Unit 1 Argumentative Essay

Unit 2 Intro

Unit 2, 3, 4: Individual Problem/Solution Research Paper

We are starting Unit 2 today, which together with Units 3 and 4 will build up for your final class project, the Individual Problem/Solution Research Paper.  This is a large project, but don't worry, we're taking it one step at a time.  

Projects per Unit

Unit 2: Pre-Research Portfolio

Unit 3: Annotated Bibliography

Unit 4: Individual Problem/Solution Research Paper

Unit 2-4 Assignment Overview and Prompt

IRP Task/Prompt
Choose an organization that is actively working towards addressing a problem in society (e.g. community, state, region or country) affecting a distinct population (e.g. women, animals, children, etc.). Write a problem/solution paper that describes and critiques three current solutions to the problem offered by the organization and recommends how to improve them or critiques two current solutions and suggests one or two new solutions with justifications.

Unit 2

Outcomes: By the end of this unit, students will be able to...

• Identify what constitutes plagiarism
• Describe at least three consequences of plagiarism (e.g. failing grade for the assignment or the course, losing a degree)
• List three ways to avoid plagiarism (e.g. quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing)
• Paraphrase the information from outside sources to put in their pre-research portfolio
• Conduct and document an effective pre-research, which includes choosing a researchable topic, adjusting the scope of the topic, forming a tentative thesis statement, and rough-outlining.

Assignment:

By the end of this unit, students will put together a portfolio that documents all of the pre-research (or planning) work that contributes to their Individual Research Paper. This should include the following:

• A definitive choice of topic and a justification of its compatibility for this research paper assignment
• A brief description of the problem or issue that is being investigated (informal website sources are admissible as links)
• A choice of organization or government website, along with a justification of its compatibility for this research paper assignment
• A brief description of the causes of the issue or problem that is being investigated (informal website sources are admissible as links, particularly the organization’s website)
• A choice of 3 actions that the organization is taking to solve the problem, along with the website links to the description of each action on the organization’s website
• A brief analysis of each of the above-mentioned actions, identifying potential weaknesses and “researchability” of each
• A thesis statement that provides the purpose of the paper and the three actions of the organization that will be addressed in the paper
• A rough outline of how the paper will be structured/organized
• A brief statement of future plans and thoughts in terms of finding sources

 

Day 14 (Friday, 21 February 2014)

Schedule of Events: 

1. Describe the necessary parts of an appropriate in-text citation.  (5 minutes)
2. APA Citation Review  (10-15 minutes) 
• Questioning
• Powerpoint
• Double check
3. Drafting Discussion (20-25 minutes)

Homework: 

• Work on the final draft of your argumentative essay.  

Day 13 (Wednesday, 19 February 2014)

Schedule of Events:

1. QPS [30 minutes]
• Directions: 
• In your groups, have one person
• Open Microsoft Word or a Google Doc
• As a group, answer these questions: 
1. How are quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing different?  
• Resource: PPT
2. When writing for an assignment in 111 or even in your Unit 1 Argumentative Essay in 112, how much quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing did you do?  How did you decide to do each one?  
• Resource: Example of each
3. When you paraphrased describe what strategies you used to avoid using the author's own words.  
• Resource: PPT, Paraphrasing
2. Draft Revision [10 minutes]
3. Peer Revision [10 minutes]
• Checklist for paraphrasing and summarizing: 
• Did the paper's writer keep the original source's intended meaning? 
• Did the paper's writer use different words? 
• Did the paper's writer use different sentence structure?  

Homework:

• Required: Informal Early Feedback
• Recommended: 
• Integrating Sources in APA 1 
• Integrating Sources in APA 2
• Integrating Sources in APA 3
• Integrating Sources in APA 4

Resource: 

• Self-Review Checklist

Calendar: 

• Friday (21 February): First Draft Returned with Feedback / APA Citation Day 3
• Monday (24 February): Beginning Unit 2
• Wednesday (26 February): Final Draft Due.

 

Day 12 (Monday, 17 February 2014)

Schedule of Events:

1. Swedish Video (7 minutes)
• Discussion
2. Plagiarism Reading  (10 minutes)
3. Plagiarism Worksheet
• Use the Reading to answer the Worksheet!
4. Plagiarism Jeopardy! (25 minutes)

Homework: 

• Nothing mandatory.  
• Recommended:
• Writer's Help Avoiding Plagiarism in APA Papers 1
• Writer's Help Avoiding Plagiarism in APA Papers 2

Day 11 (Friday, 14 February 2014)

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Schedule of Events:

1. Peer Perception (up to you)
• Optional: If you did not have your paper peer edited for cohesion, you can ask your partner to do so now
• Cohesion Peer Review Prompt
2. Workshop (up to you)

Today is a workshop day.  I believe that writing is adding your voice to a large conversation.  If you are joining a conversation, you can't do that in isolation.  We will write together, help one another out, and use each other to help make our writing as good as it possibly can be.  

Homework:

• First Draft due Monday

Calendar: 

• Today (Friday, 14 February): Assign First Draft
• Monday(17 February): First Draft Due / APA Citation Day 1
• Wednesday (19 February): APA Citation Day 2
• Friday (21 February): First Draft Returned with Feedback / APA Citation Day 3
• Monday (24 February): Beginning Unit 2
• Wednesday (26 February): Final Draft Due. 

Day 10 (Wednesday, 12 February 2014)

Schedule of Events:

1. Fill out this poll (10 minutes)
• Compare with a partner
• What did you agree on? 
• What did you disagree on? 
• Why do you think you agreed/disagreed? 
2. Tell me, "Who Wrote It Better?"
• Read both of the paragraphs
• Decide which is better 
• If you think the first is better, go to the right side of the room
• If you think the second is better, go to the left side of the room
3. Introductions
• Let's look at them here
4. Conclusions 
• Let's look at them here

Homework: 

• Add an introduction and a conclusion to your body paragraphs rough draft. 
• If you were not one of the minority who peer-reviewed for cohesion between Monday and today, don't worry.  Your body paragraphs will be peer-reviewed. :) 

Day 9 (Monday, 10 February 2014)

Schedule of Events:

1. Warm-up Challenge (5-10 minutes)
1. What "procedure" is being described here? 
2. What is wrong with this paragraph? 
1. Grammar?
2. Spelling?
3. Mechanics?
4. Something else? 
2. Coherence Discussion (10-15 minutes) 
3. Coherence Practice  (15 minutes)
• Second Step (open when prompted)
4. Coherence Grammar (5-10 minutes)
1. What is the difference between a coordinating conjunction and a subordinating conjunction?  
2. Writer's Help Answer

Homework: 

Please follow the track that you selected on Friday:

• Track 1: Write a rough draft of your three body paragraphs using a block or point-by-point organization if you think you have it down, paying attention to your use of cohesive devises and KNO. 

OR 

• Track 2: Find someone else in the class who also chose this track, email or share on Google Drive your rough draft of the body paragraphs with your partner, and follow these directions to peer review their paragraphs cohesion.  

Day 8 (Friday, 7 February 2014)

Schedule of Events: 

1. Open up your homework and trade seats with your partner (2 minutes)
2. Open up this questionnaire for peer review (15 minutes)
3. PowerPoint on refuting arguments
1. You will need to use this for practice
2. You can use this to help you with number 1

Homework: 

Options: 

• Fill in this final outline the combines all of the argumentative structures that we have practiced for either block or point-by-point organization.  

OR

• Write a rough draft of your three body paragraphs using a block or point-by-point organization if you think you have it down. 

Day 7 (Wednesday, 5 February 2013)

Schedule of Events: 

1. What was an argument against your side of the soda tax debate that was especially strong?  (3 minutes)
2. Watch this commercial and think about these discussion questions: (10 minutes)
1. Why did the producer of this commercial mention the rival product? Do you think it was a good idea? Why or why not?
2. What else would you do to make this strategy work more effectively?
3. Would you use a similar persuasive strategy (anticipating and countering opposing arguments) in your essay? Why or why not? How can you do this most effectively?
4. Which of the rhetorical strategies do you think would integrating opposing arguments would fit in? (ethos, pathos, or logos?)
3. How would you integrate opposing arguments? (Partner activity) (15 minutes)
1. Click here
2. How did these authors integrate the opposing arguments? 
4. Outlining these strategies (if time permits)
1. Use this outline

Homework: 

Try to figure out which strategy will work best for your argument and the opposing views you think your argument might encounter and jot down some notes here.  

Day 6 (Monday, 3 February 2014)

Schedule of Events:

1. Open this Prezi (15 minutes) 
1. Take notes on Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
2. The pleasure of books discernment activity (10-15 minutes)
3. Planning a trip to France--practice activity for our argumentative essay (10-15 minutes) 

Homework: 

• Fill in this outline with your arguments and turn in to your Google Drive folder by class on Wednesday
• Remember that each point should support your thesis statement.  If they do not, you should change your thesis statement or the points.  Every illustration should support the paragraph's point.  
• Check your thesis statement using these Writer's Help resources: 
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.