Thursday Final

If needed....

If your page count is less than 25 pages, choose ONE of the following essays to read:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112219425  "Dodging the Concussion Discussion" by Frank DeFord

http://www.npr.org/2005/05/16/4651531/be-cool-to-the-pizza-dude "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude" by Sarah Adams

Come to class prepared to write a short essay about one of the readings. You will able to look at the reading as you write.

If you had enough pages to make the final optional, taking it can only IMPROVE your grade.

Draft of Problem/ Solution Due

Only draft of Problem/ Solution paper. Read drafts. Upload to TurnItIn.

Daybook:

Meet William Kamkwamba.  Information can change your life.

 William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.

Now, William later.

His website.

Thinkwrite: how do you/ will you take advantage of the world you hold in your hand?

Count pages:

Get out all your graded papers and arrange them in order.

Lego Directions -green
Kickstarter Analysis -purple
Kickstarter on Paper -blue
Summary/ Response about Staples - tan
Summary/ Eval/ Response about your choice of reading -yellow
Problem -salmon
Summary/ Eval about your choice from Gale -gray
Problem/ Solution with MLA Sources -goldenrod
Common Assessment - pink 2 or more

Use your papers to do the Count Day Essay Analysis in Moodle.

Then count up your pages. Each Works Cited page counts as a whole page; all other partial pages are fractional (1/4, 1/2, etc.)

Post your page count in the forum.

Daybooks.


Homework:

1.Final version of Problem/ Solution due by class time Thursday (drop by my office). If you must or want to, the final is below.

2.If your page count is less than 25 pages, choose ONE of the following essays to read:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112219425  "Dodging the Concussion Discussion" by Frank DeFord


http://www.npr.org/2005/05/16/4651531/be-cool-to-the-pizza-dude "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude" by Sarah Adams


Come to class prepared to write a short essay about one of the readings. You will able to look at the reading as you write.

Common Final

Questions about MLA in Schor.

Essay in class. Print and hand in.

Answer the folowing daybook questions about Schor and MLA:

Please underline all the in-text citations you see in the article.

1. The first in-text citation is a footnote, which is unusual. Why did the author use a footnote, do you think?
2. If I wanted to look at the surveys mentioned in that footnote, what source do I need to look at? [the info should be on the Works Cited list]
3. Copy down every author-tag style citation you can find. (Just copy the "according to _____" part.)
4. In paragraph 6 there is a description of an "unmarried Hollywood executive" who bounces checks. If I wanted to read more about him, would I look in Hewitt or Tobias? Explain.
5. The very last sentence is followed by only a number. What source is that page in?
6. How many in-text citations did you underline?    How many sources are listed on the Works Cited list?
7. What's the oldest source used?       When do you think the piece was researched? How important is currency to this topic (using recent sources).

Do you know what you need to do to your Problem paper to turn it into the Problem/ Solution paper?

Homework:

1. Revise your Problem paper into the Problem/ Solution with MLA style sources. Only draft due Tuesday. Have BOTH in-text citations and a Works Cited page ready for others to look at. Be prepared to upload the draft to TurnItIn in Moodle.

2. On Tuesday bring all returned papers for count day.