Day 41- Presentations, Peer-Review and ICES

Class Today:
Presentations
Ruby
Kevin
Yutong
Yantong

Peer-Review
Using this peer-review form to help you, please peer-review your assignment with a classmate.

Kevin/Changyoon
Shiyuan/Ruby
Maggie/Yichun/Yantong
Yutong/Hao


ICES

I must leave the room, so I will need a volunteer to put the ICES forms in a blue mailbox in main hall of FLB. I have really enjoyed teaching all of you :)

Next Class:
No classes, please come prepared for your conference next week. My office is FLB 4106 on the fourth floor of this building.  Missing your conference is equivalent to missing two classes. 

Homework: 
1. Fill out and print or e-mail me this pre-conference document before meeting me. This link will tell you when you are meeting me for conference.
2. Writer's Help exercises are due by May 4th. Remember, these are worth 2.5% of your grade.
3. The second draft of your research paper is due May 2nd by midnight.
4. The final draft of your research paper is due May 11th by midnight. Late assignments will not be accepted except in extreme circumstances.

Day 40- Review Writing Concisely,Verb Tense, and Presentations

Class Today:
Writing Concisely
We will continue with the PPT and handout.

Verb Tense (if time)
While we look at this powerpoint, work on this worksheet in groups.
Part I Answers
Part II Answers
Part III Answers

Presentations:
Yichun
Maggie
Changyoon

Next Class: Final Presentations, Peer-Review and ICES

Homework:
1. I know you are probably very busy, but work on developing a revised draft for peer-review on Friday. This will help you get better feedback. Revise your draft  based on my feedback and what you have learned about writing concisely.
2. Writer's Help exercises are due by May 4th. Remember, these are worth 2.5% of your grade.
3. The second draft of your research paper is due May 2nd by midnight.
4. The final draft of your research paper is due May 11th by midnight. Late assignments will not be accepted except in extreme circumstances.

Day 39-Writing Concisely and Presentations

Today you will learn how to:

• Integrate directness, clarity, and concision into your writing.
• Present your research topic.

Class Today:

Announcements:
Student writing sample on the course website.
Better outline on course website.

Global feedback on first drafts-
1. Pay attention to format.
2. Think carefully about verb tense.
3. Countable/noun countable nouns.
4. Proofread carefully

Writing Concisely
Powerpoint
Worksheet to do during powerpoint

Presentations:
Shiyuan
Yichun
Hao

Homework:

1. Revise your body paragraphs to be more direct, clear, and concise. I should see these changes in your second draft when we meet for conferences.
2. The second draft of your essay is due May 2nd by midnight. Please turn in the essay to Compass2g. 

3. Don't forget your Writer's Help exercises.
4. 4. The final draft of your research paper is due May 11th by midnight. Late assignments will not be accepted except in extreme circumstances.

5. If you did not present your topic today, be prepared to present it on Wednesday or Friday.

Next Class:  Review Conciseness, Verb tense, continue presentations

Day 38- Formatting a Paper, Synthesis Cont.

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Write your paper in APA format.
• Create an effective and appropriate title for your essay
• Give feedback on an essay

Class Today:
Formatting a Paper
With your row, fill out some sections of this shared google doc. Use the APA guidelines from
(Answers)

Synthesizing
Open up your paragraph drafts. Have a neighbor peer-review your writing with this handout.


Next Class: Writing Concisely and Presentations

Homework:
1. Prepare to present on your research topic for class on Monday. If time, everyone will present.
2. Adapt your paper to have a proper APA format using this sample research paper and to have a title. This should be in your final version and if you haven't turned in your first draft, please add this.
3. Keep working on you Writer's Help exercises.

Day 37- Introductions and Conclusions

Class Today:
Last Class Activity
Open up your Box folder and continue working on your synthesis from last class.

Introductions
Warm-up activity
I will give you parts of an introduction cut up into pieces of paper. With your group members, put them in the proper order.
(Answers)

Now, with your group members, download and use this chart to analyze the created paragraph.
(Answers)

Conclusions (If time)
Powerpoint for quick review.
Practice rewriting this thesis.

Next Class:  Research Paper Formatting and Continued Synthesis

Homework:
1. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

2. Body Paragraphs of your final essay are due April 24nd by Midnight. Upload to Compass2g.

Day 36- Avoiding Plagiarism and Review Synthesis

Announcements:
Updated Outline on Course Website

Class Today:
Paraphrasing Activity
Open up your paraphrasing activity. Continue working on the paraphrasing activity with your graph. When you are finished, share the paraphrase in google doc.

Add In-Text Citation
Using what you remember about in-text citation, add the proper documentation. You may use Purdue OWL to help.

Review Synthesis
Individually, read these articles and use this matrix and try to develop a paragraph.

Peer-Review of Synthesis
If time, have a classmate peer-review with this checklist your synthesis.

Next Class: Introductions & Conclusions

Homework:
1. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

2. Body Paragraphs of your final essay are due April 22nd by Midnight. Upload to Compass2g.

3. If you haven't chosen already, Pick a time to present about your topic. You may prepare a speech, but you do NOT need a powerpoint. This is just a chance for your to do a formal presentation and practice your speaking. Pick your time here.

Day 35- Avoiding Plagiarism: Quoting & Review of Paraphrasing

Class Today:
Warm-Up
What are the ways we avoid plagiarism in our writing?
Which technique should be used most often?

Cloze Activity
I will put you into groups and then you will fill out the answers on this cloze activity. You may use any internet resource to find the answers.
Answers

Powerpoint
Let's look on this powerpoint to review quoting and paraphrasing.

Guided Practice
Do this worksheet with the people in your row.  Then share your paraphrase in our shared google doc.

Mini workshop
Open up your Solution 1 and continue working on it for the rest of the class. I will walk around and help you. Use this handout with reporting verbs and signal phrases to help you.

Next Class: Paraphrasing Part II

Homework:
1. Pick a time you want to meet for me for conference in my office. Note that the meeting will take at least 10 minutes and is like attending a class session. Please use this spreadsheet.

2. Pick a time to present about your topic. You may prepare a speech, but you do NOT need a powerpoint. This is just a chance for your to do a formal presentation and practice your speaking. Pick your time here.

3. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

4. Begin working on writing Solution #1. A draft of Solution #1 will be due Sunday, April 19th by Midnight. Name the file Solution1NetId.doc and upload to box.

5. Body Paragraphs of your final essay are due April 22nd by Midnight. Upload to Compass2g.

Day 34- Synthesis Continued: Integrating PIE into Synthesis

Class Today:
Introduce the Final Unit: Individual Research Paper

Warm-Up:
What does PIE stand for?


What part is missing in this paragraph:

Papers are evil, evil assignments that should be eliminated from course requirements. Many students have difficulty balancing their schoolwork when they are overloaded with papers (Researcher, 2011). Because this can cause them to fall behind in some courses, it interferes with their learning. In addition, papers can negatively affect one’s health. Menendez (2013), a grad student, complained, “I feel so run down...I’ve been staying up late, working on papers, for two weeks straight” (p. 35). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. It is difficult to deny that papers do little to add to student learning, and may even do damage!

Now, individually, create a sentence for the paragraph.

Highlighting Activity
Take this document and highlight the respective parts.

Answers

Workshop (if time)
Open up your annotated bibliography from Compass2g. Let's discuss as a class how to use your sources to write Solution #1.


Next Class: Review Synthesis, Review Paraphrasing

Homework:
1. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

2. Begin working on writing Solution #1. A draft of Solution #1 will be due Sunday, April 19th by Midnight. Name the file Solution1NetId.doc and upload to box.
3. Body Paragraphs of your final essay are due April 22nd by Midnight. Upload to Compass2g.

Day 33- Introduction to Unit 4 and Synthesis Writing

Today You Will Learn How To:

• Extract main ideas and examine the sources for overlapping ideas
• Understand that ideas should be based on sources, not the essay writer’s personal opinions, feelings, or thoughts
• Understand what an effective synthesis is
• Learn what methods of synthesis they can apply in their writing
• Synthesize sources adequately

Class Today:
Class Discussion
Can you recognize this three folk tales? They are from western culture, so you may not know already.
Read these passages to understand these folk tales.

Powerpoint
We will discuss this powerpoint throughout the lesson.

Matrix
Fill out this matrix, after reading the passages.
Answers

Finish the paragraph
Finish the paragraph.

Answers

Next Class: Continue Synthesis

Homework:
1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 32-Summarizing and Refining a Topic

Today You Will Learn How To:

• Review the functions of the library database search engines and the strategies for using them.
• Discuss and use efficient strategies to go through the process of source selection. 
• Analyze sources based on criteria, such as relevancy, purpose, readability, and synthesis, and be able to decide the most appropriate sources for a research paper.

Class Today:

Warm-Up
I will give your row a topic on a small sheet of paper. Using the topic I gave you, make a mind map.

EBSCO Database
Now, practice searching for information on the topic.
What's important when using search terms?
Remember to make your search terms- precise, grammatical, and purposeful.

Finding Good Sources
What techniques do you use to find sources related to a topic?

Some ideas:

• scanning titles and subject terms for keywords
• skimming abstracts for relevant recommendations
• scanning literature reviews and reference lists for other sources that may be of interest
• skimming conclusions and research limitations for relevant ideas
• using Ctrl + F in a source’s text to look for keywords and their frequency

Individual Practice
Use this chart to help you in find other sources for your paper. I will come around and help you.


Next Class: Introduce Unit 4: Writing the Research Paper

Homework:

1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 31-Review Summarizing Sources

Class Today:

Common Mistakes in Annotated Bibliography

-Structure mistakes
-APA citation mistakes

-Not enough detail

-Just paraphrasing the abstract

Review Summary
Let's discuss how to write a summary and look at this handout

Workshop
Using the handout to help you, let's work on revising your annotated bibliography. 

Next Class: Summary Language and Refining a Topic

Homework:
1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 30- Reflection Writing

Class Today:

Warm-Up:
Look at the picture above. In a blank Microsoft Word document, free-write about your thoughts on the picture. How does the picture relate to reflection? What was he thinking when he made this paining? We will discuss your thoughts in about 5 minutes

Group Discussion:
With the other people in your row, think of the types of writing you have done. Then work on this chart with your row.

(Answers)

Which type of writing has been the most difficult? What type has been the easiest?

Example Reflection
Now read this sample reflection. Which part of the reflection is longest? Why?

Pair Discussion
Find a person you have never worked with before. Then discuss what you have learned about plagiarism using these questions.

Language of Reflection
Here's a list of useful language to help with writing your reflection.

Next Class: Choosing sources and refining a topic.

Homework:
1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help Exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 29- Summarizing Sources

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Identify the sections of an academic paper
• Identify what kind of information should be included in a well-developed summary
• Write a 5-sentence summary of a research paper for the annotated bibliographies.

Class Today:
Warm-Up
What was easy, what was difficult about writing the part of annotated bibliography? Did you need to summarize for this assignment? Was it challenging? Discuss with your row.

Check your Summary
Open up the annotated bibliography for one source that you wrote. Then, switch seats with someone in your row. Look at a handout I will give you. What information did you include? What information did you forget?

Powerpoint
Now that you know your summary was somewhat lacking, let's talk about how to write one. Follow along with this powerpoint.

Individual Practice
Using this handout to help you, revise your summary to be meet the standards we discussed in the powerpoint. I will walk around and give feedback.

Class Materials
Powerpoint
Handout

Next Class:  Reflection Writing

Homework:
1. Revise the first source you worked on for class today based on what you learned today. Name the file SourceOne2NetID.doc and save it to Box. I will grade this :)

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help Exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

Day 28: Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Explain the function and importance of an annotated bibliography within the research process 
• List 4 common elements of an annotated bibliography: APA citation, summary, explanation of relevancy and reliability 
• Generate strategies for writing each of the 4 sections (where to find information, the scope of content to include, length, which parts to write first, exactness that is required, balance between general and specific for summaries and relevancy sections) 

Class Today:
Part II of Writer's Help
I will give you Writer's Help Part II handout. Remember to turn it into me by May 4th.

Review
I will give you some questions. As a group, decide on an answer and then I will give you feedback.
Write answers on the board.
Group 1: Hao, Shiyuan, Changyoon, Yantong
Group 2: Yichun, Yutong, Maggie, Kevin, Ruby

Warm-Up
Take out the source you chose. Now look at the end of the document and count how many sources are in the end bibliography.

Now think about this question:
If you were expected to have so many sources, how would you keep track of all the information? How do you know which sources out of hundreds you would want to use?

Analysis
I will hand you a sample annotated bibliography and an analysis chart. In pairs, analyze the chart. Then switch people and compare your analysis.

How the Annotated Bibliography Will Work...
Let's discuss the major assignment for this unit.

Class Materials:
Annotated Bibliography Sample 1
Annotated Bibliography Sample 2
Annotated Bibliography Analysis (Answers)


Next Class:  Summarizing Sources

Homework:

1.  Begin working on the last 8 exercises for Writer's Help. I will give you the handout today. These exercises are due by May 4th in class.

2.  Using the source you chose on Monday, add the source to the Annotated Bibliography Template. We will talk about your responses on Friday in class.

3. The final version of your Annotated Bibliography will be due April 14th by midnight.