For Monday (8:30)

Hello all,

Today we had an exercise where we created connections between animals, colors, and ourselves. I am glad that we learned a bit about our habits and thoughts.

We then briefly discussed some issues of writing research-driven papers. I circulated a handout that has some information for writing these types of papers. Here are a few more links to help you:

Integrating quotes: http://academics.smcvt.edu/writingctr/Quotes.htm

Achieving Clarity: http://uwp.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/ppt/Clarity.pdf

Using Transitions: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/transitions.html

Punctuation:

We also watched a short video about research papers. Fun Times with Research Fairy. Remember you are not alone in your research conundrums. We also explored some of the links on the blog (bottom right hand side). All of these should help you with your work.

For this project, we are going to use a holistic method of evaluating and providing comments on your drafts. This means we will be moving from the arbitrary rubric assessment that we used in Project 1 to a more reflective and reflexive means of arriving at an evaluation of a text. You will still need to look for the various areas of importance in a text; however, instead of looking to arrive a number, you will be looking to reflect and respond to the text's effectiveness.

These are some areas that we will be using to help us focus our reflections and observations. Remember, you will want to think about these areas as you are drafting.

CONTENTS
& STYLE/TONE

___ Does the paper contain the type of content assigned?
___ Is the idea developed from the student's own thinking?
___ Is the idea developed using appropriate thinking
(e.g., summary, analysis, etc.)?
___ Are the style and tone appropriate
(e.g., personal, academic, or professional)?
SUPPORTING
DETAILS ___ Are there sufficient details to support the thesis or purpose?
___ Do the details fit--do they provide logical support?
___ Are the details sufficiently developed?
___ Are there required quotations/paraphrases, examples, stories, etc.?
ORGANIZING ___ Are the thesis and topics clear and logical?
___ Are the intro, conc. & topic sections sensible?
___ Does each section start with a topic sentence and/or a subtitle?
PARAGRAPHING ___ Are there enough paragraphs?
___ Is each paragraph neither too short nor too long?
___ Does each longer paragraph have a topic sentence?
___ Is each paragraph well organized, clear, and logical?
MECHANICS
___ Are sentences constructed correctly?
___ Are words and phrases spelled and used correctly?
___ Is major punctuation correct?
___ Is the paper well typed (or neatly and clearly handwritten)?
___No Contractions/second person pronouns

Also, remember to space your writing out and don't be a BINGE WRITER. Check out http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/pages/cstudents/dean/break-writing/break-8.html for some insight.

Don't drink and write!

For Monday:

Read: For Monday:

No Vogler
instead read Simone de Beauvoir's Introduction to The Second Sex

http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/introduction.htm

For Weds:
"The Bell Jar"

Write: Drafts of Project Two
Annotation of Simone de Beauvoir

Do: Post annotation of de Beauvoir
Bring two copies of your draft (project two) to class for peer review.

Take care, and email me with questions,

Kat