Trouble with Tribbles…er…transitions?
2 November 2009 — GiddingsHelen found a helpful site on transition words organized by function. It is linked to the left as “Transitions.”
Helen found a helpful site on transition words organized by function. It is linked to the left as “Transitions.”
The rough draft for your JFK paper is due on Monday November 2, 2009. Remember we will meet in the classroom tomorrow and we will be in the lab right outside our room.
Requirements and Reminders:
Suggested method:
Caution: Do not start writing without identifying the purpose. Without that, you cannot write a thesis. Without a thesis, your argument will meander through whatever you’ve noticed in the speech, creating a paper without clear direction that is confusing and frustrating both to write and to read/grade.
We are in the library computer lab both 1st and 2nd periods. We’ll go ahead and meet there. Bring your books and your JFK questions. I’ll check those off tomorrow.
I’m going to try something in the computer lab Thursday.
To make it work, go to http://giddings.pbworks.com/ and request access.
Go here http://giddings.pbworks.com/JFK-Comments to use the JFK wiki page. It will notify you via email when someone else leaves a comment.
As a first step in our work on JFK’s inaugural address, annotate his speech in as much detail as you can. The better job you do on this, and on all the activities we do on this speech, the easier time you’ll have writing a strong analytical paper.
Go to the text annotation site and click on The Autumn of the Multitaskers link. Clicking on the callout boxes like I showed you in class on Friday, make at least one comment on the essay.
That’s it. Have a great Homecoming weekend!
Take a look at the multitasking article tonight and identify the overall claim/assertion (the glossary of The Language of Composition has a good definition if you need one). Then, identify the claim/assertion in each section of the article (sections are indicated by a drop cap). Blog your results.
Remember we have a vocab quiz tomorrow (week 5).