Hi, everyone. Please note that we will meet as a class on Tuesday, Dec. 1, for an editing and proofreading session of the third draft of your Inquiry Project (should be roughly 8-10 pages at this stage). Bring TWO copies to exchange with two classmates.
I will collect your Annotated Bibliography of six sources at the beginning of class.
Enjoy the holiday and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
1. Check your email for the writing conference schedule for your class. All conferences will meet in my office, 206-7 Wesbrook Hall. Please bring with you TWO copies of your SECOND draft and any questions!
2. Instructions for the oral presentation of your Project will be given at the writing conference (handout).
3. Remember to change the due date of the Annotated Bibliography to December 1.
1. Bring TWO copies of your first draft of the Inquiry Project for a required peer response session. The draft should begin to state your claim or thesis, should begin to develop and show your support for the claim, and should be a minimum of 3 pages, double-spaced. Please re-read the orange assignment sheet for specific criteria.
2. The new due date for the Annotated Bibliography is Tuesday, December 1. Make this change on your syllabus and on the assignment sheet.
1. All writing classes will meet at Wilson Library on the West Bank this Thursday so that you may continue researching your historical event for the Inquiry Project and Annotated Bibliography assigned today. Do not go to our classroom. Bring your UCard to check out materials.
2. When you arrive at the library, please check in with me. I will be in the lobby or foyer of the main floor taking attendance, distributing instructions, and returning graded Proposals.
Good evening, everyone. Writing conferences for the Proposal concluded late this afternoon. Please gather together these required items: your first and second drafts, the typed response(s) from your peers, the photocopies or printouts of the sources cited within your paper, and the final paper with its attached Works Cited page. (Optional: You may also include any extra drafts or prewriting or notes that you created.) Place everything in a folder to be turned in during class this Thursday.
Re-read the assignment sheet for the Proposal, front and back, to see that you have fulfilled all of the criteria. This is what I will refer to when I grade the paper.
Be prepared to do some CREATIVE writing related to your historic event for most of the class period. No advance preparation is necessary.
Hi folks. Read the class email sent to you today that contains the schedule for the writing conferences, and note the time and date of your 30-minute group conference. Bring TWO copies of your SECOND draft of the Proposal; I'll need a copy and so will your classmate. All conferences will meet at the Starbucks Coffee Shop in Coffman Union, ground level. Please be prompt and come prepared.
If you have ANY questions about the writing conference, the Proposal, your research, or anything else, please email me. (And don't worry about "bothering" me--you won't be!)
Hi, folks. Please be prepared to draft and prewrite on the Proposal for the Inquiry Project (today's handout) after our guest speakers present this Thursday.
The Proposal, unlike other forms of academic writing, does not require a thesis, a formal introduction or conclusion. Follow exactly the three sections that are explained on the assignment sheet. (This doesn't mean, however, that you should squeeze everything into three paragraphs!)
Bring two copies of your first draft (roughly 3 pages, double-spaced) to class on Tuesday, 10/27 for a mandatory peer workshop.
Many good ideas were shared by you in our roundtable discussion yesterday. Exchanging information, research, ideas, and opinions (even in brief 2-3 minute snippets) is the work that scholars do in thinking through decisions and planning writing projects. You will have ample time in the weeks ahead to speak more about the historical event of your choice.
1. Read Ronald Takaki's essay "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America";
2. Bring a document or artifact from your past or your family's past to explain to the class (see the half-sheet distributed in class);
3. The Proposal for the Inquiry Project will be assigned. (Graded Annotations will be returned Thursday, 10/22.);
4. On your syllabus delete the reference to Longman pages for Tuesday.
