Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Class Work

1. Please take out your rough draft. You may have a paper copy or you may call it up on the computer.
2.  What did you discover? What questions did you answer? Go to the board and post one of your questions. If somebody else has already listed your question, just put your initials by it.

3. You need to work with three other students for this Peer Editing activity.
The items listed in blue correspond to Content and Clarity on the EMCC Writing Rubric. The items listed in green refer to Citation Issues under Editing. The items in orange fall under Formatting and Mechanics issues. These will be the tasks of the three readers.

• An introduction that captures the attention of the audience
• The history of your topic
• Details about how your topic has changed over time
• Your personal example with dialog
• A memorable conclusion
• Works Cited page
• In-text citations . . . we will work on these on Tuesday.
• Use MLA formatting
• Correct grammar, usage, and mechanics are expected.

4. Before we begin, let's take a look at In-Text Citations.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/mlaparen.html
and pp. 384+ in Write Now.

Sample Essay: http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf
and pp. 394+ in Write Now.

5. Let's also take another look at a Works Cited page: p. 399 in Write Now.
http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf

6. Let's take a look at MyCompLab and take some time to complete the Diagnostic test.

7. Did you try WriteClick with your essay? Consider using the tool.

Homework
1. Finish your essay. Make revisions. You must bring a paper copy to submit. Also bring the Peer Editing comment sheet. It is due on Thursday, October 13, 2011.
2. Finish the Diagnostic 1 assignment on MyComp Lab.