Class Work
1. Take out the draft of your Definition Essay - paper or electronic.
2. Peer Editing Activity: What was included in the Definition Draft?
3. Let's meet the FANBOYS and learn to avoid Run-on sentences and Comma Splices. (Take Notes)
4. PowerPoint: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
5. Practice: # 75, 76, and #77 at: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
6. MLA Formatting: http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf
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Reality TV, Goolers, and YOU!
A. "When the Patient Is a Googler" by Scott Haig http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0%2C8599%2C1681838%2C00.html
B. "Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?" by Parika http://www.salon.com/2008/01/10/web_doctor/
C. "Why Reality TV is Good for Us" by James Poniewozik http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C421047%2C00.html
D. "When Reality TV Gets Too Real" by Jeremy W. Peters http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08reality.html?pagewanted=print
Homework
Finish your Definition Essay. Be sure you use MLA formatting. Bring the peer editing sheet to class with you.
Finish reading about Googling and Reality TV. What do you think? Do you Google/Yahoo/ Bing information when an discussion with an expert would serve you better? Do you watch Reality TV? Do your friends? What's the harm? (Respond in writing. These are "thought notes."
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