Revisions and Conferencing

The final draft of your paper is due on Friday, January 18th. This will count as your final exam grade for this class.

Your final paper will be a printed copy. To begin revising your paper, open the file in Word, go to "Tools" and turn on the "Track Changes." Your final copy must be printed with the "Track Changes."

I will be conferencing with each of you next week. You must begin revising on your own before we sit down to conference. This means that you must use the rubric score and the comments I have made on your paper to begin your revisions this week. You may conference with a peer

Documentation of Sources

Please read the following information before proceeding with your paper:

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/mla.html

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/plagiarism.html


In addition, please remember that:

Rough drafts are due on Friday, December 21, 2007.

Your rough draft will be graded using the research paper rubric. Your grade on this draft will count as 50% of your second quarter grade. Your paper must be in MLA format, be 7-10 pages in length, have a works cited page including at least seven sources, have less than 40% quoted material (use www.turnitin.com for this), have less than 5% passive sentences, and a be rated with a Flesch-Kincaid Grade level of at least an eight (use the spell check options in MS Word for this).

Outline Conferencing

Step One: Copy and paste your outline into Word.
Step Two: Put your outline into MLA format (heading, font, spacing, etc.)
Step Three: Save your outline in Word.
Step Four: Print a copy of your outline.

At some point, I will call you for a conference to discuss your outline.

Step Five: Begin writing your paper. You may begin typine into your outline. See the calendar above for due dates.

Assignment for Monday, December 3rd

Read Write for College pages 244-246.

Take notes and post them on your blog.

Then, write your thesis statement and list the 3-4 major supporting claims of your argument. Try to classify your claims.

Once you have done this, you can begin "tagging" your note cards by labeling them with which claim the information on the note card supports.

For class on Monday

Please report to Room 307 for Monday's class instead of the Library.
Be sure to bring your Write for College books with you to class on that day.

Guidelines for Writing Your Annotations

By Monday, you must have completed your book. For this book, you must have a citation, an annotation, and at least five note cards. See the link below for more information as to how to write your annotation.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

For you annotated bibliography, please include all three elements in your annotation (Summarize, Assess, and Reflect).

Your complete citation, annotation, and note cards are due at the end of the class period on Monday.

Write an evaluation/critique of Super Size Me

Write a 1-2 page evaluation of Super Size Me.
You should address the following questions in your paper:

• Was it effective? How?
• Was it persuasive? Why?
• Were his methods credible? Why?

Your papers, questions, and intro/conclusion will be collected on Tuesday.