Classwork and Homework

Today in class, we first worked on a fluency writing prompt that will also help me know how to help you on your Process Analysis essay. We then went through a student sample of a detailed outline and an annotated bibliography, and followed this up with an activity where we looked at references and information from sources and compiled an annotated bibliography entry in groups. We finished up the class with a vocabulary review game. The PowerPoint for today can be found here.

Homework:

• Detailed Outline and Annotated Bibliography (Draft 1) due on Monday, July 28th, by 5 pm on turnitin.com
• Have a fantastic weekend! Yes, this is homework. I expect you to have a good weekend. :)

Classwork and Homework Helps

Today in class we briefly talked about the importance of creating our own personal study space. We watched a BYU Library advertisement that was a parody of this advertisement. The main thing that we talked about today was how to complete the detailed outline and annotated bibliography, and we practiced paraphrasing and note taking to help us with those tasks. Here is the PowerPoint that was used today.

Homework:

• Draft your detailed outline for 20 minutes
• Create an annotated bibliography entry for a paraphrase summary you have done for this essay (use the information below to help you : 
• Author: Roger Sipher. 
• Title: So That Nobody Has to Go to School If They Don't Want To 
• Title of Print Source: The New York Times. 
• Date: December 19, 1977 
• Page: 31 
• Type: Print 
• You can use citationmachine.net or Google Scholar to create the citation, but I want it to look like the example in your pink packet when it is finished.

Example:
Lewis, M., & Coates, D. L. (1980). Mother-infant interaction and cognitive development in twelve-week-old infants. Infant behavior and development, 3, 95-105.

• Mother response to a baby is more important than stimulation from the mother. 
• Mother and child correspondence helps baby cognitively. 
• Stimulation was not shown to be a significant portion of cognitive development

Class today and homework

You should spend your time in the lab today formatting your reference page and adding in-text citations to your classification essay using the feedback that Miss Lutz has given you on turnitin.com.

Read the information here, use the documents, and ask a neighbor BEFORE you ask Miss Lutz for help.

First things first: Here is the APA Format Document that you should model your paper after. Check for margins, font, and justification.

How to cite wikipedia in APA? READ this blog entry:

• http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/10/how-to-cite-wikipedia-in-apa-style.html

For help with in-text citations look at the following sources:

• The APA Quick Reference worksheet
• This document about InTextCitations.
• This website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/ (use the tabs on the left side of the page to find more information)
• This website: http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/apa.php

For help with reference page citations use the following sources:

• The APA Quick Reference worksheet
• This website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/ (use the tabs on the left side of the page to find more information)
• This website (it has a nice chart): http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/apa.php

Still can’t find something? 

• Google: “How do I cite ______ in APA?”

One more thing to remember:

• The MOST important information is the author name, date/year of publication, title, and source (like the website or book you found it in).

If you finish early, you may study Academic A List 7 on Quizlet. Choose the "Scatter" option. The person with the fastest time gets a treat tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:

• Go to a tutor to fix your paper
• Continue revising and editing your paper

Today in class

Welcome to class, today we will be doing 3 things:

• Taking a quiz on Vocabulary List 6.
• Filling out our "Excellence Is" cards.
• Drafting and revising Draft 2.

1.  Please open http://m.socrative.com in another tab. Once you are there, it will ask you to put in a room number. The room number is: 978947. Wait until the teacher starts the assignment and you can begin. When you are finished, you can exit out of the window.

2.  I will give you back your "Excellence Is" draft and the final draft card. Please fill it out and give it back to me by the end of class today.

3.  You may now work on your essays. The second draft is due at 5 pm tomorrow (Friday) on turnitin.com.

Draft 2 Requirements (Homework for tomorrow):

• Length: 
• Must be at least 1 ½ pages long
• Introduction with thesis statement
• 3 organized and developed body paragraphs
• Conclusion
• APA: 
• Properly formatted (title page, font, reference page, etc.) Follow this EXACT format: APA ELC Paper Template
• In-text and Reference page citations, (mostly) properly formatted. 

Other Helps:

Example References (paragraphs):
Example paragraph July 4 with citations

Introducing references (signal phrases):
This is a GREAT worksheet that gives examples for signal phrases (e.g. “According to _____”, or “_____ explains…”): http://www.davidglensmith.com/wcjc/PDFs/signal-phrases.pdf

Citation Creator (reference page):
Here is a link to a website that can help you create citations: http://citationmachine.net/index2.php, but BE CAREFUL, they are not always correct, so you have to check them.

Classwork and Homework

Today in class we did a peer review, and reviewed writing good paragraphs as well as in-text citations. The PowerPoint for today can be found here. I am also posting the requirements for the 2nd draft of your classification essays, so you can access them:

• Must be at least 1 ½ pages long
• Introduction with thesis statement
• 3 organized and developed body paragraphs
• Conclusion
• APA
• Properly formatted (title page, font, reference page, etc.)
• In-text and Reference page citations, (mostly) properly formatted. 
• Submitted to Turnitin.com by 5pm on Friday

Homework:

• Study for your quiz on Vocabulary List 6 tomorrow
• Continue drafting and revising your essay 
• Use the feedback from our conferences and the peer review

Classwork and Homework

Today we learned about the "Excellence Is" competition and we started brainstorming for our own "Excellence Is" quotes that we will turn in on Thursday in class. The examples are in the PowerPoint for today, if you need a reminder/refresher. The next part of class we reviewed APA References, In-text citations, and signal phrases, and played a game to keep the energy high with some competition. :) Lastly, we reviewed the importance of the revising stage of an essay, which is what we will be doing this week.

Homework:

• Spend at least 40 minutes total working on: 
• Your reference page (If you need help, here is an APA handout)
• Developing other body paragraphs in your essay 
• Your conclusion 
• Drafting your “Excellence Is” quote 
• Go to a tutor and get feedback on your essay (You can do it this week or next week, just go!).
• Bring a printed copy of your essay on Wednesday, because we will be doing a peer review.

THERE IS NO JOURNAL THIS WEEK! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Classwork and Homework

For class today, we first talked about the different types of feedback that you can expect at the ELC. The feedback that I give you on your drafts is formative. We also reviewed citing sources in APA, and talked about both in-text citations and reference page citations. Next we talked about the differences between details/examples and commentary. Lastly, we broke into groups so that we could prepare brief presentations on good paragraph writing that will be presented tomorrow (make sure you know what you're doing!). The PowerPoint we used in class can be found here.

Homework:

• Complete your last page in your purple packet, “The Real Thing.” This is due by 5 pm tomorrow.
• You must have it all filled out, if you’re missing some commentary, write some more commentary, if you’re missing a detail, add a detail.
• Draft 1 is due by 5 pm on Friday.
• Journal is due by noon on Friday.

Lab Day

Here are documents for class today:

• Compare Constrast Final Instructions

Extra help:

• Example APA format: APA Paper Template
• Sample A+ paper: The Most Effective Economic System
• References Sheet (green paper from class): APA Quick Reference

If you finish your revisions early, you may work on your journal, or study academic words on Quizlet for Academic A Vocabulary List 4.

Homework:

• Journal (due Friday by noon)
• Turn in rubric, Peer Review (for your paper), and tutor form to by box in 103 on FRIDAY by 5 pm
• FINAL DRAFT due Friday by 5pm on turnitin.com

Draft 2 Helps & Homework

Today in class, we talked about credibility and how to make what you write more credible. Here is the PowerPoint that we used today in class. We also talked about how to format your papers and I showed you some sample essays.  While you work on your essay for the rest of the class, you can use these to help you.

• Incorrect Essay Format - This is just here so that you don't make the mistakes you can find in this paper. Whatever you do, DON'T do this. :

• Correct Essay Format - This paper shows a perfectly formatted paper except for the references. You will want the cover page and body of your essay to look as close to this paper as possible.

• APA Paper Template - This is a template, which means that you can use it to start the formatting for your own paper. I would suggest downloading this, and then putting your essay into the format that is set up already for you. This has a perfect example of a Reference page.

• Additional Essay Help - Are you still confused about how to organize your paper? This document gives you resources for organizing the paragraphs your paper (in point-by-point or block styles!), making better topic sentences, the requirements for draft 2, as well as page numbers in your book that can give additional help for all the things we've learned!

Homework:

• Draft 2 - uploaded to turnitin.com 
• Journal - 2 pages in Blue Book, or 1 page double-spaced typed.

Instructions for Class Time

Hello students!

Today in class, after instruction, you will have the rest of the time to do the following:

1. Review the PowerPoint slides for Beginning Online Research (slides 1-16 and do the practice activities on slides 11 & 16. Click here to access the slides.
2. Create a reference page for your essay using the sources your brought today. Use resources such as Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) & the handout I gave you today.
3. Revise your essay using the feedback I gave you on turnitin.com. 

Homework:

• Work on finishing your essay Draft 2 for Thursday night.
• Weekly Journal (Due Friday at noon!)

2nd Draft Requirements
Essay Content and Length:
An introduction with a thesis statement, three points of comparison in body paragraphs with support, and a conclusion
2 or more pages, double-spaced
Plagiarism

Any place that you used words directly from another source should have “quotation marks” around those words.

A Reference Page at the end of your paper that lists all of the resources you used for your ideas (with links to the websites). These do not need to be formatted correctly, but the link must be shown.

Classwork and Homework

Today in class, we looked at sources and APA. We hopped right in and learned from swimming in the deep end! :) The one thing I want to remind you of is to not stress out about this. We will have lots of time to get better at this throughout the semester!  Here is the PowerPoint we used in class (Use it to help you with your homework).

Homework: 

• Complete the APA Reference Game worksheet 
• Bring 3 sources that you have looked at or used when writing about your paper. 
• You need to have the author, year, title, and publishing information.
• You can use the sources we used for background knowledge, or new ones that you have looked at to get additional information (The ones from a couple of days ago). 
• Write them out like the example below. This is one of the background knowledge sources. It was very hard, so I did it for you.
• DO NOT SPEND MORE THAN 40 MINS ON ALL OF THE HOMEWORK - TIME YOURSELF! I want you to just try. It doesn't have to be perfect.

Example: 

Author: Gary E. Clayton

Book Title: Economics: Principles & Practices.

Publisher: Glencoe

Location: New York

Year: 2005

Pages: 33-39