Today in class

Today in class,we will first have a quiz on Vocabulary List 8. Secondly, we will be working on finding background resources to help narrow our topics, and using the BYU Library to help us out with this. You must follow all of the steps in the order they are given.

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. You should go to http://guides.lib.byu.edu/content.php?pid=44757&sid=2728463, and read the information in sections Picking a Topic, Gathering Information, & Narrowing Your Topic.

3. On the side of the same page, there is a section titled Basic Background Information Resources. I would like you to look at the section Indexes to Specialized Encyclopedias. You should practice using the 3 tools in this section (Gale Virtual Reference Library, Brittanica Online, RefSeek) using the general terms of your topic. 

4. Download this Background Research Worksheet. You will need to put the information that you find from the background sources You will need to complete this and email this to me by 5 pm tomorrow. Use Gale Virtual Reference Library and Brittanica Online to find the information. These will be for your background knowledge and to find key words and other references.

5. (Optional) If you have enough background knowledge for your topic, you can add real resources to your worksheet. Go to http://guides.lib.byu.edu/content.php?pid=220379&sid=3231114#,  Please watch the tutorials for Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), and Scholar Search Books and More, and then use them to find real sources for your paper. These will be for your support and details of your essay.

Homework: Complete both of the following by 5 pm on Friday, July 18th.

• Process Analysis Planning Worksheet (in the pink Process Analysis packet) 
• Background Research Worksheet (today's lab worksheet)

Classwork and Homework

Today in class, we talked about selecting a topic, conducting background information, and narrowing a topic of research. I also introduced the outline and annotated bibliography that you will need to do for your first draft (due July 28th), and the requirements for them as well. In addition, we also talked about how to create a good thesis statement for Integrated Essay prompts. The PowerPoint for today can be found here. (9:30 class, it is a little different than what was presented in your class, I had to revise it so it was more coherent. See, even teachers need to revise!!!)

Homework:

• Come up with at least 2 solid ideas for your process analysis essay (you might want to review the information in your book for help.)
• Determine if the ideas are directional or informational. 
• Study for your Vocabulary List 8 Quiz

Classwork and Homework

First today, we went over your homework assignment from yesterday, and reviewed the types of the Process Analysis Essay, particularly going over the two types of essays: directional and informational. The PowerPoint used today in in class can be found here. After reviewing the essay, watched a video about procrastination and how how to combat it while you are working on big projects. The worksheet mentioned in the video can be found here. Lastly, we talked about the homework and finished up with a review of definitions and words on Academic A Vocabulary Word List 8.

Homework: 

• Assignment #1 – Bookwork
• Read the example essay on pg. 212-213.
• Answer questions 1-7 (we’ll do 8-9 in class tomorrow). Write your answers. Miss Lutz will check that you did it.
• Spend 20 minutes on this assignment. Make sure you understand it well.

• Assignment #2 – Writing fluency
• Write 1 of the 2 following prompts for 20 minutes (time yourself).

• Prompt 1: Describe yourself as you hope to be in five years. Will you be attending an American university? How good will you be at English? Who will your family and friends be? Be as descriptive (detailed) as possible.

• Prompt 2 (TOEFL prompt): Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Integrated Writing Additional Practice and Homework

This Friday (7/18), you will be taking your second Integrated Writing test in the lab. This is your first integrated writing test that you will be graded on proficiency for. In order to prepare you, we are doing an additional integrated writing practice today.

Integrated Writing Additional Practice
Please follow these instructions:

• Please open this link in another tab/window--Online Timer. Set the timer for 20 minutes, but DO NOT START IT. Shrink the window so you will be able to see the timer while you are typing.

• Open the document in the IW Additional Practice folder (located in your student folder) called “IW Additonal Practice - Writing.” Please write your name and class time in the upper left hand corner.

• Open the document called “IW Notes and Planning Template” if you want to take notes electronically (optional).

• Open the document called "IW Additional Practice - Reading." DO NOT START READING UNTIL YOUR TEACHER TELLS YOU TO START.

• After reading, go back to the IW Additional Practice folder.  You will see a sound file titled  "IW Additional Practice - Listening." Please listen to it in the preview window OR Open with Quicktime. DON'T DOUBLE CLICK IT, it will open iTunes and will cause problems.

• After listening, go back to the document "IW Additional Practice - Writing." You may now start the Online Timer. YOU MUST START THE TIMER AS SOON AS YOU FINISHED THE LISTENING.  You have 20 minutes to plan and write your essay.

• When you are finished writing your essay, please select your text and write down the word count in the indicated space in the top left hand corner of the "IW Addtional Practice" document.

For the rest of the time, you may look at your feedback on the IW 2 that is available to you in your student folder, and should do this Integrated Writing Review (download it and save it in your student folder). Here is a link to the TOEFL rubric so you can understand the feedback given to you, as well as complete the exercise.

HOMEWORK: 

• Read pp. 206—209 
• Answer the following questions (type or write it and bring to class): 
• What are the two types of process-analysis essays? How are they similar? How are they different? 
• Which of the 7 steps do you think will be the hardest for you? Why? 
• Complete exercise 6, number 1 on page 210.

In Class Work

Today, you will be doing in-class work that will help you finish your draft. But first, there is a quiz!

1) Please get out a piece of paper, because the questions will be on the slides, and you will write the answers on your own piece of paper.

Vocabulary List 7 Quiz - Powerpoint

2) Now, you need to make sure that your paper has an academic word count. 

1. Download your essay so that you have copy and paste able text.
2. Copy your essay paragraphs (NOT your title page or your reference page).
3. Go to http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/.
4. Erase any text in the large box, and paste your essay there.
5. Click SUBMIT (yellow button).
6. Your AWL count can be found in the yellow text in the "Current profile" box.
7. Write the Academic word count on your essay, below your conclusion like this:  

         AWL 7.6%

If you want to, you may work on increasing the word count in your essay.

3) Next, you should revise and edit your essay, using the rubric that can be found here:

Classification Essay Rubric

4) Use the check mark boxes on the right, they have all of the things that you need to include:

• Does your essay include all of the required elements found on the rubric?
• If not, what are you missing? What can you improve on?

5) Now, you should upload your essay to turnitin.com, and check the plagiarism (originality report). The originality report will take a little while to generate, so you will have to come back to it after you have submitted it.

If you have additional time, you should:

• Check your grades on Micrograde.
• Take this quiz on time management. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_88.htm 
• Because writing requires so much time management, it's very important to know your strengths and weaknesses. When you finish the quiz, please read the explanations of the scores and then then raise your hand and tell me what you learned from the explanations.

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

Classwork and Homework

Today in class we learned about strategies for responding to TOEFL prompts (30-minute essays and integrated writing). Specifically, we learned about the ABCDE pattern to follow, and then did group work to apply what we had just learned. The PowerPoint I used in class can be found here. In addition, the requirements for the final draft and the papers you will need to turn in on Friday are listed below:

• Essay Requirements:
• Full essay turned in to turnitin.com by 5pm on July 11th 
• Title Page (1 page)
• Main essay (at least 2 pages)
• References page (1 page)
• % AWL (highlighted) after the essay paragraphs (http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/)
• Correctly APA formatted 
• Free of plagiarism
• Required Papers to turn in:
• Tutor form (green paper)
• Essay Rubric (green paper)
• Peer Review (green paper)

Homework:

• Review the comments I gave you for Draft 2 
• Spend no more than 30 minutes revising/editing your paper