Finals Week: December 14-18

Monday, December 14th: Papers due by 7:00 AM to Turnitin.com (done already). Turn in supplementary materials at the beginning of class. Finish abstracts and presentations.
Tuesday, December 15th: Abstracts are due at 11:59 PM to Google Classroom.
                                      First round of presentations for 3rd and 6th Hours
Wednesday, December 16th: Presentations- 6th Hour
Thursday, December 17th: Presentations- 1st and 3rd Hours
Friday, December 18th: Presentations- 1st Hour

Happy Finals Week! 

Proof Reading- Sphere papers

YOU WILL BE HAVING THREE PROOFREADERS FOR THIS PAPER

 Proofreaders will follow the following instruction:

Proofreaders: 

1. The first read: You will start with the LAST sentence. You will read ONE sentence at a time until you are reach the top of the paper. Yes, you are reading the paper BACKWARDS. In this reading you are ONLY looking for grammatical and spelling errors, and sentence clarity.  Is there subject-verb agreement? Pronoun-antecedent agreement? Sentence mechanics are correct? Diction choices accurate? No "YOUS". No "IIf you find an error, make a comment in BLUE. Do not fix the error. 

2. The second read: You will start at the TOP of the paper. In this read  you will be looking solely at CONTENT. Does the paper have a CENTRAL ARGUMENT/CLAIM? Is the evidence logical and sufficient to the theme? Is the evidence relevant? Does the entire paper support the requirement of the prompt? Does it sufficiently address the purpose of writing? Mark errors or comments in RED. 

3. The third read: You will be assessing the SOURCE MATERIAL. Has the primary source been thoroughly examined and addressed in conjunction to the claim? Is there adequate SECONDARY support? Are they adhering to the standards of source materials: Objective, Relevance, Current, Scholarly (Think-Totem Pole of Academia).  Has the source material been introduced? Contextualized? Processed through warrants? Cited correctly? Mark your comments/errors/suggestions in BLACK! 

4. The fourth read: You will start at the TOP of the paper. In this read you will be looking solely at STYLE and STRUCTURE. Is the tone appropriate for the audience and the content addressed. Is the ARGUMENT complete with utilizing Toulmin's methods of argument?  Does each section have a topic sentence that supports the overall claim? Does the paper utilize an obvious structure? Does is utilize active voice?  Do they use effective transitions? Between sentences? Between sections?  DO THEY UTILIZE careful and strategic DICTION and SYNTAX? Mark suggestions and comments in GREEN. 

IMPORTANT-
4. The fifth read: You will be, again, starting at the TOP of the paper. In this read, you will be looking solely at FORMATTING. YOU NEED TO OPEN UP THE PURDUE OWL AND DO A LITERAL CHECK ON ALL COMPONENTS. DO NOT ASSUME! 
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/
Has the author appropriately addressed CHICAGO style guide? Title page? Colon formatted Title?? Footnotes? Are the footnotes done correctly? Is there a BIB page? Mark in PURPLE. 

4. In the sixth, and final, read. You will read through from top to bottom and read for the complete experience. Does the entire paper work together? Any last concerns? Mark in ORANGE. 

Pay specific attention to this proofing process. This is an excellent strategy to ensure that your final product achieves its intended purpose. 

AFTER you are done PROOFING. You will need to SCORE the paper with the specific argument rubric. Please write the scores... PLUS the justification of their scores ON THEIR PAPER AND their scoring guide.  You will then give them an AVERAGE of the 5 scores.. (we struggled with this last round... Add up all 5 and then divide that number BY 5. Round up.)

Argument SCORING GUIDE

LAST... Turn your draft into HRH COLE.  WITH THREE SCORES (out of 5) ON THE TOP. 

Presentation and Abstract Information

Presentation requirements: (SEE SCORING GUIDE)

1. Maximum 5 minutes in length. I will cut you off at 5... or before if you are brutalizing the audience.
How to prepare and deliver a presentation... (Learn it. Live it)

Strategies for giving an Oral Presentation

Sample presentations... the good.. the bad... the ugly

What not to do.. what to do..presentation video

Spot the errors... presentation video

2. A digital, visual aide.  PowerPoint is fine. Note- it is a visual aid.. NOT a PowerPoint presentation.
However, you will need to review the essay, "Death by PowerPoint" before you present. 

http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/wiki/images/Death-by-powerpoint.pdf

PowerPoint structure-

http://www.bates.edu/ils/2011/how-do-i/software/powerpoint-presentation-tips/

Presentation tips-

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/biomed/guides/powerpoint.html?mswitch-redir=classic

http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/presentationtips.htm

ABSTRACTS:  HOW TO. . . 

Abstract templates are located on right side of the web page.
Here is another option...
Checklist for ABSTRACTS
How to Write an Abstract

Schedule for 12/8-12/18

Wednesday/Thursday, December 9th and 10th: Completed TYPED, printed off FOR class, draft of your paper due! We will proof in class!

Friday, December 11th: We will cover abstracts and presentations.

Monday, December 14th: Final draft of your paper must be uploaded to turnitin.com BY 6:59 A.M. I will not check my email after 8:00 PM on Sunday... and I do not want to see sad little faces meeting me at my classroom door at 7:00 AM with stories of technology failure.

- We will work on abstracts/presentations during class on Monday.

Tuesday, December 15th: We will start presentations for 3rd and 6th Hours
- Abstracts are due by 11:59 PM to Google Classroom.

Wednesday, December 16th: 6th Hour presentations and celebration

Thursday, December 17th: 1st (during regular class time) and 3rd Hour presentations

Friday, December 18th: Finish 1st Hour presentations

Presentation Schedule:

Tuesday, December 15th: 
3rd:
David   Maddie N.   Jerred T.
Alexis  Maddie D. Felicia J.

6th:
Ben   Ross    Rachel   Destiny
Jonathan   Mackenzie V.    Ian

Wednesday, December 16th:
6th-
Tate    Malik    Amanda    Joselin
Zoe    Mary    Matt      David
Gretchen     Jolene    Ashley
Chris      Ryan      Cullen   Austin    Trevor

Thursday, December 17th: 
1st-
Jamiah    Alexia    Adam    Megan  
Gabriel    Anna     Glorianna    Luke
Ashley     Tim      Bailey       Caleb
Mike       Ashley H.

3rd-
Koa     Cade      Abi     Tara
Emily   Christie  Richard
Jonathan  Brooke  Jessica
Felicia     Trevor     Jared

 Friday, December 18th: 
1st-
Aleena     Jared    Clay
Ashlee C.  Dacoda    Grant

Class: November 24th (Final Paper Assignment)

Here you will find the link to the final paper for Semester 1: My Sphere Paper

The paper due dates are as followed:

Tuesday, December 1st: Full OUTLINE is due at the beginning of class
                                    - I will go over note cards/ research
Monday, December 7th: Complete HANDWRITTEN draft of the body of your paper is due at the beginning of class.
Wednesday/Thursday, December 9th/10th: Complete TYPED draft of FULL paper (including intro/conclusion, bibliography, footnotes, etc.) due at the beginning of class.
Monday, December 14th: Paper is DUE by 7:00 AM to Turnitin.com. No excuses.
Tuesday, December 15th: Abstract is DUE by 11:59 PM to Google Classroom.
                                      First round of presentations for 1st, 3rd, 6th Hours
Wednesday, December 16th: Presentations 6th Hour
Thursday, December 17th: Presentations 3rd Hour
Friday, December 18th: Presentations 1st Hour

Necessary INFO

Footnotes:

What are footnotes?
- brief explanation of what footnotes are designed to do.

Why do we footnote? What is footnoted?
- explanation and instruction

Note cards:
How to do note cards
- rationale and example

Chicago style:
Difference between MLA and Chicago
Chart between the major citation styles
- Explanation between the two styles of citations

Sample Chicago Paper:
Chicago Style Paper Sample
- Review this THOROUGHLY before your typed draft. This will cover exactly how to do a cover page, footnotes, bibliography

Due: November 24th

1. From your third thesis (from last week), you will be utilizing the skills of effective paragraphing in order to write completely the third writing sample. This is putting it ALL together. This is now what writing "just is". When you are asked to write, these are the collection of skills that you are expected to demonstrate proficiently EVERY TIME.

You will turn ALL THREE samples at the beginning of class on Tuesday. In return, you will be receiving your first big kid paper assignment.


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Due: November 23rd

1. Read and thoroughly take notes on the UNC "Integrating Quotes" link. (See Writing Links).
2. Then read "What Must Be Cited"- directly under the first link. Take good notes.
3. Take the second of your extended "paragraph" structures and you will go through steps 7 and 8 of writing. You will be implementing source material to support your claim. For this exercise, just make up the quotes. Make sure that you leave a parentheses after to add in citation.