First and foremost, I am looking forward to helping all of you tomorrow. I TRULY WANT YOU TO DO WELL AND TO PASS THIS CLASS. If I can't help you tomorrow, contact me early for help during the week. I know that time will fill up quickly, so make sure if you can't be there that you get an appointment early. I WILL NOT HELP WITH ESSAY REVISIONS VIA E-MAIL, BUT I WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT DON'T PERTAIN TO PROOFREADING YOUR ACTUAL ESSAY.
Second, no matter what the weather is, I will be there. I promise. I'll be there from 10-9 with exception of 1-130 and 5-530. I have to eat some time. The store closes at 9 and I will have been out of my house from about 9am. Thus, I'm leaving PROMPTLY at 9. At some point in my life, I need to spend time with my wife.
For those who don't know the process, I take appointments when I'm there. You can't ask in advance, so you just show up and hope that nobody is there at that time or prepare yourself to wait. In help sessions past, I've had so many people there that it could be a wait that is over 1 hour. You may want to bring something to do. In sessions past, lots of people have been there at the opening and many have been there after I ate. It all depends. I tend to give 15-20 minutes per person depending on what people need. Sometimes, I take longer. Sometimes, not so much. It all depends.
The best time for a guaranteed time is right after lunch. You may not get seen right away, but you won't get shut out. I expect lots of people early and if lots of people show up late, I WON'T GUARANTEE that you will get seen. For example, if I have 8 people waiting at 7, and you show up at 730, you're out of luck. Once I fill up for the day with 20 minutes between appointments, you're going to have to figure something out before Thursday (COM051) or Friday (COM121). At the most, I have had nearly 30 people from 4 classes show up. This semester, I'm averaging 15-20 people per day. The last session is always the busiest session.
The day your essays are due, there won't be any help since you won't be able to finish it anyway. Remember, your essays are due that day. The reason my standards are so firm as to when things are due is that is what your future boss will expect. In that, I'm training you to be able to be persistent and depenadble when it comes to doing what you need to do. That gets you consideration that many people don't have. In the end, that's what counts.
I am only correcting MLA (COM051) and APA (COM121). I WILL NOT look at grammar. At this point, you should have that on your own. I also WILL NOT look at a computer screen to correct your essay. I'm not a laptop guy, so make sure I have a printout to look at. Bring printed URLs so that I can see what you have as far as research. This will allow me to make sure your essay is cited properly as well. If you don't have a Works Cited / References page, I can't do ANYTHING for you. I need to see the sources that you're claiming credit for having used in this essay.
Bring your pre-writing. I want to see how you organized what you did as well. An outline is everything.
For Com121, students who intend to A out (A on the first essay, 85 or above on the 2nd essay and all other work done and able to complete everything with an A average) need to be helped prior to the final, or you will be taking ALL of the final.
For Com051 students, you have to take the final as per division standards. If time permits (NOBODY is behind you in line), I will be able to help with preparing for this. Don't count on that.
All of my classes are tough. I won't deny that, but you've worked long and hard to make sure that you get to the next level. I teach you in the way that I know will give you the greatest chance for success in the future. Don't give up now. Work hard, and it will be over in about 11 short days. If you're here, you have a fighting chance for a solid grade. Don't give up on you now. Just because the old man isn't smiling and patting you on the back with giddy smiles of how awesome you are doesn't mean that he doesn't feel those things about you. Really.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
mla rules and guidance
Researching the MLA paper - SQ3R is your friend. Really.
SURVEY What do you know about the topic?
QUESTION What do you need to know about the topic to complete the paper?
RULE #2: “YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO BE LAZY”
Remember, this means that you are not writing a book. You are writing about a single defined aspect of this topic. This has nothing to do with procrastination or a half-hearted attempt at writing a paper. That stuff is anathema.
READ Now find your research material and create either an acceptable amount of handwritten research.
WHAT ARE SOME GOOD WEBSITES TO USE?
Sites that end in .edu or .gov are as absolute and perfect as they come. If your site is a .org, that means it could be good (if you know the organization), but it might be not so good if it belongs to people who are just looking to push their bizarre nature onto other people (http://www.rael.org/)
Also, for most research papers, you should be careful that you don’t use sites that are commercial (for instance, sell steroids). There are many sites like this online. Stick with the above the boards stuff.
MLA DOCUMENTATION All research (except common knowledge) is cited. Your paper is cited in MLA. While APA is also a way to cite, it’s not what we’re doing here. Don’t ask me what CMS is. I’ve never used. You most likely won’t either.
You can get directions in your Worsmith or you can go to the Owl at Purdue MLA cite.
You are required to have at least 6 sources. Two of these sources must be from the Internet. One must be in print (magazine, book, etc.). Two of these will be your original sources. After that, you can use whatever you want. You may use more than 6 sources. You will have 2 primary sources (Main sources of information) and the rest will be secondary sources (1 to a few pieces of information that back up the claims of your primary source).
BOOK ONE AUTHOR
Gorman, Elizabeth. Prairie Women. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Print
CLASS NOTES
Smith, John. "Beowulf: Archetypal Hero." English 102 Class. Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL. March 28, 2003.
MAGAZINE
Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report. Oct. 1999: 34. Print.
INTERVIEW
Whitehurst, Daniel, former mayor of Fresno. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2003.
THE LIBRARY HAS INFORMATION FOR HOW TO CITE GALE NET AND EBSCO HOST – I don’t require their use, but if you use them, know how.
WEBSITES
Last Name, First Name. Title. Date Created. Web. Date Accessed. URL.
While there are a million little ways that you may cite websites, this way will work for the purpose of this class. NOTE: You will not always have a date created (if you don’t have day, month, and year, you also don’t have a date), and you won’t always have an author, but you will have the other 3. Improvise accordingly.
RECITE This is where you take your notes. You can underline handouts or printouts. You can copy notes (whatever it takes to get to your required amount of stuff). Just find the info.
REVIEW Organize and outline. Reassess your thesis and go back to the library or computer to research some more. Make sure you understand what you are researching. Just because you have the material doesn’t mean that it makes sense. Ask me!!
OH YEAH Send all of your URLs so that I can check their validity.
IN PARAGRAPH CITATIONS You must cite everything. Every fact, every name, number, bit of information or external opinion about the topic has to come from somewhere (except common knowledge stuff). This is 1 of the reasons that we do topics that I choose. Ever since I had a student know everything about Jeff Gordon and think that he didn’t have to cite his facts, I realized that it’s best to have students research teacher-acceptable topics.
As a result, this paper is here to help you.
QUOTES It is very important to understand your information in your own words. Some information can only come across in sentences written a certain way (“John Daniel. Glass Jr. was born on August 26, 1971”). It’s not plagiarism to take this information and use it the only way it really can be written. Most information (99.9999999999999%) must be put into your own words. In some instances (Comp and Lit papers), it becomes necessary to take big hunks of sentences and use them word for word in a book or really long paper.
YOU WILL NOT DO THIS IN THIS PAPER. THE LONGEST QUOTE YOU MAY USE IS A SINGLE SENTENCE, AND YOU MUST INCORPORATE IT INTO THE PAPER. IN THIS, WHILE YOU ARE “TECHNICALLY CORRECT” IN BEING ALLOWED TO USE IT, YOU MAY NOT USE IT. YOU MUST PARAPHRASE IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS. IF YOU DO THIS, I WILL CONSIDER YOUR PAPER SHORT DUE TO HEAVILY BORROWING FROM THE WORKS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND I WILL DEDUCT SENTENCE SENSE POINTS AS WELL FOR YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR RESEARCH. NO EXCEPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE (the quote is in black): Steroids have created a variety of new injuries. While the athletes pay the price, there is a different person who is doing the collecting: Dr. James Andrews, wonder surgeon to sports injuries. Noted sports columnist A. Cynic summarized Andrews multi-million dollar business by stating, “Andrews owes his homes, cars, and vacations to the fact that sports stars aren’t smart enough to realize when they aren’t exercising, but are tearing muscle off of the bones.” (Cynic)
THE ABOVE IS GOOD (incorporated).
THE BELOW IS BAD (no flow and should have been paraphrased).
Sports injuries are bad. They affect many players and teams. This year, they affected the Yankees. Carl Pavano is a perfect example of a bad sports injury. “The Pavano news is bad. He had been throwing on the side, and got up on the mound on Sunday, but though the team kept saying he was getting better, he didn't seem so optimistic. He is going to see Dr. James Andrews in Alabama and may, in fact, need Tommy John surgery, which would finish him for this season and probably next season, too, possibly ending is career.” (Amore)
PRINT SOURCES
(Author’s last name Page # (IF AVAILABLE))
(If no Author or you use the author multiple times, then switch to first important word of the title underlined or in quotes appropriately Page #)
NOTE: there is no comma between these items and there is no word “page”, “p.,” “para” or “paragraph” either.
If the paraphrase includes where the source is from (“In his book Now I Can Die in Peace, Bill Simmons expresses how Boston….”), then you can just use the page number. INTERNET SOURCES
(Author’s last name (IF AVAILABLE))
(First important word of title underlined or quoted appropriately (OTHERWISE))
WHEN IN DOUBT, SEE ME!! DON’T ASSUME!!!!!
IF YOU ASSUME OR DEVIATE FROM THESE RULES, THEN YOUR BAD GRADE IS YOUR FAULT. I DON’T CARE IF WE ARE USING CHANGES SINCE THE NEW WORDSMITH CAME OUT; YOU PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS BOOK, SO WE’RE USING ITS RULES. IF YOU ARE USING RULES FROM BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED, THEN IT IS ALSO ON YOU. I DON’T MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR BEING GIVEN MISINFORMATION FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
SURVEY What do you know about the topic?
QUESTION What do you need to know about the topic to complete the paper?
RULE #2: “YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO BE LAZY”
Remember, this means that you are not writing a book. You are writing about a single defined aspect of this topic. This has nothing to do with procrastination or a half-hearted attempt at writing a paper. That stuff is anathema.
READ Now find your research material and create either an acceptable amount of handwritten research.
WHAT ARE SOME GOOD WEBSITES TO USE?
Sites that end in .edu or .gov are as absolute and perfect as they come. If your site is a .org, that means it could be good (if you know the organization), but it might be not so good if it belongs to people who are just looking to push their bizarre nature onto other people (http://www.rael.org/)
Also, for most research papers, you should be careful that you don’t use sites that are commercial (for instance, sell steroids). There are many sites like this online. Stick with the above the boards stuff.
MLA DOCUMENTATION All research (except common knowledge) is cited. Your paper is cited in MLA. While APA is also a way to cite, it’s not what we’re doing here. Don’t ask me what CMS is. I’ve never used. You most likely won’t either.
You can get directions in your Worsmith or you can go to the Owl at Purdue MLA cite.
You are required to have at least 6 sources. Two of these sources must be from the Internet. One must be in print (magazine, book, etc.). Two of these will be your original sources. After that, you can use whatever you want. You may use more than 6 sources. You will have 2 primary sources (Main sources of information) and the rest will be secondary sources (1 to a few pieces of information that back up the claims of your primary source).
BOOK ONE AUTHOR
Gorman, Elizabeth. Prairie Women. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Print
CLASS NOTES
Smith, John. "Beowulf: Archetypal Hero." English 102 Class. Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL. March 28, 2003.
MAGAZINE
Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report. Oct. 1999: 34. Print.
INTERVIEW
Whitehurst, Daniel, former mayor of Fresno. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2003.
THE LIBRARY HAS INFORMATION FOR HOW TO CITE GALE NET AND EBSCO HOST – I don’t require their use, but if you use them, know how.
WEBSITES
Last Name, First Name. Title. Date Created. Web. Date Accessed. URL.
While there are a million little ways that you may cite websites, this way will work for the purpose of this class. NOTE: You will not always have a date created (if you don’t have day, month, and year, you also don’t have a date), and you won’t always have an author, but you will have the other 3. Improvise accordingly.
RECITE This is where you take your notes. You can underline handouts or printouts. You can copy notes (whatever it takes to get to your required amount of stuff). Just find the info.
REVIEW Organize and outline. Reassess your thesis and go back to the library or computer to research some more. Make sure you understand what you are researching. Just because you have the material doesn’t mean that it makes sense. Ask me!!
OH YEAH Send all of your URLs so that I can check their validity.
IN PARAGRAPH CITATIONS You must cite everything. Every fact, every name, number, bit of information or external opinion about the topic has to come from somewhere (except common knowledge stuff). This is 1 of the reasons that we do topics that I choose. Ever since I had a student know everything about Jeff Gordon and think that he didn’t have to cite his facts, I realized that it’s best to have students research teacher-acceptable topics.
As a result, this paper is here to help you.
QUOTES It is very important to understand your information in your own words. Some information can only come across in sentences written a certain way (“John Daniel. Glass Jr. was born on August 26, 1971”). It’s not plagiarism to take this information and use it the only way it really can be written. Most information (99.9999999999999%) must be put into your own words. In some instances (Comp and Lit papers), it becomes necessary to take big hunks of sentences and use them word for word in a book or really long paper.
YOU WILL NOT DO THIS IN THIS PAPER. THE LONGEST QUOTE YOU MAY USE IS A SINGLE SENTENCE, AND YOU MUST INCORPORATE IT INTO THE PAPER. IN THIS, WHILE YOU ARE “TECHNICALLY CORRECT” IN BEING ALLOWED TO USE IT, YOU MAY NOT USE IT. YOU MUST PARAPHRASE IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS. IF YOU DO THIS, I WILL CONSIDER YOUR PAPER SHORT DUE TO HEAVILY BORROWING FROM THE WORKS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND I WILL DEDUCT SENTENCE SENSE POINTS AS WELL FOR YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR RESEARCH. NO EXCEPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE (the quote is in black): Steroids have created a variety of new injuries. While the athletes pay the price, there is a different person who is doing the collecting: Dr. James Andrews, wonder surgeon to sports injuries. Noted sports columnist A. Cynic summarized Andrews multi-million dollar business by stating, “Andrews owes his homes, cars, and vacations to the fact that sports stars aren’t smart enough to realize when they aren’t exercising, but are tearing muscle off of the bones.” (Cynic)
THE ABOVE IS GOOD (incorporated).
THE BELOW IS BAD (no flow and should have been paraphrased).
Sports injuries are bad. They affect many players and teams. This year, they affected the Yankees. Carl Pavano is a perfect example of a bad sports injury. “The Pavano news is bad. He had been throwing on the side, and got up on the mound on Sunday, but though the team kept saying he was getting better, he didn't seem so optimistic. He is going to see Dr. James Andrews in Alabama and may, in fact, need Tommy John surgery, which would finish him for this season and probably next season, too, possibly ending is career.” (Amore)
PRINT SOURCES
(Author’s last name Page # (IF AVAILABLE))
(If no Author or you use the author multiple times, then switch to first important word of the title underlined or in quotes appropriately Page #)
NOTE: there is no comma between these items and there is no word “page”, “p.,” “para” or “paragraph” either.
If the paraphrase includes where the source is from (“In his book Now I Can Die in Peace, Bill Simmons expresses how Boston….”), then you can just use the page number. INTERNET SOURCES
(Author’s last name (IF AVAILABLE))
(First important word of title underlined or quoted appropriately (OTHERWISE))
WHEN IN DOUBT, SEE ME!! DON’T ASSUME!!!!!
IF YOU ASSUME OR DEVIATE FROM THESE RULES, THEN YOUR BAD GRADE IS YOUR FAULT. I DON’T CARE IF WE ARE USING CHANGES SINCE THE NEW WORDSMITH CAME OUT; YOU PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS BOOK, SO WE’RE USING ITS RULES. IF YOU ARE USING RULES FROM BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED, THEN IT IS ALSO ON YOU. I DON’T MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR BEING GIVEN MISINFORMATION FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
Works Cited Help
If you have a paragraph such as this one:
Throughout the past 12 years, the New York Yankees have gone through many changes. Perhaps the most significant of which was signing Joe Torre to be their manager after the botched 1995 playoffs run. (Olney 8) Then again, it can also be argued that taking Jeter as the 6th pick in the 1992 MLB Amateur draft was the most successful contribution to the Yankees playoff run. (Olney 38) Since Jeter was the only member of the 1998 championship Yankees, it was clear to see that his leadership led the team to greatness. (Yankees) Nevertheless, by 2007, the Yankees were clearly a team without a centralized ideal of what it meant to be a Yankee. (Yankees) Nevertheless, the same core identities that made Posada, Rivera, Jeter, and Martinez real Yankees in 1999 will continue to show in the youth of Chamberlain, Cano, Kennedy, Cabrera, and Hughes. (Olney)
You will find that there are several issues with the paragraph.
One, the first 2 Buster Olney citations (both made up for the purpose of this post) are from the same book. You would not need Olney before Olney 38 since you have Olney 8. It is automatically assumed that you are citing from Olney if you have 2 citations in a row. However, with the last citation being from Buster Olney's website, you would have to revert all of these back to the first important word of the title.
On the Works Cited page, you would also have --- for the author's name (in this case Olney) in the 2nd citation (but make sure he's there in the first!).
You would also not have 2 (Yankees) citations in a row. It would be obvious that all things up to the 2nd (Yankees) would be from that citation.
All of these rules are to save space and ink and cost (really!!).
Keep in mind, the only time you need a citation is if you're taking someone's opinion or factual information.
If you establish a fact such as THROUGHOUT HISTORY, A CERTAIN TYPE OF PLAYER PLAYED FOR THE YANKEES. THESE WERE ALWAYS CLEANCUT PLAYERS THAT WORKED HARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TEAM. PLAYERS SUCH AS REGGIE JACKSON, WHO FOR AS GOOD AS HE WAS ENDED UP CAST OFF FOR HIS SELFISHNESS AND EGO, REPRESENT THOSE PLAYERS WHO COULD HAVE BEEN YANKEES BUT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THE CENTRAL IDEA OF TEAM.
THEN... you could create your own opinions about such drains on the Yankees as Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreau, Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens, Kevin Brown, and Alex Rodriguez. You would be free to talk about big salaries and love of individual stats over championships. You would also be able to talk about Damon being more about his long hair and idiot personality in Boston days than his throwing arm. You could also talk about the white collar attitude that helped Giambi and his tattoos and long hair succeed in Oakland (a place where steroids were part of the daily routine, or so it seems) and how he lost his powers (like Sampson), when he was forced to shave and cut his hair.
If you went back and talked about the history of Don Mattingly being told to cut his hair (a situation parodied in the Simpsons baseball episode), then you would need to quote where you got that info.
Another problem students usually have with citations is that they cite every line. Every line doesn't have to be cited - only if it is a fact or someone else's opinion. If the whole thing is paraphrased from the same website (Gammons) for example, you could have one Gammons at the end and get away with it.
You can only have one page from a book (Caple 8). You can't say (Caple 8, 14, 39). You also can't have (Caple 8) (Gammons) back to back. Label each site's exact quote location. If they both say the same thing ("If Dave Winfield was Mr. May, then surely, Alex Rodriguez is Mr. April") then choose one guy's quote and end it there.
If you remember reading something in a book, say Bill Simmons' Now I Can Die in Peace, and you don't know what page, search it out with Google. If you know someone else doing the topic, fall back to their knowledge or mine. Usually, a solid Google search will help you find anything. If you're obviously quoting from Simmons and you don't have a page, it would technically be plagiarism. Sometimes, we forget citations - that's a dumb learning mistake. However, when we forget to label multiple citations, that becomes a problem of laziness and plagiarism.
When in doubt, find a new citation.
Any more questions, please contact me.
Don't even think about putting URLs in the citations. See the previous MLA handout for more details!!!
Throughout the past 12 years, the New York Yankees have gone through many changes. Perhaps the most significant of which was signing Joe Torre to be their manager after the botched 1995 playoffs run. (Olney 8) Then again, it can also be argued that taking Jeter as the 6th pick in the 1992 MLB Amateur draft was the most successful contribution to the Yankees playoff run. (Olney 38) Since Jeter was the only member of the 1998 championship Yankees, it was clear to see that his leadership led the team to greatness. (Yankees) Nevertheless, by 2007, the Yankees were clearly a team without a centralized ideal of what it meant to be a Yankee. (Yankees) Nevertheless, the same core identities that made Posada, Rivera, Jeter, and Martinez real Yankees in 1999 will continue to show in the youth of Chamberlain, Cano, Kennedy, Cabrera, and Hughes. (Olney)
You will find that there are several issues with the paragraph.
One, the first 2 Buster Olney citations (both made up for the purpose of this post) are from the same book. You would not need Olney before Olney 38 since you have Olney 8. It is automatically assumed that you are citing from Olney if you have 2 citations in a row. However, with the last citation being from Buster Olney's website, you would have to revert all of these back to the first important word of the title.
On the Works Cited page, you would also have --- for the author's name (in this case Olney) in the 2nd citation (but make sure he's there in the first!).
You would also not have 2 (Yankees) citations in a row. It would be obvious that all things up to the 2nd (Yankees) would be from that citation.
All of these rules are to save space and ink and cost (really!!).
Keep in mind, the only time you need a citation is if you're taking someone's opinion or factual information.
If you establish a fact such as THROUGHOUT HISTORY, A CERTAIN TYPE OF PLAYER PLAYED FOR THE YANKEES. THESE WERE ALWAYS CLEANCUT PLAYERS THAT WORKED HARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TEAM. PLAYERS SUCH AS REGGIE JACKSON, WHO FOR AS GOOD AS HE WAS ENDED UP CAST OFF FOR HIS SELFISHNESS AND EGO, REPRESENT THOSE PLAYERS WHO COULD HAVE BEEN YANKEES BUT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THE CENTRAL IDEA OF TEAM.
THEN... you could create your own opinions about such drains on the Yankees as Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreau, Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens, Kevin Brown, and Alex Rodriguez. You would be free to talk about big salaries and love of individual stats over championships. You would also be able to talk about Damon being more about his long hair and idiot personality in Boston days than his throwing arm. You could also talk about the white collar attitude that helped Giambi and his tattoos and long hair succeed in Oakland (a place where steroids were part of the daily routine, or so it seems) and how he lost his powers (like Sampson), when he was forced to shave and cut his hair.
If you went back and talked about the history of Don Mattingly being told to cut his hair (a situation parodied in the Simpsons baseball episode), then you would need to quote where you got that info.
Another problem students usually have with citations is that they cite every line. Every line doesn't have to be cited - only if it is a fact or someone else's opinion. If the whole thing is paraphrased from the same website (Gammons) for example, you could have one Gammons at the end and get away with it.
You can only have one page from a book (Caple 8). You can't say (Caple 8, 14, 39). You also can't have (Caple 8) (Gammons) back to back. Label each site's exact quote location. If they both say the same thing ("If Dave Winfield was Mr. May, then surely, Alex Rodriguez is Mr. April") then choose one guy's quote and end it there.
If you remember reading something in a book, say Bill Simmons' Now I Can Die in Peace, and you don't know what page, search it out with Google. If you know someone else doing the topic, fall back to their knowledge or mine. Usually, a solid Google search will help you find anything. If you're obviously quoting from Simmons and you don't have a page, it would technically be plagiarism. Sometimes, we forget citations - that's a dumb learning mistake. However, when we forget to label multiple citations, that becomes a problem of laziness and plagiarism.
When in doubt, find a new citation.
Any more questions, please contact me.
Don't even think about putting URLs in the citations. See the previous MLA handout for more details!!!
The expanding last minute help stuff
5 questions I want to know the answer to with Jackie Robinson (they can apply easily to Rosa Parks):
1. Why does a sane person not fight back when people trash his very personality?
2. What gives a man the strength to fight back when the world is against him and he is allowed to fight back?
3. How does a person find the fortitude to make it through all of this (think Rachel, religion, responsibility, race)?
4. Jackie died early from diabetes. His son died early and tragically as well. What makes a man sacrifice everything when it DESTROYS his life?
5. Jackie quit baseball after 10 years - there were more important things out there. What were they and why were they more important than baseball?
1. Why does a sane person not fight back when people trash his very personality?
2. What gives a man the strength to fight back when the world is against him and he is allowed to fight back?
3. How does a person find the fortitude to make it through all of this (think Rachel, religion, responsibility, race)?
4. Jackie died early from diabetes. His son died early and tragically as well. What makes a man sacrifice everything when it DESTROYS his life?
5. Jackie quit baseball after 10 years - there were more important things out there. What were they and why were they more important than baseball?
Saturday, November 21, 2009
There are a lot of things to do, BUT you are off for 12 days. This means that we have to keep you fresh with this. To stop doing this for all of that time would mean that we have to start from scratch all over again. That can't and won't happen with time requirements. I WANT YOU TO DO WELL BECAUSE I AM COMMITTED TO YOU BEING THE STUDENT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE, so I have asked that you go into Materials in Angel Online and asked you to look at and download some things.
A) Research process SQ3R
B) COM051 researching
C) Making Statistics Say Something more exciting
D) Making Statistics Say Something - Remedial
E) new and fixed ppt for pre-writing
You were given 2 handouts xeroxed together.
A) Everything that is and needs to be for this paper
B) Issues in your paper
When you download these, the timer will stop. Then, you need to click on the link and download it. If you have Office 2007, you can view these. If you don't, you need to come to the library and view them there.
Handout A was added this term because I was disheartened by so many students not getting research. Thus, I have tried to make everything as straight forward as possible. Too many things can and do go wrong with these essays. Thus, we must focus on attention to detail and checklist type scenarios. By giving you "this fighting chance," I see you having a better chance of getting a good grade - instead of what happened to too many other students through the years. Some of you might think that this is me being difficult, but the reality is that it bothers me when students don't get it, so I constantly try to add things that will help students "get it." If I didn't care, I wouldn't be adding all of this extra asssistance stuff for you. Really.
Handout B has always existed in some form or another. While I want you to read this and understand it for a pop quiz on Tuesday (as well as PowerPoint B), I DO NOT WANT YOU to read #22 and #23. They go with a PowerPoint entitled The Meaning of words . As these deal with academic freedom and removing bias from speech, I want to clarify these issues. There will be nothing on them in the quiz.
To be honest, the quiz will be simple things (length, acceptable sites, required sites, things to do, things to not do). I just want to see that we're all on the same page and that you know what you have to do. I simply want to see that you're working on this and the only way to do this is a quiz. If I didn't have to give a quiz, I wouldn't (nobody likes to do extra work), but my job is making sure you understand this stuff.
In PowerPoint D, you will encounter a lot of stats and quotes. You will take 4 statistics and 1 quote and say what they mean - not what they are.
For example, if we look at US oil imports,
http://www.gravmag.com/imports.shtml
you can see who the US gets most of its imports from.
Just listing it is what. I want that, but I REALLY WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHY.
Telling me if it's a good thing or bad thing and why that is are the things that I'm looking for.
For example, are the countries we get oil from hostile to us? Could things happen to the oil along the way? Start thinking big picture stuff.
The quote must be incorporated, expressed for understanding, and truly flow within the paragraph. This isn't easy, but it's the backbone of all good writing skills when it comes to writing research papers. Trust me; I help seniors at college that can't do this. I want to make you shine in a way that says you're better than the others (and I know that you have the ability to be great). That's why I push you.
I am available to help you on Monday from 730-845 in room B311. I'll be there from 10-1145 as well. However, when Tuesday comes, I won't be available until the following Monday at the same times.
December 6th from 10-9 is the last Barnes and Nobles Day. There is no grammar help there; I am only assisting on MLA. Please come for help if possible or make other arrangements for at school help.
Now, I definitely want your first paragraphs on Tuesday. However, you can impress me with outlines, URLs (I need to approve these anyway), and started essays and pre-writing steps (such as what you know, what you want to know, and notes).
Remember - more isn't better on the URLs. You need the 2 original articles. You need 2 URLs. However, you don't need a lot more URLs than that. Besides, most of them say the same thing over and over again. You also need 1 print source and 1 other source (can be a print or web source or even a non-fiction dvd).
The Aron Ralston video will be available for in library watching on Monday.
For those of you doing Clemente or Robinson, you can get the Ken Burns baseball videos (for Jackie - the 40's and 50's - for Clemente the 60's). You can use www.youtube.com as well. If it shows you the guy or gal in a positive way, use it as a web source!
Don't forget to finish your journals and www.mywritinglab.com ASAP.
I think this clarifies all things.
If not, please ask.
You pay to have access to me.
Please ask away.
After 4 today (Saturday), I will be available from 4-8 tomorrow night (Sunday) and then again Monday until 8 (via e-mail).
A) Research process SQ3R
B) COM051 researching
C) Making Statistics Say Something more exciting
D) Making Statistics Say Something - Remedial
E) new and fixed ppt for pre-writing
You were given 2 handouts xeroxed together.
A) Everything that is and needs to be for this paper
B) Issues in your paper
When you download these, the timer will stop. Then, you need to click on the link and download it. If you have Office 2007, you can view these. If you don't, you need to come to the library and view them there.
Handout A was added this term because I was disheartened by so many students not getting research. Thus, I have tried to make everything as straight forward as possible. Too many things can and do go wrong with these essays. Thus, we must focus on attention to detail and checklist type scenarios. By giving you "this fighting chance," I see you having a better chance of getting a good grade - instead of what happened to too many other students through the years. Some of you might think that this is me being difficult, but the reality is that it bothers me when students don't get it, so I constantly try to add things that will help students "get it." If I didn't care, I wouldn't be adding all of this extra asssistance stuff for you. Really.
Handout B has always existed in some form or another. While I want you to read this and understand it for a pop quiz on Tuesday (as well as PowerPoint B), I DO NOT WANT YOU to read #22 and #23. They go with a PowerPoint entitled The Meaning of words . As these deal with academic freedom and removing bias from speech, I want to clarify these issues. There will be nothing on them in the quiz.
To be honest, the quiz will be simple things (length, acceptable sites, required sites, things to do, things to not do). I just want to see that we're all on the same page and that you know what you have to do. I simply want to see that you're working on this and the only way to do this is a quiz. If I didn't have to give a quiz, I wouldn't (nobody likes to do extra work), but my job is making sure you understand this stuff.
In PowerPoint D, you will encounter a lot of stats and quotes. You will take 4 statistics and 1 quote and say what they mean - not what they are.
For example, if we look at US oil imports,
http://www.gravmag.com/imports.shtml
you can see who the US gets most of its imports from.
Just listing it is what. I want that, but I REALLY WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHY.
Telling me if it's a good thing or bad thing and why that is are the things that I'm looking for.
For example, are the countries we get oil from hostile to us? Could things happen to the oil along the way? Start thinking big picture stuff.
The quote must be incorporated, expressed for understanding, and truly flow within the paragraph. This isn't easy, but it's the backbone of all good writing skills when it comes to writing research papers. Trust me; I help seniors at college that can't do this. I want to make you shine in a way that says you're better than the others (and I know that you have the ability to be great). That's why I push you.
I am available to help you on Monday from 730-845 in room B311. I'll be there from 10-1145 as well. However, when Tuesday comes, I won't be available until the following Monday at the same times.
December 6th from 10-9 is the last Barnes and Nobles Day. There is no grammar help there; I am only assisting on MLA. Please come for help if possible or make other arrangements for at school help.
Now, I definitely want your first paragraphs on Tuesday. However, you can impress me with outlines, URLs (I need to approve these anyway), and started essays and pre-writing steps (such as what you know, what you want to know, and notes).
Remember - more isn't better on the URLs. You need the 2 original articles. You need 2 URLs. However, you don't need a lot more URLs than that. Besides, most of them say the same thing over and over again. You also need 1 print source and 1 other source (can be a print or web source or even a non-fiction dvd).
The Aron Ralston video will be available for in library watching on Monday.
For those of you doing Clemente or Robinson, you can get the Ken Burns baseball videos (for Jackie - the 40's and 50's - for Clemente the 60's). You can use www.youtube.com as well. If it shows you the guy or gal in a positive way, use it as a web source!
Don't forget to finish your journals and www.mywritinglab.com ASAP.
I think this clarifies all things.
If not, please ask.
You pay to have access to me.
Please ask away.
After 4 today (Saturday), I will be available from 4-8 tomorrow night (Sunday) and then again Monday until 8 (via e-mail).
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Stuff to do for the Break
First and foremost, if you want to practice the final exam, you can read this article.
Write a 6-paragraph essay to MY STANDARDS (the ones that will bring success in college) based on the author's intention. All things need to be where I have told you all along. There is no use of I, we, you, our, us, etc. in this paper.
++++
Second, go on Angel online and get the following materials:
Research Process SQ3R
COM051 Researching
Prewriting
Making Statistics Say Something More Exciting
Making Statistics Say Something Remedial
The first 4 will be gone over in class and reread for clarity and understanding. You don't get these by hearing them once. You must read and reread them to understand this process. This class isn't easy. You have to work for this.
The 4th is your homework.
You will need to look through that and incorporate statistics and quotes.
You will need to paraphrase quotes.
All of the statistics come from this site.
You will need to take 4 statistics and 1 quote and make them your own.
You will learn how to do this in Making Statistics Say Something More Exciting.
The original version of this PowerPoint is available if you still need help, but is not required.
All statistics must be paraphrased IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
The quote must be incorporated and flow within the concepts that it expresses.
These will be due the Tuesday you come back from vacation.
Doing these assignments well will give you some of the abilities that you need to pass this class.
Really.
++++
In addition, you were given 2 sets of requirements for essay writing. Read and understand them both thoroughly. I may pop quiz you on Tuesday (meaning, I'm going to pop quiz you and you will have to know - there are no open notes for this test).
The PowerPoint entitled The Meaning of Words will help you understand #22&23 of Issues in Your Paper version 4.
Fill out the outline paper. Fill out the Requirements for the Research Paper paper. Create a first paragraph. From here on out, things are really intense.
We don't have much time left. You need to take the time that you have off to work ahead.
You can't create a research essay on the spot.
Really.
I want you to do well.
Stick with the plan, and good things can come.
Write a 6-paragraph essay to MY STANDARDS (the ones that will bring success in college) based on the author's intention. All things need to be where I have told you all along. There is no use of I, we, you, our, us, etc. in this paper.
++++
Second, go on Angel online and get the following materials:
Research Process SQ3R
COM051 Researching
Prewriting
Making Statistics Say Something More Exciting
Making Statistics Say Something Remedial
The first 4 will be gone over in class and reread for clarity and understanding. You don't get these by hearing them once. You must read and reread them to understand this process. This class isn't easy. You have to work for this.
The 4th is your homework.
You will need to look through that and incorporate statistics and quotes.
You will need to paraphrase quotes.
All of the statistics come from this site.
You will need to take 4 statistics and 1 quote and make them your own.
You will learn how to do this in Making Statistics Say Something More Exciting.
The original version of this PowerPoint is available if you still need help, but is not required.
All statistics must be paraphrased IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
The quote must be incorporated and flow within the concepts that it expresses.
These will be due the Tuesday you come back from vacation.
Doing these assignments well will give you some of the abilities that you need to pass this class.
Really.
++++
In addition, you were given 2 sets of requirements for essay writing. Read and understand them both thoroughly. I may pop quiz you on Tuesday (meaning, I'm going to pop quiz you and you will have to know - there are no open notes for this test).
The PowerPoint entitled The Meaning of Words will help you understand #22&23 of Issues in Your Paper version 4.
Fill out the outline paper. Fill out the Requirements for the Research Paper paper. Create a first paragraph. From here on out, things are really intense.
We don't have much time left. You need to take the time that you have off to work ahead.
You can't create a research essay on the spot.
Really.
I want you to do well.
Stick with the plan, and good things can come.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
What a difference 14 years makes.
On November 17, 1995 (at 1040am), I was getting out of the Air Force. What were you doing with your life?The point is not to say that the Air Force was or is the answer (or isn't for that matter), but it's just interesting to think that the lives we are living become so rapidly different so quickly and all the things that we think are so important one day change.
For that matter, the things we work to become continue to define us in the now and one day we wake up and we're completely different people.
I'm just saying.
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