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FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30
Posted on: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 >  Drafts of Unit 5 are due on Bb if you want me to give them a quick look before grading. > > Also due on Bb (there is a link under "Assignments") are the bottoms of the Group Worksheets others did for your Unit 5 paper. Obviously if no one sent any to you, you are not responsible for them. You must post your Unit 5 paper on the group page of the wiki for others to respond to. There is also a new Worksheet for Unit 5, so be sure to do the right one. >   Your final exam will be on Wednesday as well. No studying necessary. Open book. We will meet in the computer lab, ANS 252. >   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, NOV. 28
Posted on: Sunday, November 27, 2011 >  **NOTICE: CLASS ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE NON-LAB CLASSROOM ON ANSPACH FIRST FLOOR. WEDNESDAY WE WILL HAVE THE COMPUTER LAB FOR YOUR EXAM.** Editing and game day! > NOTE: Awesome site for MLA : @http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/    Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 AND 23.
Posted on: Thursday, November 17, 2011 > Conferences. Please have a draft of Unit 5 paper (argument), either a hard copy or a digital copy loaded to Bb. Conferences are in my office. Link to the wiki: http://wendtenglish201f11.wikispaces.com. Be sure you're signed up. Here's a map to my office. I forgot the bathrooms, but they are on either side of the elevators. I don't feel like redrawing this thing to add them! Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, NOV. 14
Posted on: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 > Presentations are due. Be sure to sign up for a conference on the wiki. And if you are revising your Unit 3 paper (rhetorical analysis), they are due Monday after a conference with me. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
Posted on: Monday, November 7, 2011 > Begin drafting your final argument paper. You will want to have at least a thesis statement and your introduction drafted by Wednesday. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, NOV. 7
Posted on: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 > The final draft of your Report (Unit 4) is due on Bb by class time. >   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2
Posted on: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2 The final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis (Unit 3) is due on Bb by class time. >   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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VERY IMPORTANT
Posted on: Monday, October 24, 2011 >    THIS NOTICE IS VERY IMPORTANT--EVERY POINT. PLEASE READ IT ALL 1. The exam today is now a take-home exam due by midnight tonight, Monday, October 24. If you have questions about the exam, email me pronto. > > >  2. Your rhetorical analysis paper (Unit 3) is uploaded to Bb with my comments. Revision of this is due next Wednesday, November 2 at class time. >  3. You must sign up for conferences (see below) and get your drafts done and uploaded to the wiki. Those who have not signed up yet--you are probably going to be conferencing this Wednesday as Monday the 31st is mostly full. Please email me if you have difficulties at all. >  4. Your responsibility before conferences: upload your own paper to your group wiki page as directed. Download the papers of the others in your group and download the "Worksheet" on your page. Read the papers of each of the others in the group and fill out one worksheet for each paper. Be sure you save yourself time to do this--it takes time. Before you come to your conference, print out each paper of your peers and print out the worksheet you filled out for each peer and bring these all to the conference. If you do not do this prep work, you will get an absence. >  5. Due to conferences, we will not have class this Wednesday, Oct. 26 nor on next Monday, Oct. 31. Missing your conference, however, will give you an absence, as will not being fully prepared for the conference. >   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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NOTE: REVISION OF UNIT 1
Posted on: Thursday, October 20, 2011 > NOTE: For those who are revising Unit 1 for a better grade, your final draft is due Monday, Oct. 24 by class time. Please send me an email to let me know you have submitted it through Blackboard. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, OCT. 24
Posted on: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 > Monday will be your third in-class exam. You have nothing to study for. It will be on Bb, so just show up. > > You will also want to be sure to sign up for your group conference, which I will discuss more in depth on Monday. First go to wikispaces.com. There you must create an account for yourself. Use any username and password you'd like. Once done, you will be prompted to create a new wiki page. Just click no, and then go to the page already created. > > Here is the link to our wiki page: > http://wendtenglish201f11.wikispaces.com > > Once you are here and signed in, choose a time for your conference, add your name, and save the page. If you do something to screw up the page, don't panic; I can fix it easily. Just shoot me an email. > > Keep in mind that you must have your rough draft completed at least 24 hours before your conference, so you will need to start writing pronto! Conferences will be held in ANS 215B   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19
Posted on: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 > Due to the mis-reading of the previous post by several of you, the due date for Unit 3 has now been moved to Wednesday, Oct. 19. If you have already turned it in, kudos to you and I will for sure keep that in mind when I grade! > > For class Wednesday, please bring all your sources and notes from the last unit so we can get started on Unit 4. The assignment sheet it posted under "Assignments". Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, OCT. 17
Posted on: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 > FOR MONDAY, OCT. 17 > >  NOTE: FOR THOSE WHO MISSED CLASS - I cannot stress to you how much I highly recommend getting together with someone who was in class in order to make sure your paper is on the right track. > > > The rough draft of Unit 2 (rhetorical analysis) is due. Wed. in class I went over the specifics of how to take what we had done so far and put it into a paper. Here it is in a nutshell: >  __INTRODUCTION__ > > First you need an introduction that let your reader know a little about your research topic (whether or not cheerleading is a sport, for example). Grab your readers' attention. Get them interested. Say that you did some research on the topic, and end with some kind of thesis statement about those sources in general (EX: After reading many opinions about whether or not cheerleading is a sport, it turns out that it just depends whom you ask). >  __BODY__ : > > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">You need, for each article you analyze, the following: > > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A summary > > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Claims (pros and cons) > > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Quotes that support each claim (if one is available) > > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Explanations of how the quotes support the claim > > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And how this all affects you as a reader. > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Thus for each article you will end up with several chunks. Below is a possible Reilly paragraph (which would come after the summary of Reilly) written about one of the pros of Reilly's article. > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(EX: If one is trying to find fault with cheerleading, Reilly’s use of statistics about the dangers of cheerleading, along with the graphic anecdote of his friend’s injured twin cheerleaders, makes sense. He begins his article by talking about the “same old story. Broken bones, Senseless violence. Clashing egos” (1). He is not talking about football players but cheerleaders. And it is true; cheerleading can be dangerous. I have personally seen some pretty gruesome tumbles. His logos, then, begins strong. Just stating the fact that “ cheerleading is responsible for nearly half the high school and college injuries that lead to paralysis or death” (2) gets readers listening right away. Too, Reilly’s source, the University of North Carolina, is credible. I am convinced that cheerleading is indeed dangerous by this single statistic. > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Claim: Reilly's use of statistics...makes sense. > > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Quote(s): "same old story..." and "cheerleading is responsible..." > > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Explanation: It is true; cheerleading can be dangerous. I have personally seen some pretty gruesome tumbles...stating the fact that "cheerleading..."...  > > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Effects: "...gets readers listening rights away..." and "I am convinced that cheerleading is indeed dangerous")  >  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This needs to be done for every source. You should organize the body of your paper around your original thesis. So for a paper about cheerleading, which I claimed it "depends on whom you ask," I would probably put several articles first by people who don't think cheerleading should be a sport followed by several who do. Reilly's article would be in the first part.   >  __CONCLUSION:__  > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Now wrap things up. The whole topic. Remind your reader of your original claim (thesis). End with something though-provoking.  > > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(EX: After reading through these articles, it seems that those who consider cheerleading a sport are much more likely to be logical about how a sport is defined while those who don't think it's a sport are highly opinionated. (My summary of these sources) ...etc.)     Posted by: Mary Wendt >  Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892  >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12
Posted on: Monday, October 10, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12 > Please finish your Works Cited, your summary (of the article content), followed by your thesis statement. Please bring this to class, printed with space below, for Wed. If you have a laptop, feel free to bring those. > LINK TO UP-TO-DATE CITATION WEBSITE: (diana hacker) > [] >   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, OCT. 10
Posted on: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 > FOR MONDAY, OCT. 10 > Please have your research complete: 6 articles, 2 of which must be scholarly and no more than 2 websites (this does not include online databases or online scholarly sources.). For each article, complete the following: > Do an impact reading > Do a close reading > Determine the author's purpose > Determine whether or not the author achieved this purpose > Determine why or why not. > Write a thesis statement (use the handout as a template if needed) > Bring all to class (digital form is fine)   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5
Posted on: Monday, October 3, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5 > Please print out and bring to class two of your articles. Once you have read these two articles, write a one-paragraph summary of each. Then do an "impact reading" for both articles. Bring all of this to class. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, OCT. 3
Posted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011 > FOR MONDAY, OCT. 3 > Your final draft of Unit 1 Paper (responding to Graff) is due. Please upload it to Bb through Unit 1 Paper as you did your rough draft. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28
Posted on: Monday, September 26, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 > Topic proposals due. Please propose three topics, and for each topic write one paragraph. Each paragraph should do this: > Begin with a research question that includes "both sides" of the issue > Talk briefly about why you chose this topic. > Name specific questions you want to answer as you do your research. > > Also please revisit the chapter on Bb about data commentary, as there will be an in-class exam covering Unit 2 on Wednesday in class. > > Also print out and bring to class a hard copy of Rick Reilly's "Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!" article, which is on Bb in "Course Materials"   Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 26
Posted on: Saturday, September 24, 2011 > FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 26 > Please check your CMU email and read my feedback on your first paper. We will work on them in class Monday. Also we will be beginning a new unit, so I want you to start thinking: we will be doing rhetorical analysis, but you will be finding your own articles to analyze. Then these articles will serve as the sources for your next paper--a research paper. So--I want you to decide what you want to research. Please have a topic for Monday and we will discuss them then. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
Posted on: Monday, September 19, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 > Your presentations and memos to me are due!! Please have one representative from your group upload your PowerPoint to Unit Two under the "Assignments" tab. Also each member of the group needs to write me a short note per the instructions in the Unit One handout and upload that as well under Unit Two in "Assignments." If anyone would like me to look over their charts or presentations or data commentary before they present, please feel free to attach it to an email and send it to me by Tuesday night. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 19
Posted on: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 > FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 19 > Please begin researching your topic. Find lots of data sets and copy/write down the URLs and bring them to class on Monday. Everyone in the group needs to bring at least 2 data sets. Even more is better in case you end up with duplicates. On Monday you will be creating charts and data commentaries based on the data you bring, and you will be making a presentation for the class of that data. Presentations are Wednesday. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14
Posted on: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 > Please complete steps 1 and 2 on the group presentations handout: you should end up with four charts, one for each link on the handout. And this is one chart per link PER GROUP, not per person. Please print the charts out, at the top of a page with room at the bottom for a commentary and bring them to class Wednesday. Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 12
Posted on: Thursday, September 8, 2011 > No homework! Enjoy it while it lasts... Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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FOR MONDAY, AUG. 29
Posted on: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 > FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 > (No class Monday, Sept. 5--Labor Day). Please write your Unit 1 Paper (see "Assignments"). Remember: the "response" part of the summary and response is meant to be your ideas about the issue Graff discusses but not necessarily one of the ideas he presents. Also, you will want to write your introduction first, describing the issue you will be discussing. This should give the reader an idea of the topic and the reading that spawned the topic (Graff's article). The next paragraph would then introduce and summarize Graff, and then you would proceed to make your argument. Be sure to keep the "I don't believe you" drive for evidence in mind. > > Print out one copy and bring it to class. Also save one copy as "LastnameFirstnameUnit1draft.doc" and submit it on Bb in the "Assignments" link for "Unit 1 Paper" > > FOR MONDAY, AUG. 29 > Please go to "Assignments" and read the "Exam One" link. There you will find a link to a few online readings and a .pdf of one article. Please print these, read them, annotated them, and be sure you understand them before coming to class on Monday, wherein you will get the prompt for your diagnostic. BTW, you WILL receive a grade on this diagnostic, so I recommend putting effort into this. > > Also notice that there is much due on Wednesday (Aug. 31 below). I highly recommend getting started on this and not putting it off until Tuesday night... > > FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 > FIRST: > In "course materials," you will find a handout titled "Quoting with Nuesner." This handout goes over all the basic ways of formatting quotes according to MLA. I highly recommend printing this document and keeping it for future reference. Using this document and the "Don't Blame the Eater" article, please write one sentence for each form of documentation. In other words, quote Zinczenko eight different times, one for each type of quotation. Please print this out and bring it to class on Wednesday. > NOTE: It has been brought to my attention that there are no others quoted in the article. So pretend that the last line in the 5th paragraph is a quote by the National Institutes of Health: "Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country." That will have to do. Sorry for the mix up! > > SECOND: > Also for Wednesday, please do the following with your original summary of "Don't Blame the Eater": > 1. Possibly rewrite the first sentence to include the author's full name, the title of the article, and a one-sentence summary of the entire article > 2. Determine if you have too many quotations; try to paraphrase all or most of them. > 3. X out all your opinionated or slanted language. > 4. Mark any sentence that does not have the "he said" language with an N. > 5. Revise your summary. Type it. Print it. Bring both the original and the revision to class. > > THIRD: > Write a summary of Bordo's "The Empire of Images." Be sure to practice all the material we've covered on paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. A handout of the materials from Monday's class is in "Course Materials." Posted by: Mary Wendt > Posted to: ENG 201 Intermediate Composition 5:00pm 22158892 ENG201-12300-22158892 >
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Classrooms
Posted on: Thursday, August 18, 2011 > All classes will be held according to the following schedule: (with some exceptions) 2:00 - Mondays AN 252 - Wednesdays AN 153 5:00 - Mondays AN 252 - Wednesdays AN 151 Exceptions: Monday Aug. 22 all classes according to originally assigned room Exam days: TBA