Monday May 4

Here

Monday April 27

here

• Take out all by and its from essay
• Highlight quote hit quote button in menu bar and it will block quote for you
• Hyperlink urls in works cited to the title
• Fix FAQ quote
• elephants take a bow quotes
• Ringling Bros. website

Wednesday April 22

• Attended class

Monday April 20

• 2nd visual rewrite, definition rewrite, rebuttal rewrite, annotated bib, self reflective
• Attended class

Wednesday April 15

• Reading other’s work

Wednesday April 8

• Eliminating unnecessary if/then
• Say what you have to say and get to the point

Monday April 6

Attended class

Wednesday April 1

• Look at causation basics
  • immediate cause
  • Remote cause
  • Precipitating cause
  • Contributing cause
    • Don’t use correlations, find causes

Monday March 3o

• 1. False/Reasonable/Wrong
• 2. False/Reasonable/ Right
• 3. False/ Reasonable/ Wrong
• 4. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 5. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 6. False/Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 7. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 8. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 9. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 10. False/ Reasonable/ Right
• 11. True/ Reasonable/ Right
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• 14. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 15. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
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• 17. True/ Reasonable/ Right
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• 19. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
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• 25. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 26. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 27. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 28. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 29. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 30. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 31. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
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• 33. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 34. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 35. True/ Reasonable/ Right
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• 37. False/ Unreasonable/Wrong
• 38. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 39. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 40. True/ Reasonable/ Right
• 41. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
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• 44. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 45. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 46. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 47. True/ Reasonable/ Right
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• 49. False/ Unreasonable/ Wrong
• 50. True/ Reasonable/ Right

Wednesday March 25

• Important about Rebuttal: not to say that the arguer has an invalid point but to use specific facts to refute their argument
• http://scholar.google.com
• Research to form a thesis, not to prove it
• Research and read widely

Monday March 23

• Why does the filter that lets water through trap air?
  • the water fills the holes in the filter and doesn’t allow air out
  • update new post in A07 and cut and paste that into A06 so they are the same
  • Wednesday by noon!
  • not enough to say they have a lousy argument, use your cards and use specific facts

Wednesday March 11

• Elephants are tortured.
• Circus owners torture elephants.
• Elephants suffer torture.
• Always go active rather than passive
• Passive hides the subject
• Active is subject, verb, object
• I still don’t understand the difference
• A2, B2, C1, D2, E2, F1, G2, H2, I1, J1, K1, L2, M1, N2, O1, P1, Q1, R2, S2, T2, U1, V2, W2

Monday March 9

• Do intro last, conclusion early
• Sentences must make arguments, arguments must be persuasive
• Be reasonable, firm, and sympathetic
• Do not want to make the reader defensive
• loose argument if we do not have anything to argue about

Wednesday March 4

• Safer saws assignment, find different claims, explain them and dispute them
• Table Saw Injury Lawyer
•  claims make my head hurt

Monday March 2

• bought us dominos, one plain, one pepperoni, one sausage
• Safe saw discussion, saw stops before cutting skin

Wednesday Feb. 25

• Don’t open up a definition essay with an actual definition
• want to get reader’s interested
• want to define through different key words in essay
• need two sources, link sources through hyperlink in title
• EasyBib, Citation Machine
• a definition essay argues for a specific quality of the definition?

Monday Feb. 23

• Sources can be added or taken out of white paper
• Hypothesis: double check and make sure it is actually a hypothesis
• check plural agreement
• argue something specific and complex
• narrow topics that can be broadened by looking at different angles

Wednesday Feb. 18

• Definition: making a definition claim
• Categorical: naming of several examples of PTSD symptoms
• Causal: PTSD follows trauma is casual claim
• Categorical/ causal: Is PTSD contagious is a categorical question
  • Is PTSD contagious like the flu, or rubbed off on someone
  • trigger events cause reliving of trauma
  • Does family history cause some to get PTSD and not others?
  • He- who, Him- Whom

Monday Feb. 1

• small ass[gnment due tuesday m[dn[ght, read art[cle and do ass[gnment [n less than an hour- [s PTSD contagious
• [ don’t know why my “eye” key won’t work, [ts annoy[ng
• p[ck up on all the deta[ls [n each word of the “cla[ms”
• example: let’s harvest organs from death row [nmates

Wednesday Feb. 11

• Put “feedback please” n comment section
• look at white paper details about the writing process
• open sources and immediately free write about topic while still reading it
• take notes
• Reply to white paper post with feedback , critique and questions encouraged by next class

MON. FEB. 9

• Avoid gender and go with plurals, All writers want their work to be read
• Teacher conferences for grades, 24 hours advance notice
• Rewrite of Visual rhetoric, A02, create new blog- A04, by noon of wednesday
• describe images, colors, how the scenes change, individuals – well enough that someone else can imagine what it looks like
• Sunday at midnight “Pitch” persuade topic

WED FEB. 4

• Summaries should not be repetitive or too lengthy
• have reasonable claims
• Make changes- possible regrade
• Give feedback on feedback
• Purposeful Summaries
  • taking best most appropriate concepts from original authors work, while shaping them to your own needs
  • right summary that serves your purpose
  • does not need to include everything that is in the article, only what’s useful to you
  • look at example counterintuitive summaries

WED JAN. 28 Professor Hodges opened the class with WAR by Edwin Starr

• Remember to open my notes everyday of class, it’s how he takes attendance!
• word press saves all old drafts, highlights the changes
• Don’t use first draft, use ideas NOT sentences
• Stone Money
  • Island in micronesia named YAP ; money: FEI
  • was a colony of Germany
  • Fei, were huge limestone discs
  • the better it was prepared the more it was worth
  • had more of a mental satisfaction of having the fei, rather than physical proof of the fei

Monday Feb. 2

• NO second person! Use the term WE instead of YOU
• See mechanics tab to include hyperlinks in blog posts
• Get rid of pronouns
• Throat clearing: process of over preparing readers for what you are about to say
• no I believe or in my opinion!
• that reminds them that it is the guess of one individual
• back up reasoning with background when needed
  • Summarizing assignments
  • summarize only the part of the article that relates to your work
  • research to find clarity on topic 
  • helps eliminate fluff, and read better
  • Pick counterintuitive topic that will be interesting to research the rest of the semester
  • Cows and Chips
  • include abstract comments with some physical tangible evidence
  • check out examples of animated language to engage reader in your writing