Class 25: WED APR 17

Riddle: The Missing Dollar Paradox

• • There are no deadlines for your Short Paper Rewrites.
    • • But if you’re planning to put your post into Feedback Please, you’ll be getting in a long line.
      • When your Portfolio is complete and Verified, on WED APR 24, it will have to include TWO of your THREE short arguments and their Rewrites. (Definition/Causal/Rebuttal). You choose which two.

Scholarship Revisions

• • Grade Levels II
    • • An “in reverse” unpacking of dense, content-rich statements into their component parts: backwards advice.
    • • A Good Model for Citation and References
    • • BeezKneez has updated the in-text citations and References section to meet our class standards (even gone beyond our class standards for linking text to the sources).

• • Building Refutation Language into your Refutations
    • • This links to the same post by BeezKneez as the Citation model above. Read the feedback chain for examples of “refuting while reporting” on the claims made by your “opponent.”

• • SUN APR 14
    • • The first draft of your 3000-word Research Position Paper was due.
    • • This is the compilation of your three short 1000-word arguments carefully combined into a single well-reasoned research paper that is the culmination of your semester’s work on a single hypothesis.

• • WED/THU APR 17/18
    • • Your Annotated Bibliography is due.

• • SUN/MON APR 21/22
    • • Reflective Statements will be due, completing your Portfolio.
    • • LINK TO THE REFLECTIVE STATEMENT TEMPLATE
  • WED APR 24—PORTFOLIO DOUBLECHECK
    • • We’ll meet in person at our regular time to Verify your Portfolios for Completion and Compliance. When your Portfolio has been verified, you can schedule your Final Grade Conference

• • FINALS WEEK — Grade Conferences by Appointment, on Zoom
    • • Conferences will be held on MON APR 29, TUE APR 30, and WED MAY 01.

• • Only 2 classes remain.
    • • After today’s.
    • • Your Drop Dead Portfolio Deadline is just a week away.

• • If you’ve been keeping up.
    • • By now you have posted your 3 short arguments (Definition, Causal, and Rebuttal)
    • • You have a robust Proposal+5 with purposeful summaries of 10-15 mostly academic sources ready to rename as your Bibliography.

• • There are no deadlines for your Short Paper Rewrites.
    • • But if you’re planning to put your post into Feedback Please, you’ll be getting in a long line.
      • When your Portfolio is complete and Verified, on WED APR 24, it will have to include TWO of your THREE short arguments and their Rewrites. (Definition/Causal/Rebuttal). You choose which two.

Scholarship Revisions

• • Grade Levels II
    • • An “in reverse” unpacking of dense, content-rich statements into their component parts: backwards advice.
    • • A Good Model for Citation and References
    • • BeezKneez has updated the in-text citations and References section to meet our class standards (even gone beyond our class standards for linking text to the sources).

• • Building Refutation Language into your Refutations
    • • This links to the same post by BeezKneez as the Citation model above. Read the feedback chain for examples of “refuting while reporting” on the claims made by your “opponent.”

Handling Sources

1. Distinguish References from the Annotated Bibliography
   • The References section at the bottom of every argument, long or short, offers bibliographic notes in AP format to help readers identify sources you have cited in the argument.
     • Even for the 3000-word Research Argument, it is not a complete list of every source you consulted or read while preparing your semester’s work.
     • Short version: If you quoted, paraphrased, or named the author or the article in your argument, it gets a Reference. If you didn’t, it doesn’t.
   • The Annotated Bibliography is a separate post and a separate piece of work that goes in your Portfolio individually.
     • The Annotated Bibliography evolves from your Proposal+5. Add any sources you’ve consulted since you posted your Proposal+5 along with their Background and “How I Used It” paragraphs.
     • Change the name of your post from Proposal+5—Username to Bibliography—Username.
     • It provides bibliographic information in AP format for all the important sources you consulted in your research, whether or not you quoted or named them in your arguments.
     • It also contains the two sections “Background” (a Purposeful Summary of the important arguments the material provides) and “How I Used It,” (an explanation of how the work supports your argument or provides counterarguments).

Building the Portfolio

1. How to Build the Portfolio
   • Consult the Portfolio Checklist for the 8 needed items.
   • Open any item in Edit mode.
   • From the sidebar, under Categories, check the special category that identifies your Portfolio post.
   • The nomenclature is: Portfolio/PortfolioUsername
     • For username DogLover, the category is Portfolio—DogLover . .
   • Update your post.
   • Find the results in the sidebar of the home page for our blog. ..
   • When your listing shows 8 items—and if they’re the RIGHT 8 items—your Portfolio is complete.
     • In the example, Holistic has added five items to the Portfolio.
     • ILoveMyDog has posted only one.

End-of-Semester Schedule

• • SUN APR 14
    • • The first draft of your 3000-word Research Position Paper was due.
    • • This is the compilation of your three short 1000-word arguments carefully combined into a single well-reasoned research paper that is the culmination of your semester’s work on a single hypothesis.

• • WED/THU APR 17/18
    • • Your Annotated Bibliography is due.

• • SUN/MON APR 21/22
    • • Reflective Statements will be due, completing your Portfolio.
    • • LINK TO THE REFLECTIVE STATEMENT TEMPLATE
  • WED APR 24—PORTFOLIO DOUBLECHECK
    • • We’ll meet in person at our regular time to Verify your Portfolios for Completion and Compliance. When your Portfolio has been verified, you can schedule your Final Grade Conference

• • FINALS WEEK — Grade Conferences by Appointment, on Zoom
    • • Conferences will be held on MON APR 29, TUE APR 30, and WED MAY 01.

• • Only 2 classes remain.
    • • After today’s.
    • • Your Drop Dead Portfolio Deadline is just a week away.

• • If you’ve been keeping up.
    • • By now you have posted your 3 short arguments (Definition, Causal, and Rebuttal)
    • • You have a robust Proposal+5 with purposeful summaries of 10-15 mostly academic sources ready to rename as your Bibliography.

• • There are no deadlines for your Short Paper Rewrites.
    • • But if you’re planning to put your post into Feedback Please, you’ll be getting in a long line.
      • When your Portfolio is complete and Verified, on WED APR 24, it will have to include TWO of your THREE short arguments and their Rewrites. (Definition/Causal/Rebuttal). You choose which two.

Scholarship Revisions

• • Grade Levels II
    • • An “in reverse” unpacking of dense, content-rich statements into their component parts: backwards advice.
    • • A Good Model for Citation and References
    • • BeezKneez has updated the in-text citations and References section to meet our class standards (even gone beyond our class standards for linking text to the sources).

• • Building Refutation Language into your Refutations
    • • This links to the same post by BeezKneez as the Citation model above. Read the feedback chain for examples of “refuting while reporting” on the claims made by your “opponent.”