Counterintuitive Spring 2024

Wed April 29th

• Went over things that need to be in a portflio, due Mon May 4th by 6:30 PM.
• Reflective statement with core values due by Sunday.
• Had my 2nd half conference this evening about my research paper.

Mon April 27th

• Posted my research paper but, I need to add a few things to it.
• For long chunks of quotation, use the block quote button in the editor.

Wed April 22nd

Attended Class

Mon April 20th

Attended class

Wed April 15th

Attended class.

Monday April 13th

• Assertion, if you group a bunch of claims, if one claim is slightly untrue, it changed the claim entirely.
• AAMCO  doesn’t want to say “There’s nothing we haven’t herd and can’t fix” They want to say, there’s nothing we can’t fix.
• Walter Scott 4 articles reading and discussion. Every piece of writing has an opinion and it’s impossible to write something that is unbiased.

Monday April 6th

• Attended class today.
• Age has 2 defs. Days from birth, or days from death.

Mon March 30th

• Card puzzle post on agenda.
• Answer is only card 1 and card 4.
• Reply in comment for the 50 statements and evaluate them.

Wed March 25th

• Don’t claim that there is not enough information given by the author, instead, provide your own evidence that disproves what the author has provided.
• Using google scholar can help find sources when you get stuck between a rock and a hard place.
• Rebuttals are formed when you find a mistake in an authors logic and capitalize on their mistake by providing your own evidence.

Mon March 23rd

• There is no explanation. I hereby declare that on this fateful day, March 23rd, 2015 at precisely 6:40pm, science was destroyed.
• A07, definition rewrite due Wednesday.
• Rebuttal demo/lecture
• Look at the post to see how to refute certain types of “un-proofs” in someone’s argument.

Wed March 11th

• Elephants are tortured.
• Elephants are tortured by circus owners
• Elephants suffer torture.

Mon March 9th

• Prof conference today after class
• Start with a conclusion, end with an opening.
• You can’t win an argument in the first sentence, but it can be lost.
• Write your own good opening.

Wed March 4th

• piano music to start class.
• Mystery guy from tv drama
• Conferences before spring break.
• Claim workshop

Mon March 2nd

• Ordering pizza today. Too bad I ate before class.
• Safer saws argument
• Safety doesn’t sell, the manufacturers claim.
• Ridiculous lawsuit against Bosch because of injury caused by a miter saw, a product that doesn’t even have a market alternative with the saw stop in it.
• In class assignment Wednesday.

Wed Feb 25th

• Started off class with music by Darren and a Michael Jackson cover of Smooth Criminal
• What is rape? Many different instances/circumstances/outcomes can make the definition tricky to set in stone. Drop a comment to the post w/ definition of rape.
• Definition essay never explicitly defines the thing it seeks to make a definition for, instead the essay uses specific language to draw the reader to a conclusion about the authors proposed definition.
• Model definition essay shows authors stance on the thing he’s trying to define.

Mon Feb 23rd

• Remember the specific phrases for feedback.
• White paper reviews
• There not just two sides to an argument, there are tons of different viewpoints on a controversial topic.
• Fix the sentences

Wed Feb 18th

• Claims: definition(a statement), categorical(things that are directly related to a claim, symptoms), causal(cause and effect, “this” causes “that”), categorical/clausal(“Can one person catch PTSD from another)
• PTSD contagious?
• Review of good statements from authors posts.

Wed Feb 11th

Right to die.

Margret was diagnosed with dementia and her living will stated that she not be kept alive if she became unable to care for herself. The care facility denied her request saying that she had signs that she was still responsive.

Moving visual class workshop.

White paper, hypothesis, leave feedback on the post.

Mon Feb 9th

• Hodges variety of music this evening ranged from Beck to Foo Fighters to System of a Down.
•  Take credit for work by categorizing your own username.
• Grade conferences once before spring break, once after, and once for a final portfolio grade.
• Their can only be used with a plural, never a singular.
• Revise the moving visual rhetoric assignment for Tuesday night.
• Proposal Sunday night.

Wed Feb 4th

• Choose a counterintuitive artice to write about for the rest of the semester. 3 small essays turn in to one large essay for the end of the semester.
• Grade explanations! Brevity and clarity is key.
• Summaries of counterintuitive topics, re-read Dave’s summaries to model the one’s I write.

Mon Feb 2nd-

• Request feedback, or grade, or both if you want.
• Mechanics and writing tabs on the header.
• Kitchen sink editing tools to help with font size, color, justification, indenting, etc
• No 2nd person,ever!
• No throat clearing (excessive background info)
• Never say I believe, in my opinion, i think, etc.
• Provide background only when it’s needed.
• The reason we research isn’t to prove a point that is already true, but to prove what is actually true. Then when we draw a conclusion we use only the portions of the articles we have found to advance our arguments.
• Sunday night, summarize counterintuitive topics.
• Gonna have to pick a counterintuitive topic for the rest of the semester. Oh no, commitment.
• Add some cows to your arguments.

Wed Jan28th- Learned how to create a hyperlink in our posts. Everything you write is crap, pick out the things you like, and destroy them. Stone money? What? Oh, Dave will explain. Micronesian Island called Yap, the people are called Yap, and the currency is Fei. Money made of limestone. The bigger the fei the better. The Yap’s sense of currency is not much different than ours in America. Brazilian economy in total turmoil, 4 economists developed URV’s to slowly lower the inflation rate over time. Brazil’s economy went from extremely poor to quite stable and successful.  What even is money? Mind blown. Sunday night read the post and complete assignment.

WED Jan 28

• Professor Hodges opened with WAR by Edwin Starr
• Professor Hodges explained that it is important to take nots and that it is pointless to come to class and not engage.
• Use hyper links
• First drafts aren’t important because we will always revise

MON Feb 2

• Even if you missed an assignment you should still do it to be used in the portfolio
• The french traded in their money for the same amount in gold and kept it in Fort Knox
• French currency became more valuable than US currency
• Our money isn’t backed by gold anymore and now is only worth what others will give us for it
• this gold exchange with France help start off the great depression

WED Feb 4

• professor Hodges explained to us a little about his grading technique
• all of our revisions will be auto saved
• you can compare any two revisions
• during the first couple assignments professor hodges is more critical to allow us to understand that we shouldn’t just sit on our first draft.

WED Feb 11

We watched a video on strokes and the signs for them

• the video showed us the signs for a stroke. FAST
•  you want to have an idea that needs investigating
• it is better to go back and cut words out than to have to struggle adding words in
• as soon as you find a source open up a blank document and write about it, take notes before you forget

MON Feb 16

• Professor Hodges read and talked about some counterintuitive articles and topics
• State your views with respect of the others
• We learned how to analyze

WED Feb 18

• reviewed cause and effect
• just because something isn’t contagious doesn’t mean that it can’t affect others
• went through some examples of categorical and definition claims
• looked at examples of mechanical errors and how to fix and avoid them

MON Feb 23

• Professor Hodges explained to us how to get feedback and to engage in giving feedback back.
• professor hodges went over some white papers and explained to us what good point and bad points were
• we ended on the mechanical trouble assignment

WED Feb 25

• professor hodges showed us an example of a correct works cited page
• words can have multiple definitons and can be used in many different situations
• definitions can be used as an argument

MON Mar 2

• Richard said he was hungry so we ordered pizza
• Went over conferences
• no tuesday midnight deadline
• add 5 more sources to our proposals

MON Mar 9

• Professor Hodges offers a professor for life guarnteed
• do you conclusion first, then the body of the argument, then write the intro last
• put thought provoking quotes in introduction
• start with a finished product
• our claims don’t have to be true, we just need to persuade people to believe its true
• went over the marshmallow experiment

WED Mar 11

• .Professor Hodges told the class to give our honest rates about him on rate my professor
• sentences make little arguments
• a subject and a verb are the most important components of your argument

WED Mar 25

• professor hodges showed us how to see older posts
• I was not in class on monday so i cannot post about what i learned
• talk to someone about your topic
• keep your searching broad when looking for sources for your essay

MON Mar 30

• we did an assignment on reasonable and unreasonable situations

WED APR 1

• we are desperate to make things symmetrical
• revisited the card puzzle
• thesis don’t prove categorical claims
• majority for 46 was true/reasonable/good
• looked at causal arguments
• we make causation statements all the time
• there are different type of causation

MON APR 6

• Out due to illness

WED APR 8

• if you hide the premise you can win an argument if the arguments weak

MON APR 13

• We gave a way Sweeney Todd could have denied something.
• The man in the video did not have to be killed.
• Its claimed that black cops are just as often or just as likely to kill unarmed & black suspects

APR 15

• We took a look at three essays chosen by professor hodges
• everyone read and replied to two essays

APR 22

• Professor hodges brought the class sandwiches and cookies
• the class filled out the class evaluation

APR 27

• annotated bibs are due wednesday
• you are more likely to be right by capitalizing
• it doesn’t matter how many words if your paper is complete and well researched
• your paper can be 1500 words of bullshit!
• went over citations

APR 29

• grades conferences are next week
• copy & paste first sentences hodges provided then write 125 words
• name one of your assignments to each of the goals
• Hyperlink each assignment
• no rewriting, upload straight to portfolio, won’t be graded or looked at outside of the portfolio
• portfolio contains research paper, annotated bib, definition rewrite, casual argument  rebuttal argument rewrite, visual rhetoric rewrite and self-reflective statement
• deadline for portfolio is monday

Mon May 4

 

Wed April 29

 

Mon April 27

When using a paragraph long quote, use the quotation marks button when editing the post instead of the italicized button.

Link titles directly to sites.

Wed April 22

Indoor picnic 🙂

Mon April 20

I thought both the activities were helpful today and thought that the title activity was a fun one to do.

Wed April 15

I thought the activity in class today was very helpful.

Wed April 8

For Scenic Views- Copy and Paste as a Reply one of your own paragraphs that contains a quote or citation.

Finish the IF/THEN in class assignment

Mon April 6

I attended class.

Wed April 1

A09- make up own  title. Immediate cause, Remote cause (distant cause of lasting difficulties), Precipitating cause (an event, rolls down hill, the underlying cause and the immediate cause), Contributing cause.

Mon March 30

Finish Intuitive predictions if not completed

Wed March 25

The most important idea about the rebuttal on Monday’s class is when an argument is invalid because the person is not given enough evidence or reason to be persuaded against their side.

Search any articles in the Rowan Campbell’s Library’s search engine to access full articles for free.

google scholar:  http://scholar.google.com

Research is to form and build a thesis, not prove a thesis.

Rebuttal Argument- An argument to ruin the first thesis. Not looking for opposite of your thesis (safe, unsafe are not opposites).  Need a works cited.

Mon March 23

The coffee filter lets the water go through however it does not let the air molecules escape once the coffee filter is forced to the bottom of the bowl. When the coffee filter is wet it traps air when it is wet but not when it’s dry due to surface tension.

First draft A06 definition- the A07 definition rewrite. Update first post to A07 and copy and paste into A06 so both drafts are the same. A07 can be updated until it is put into my portfolio, but leave behind the A06 category.

Mon March 9

conclusion early and introduction last

Wed March 4

claims

Mon March 2

We ordered pizza

Name an assignment to do a rewrite before making a conference appointment.  Add 5 more sources to the proposal +5 (10 sources in all) due Sunday March 8 by midnight.

Read about safer saws for March 4th and find the claims, quote the constituent , explain the claim (don’t quote), and say what type of claim it is.

Wed Feb 25

Definition Argument- only need 2 sources for works cited (link the sources if they can be linked). Rowan library database can make citations for you.  (easy bib, turabian, or citation machine)

Mon Feb 23

Hypothesis for the white paper- what the results might be and use evidence to support it, not opinions.  Try not to pick a side for the paper, but as an opportunity to explore the topic, something in particular. Find one good reason and examine it in depth and finding a good angle (health, economic)- one reason, explanation.

Hypothesis can be a prediction.

Make sure to match plural with plural and not singular with plural.

he is whom and his is who

Wed Feb 18

Using symptoms of PTSD would be a categorical claim and would not considered a definition. Causal claim- going to war must cause PTSD.

He, them- whom, him- who (subject pronoun). Substitute “you” for “we” First make it plural then possessive.

Mon Feb 16

Take credit for all posts.

Critical reading- look for definition claims

Wed Feb 11

White paper- collecting sources based on your topic/argument and develop a hypothesis. Find a controversial topic and add something unique about it based on your own beliefs. Finding sources that doesn’t agree with your argument.

Form a thesis after researching and collecting sources.  Should not look like a finished paper; finding new information  should be put onto the white paper- free write

Mon Feb 9

Required to meet once before spring break and once after spring break for a grading conference. Go to the google doc to make an appointment.

Grammar- use “their” with a plural subject. Singular forces to make a gender choice

 

Wen Feb 4

Annotated bibliography for counterintuitive topic. Summarize three topics doesn’t have to be a topic on the sidebar. Always credit yourself and check your name under author for every assignment. Any revisions will be saved.

Start all summaries with “It seems counterintuitive that..”  Not an overall summary focus on a small part that can create an argument.

 

Wed Jan 28

Remember to open up My Notes every class

For a hyperlink, copy the URL and highlight a word, click on the icon and paste the URL. Click the checkbook “open link in a new window/tab”

Mon Feb 2

Grading conference before or after class on Mondays and Wednesdays. Small assignments are non portfolio assignments and can be improved with a rewrite. To make a revision of any kind, edit your post and comment “regrade please.”

Do not write in the second person. Substitute “we” for “you.” Getting rid of pronouns makes writing less personal. First sentence is most important, must be compelling enough to make the reader continue reading. Less opinions, more facts.

Summarize only the part of the article that serves your purpose. Find an echo of your own idea.- purposeful summary.  Read to try to learn, use only portions of the article you have found to support the conclusions you are making.

Counterintuitive topics- pick a topic with one or two articles.

Physical objects in all the stories are the things that stand out and make us remember- animated language. Look at Cows and Chips

 

WED JAN 28:

*Remember to open My Notes every class!
(Copy URL, use link button, then paste in URL and add a title. Hyperlink to source)

MON FEB 2:

*Conferences can be held before or after any class Mon or Wed, if you schedule it ahead of time
*Any time you want to make a revision, write “regrade please” on post that you edit
*Summarize only small important parts, don’t take entire chapters/summarize whole book
*Physical objects embody the abstract concepts. People are more interested in physical objects first

WED FEB 4:

*Summarize 3 counterintuitive articles due Sunday night. Peek interest in topics
*Always check off your name and category before submitting blog
*Thanks for the coffee 🙂
*Start summaries with “counterintuitive”
*Only use what’s necessary in summaries, don’t summarize entire article

MON FEB 9:

*Give 24 hour notice for conference, required at least 3 times, make appoitment on counterintuitive website

*Create controversial premise for assignment

WED FEB 11:

*Analyzed ads

*It’s more useful to find opposite sources for a controversial topic and then adding something unique to that. The audience doesn’t want to read 20 of the same opinions, make the paper more diverse. “Why do you believe what you believe?” Opportunity to re-think. It’s a bad idea to form a thesis before you start, because it’s better to investigate a topic first. It’s a working progress. A paragraph or two may seem polished, however its a working project. Therefore, you should have more material then you need so you don’t have to fill a paper with nonsense.

*Instead of collecting a bunch of sources, find a single source and go to your paper and start talking about it. Free write, it’s just a draft. “Thinking about sources doesn’t exist”

MON FEB 16:

*Topics can still be counterintuitive if you view the topic differently.

*Ask yourself new and innovative questions on your topic

WED FEB 18:

*Use “we” instead of “you” in sentences

MON FEB 23:

*(Narrow down hypothesis)

*Watch for mistakes with “they” and “they’re” …be careful with singular and plural

WED FEB 25:

*Definition argument- 2 sources (citation machine)

MON MARCH 2:

*Catch up with an assignment or rewrite an assignment for HW

*Midnight Sunday next big assignment… proposal +10

*8 claims

*Thank you for the pizza!

WED MARCH 4:

*Claims

MON MARCH 9: 

*A good idea is to save introduction for last, since it’s challenging. Instead of writing vague things, start with more meaningful information. Start knowing what you already accomplished.

MON MARCH 23: 

*The coffee filter traps air when it’s wet, that’s why the filter is able to keep the water inside when it’s submerged under water.

WED MARCH 25:

The most important idea about rebuttal which I learned was to not say someone’s argument is invalid without stating reasons why. Don’t say “I don’t agree. I need more information,” if you were given information in someone’s argument, use that information and then form your own take on it.

MON MARCH 30:

WED APRIL 1:

We make causation statements all the time. the 3 types of causation is 1. Immediate Cause, 2. Remote Cause, and 3. Precipitating Cause.

MON APRIL 6:

I attended class

WED APRIL 8:

MON APRIL 13:

WED APRIL 15:

MON APRIL 20:

WED APRIL 22:

Indoor Picnic!

MON APRIL 27:

Research paper help for students, citation help, advice

APRIL 29:

 

 

05/04/2015

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• Attended to class
• Today we went over our portfolio add our original Definition Essay and the Rebuttal Argument or Casual Argument.

04/29/2015

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• We talk about the agenda and an appointment required for Wednesday May 6th.
• Professor Hodges demonstrated how is the reflective state will be done.
• Portfolio is due on Monday May 4th.

04/27/2015

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• Attended class
• Mister David went ove the agenda
• We went over the research papers one, illustrating the expected length  and citation form for the papers.
• We went over MLA and APA citation
• We learned and practiced quotations and citations
• We discussed how our Annotated Bibliography will be

04/22/2015

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Attended to class

teacher evaluation

get together with the class

04/20/2015

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• Make our +15 sources.
• Less than a week to finish our paper
• We reviewed the tittle and first sentence of a classmate
• we play a guessing game by changing the name of a movie, album or book, and expect for someone to guess it.
• We comment on causal or rebuttal argument from one of our classmates by answering questions about their material.

04/15/2015

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attended class

We peer reviewed at least two arguments from classmates.

04/13/2015

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For Sunday we need to do the rewrite of the rebuttal or casual essay.

A week from the upcoming sunday our

• Assertion
  • the wrong question
  • The falseness of something can invalidate a complete argument
• Trafic stop and shooting
  • A man was killed by an officer after he was running from the officer, who stop him.
  • We made a class discusion after we read articles about the crime.

04/08/2015

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We started discussing how hidden premises can benefit an weak argument.

04/06/2015

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04/01/2015

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• We talked about the card exercise and talk the answer
• We talked about the intuitive predict
• Casual argument
  •  We should have a tittle
  • It is a paper attached to our research, but it also can be an independent paper.
• Cause and effect
  • Types of causations
  • Check that the our effects are happening because of the cause we think.
    • Example: A man that his parents divorced; now, he blames the three divorced he had to the divorce of his parents. Nevertheless, he doesn’t want to account the divorces to his affairs with hookers. (Precipitating)
• Contributing Cause
• Other Complications
  • Considering how many causes usually play to achieve any individual result.
  • Correlation as false causation
• We went through the topics we are writing about in the class. (Feedback)
• Other previous classes topics and ways they used
• We talk about other caused effect (s)

03/30/2015

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03/25/2015

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• About Rebuttal I remember the arguments that we should go against. For instance, we we are trying to argue an argument is preferable to go against the most stronger arguments.
• Research Tips

03/23/2015

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• Snow on Donna’s brithday
• Coffe Filter
  • The professor show the class how a coffe filter would let water go through it, but when we try to place the filter outside down the air will not go scape trough the holes and water does not go through the filter. I have never find out the mechanism of the coffe filters; however, I know that the purpose  my experience with expresso coffe makers,

03/11/2015

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• We rated professor Hodges in RateMyProfessor.
• We discussed passive and active tense.
  • Elephants are tortured – passive
  • Circus owners torture elephants- active
  • Elephants suffer from torture- active (better because we use the elefant as the subject and we want to make the subject what we want to focus one).
• We went over techniques to make our writing more powerful.
• We did an exercise picking the stronger sentence.

03/09/2015

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• We were introduced to the essay Professor for Life
• How to open
  • Start with the conclusion from the beginning of the essay
  • Have an strong opening sentence
  • Provide consequences
  • Does not have to be true
    • Persuasion
    • Truth
    • Clarity
    • Premises
• We went over examples of good opening paragraphs
• We did a strong opening paragraph.

03/04/2015

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• We need to ask for feedback in order to get our post read by the professor. Nevertheless, if we are going to ask for feedback, we need to have some progress.
• When we schedule a conference we need to specify the purpose of the conference.
• We are going to learn about claims.
  • All claims have to be true in order to be true, but if only one is false, it will facilitate to falsify all the other claims.

03/02/2015

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• Molecules, non organic molecules spin right and left equally, but organic molecules only spin left.
• We ordereed pizza.
• We need a conference if we have not meet with the professor.
• Assignment Chart of all students.
• No new assignments for this week.
• For Sunday we need to add five more sources in our proposals.
• We started with claims
• Wednesday fourth we will do exercises about claims.
• Assignment: Safer Saws
  • Claims
  • We discussed if is possible to sui a company if we got injured by one of their products, which we did not have to buy, but safety was promised.

02/25/2015

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• We started talking about the mechanical exercise done last class.
• What is rape?
• What is death?
  •  the definition of rape and death have changed through time.
  • there is a degree for categorize.
• We when through the definition of rape during time.
• We made a comment of what rape is for us.
• We read a definition essay.
• For homework we have a to make a definition essay and have at least two sources.

02/23/2015

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• We started the class with a reminder about “My Notes” because there is always a student who forgets to post during class under this categorie.
• Ask for feedback under the comment section below our posts, not in the post.
• We should reply to the feedback given by the professor.
  • We get an email when a comment is made to our posts.

02/18/2015

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• We started the class talking about the critical readings.
• We haven’t get a lot taught, but we are learning by fixing our work.
• Categorical and casual claims
  • Categorical claim- definition of what you think, but not behave.
  • Casual claim- something that causes something.
  • We saw some of the claims done by students in the class.
• Mechanical Troubles:
  • That/Which, no comma for that and comma when using which.
  • Who/Whom; who for pronouns like he, she, we and they and whom when him, her, them.
  • second pronoun.
  • Needless it.
  • Unclear antecedent.
  • An extra that.

02/16/2015

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• We started with a video about the Chinese pride about internet security.
• the professor introduced Propublica to the class.
• The professor read a poem from the simple truth.
• Magazine articles:
  • We talked about foster care, how some children go from bad parents to worst foster families by the government decision.
  • We talked about food, an article from a magazine the professor read, which explains that we can lose weight by eating less with tricks that will make us not finish our food or take less food on the plate.
  • We talk about homeless individuals in Utah, for instance, the homeless with few months out in the streets have the opportunity o getting a job and eventually go back to their life. In addition, the homeless who have longer than a year are provided with a place to stay, and as a result in Utah, the homeless seem to move forward even when they are provided with a place.
• “Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death Row Mates”

02/11/2015

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• We were introduced to a counterintuitive topic.
• We talk about terrorism, which is the the acts that makes everyone in a population fear for their life.
• We did and Moving image exercise in the class.
• White Paper for the portfolio:
  • Thesis- is better to be counter and point and be able to bring solutions with our own ideas instead of using someone else’s concepts.
  • We do not think watching something until we have to tell.
  • Collect a source and start writing when ideas start coming.
  • Look beyond the topic.
• Read white paper and give feedback.

02/09/2015

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• The class started by talking of how we can take credit for our work.
• We talk about conference, which at least are we should attend to three.
• We had a grammar lesson.
  • We should stick to plurals
  • We should not use a gender, but throw random genders.
  • We are only allow are to use plurals.
  • We do not need pronouns.
• We talk of how to revise our material for the Charlie Brown assignment.
• Black people are not African-American, African that live in America are African-Americans.
• Discussion about counterintuitive summaries:
  • Start with a theory/hypothesis.
  • The thesis will be constructed after a lot of reading.
• We should take advantage of the 25%  of the non portfolio assignments.
• Homework: provide at least five sources for our counterintuitive topics.

02/04/2015

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• We started taking about the topic that each one of else will have to pick for the class.
• We will make two annotated with at least five sources each.
• For homework we will have to make three summaries out of the counterintuitive topics posted on the blog.
• The professor taught how to edit and fix “My Notes.” In addition, he showed how to categorize our post with our user names.
• Our grade is posted on the comments of the professor as a code.
• We learn from the good things that other classmates are doing.
• We talked about the summaries for homework; how the stories are counterintuitive and that we should take only what we think is important.

02/02/2015

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• The class started with the visit of a tutor named Jaqueline from the writing center. Jaqueline showed the class how to make an appointment in the writer center and how to make an account in order to do so.
• The professor explained how he will give us feedback; locally and globally.
• The professor talked of the tools we can use in our writing process. For instance, the use of we and not you in order to provide the readers with a connection with the writer.
• New topics were added to the blog. We will have to pick the topics we want to write for the rest of the semester.

1/28/2015

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2/15 projector broken, went over class work made comment on essays

4/13 absent sick

4/8 leaving out the weak link and win an argument with really bad cards. no one will ever be the wiser. teenage drivers get more tickets.

4/6 absent

4/1 went over card response titles and causations  go over professor recommendations assignment due sunday  did in class assignment

3/30 Did card exercise all 4 should be turned over. answer was card 4 and 1 Worked on true false reasonable unreasonable good bad exercise 50 was so many but they were all interesting points mostly

3/25 Learning about the false analogy rebuttal and relating it to the Fukushima disaster and saying that something as the nuclear disaster that happen being unpredictable didn’t cause it to happen. Making the rebuttal effective by changing my choice of words was something I learned. type in scholar before google for advanced searches research to form a thesis, not to prove a thesis positive reinforcement is depending on definition can be negative rebuttal argument-research something that proves your hypothesis wrong

3/23 my i key is not working, it keeps giving my the symbol [. this symbol will take the place of i for this my notes why does air not go out of s coffee filter. the air does not leave the filter because of the properties of water. Cohes[on and surface tens[on. the hydrogen oxygen bonds [n a water molecule makes [t polar thus caus[ng the molecule to st[ck to each other and other th[ngs that or polar[zed. w[th the metal on the coffee f[lter so close together the water molecule st[cks to the metal and to [tself form[ng a layer that traps a[r. l[ke my classmate showed [f the f[lter [s dry [t w[ll let the a[r out. do def[n[t[on essay ask spec[f[c quest[ons for feedback 3/11 went on rate my professor there is no weaker sentence then one that says “there is” make sentences with active verbs have a better subject elephants are tortured circus owners torture elephants elephants suffer torture which one with the subject is your real subject active subject does something and passive verbs subject doesn’t do anything but gets it done to it choose active

3/9 can’t win first sentence but can lose have a good opening 1 sentence can make or break essay find topics that make people argue very debatable claims in sentences don’t need to be true but shouldn’t be false make things seem reasonable don’t have it be impossible

3/4 How many claims are there, Many different claims can be in one statement can it be proven went over safer saws and claims

3/2 Professor went you jimmy carters haircut and told us to change our split Bought us pizza Make conference appointment and have certain topics and essays to talk about no tuesday assignment but will have a different topic to go over wednesday be fimilar with source material Sunday 5 more sources next tuesday night nothing are things disputable things are all based on perspective new assignment

2/25 Do words actually mean what they mean and why are there different meanings to each word what does being a rapist mean the different meanings throughout time how to make a definition and argument 2 sources works cited link them standard mla format

2/23 going over my notes and how to get reply grades and replies working on hypothesis don’t just pick sides find one good reason and examine it in depth narrow to a proposition working on different types of arguments argue something specific and argue something complex narrow topic that can be broadens from a variety of angles recognizing the problems of our papers so that they can be corrected sentences require logic and when you write them down they they should sound logical

2/18 definition claim how to phrase PTSD to make different claims categorical causal and combination of both and how it relates to PTSD went over grammar

2/16 read passage from book things are portioned and now people buy more for it food should be put on the plate at the stove top rather than put food on plate at the table and you eat less when plater is the same color as your food post assignments on time have reading for an hour and write analysis video analysis on organ taking from people who don’t need them

2/11 take the spoon out of my mouth can we change our minds when on the brink of death you will regret jumping of that bridge at the near end don’t do it biological dilemma counterintuitive when are terriost attacks are defined as such when they just attack indiscriminately not any specific group or person don’t hit a brick went over video stroke controversial topic and explain it in a new way finding sources that aree with you and share them with new people it has no value just bringing the opinion of other peoples in and putting them in one place better to find a differing subject and add it to ours so that you aren’t just finding people you agree with but you don’t agree with and make a good argument full of ideas and useful don’t have a idea wen reading until you start writing re enough of the white paper to figure out what is in a white paper and leave some feedback constructive critiques due monday

2/9 make an appointment made one for march 11 6p, memories are different every time you access them using your current experiences changes them cupcakes never happened we’ve been duped their does not work avoids specifying a gender all/their drop in random genders drop pronouns completely you can write without using them and have everything still make sense denzel washington isn’t african american very difficult to determine choose topic first 5 sources next week rewrite visual avoid broad arguments be specific if it looks like it could mean multiple things reword it until it means only one things, arguable researchable verifiable  consistent

2/4 categorizing post summaries should not be wordy and should get to the point connect ideas and do not be redundant reasonable claims make feedback on the feedback he gives make good points purposeful summaries use things that will further your argument and reshape them into explaining your situation better three parent eggs for babies very counter intuitive americans should stop being ignorant about diseases Americans blows everything out of porpotion and make people feel bad for our attitude

2/2 went over grades and rewrites went over what we did last week on linking sources talking about using the word you and you should never use it as well as 2nd person engage on people on an entirely different on a common human experience or social phenomena that we have rational opinions about keep the reader reading every senetence don’t use i believe detracts from your own credibility. get rid of them altogether don’t recount background unless needed to keep readers intrested should address the cartoon as soon as possible will add small editions of writing to the tab when have new ideas about tips to improve only summarize the part of the article the serves the purpose of your arugement find an echo of your own idea don’t say everything the author said but use stuff that would give us an advantage to not prove a point we already think is true but to prove that it is actually fact being careful of what we summarize to help readers instead of distract them pick a topic for the next 10 or 12 weeks to dive deep into research and it should be a counterintuitive and what it mens to be counterintuitive hire cows use physicals objects to connect reader to the topic to make it more memorable take it out of abstract concepts to make it understandable for people to eat the market decides what the prices are not the gov january started off with war by Edwin starr Went over how to do my notes on blog went over how to insert link went over revisions and first drafts being crap rip up first draft as soon as i can and get rid of my favorite sentences because i holds me back save only the structure or idea, lose the sentences talk about late assignment talked about stone money taked abou t yap and the fey and money and a guy writing a book about it was germeny colony limestone disk talked abou the depression france and gold at fort knox money is worth what you will get in return for it brazil created real brazil went into super inflation

MON APR 27

• We need a lot of words for this paper

WED APR 22

• Prof. Hodges is a great person for bringing food !!
• Most of the class is in the back of the room. Im not sure if we were supposed to be there and couldn’t even hear them because the music was too loud. Im leaving soon.

MON APR 20

• We talked about attracting titles
• One of our assignments was to give our classmates works a new title and first sentence

WED APR 13

• Im trying to finish the semester strong but we keep getting so much work
• We had an in class assignment

MON APR 13

• We gave a way Sweeney Todd could have denied something.
• The man in the video did not have to be killed.
• Its claimed that black cops are just as often or just as likely to kill unarmed & black suspects
• Its about time they finally treated these cops like the criminals they often are
• The source that i read shed a little light on the situation but was not right for saying much about the specific case we watched

WED APR 8

• 239 people disappeared in a flight crash
• we had a few essays to read in class
• professor got coffee for the students again

MON APR 6

• A shopping list can be considered a argument
• We had an in class assignment that seemed hard at first but it wasn’t.

WED MAR 25

• A rebuttal is a response. I believe it is usually disagreeing but can be agreeing
• I found the research tips to be quite helpful
• We talked about tactics to train animals. Positive and negative reinforcements

MON MAR 23

• The filter trapping air has something to do with surface tension
• We have an essay rewrite coming up
• Power plants produce waste that people dont know how to dispose of
• There is also a rebuttal paper coming up
• We briefly talked about large scale farming

WED MAR 11

• I rated my professor
• Today we started out talking about subjects and verbs
• Elephants are tortured. Circus owners torture elephants.
• We talked about the difference between active and passive nouns

MON MAR 2

• We began by talking about a drug that caused birth defects in the 50s
• Prof. Hodges is about to order us pizza. This is rather unusual, funny, and generous
•  We talked about a saw much safer than regular saws that stop when the detect human contact
• The pizza smells good but i did not eat

WED FEB 25

• The word rape has had many different meanings throughout history
• I posted my definition of rape as “the violation or destruction of someones person or property
• Apparently my definition of rape was not adequate
• The next thing we talked about was “stealing” internet use from people
• We reviewed the expectations for our upcoming assignment on 3/1

MON FEB 23

• Professor said he will not give us any more assignments for a while
•  i have made changes on a few of my posts but i should continue to ask for feedback
• He reminds us to ask for feedback
• We talked about euthanasia for a while

WED FEB 18

• Prof. Hodges is analyzing cause and effect
• Just because something is not physically contagious does not mean someone cant be easily effected
• We spent a significant amount of time talking about the PTSD article
• Prof. went over a few students entries and analyzed them to the class

MON FEB 16

• We talked about  a story  that felt as though death row inmates should have their organs harvested

WED FEB 1

• We started class by listening to an NPR broadcast that had a counterintuitive topic the professor found
• We watched a video about warning signs of a stroke. First without sound just to interpret the visual
• Find sources that have a different point of view than your own is good because it teaches you something or forces you to do more research
• Prof. Hodges recommends that we take a source and free write ideas while we read.

MON FEB 9

• Prof. Hodges reminded to take credit for the work we’ve done by tagging our name
• We are required to schedule 3 conferences throughout the semester throughout the semester
• In Vancouver they no longer refer to people as him/her. I found this to be quite bizarre
•  We are no longer allowed to use the words THEIR or THEY in our posts. It is preferred that we use the word WE or OUR.
• It would be helpful to use the comments prof. Hodges left on our assignment to complete our rewrite
• Toward the end of the class we talked about how to be more specific in our writings

WED FEB 4

• Prof. Hodges gave us an idea of how of how he grades our assignments
• While we gave feedback on his grading scale, Prof. Hodges was nice enough to get coffee for a few students
• In class we reviewed a classmates post about Stone Money
• We talked about why pictures seem different when we find out the motive of the photographer

MON FEB 2

• Professor hodges had one of his former students give us information on the writing center.
• We will not use the word you. Only the professor may.
• I had to go back to previous posts and categorize them.
• Every sentence has to make the reader want to read the next.
• Throat clearing is like using sentences to prepare readers for a point.
• We are to choose a counterintuitive topic wo focus on for the remainder or the semester. It does not have to be on he list.
• Professor talked about ways to make our stone money entries better. We must engage the reader by being moe abstract.
• Comparing cows and money, in this society they both have value. However a cow has physical, immediate value because you can cook it and eat it and other things.
• The government does decide the value of money.

WED JAN 28

• Professor Hodges opened with WAR by Edwin Starr
• Toward the middle of the class, Profesor Hodges urged us to engage and take notes.
• In many assignments we will have to produce a hyperlink
• Professor Dale told us about a preposterous story about a culture called yap and their monetary system using faye (Lime Stone)
• The gold exchange with France contributed to the great depression
• The paper dollars we use are worth nothing.

Wed. Jan 28

fei on the island had no value just stone, got left in water but man was still the richest cause word of mouth

same happened at fort knox with french and their gold….took all their gold into containers and kept safe

money was only worth what you could buy .99 chips 20 bags, $10 glasses 2

work all week but get handed no paper..money just a check in the bank aka fei in the water

Monday Feb.2 2015

only visual assignment is for pro, others can hurt you so revise at least once. ask for grade plz or feedback plz after revision

use “we” rather than you or your….get rid of pronouns

eliminate all expressions of what you believe…no..i believe or my opinion

only choose what is really important from a source or author to help support your argument rather than quoting the whole piece

chose countertopic on side where it listed for next 12 weeks

use animated language that helps the reader or audience want to read your essay after or following a detailed abstract argument

look at examples of animated language to help make stone money better

gov doesn’t determine what the value of money is just the fact of the difference from a dollars bill to a 5 dollars bill all not how much of something you could buy with a 1 dollars bill

Wed. Feb 4

D=F C=D make improvements and look at the different easy that were posted to achieve ideas

Monday Feb.9

must meet three time the whole semester once before spring break, once after, and one final time during last week of semester.only can achieve grade from meeting which can be set up through conferences page

kill most pronouns if not able to the preferred pronoun for this class is “we” and keep sentences in same tense such as present, past, or future.

deadline for rewrite has been changed to wed. 12am noon

Wed. Feb 11

In the video you saw several hand and facial jesters, but the ones you should be most aware of is F.A.S.T. Fast stands for facial loose of control in the muscles, arms lose ability to be controlled, speech starts to slur, and then it is finally time to call 911. F.A.S.T is a message to help boost stroke awareness.

Reason for citing quotes is for finding evidence or sources to help straighten your argument and to find people who think differently from you.

reply constructive criticism on professor’s post

Wed Feb 18

Put definition and categorical claims for PTSD in your work to help support the main idea of the post. Different types of being contagious such as yawning seems to make others yawn or a teacher being enthusiastic about a subject then suddenly other students become more enthusiastic…no bug, but both are still called “contagious”

It’s more like matching behavior such as domestic violence or the beating of a child, when the child grows up he still has those memories an mirrors what he was taught while growing up which is violence leading to the beating of his kids or wife.

Different because it isn’t immediate such as catching the meseals within seconds compared to your father having a weird strange and angry attitude for a year which would cause PTSD.

Father has fear of getting shot each day, Mother fears making it through the night as she sleeps and her husband swing his arms at her. Such as a child living in a ghetto neighborhood being around destruction and violence while hearing gun shots every day can cause him to have PTSD.  When Brennan acts out she is classified as delinquent.

Mon March 2

Just ordered pizza in class, Dave’s a cool professor that can be a professor for life if the student chooses…also a really kind guy in general.

Select a comp meeting soon and chose which assignment you want to be able to rewrite

Mon. March 9

First sentence is crucial to your essay, remember to keep info creditable or you will lose the audience.  Have good strong claims to help get your point across but also in short creditable sentences.

Wed. March 11

no weaker sentence then saying something is. Elephants are tourted.(passive) Circus owners tourte elephants. (active) Elephants suffer torture

Mon. March 23

The water molecules do not go into the simple coffee grain holder when turned upside down in a container of water because it is designed to keep small grains of coffee inside so it does the same with air.

Wed. March 25

remember to edited my notes at every class, also that evidence from the author is not sufficient enough for your essay add out side sorcuses that go with your argument and state your own opion and influences.

Mon. March 30

Post reply on card puzzle in the agenda. listen to story about Mac McClelland about having PTSD from secondary experiences. Also posted in Intuitive Predictions about statements being true or false, unreasonable or reasonable, and being good or bad.

Mon. April 6

“Attended class”

Wed. April 8

A writers sentence structure is key to achieving the audience full attention, so each and every sentence isn’t repetitive or boring.

Wed. April 15

Left comments on Juggler’s Casual assignment  Skyblue’s Rebuttal assignment  and Hashmeesh’s definition assignment…..got to leave early cause I posted all three comments.

Mon. April 20

Just edited a rebuttal argument on if happiness rely has true meaning behind it by editing first 2 sentences of the 4th paragraph and then added a title.  Also answer several questions on 4 causal arguments.

Mon May 4

Update portfolio.

Add titles and work cited in portfolio.

Make all changes asap.

Wed April 29

Read core values then copy and paste the goals into a new post and write where it says “insert 125 word explanation…”

Hyperlink examples of each goal.

Don’t argue for a lower grade.

Open post you want to put in your portfolio and add the category “mopar portfolio.”

Mon April 27 

Attended class

Highlight and hit “blockquote” to quote large amounts of material.

For work cited highlight url then edit copy and click insert edit link and attach to the title of the citation.

Wed April 22

Attended class

Mon April 20

Work on finishing annotated bibliography.

15 sources all together.

Make citations for work cited in papers.

Essays should have titles.

Causal does not mean casual.

Make the title interesting.

Wed April 15 

Reading and responding to essays.

Mon April 13 

Rewrite of rebuttal/causal essays due Sunday.

Wed April 8

You can leave out the weak link in your argument and hope no one notices.

Make your first sentence make the reader want to read the second sentence.

Mon April 6

Attended class

Wed April 1

Mention all of the causes.

Actually make a title for the paper due Sunday.

Mon March 30 

Started off class with the card puzzle.

It’s hard to detect a tumor and some are missed.

Wed March 25

Offer evidence from both sides of the argument as long as you can refute it to make your argument stronger.

Enter title names into Rowan’s Campbell Library.

Come up with something no one has come up with yet and add something new.

Mon March 23

When the filter is wet it traps air but when it’s dry it doesn’t because of surface tension.

Copy and paste your new A07 into your old A06

You can keep asking for evidence until you have enough.

It’s wise to offer evidence from both sides of the argument if you can refute them.

Wed March 11

Elephants are tortured. Passive

Circus owners torture elephants. Active but “circus owners” are the subject

Elephants suffer torture. Active and “elephants” are the subject

Choose active avoid passive

Wed March 4

When you ask for feedback and make changes ask for feedback again.

If you ask for feedback you have to makes changes before you can ask for feedback again.

Mon March 2

We’re ordering pizza.

No new assignment for Tues at midnight.

Set up a meeting before the middle of the semester.

Wed Feb 25 

Make the first sentence interesting don’t just say “according to webster’s.” etc.

MLA work cited.

Or use Rowan library data base.

Read pension fund essay.

Mon Feb 23

Don’t think of the topics as having sides to them.

Find one good reason and look at it in depth.

Make sure you use plurals in the right spots.

Revise one of the assignments.

Wed Feb 18

Behavior can be contagious by making someone else do it but not contagious like a sickness or disease.

Definition claim: when you define something by say so and so is…

Category claim: when you name examples.

If it’s he then it’s who and if it’s him then it’s whom.

Mon Feb 16 

Ask yourself new questions that make you think differently about your topic.

Spend at least an hour on the critical reading.

Wed Feb 11

Face dropping Arm weakness Speech difficulty Time to call 911- signs of and what to do for a stroke.

Don’t just look for sources that agree with you.

Have an idea that you know needs some investigating and don’t form a thesis before you start.

Professor Hodges has pictures of Salma Hayek in his head and not pouring milk on his head.

Makes notes about what you’re reading.

Mon Feb 9

Don’t forget to take credit for your work.

Memories change over time with other memories.

Stick in plurals when writing Ex: Their.

Don’t eat just mentos and doritos or you’ll need a multivitamin.

Pick a deep and narrow topic.

Wed Feb 4

C is a D and D is a F

Begin summaries with “It seems counterintuitive….”

There’s going to be a kid with three parents

Focus on an argument that needs to be made in summaries

Mon Feb 2

To find out grade come before or stay after class.

Don’t use 2nd person, don’t say in my opinion  or i believe,  don’t use throat clearing in your writing.

Check the writing tab for updates.

Pick a counterintuitive topic from the side bar on counterintuitive website.

Wed Jan 28

Remember to open my notes every day of class.

First draft is always crap and get rid of the best sentences.

Yap small country owned by Germany

Fei was Yap’s money. Fei were large limestone disc that people had to sail 400 miles to another island with limestone since Yap had no limestone. The larger the stone the more it’s worth.

Wealthiest man on Yap has a fei that’s in the middle of the ocean that no one alive has ever seen.

Germans wanted the roads fixed so went around and painted X’s on all the fei and made the Yap feel poor so the Yap fixed the roads then got their fei back, similar to the depression in the US.

Moved gold from Fort Knox over a couple feet and said it was from France. This made the French frank worth more than the US dollar.

Wednesday April 29th

*self reflective statement guidelines

*hyperlink article to claim so he can compare things

*name one assignments in each of the 5 goals

* portfolio due may 4th

*research postion, annotated bib, definition argument re write plus another re write, visual, self reflective statement

*add all necessary assignments into portfolio file with your username

Monday April 27th 

*look at research position post

*look at one with the right length and title

*second model which is a strong offering and makes nice use of citation and quotation

*works cited in MLA and APA demo

*informal citation(use same approach)

*preview annotated bib that can be adapted from proposal +5 or 10

*make title for paper that is centered

*blockquote button

*highlight url edit copy to clipboard hit insert/edit link attach it to title

Wednesday April 22nd 

*indoor picnic and feedback

 Monday April 19th 

* visual

*definition

*causal or rebuttal

^^ all portfolio components

*titles that start the argument post

*what is the problem with too many choices?

Wednesday April 15th 

*read and respond in reply to classmates work

*Monday 6th, Wednesday 8th, and Monday 13th notes didn’t save im so sorry!!*

Wednesday April 1st

*work with casual arguments

*personal feedback from professor

*single cause with a single effect

*when objection is irrelevant to article

*single causes with several effects

*one cause, on drugs, many effects, problems in neighborhood

*in class exercise

Monday March 30th 

*card puzzle respond in agenda

*doctor in Denver missed a tumor

*false negative, thinking she didn’t have cancer when she did

*Intuitive predictions post

*put in categories 1-3 for all 50

1. true, unreasonable, bad
2. likely, treasonable, true
3. unlikely, unreasonable,wrong
4. false, unlikely, bad
5. false, unreasonable, bad
6. false, bat shit crazy, unlikely
7. true, reasonable, correct
8, unlikely, unreasonable, wrong
9. false, unreasonable, wrong
10. true, likely, right
11. unlikely, bat shit crazy, bad
12. false, unethical, wrong
13. likely, unreasonable, wrong
14. false, bat shit crazy, wrong
15. true, likely, right
16. false, unreasonable,bad
17. true, unreasonable, right
18. true, likely, right
19. true, likely, bad

20. True/Unreasonable/Bad
21. False/Reasonable/Bad
22. True/Unreasonable/Bad
23. False/Unreasonable/Bad
24. True/Reasonable/Good
25. True/Reasonable/Good
26. True/Reasonable/Good
27. True/Reasonable/Good
28. True/Unreasonable/Bad
29. False/Unreasonable/Bad
30. False/Unreasonable/Bad
31. False/Reasonable/Good
32. True/Reasonable/Good
33. False/Unreasonable/Bad
34. False/Unreasonable/Bad
35. True/Reasonable/Good
36. True/Reasonable/Good
37. False/Unreasonable/Bad
38. True/Reasonable/Good
39. True/Unreasonable/Bad
40. False/Unreasonable/Bad
41. True/Unreasonable/Bad
42. False/Unreasonable/Bad
43. True/Reasonable/Good
44. True/Unreasonable/Bad
45. True/Reasonable/Good
46. True/Reasonable/Good
47. True/Reasonable/Good
48. True/Reasonable/Good
49. False/Unreasonable/Bad
50. False/Unreasonable/Bad

Wednesday March 25th

*the effective rebuttal of the false choice is the one that points out the un named third choice

*better research tips

*use of google scholar and the campbell library

*peer journals and review explanations

*google scholar will give you better results, side by side comparison example

*search broadly read wisely

*we dont research to prove a thesis we research to form one

*allow ourselves to be influenced by new material adding a new voice to the conversation

*rebuttal argument due sunday at midnight

*look for argument that ruins your hypothesis

*works cited; in your paper and also at the bottom

Monday March 23rd

*coffee filter demo

*the coffee filter, when flipped upside down, traps air and will not sink in the water regardless of the holes

*best explanation:

*re-write definition essay

*a price too high

*”nature is unpredictable and human beings are fallible”

*Bob Herbert against nuclear power plants

*too expensive for the risk involved

*no efficient way to dispose of waste

*Bob Herbert says the cost is too high but can not fully prove that something directly is too costly

*not an effective rebuttal

Wednesday March 11th

*Elephants are tortured

*Circus owners torture elephants

*Elephants are suffering through torture.

*Elephants suffer torture

*Elephants suffer

*Choose active avoid passive

Monday March 9th

*lecture demo

*in class writing exercise

*start by writing conclusion then get the body of the paragraph

*if you cant get a body from your conclusion, wither change the body of the conclusion

*rethink

*an argument cant be won in the first sentence but it can be lost

Wednesday March 4th 

*safer saws group assignment

 Monday March 2nd 

*ordered pizza

*set up conf.

*do rewrite

*safer saws introduction

*why doesn’t safety sell, it is the persons own choice to use a safety precaution

*people would have a better chance at suing

*read up on topic, use your knowledge in class on the 4th to do the assignment

*claims in different language

Wednesday Feb 25 

*feedback of mechanical problems exercise

*definition or category

*get readers interested in a story, demonstration, argument

*ways to define rape throughout the years and the changes they go through

*definition essay is an argument

*two sources for first works cited for argument

*try to define rape in the best way possible

 Monday Feb 23 

*take a look at white papers

*when you first hear something you immediately decide what you are going to remember

*keep going back and adding results and strengthening hypothesis

*mechanical troubles exercise continued

*finish mechanical troubles exercise

*continue editing white paper

Wed Feb 18 

*Mechanical tools to work on with examples

*difference between definition and category claims

*PTSD can be related to something like the way a yawn spreads, no actual contagion or bug, nothing tangible

*in how many different ways can PTSD be contagious

*secondhand post traumatic stress disorder would be a perfect way to describe what she has been going through

*there is a difference between acting in ways of PTSD when in a situation in which you would feel threatened and in a situation where there is no harm being done

Monday Feb 16 

*converting topics to hypothesis

*discussing how to make something counterintuitive by the way you look at things

*harvesting organs of death row inmates

*going over the title to see what is the meaning behind it, looking at it from different angles

*shifting from death of inmate to the loss of the organs forgetting the death that has come about

*death row inmates request they donate their organs yet their requests are denied

*considering the loss of someone waiting for an organ by not taking out the heart of a killer, why would the author state it this way

Wed. Feb 11 

*moving visuals re analyzing videos

*moving visual stroke awareness

*first played without any sound

*the way body lang. affects things

*discussing white paper

*collect sources and read sources

*start writing and you’ll eventually organize your thoughts into patterns

*writing is thinking

*organize research into writing a persuasive essay

*leave feedback to white paper, constructive criticism

Wed. Jan 28

make sure to open everyday

get rid of your best sentences in your first draft, they restrict you

used fei as money, never had to move it when they wanted to trade it for equal value

verbal culture

wealthiest people on yap own the largest fei that no one has ever seen

similar situation went on with the french and their gold

money is only worth how ever much of a certain thing you can buy, ex. potato chips

Monday Feb. 2nd

important to do re writes on even non portfolio assignments

new mechanic and writing tabs

you is not allowed, we are not instructing anyone what to do in an essay

throat clearing- over preparing for your essay

make your audience want to keep reading by making it relatable not just unstructured information

make the beginning intriguing with a mystery or slight background

no I believe or in my opinion, should be designed to persuade people of your point of you not just focus on yourself as an individual

background information is only valuable as persuasion

purposeful summary- choosing to relay to the reader only what we need and what is necessary from an authors work

chose one or two counterintuitive topics that spark your attention

invest abstract comments with something physical

make the reader think about things as if it is jumping out of your paper at them and they have it in their hands ex. stone money

Monday. Feb 9

make sure to categorize and take credit for your work

tiny grammer lessons:

*problems with their

*their is legal with a plural subject

*no need to use genders

*their is illegal with a singular subject

*sticking with plurals is the least messy situation

*trying to collaborate with our readers

discussion on counterintuitive topics