Thursday, December 15th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Last name, first name. “title.” description (e.g. essay). Institution (Westfield State        University, date.

Since you will be citing at least two papers, they should be alphabetical by order of title.

In-text citation (parenthetical citations) : (“signal word from title” #).

• Write with purpose, in varied rhetorical situations and for varied audiences.

2. Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing, and Speaking

• Use writing, reading, and speaking for inquiry, learning, and thinking.
• Recognize, analyze, and interact with both opposing and supporting views.
• Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize appropriate primary and secondary sources.
• Integrate their own ideas with those of others.

3. Processes

• Understand writing as a process that allows writers to rethink and revise their work.
• Develop strategies for drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading their papers.
• Learn to give effective feedback to peers about their writing.
• Become effective and rigorous critics of their own writing.

4.  Knowledge of Conventions

• Learn common organizational strategies appropriate for different kinds of essays or texts.
• Practice appropriate means of documenting secondary material.
• Gain competence in controlling such features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

From the Ely Library Homepage: > Instruction > Information Instruction Program
> For Students > Ely Library Book Explorations

Or click here to directly link to the assignment.
Follow the instructions listed on the page. Please complete only one of the assignment topics.

I will receive a report from Ely Library with your participation and results. As long as you participate, you will receive credit!

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As promised, here is a list of the “Forbidden Topics” (queue eerie music):

1.Rhetorical Knowledge:

• Write with purpose, in varied rhetorical situations and for varied audiences.
• Understand how different kinds of writing (e.g. different genres or purposes) influence the choices writers make about content, structure, language, and style.

2. Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing, and Speaking:

• Use writing, reading, and speaking for inquiry, learning, and thinking.

3. Processes:

• Understand writing as a process that allows writers to rethink and revise their work.
• Develop strategies for drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading their papers.

4.  Knowledge of Conventions:

• Learn common organizational strategies appropriate for different kinds of essays or texts.
• Gain competence in controlling such features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

The letter will have at least five paragraphs.  After a short introductory paragraph (Why are you writing? What is the context?), write a paragraph in which you select two or three of the outcomes that were the focus for this Sequence (see your Sequence 1 schedule for a list of the outcomes on which we focused) over which you feel you have gained some mastery. Explain, with specific examples, how you can prove this.

In the next paragraph, identify 1-3 Sequence Outcomes with which you are still struggling and discuss what progress you have made and why you believe you are struggling.

Your third paragraph should discuss what did or did not work in the writing process and why (free writes, first draft, peer review, revision, conference).

In your final paragraph, explain the major changes made among your drafts, including examples to support what you are saying.

In the meantime, here’s a post written by one of my Comp 102 students last spring. I think Will offers some great advice!  Leave him a comment to let him know what you think.

First, download Dropbox. Once you’ve set up your account (remember, use your WSU email for extra free storage), take some time to get familiar with the site, then set up a shared folder with me.

Next, set up your WordPress account.

If you’d like to follow me on Twitter (and learn about any extra credit opportunities), set up an account.  If you already have an account, my user name there is ProfBeverly. Please note that this Jing was created originally for my Comp 102 students. Your hashtags should read #Comp101.

I hope you enjoy exploring these online services!

I will use Think Harder as a repository for assignments, worksheets, and other information to make English Composition a fruitful class.

Here’s to a great semester!