Thursday, November 11, 2010

Quoting + Sandwiches

If you would like to review the slide show on quotation, you can click here.


If you want to look over different citation styles for your paper, you can go here or here.


Bread (intro/orientation) + filling (your quotation) + bread (analysis/explanation/connection)


Is a Wandering Mind an Unhappy One?

Is a Wandering Mind an Unhappy One?

This is a pretty great article about how - when our minds wander - we become less happy than when we focus.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

This weeks Blog Assignment

On your own blog, write a 400-word response that answers both of the following questions:

1) What did  peer editing 101 essays teach you about the writing process and about editing in general?  How did you feel about writing responses - especially ones that were "critical" of some element of the other writer's work?

2) Will this effec the way you edit your own work?  How?  Are there things you will look for as you review this weekend? 

Editing Day

Respond to the essays on your assigned 101 students blogs.

Be sure to comment on

+thesis
+intro
+orgrnization
+selection of evidence
+quoting "style"
+body paragraph development
+conclusions.


Here is a list with your assigned mentees!