Day 14

Homework: discussion leader readings and quiz

Day 13

• Sources and formatting titles quiz
• How to find a good source
• Grammarly

Day 12

Academic Version of Paper 1

Minimum word count: 1,250--works cited page does not count in word count.  If you do not meet the minimum word, the highest grade you can receive is a D (66%)
2 sources, any citation style is fine, double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins

Peer review:

1. Read your paper aloud to your partner while the partner takes notes.
2. After the reading, the listener will explain the following:
1. What is the goal of the writer?
2. Why is this topic important (according to the writer)
3. How is the writer going to fulfill the goal? (sources, comparison, close analysis of one film...?)
4. Does the topic need to be narrowed?  If so, how?
5. Can the goal be accomplished? (i.e. will it need a textbook-length paper to answer or does it span too much time or too many cultures or is it speculative?) 
3. After the listener has reported, the writer can ask questions but not clarify or lecture on anything.
1. Example: "What I meant was..." is not appropriate but "What made you think my intention was..." is.
4. Then switch.

If extra time: write a paragraph using the Point, Example, Explanation guide using an example from your paper/topic or from Happy Feet.  Practice expanding the Example and making it detailed and clear.

Day 11

Thesis: What and Why

Paragraph Organization:

Point: mini-thesis--what is happening in this paragraph and why
Example: specific, concrete detail
Explanation: how does the detail tie in with your overall thesis?

https://sites.williams.edu/engl-117-fall16/uncategorized/racial-undertones-in-pop-culture-and-their-divisive-impact-on-viewers/

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17feet.html

Post Blog by midnight Friday

Day 10

• Discussion Leaders
• No Homework

Day 9

Blogging:  Why should you do it?

Group 1:  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-b-fishbein/10-reasons-you-should-sta_b_5326353.html

Group 2: https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/the-ins-and-outs-of-blogging/215114827220

Group 3: https://www.chronicle.com/article/3-Rules-of-Academic-Blogging/234139

Group 4: http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/storage/33/239/Academic%20Blogging%20Style%20Guidelines.pdf

and

http://neurodudes.com 


Read your link and report back to the class about what you found to be the most important.  Group 4: you are reporting more on style and how blogs are set up.

• Questions about the blogs due this Friday?

Homework:

• Discussion Leader Quiz due the 11th at midnight
• Discussion Leader readings

Day 7

*********Class on Friday will be held in the second floor of the Library.  Meet in stairwell under the ugly pice of art.  We will be looking at books on the second floor and using the computers.  Bring your own laptop if you prefer***********



Discussion Leader

Homework:

Come up with a list of key words that you can use to search for sources

Example: if I wanted to look at how disability is used in horror movies

• disability and monstrosity
• disability and horror
• deformaty
• body horror
• Frankenstein and disability
• grotesque
• sensation and disability
• intelletual disabilty and horror
• classic horror and disability
• "Eyes without a face" and disability