Today’s Plan:
- Mapping Out the Rest of Our Year
- Characters and Action Sentence Syntax
- Reviewing Introductions
- Submitting Your Draft
- Additional Office Hours Wednesday, All Day Next Monday
- 2 Points on Your Final Grade for Visiting the Writing Center!
- Final Presentations
Mapping Out the Rest of Our Year
Here’s what we have left:
- Nov 15th: Sentence Syntax / Introductions
- Nov 17th: Ross Computer Lab / APA Formatting
- Nov 23rd: Drafts of Final Papers Due in Canvas [Can be submitted earlier]
- Nov 29th: Revising Prose / Revising Checklist
- Dec 1st: Final Presentations
- Final Papers are due December 9th
Today in Class
I have a syntax exercise and some introductions for us to review.
Let’s talk about thesis paragraphs.
Office Hours
I will have additional office hours in my regular office, Ross 1140B, on Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:30. As always, I will be in the library main foyer (by the coffee stand) on Friday from 1:00 to 3:30. And I will be in my office all day on Monday, Novemeber 22nd. Shoot me an email for a Monday appointment.
Lightning Talks
Resources:
- Sign Up
- Template [make a copy, submit link to Canvas]
For our final two class sessions, you will give 5-8 minute lightning talks on your final paper. If you are uncomfortable giving a “talk,” then you are welcome (and encouraged) to read a paper–a five minute talk is about 400 words. You also have the option of recording a powerpoint or recording a video–we can watch those in class.
I’ve created a barebones Google Slide template for your presentations. Feel free to add slides, change font/layout/colors, etc. Also, screen shots are awesome in a presentation (remember that Powerpoint is Evil)–you want your slides to contain concise points that you explain to us. Don’t put *too* much writing on a slide–you want the slides to highlight the main points of your talk.
My general expectation is that you will revise your longer paper down to about 3-4 pages double-spaced and have that somewhat memorized. So, again, reading a paper that is accompanied by a presentation is fine.
APA Formatting Checklist
Let’s walk through some key points from your drafts.
Homework
For Thursday’s class, please have a draft of your paper including a reference / works cited page. We will be working on APA formatting in the Ross 1240 lab.
