Anne Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts"
Read this short piece for Tuesday, as well as prepare your own first draft ("shitty" or not).
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Assignment for Tuesdays Nov 18
The homework you did for this class asked you to do the first
steps of evaluating your sources.
Now that you’ve done that, choose one of the sources you did a
preliminary evaluation of to read.
I suggest that you read at the very least The Introduction, and one or
two chapters that you think will be relevant to your interests. If your preliminary evaluation yielded
NO helpful texts, then please go to your list of sources (gleaned for your
research and from the texts you evaluated to find another, more helpful, text
to work with). For
Tuesday, please write a summary of the text based on your reading, which fairly
describes the text’s argument while also attempting to clue your reader in on
YOUR stance towards the material in the text. (Your summary should be between 1-2 pages typed).
Please bring TWO hard copies of this assignment to class.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Questions to answer for your two sources
Please bring a hard copy of your repsonses to class on Thursday. You must complete the underlined tasks. For the rest of the tasks, choose 3 to complete.
1. Write down the bibliographic information for the text, in MLA format. See the Purdue Owl website for reference help if needed.
2. Read the preface/introduction--What does the author want to accomplish? Browse through the table of contents and the index.This will give you an overview of the source. Is your topic covered in enough depth to be helpful? If you don't find your topic discussed, try searching for some synonyms in the index.
3. Check for a list of references or other citations that look as if they will lead you to related material that would be good sources.
4. Determine the intended audience. Are you the intended audience? Consider the tone, style, level of information, and assumptions the author makes about the reader. Are they appropriate for your needs? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
5. If the source is opinion, does the author offer sound reasons for adopting that stance? (Consider again those questions about the author. Is this person reputable?) (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
6. How timely is the source? Is the source twenty years out of date? Some information becomes dated when new research is available, but other older sources of information can be quite sound fifty or a hundred years later. (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
7. How credible is the author? If the document is anonymous, what do you know about the organization? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
8. Are there vague or sweeping generalizations that aren't backed up with evidence? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
9. Are arguments very one-sided with no acknowledgement of other viewpoints? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
1. Write down the bibliographic information for the text, in MLA format. See the Purdue Owl website for reference help if needed.
2. Read the preface/introduction--What does the author want to accomplish? Browse through the table of contents and the index.This will give you an overview of the source. Is your topic covered in enough depth to be helpful? If you don't find your topic discussed, try searching for some synonyms in the index.
3. Check for a list of references or other citations that look as if they will lead you to related material that would be good sources.
4. Determine the intended audience. Are you the intended audience? Consider the tone, style, level of information, and assumptions the author makes about the reader. Are they appropriate for your needs? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
5. If the source is opinion, does the author offer sound reasons for adopting that stance? (Consider again those questions about the author. Is this person reputable?) (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
6. How timely is the source? Is the source twenty years out of date? Some information becomes dated when new research is available, but other older sources of information can be quite sound fifty or a hundred years later. (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
7. How credible is the author? If the document is anonymous, what do you know about the organization? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
8. Are there vague or sweeping generalizations that aren't backed up with evidence? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
9. Are arguments very one-sided with no acknowledgement of other viewpoints? (Provide examples to back up your answer.)
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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