MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Lots of tasks to consider:

Today in class, you will develop an email to me about the structure your document will take and what will be your primary evidience in these categories:

STRUCTURE

SECTIONS

PARAGRAPHS

EVIDENCE

LOGOS

PATHOS

ETHOS

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Some important tasks discussed here and in class.

FOR TUESDAY bring a pocket folder to class. We will begin to assemble your portfolio to turn in, along with your final project and the cover letter/resume assignment. BRING ALL YOUR DRAFTS AND WORK FOR THE SEMESTER.

You will need to email me, by midnight tonight, your final project structure/arguments. We will discuss this assignment in class today. 

For TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, we will be drafting and revising your final document.  This work will help you for the small assignment due on THURSDAY, the last day of class: 

An Abstract of your final project/Reader's Response.  You will also need to bring hard copy of your cover letter/resume for peer review. 

July 10 is the last day of class! You will bring a NEARLY PERFECT DRAFT OF YOUR FINAL PROJECT to class.  We will use peer review and discussion as the way to polish. We will also write a Critical Response to the Service Learning Project/List of tasks.

EVERYTHING is due on Friday morning by noon JULY 11, to me in my PWP Office (TAWES 1230).

Cover letter and resume resources:cover letter/resume options. 

Checklist 1

Checklist 2

Nearly everything we do from here on out concerns the final project:

Steps toward your final project:

1. Topic proposal, that addresses a thesis or problem statement that your document addresses.  Note also the real or highy plausible audience this document can address.
2. Annotated bibiiography of seven sources
3. Audience analysis sheet, to control the final project writing choices
4. Argument/structure analysis
5. Abstract

Think about working ahead on these. Today, we refine number one, which you will sent to me in an email BEFORE CLASS ENDS TODAY.

For Tueaday, you need an annoted bib of at least seven sources in HARD COPY. You will also need to bring a digital copy of the audience analysis sheet for Tues. We will discuss revise, and turn in at the end of Tuesday's class.

Today, we do this stuff: document design.

Today, we wrap up the review article. I will mark and grade, returning these documents to you on Thursday. You will have a grade for this assignment.  Now, we do have a revision opportunity -- a way to improve both the text and the grade (if needed), with a second phase -- re-design of this assignment.

You will need to complete the redesign in class, printing out this document at the end of the class session for a second grade.  We will spend about one hour doing this.  For prep, please review this sample:

Article Review

You will need to develop/find three or four visuals for this in-class assignment. Gather them in jpg format during today's session.

• author photos if available (permission requrest required)
• cover of journal that article appears in
• visual from inside the article
• copyright free/open access visual (to be discussed in class)

We will all use this masthead, courtesy of Megan B. (now a medical illustrator):

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That-which: which takes a comma; that does not! See this  handout on choosing which and that.

You also need a cover letter/resume. We will look at cover letter/resume options. 

Summer school goes so fast. You will need to propose to me in an email your final topic project and audience. Use the rhetorical triangle of 

• audience
• context 
• purpose.

Let's review some conventions of standard written English (take notes from our work on the board).  I do want to mention a few new ones:

1. punctuation with quote marks (nice summary  here at Grammar Monster)
2. colon and semi colon use (start here with The Oatmeal's take)
3. that/which distinction
4. hyphens are little and used with words; dashes are longer and used between words (See this guide from DOOK)
   1. setting off appositives (dashes)
   2. some words where hyphens are helpful
      • fast-sailing ship and fast sailing ship

OK, now tasks for today and for Thursday.

Empty subjects DRAFT HANDOUT.

Turn in your review.  Write a note to me by hand about your opening and closing, your transitions approach, favorite paragraph (type and content), and something you are proud of applying from class in this assignment. Also, note any problems.

We will be turning this document into a design format, for a second grade.  You will be able to incorporate my comments on style and content and arrangement into this second document.  See how I am supporting your revision?  Here is a sample of what we are going for.

Document designed assignment. Here is the "look" we are gong for.  You will need three or four graphics. We will do some gathering today and talk about conventions of use, copyright, intellectul property, and other aspects of professional ethics concerning web-based images.

On Thursday -- IN CLASS -- we will rework this document into this format.

Due for a grade THAT IS FINAL.

Today, we talk about some conventions in science/tech writing that will help you polish the reivew for submission on Tuesday.  Big discussion, though, is on paragraphs, so we will weave back in this class journal to look at types of paragraphs you may wish to use.  

Now, let's think about transitions.  These two samples come from my friends:

• JA, Wapo journalist
• TL, NASA astronomer

 See this Google doc. 

We need to be thinking about your final document. So, some discussion today and you can think, think, think over the weekend.  

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For Tueday, please bring in also a digital copy of your review article, in addition to the hard copy you will turn in for a grade.