WEEK 10! Spring break was number 9
Hello. Chilly, isn't it. Yet, as Tom Waits tells us:
You have an Eli Review Review task due on TUESDAY. See your ELMS email/calendar. Be on time for each other. Expect to post a 98% done draft on Friday, for one last peer collaboration, before you revise to turn in next week for a grade.
Recall our work earlier on the utility of Oxford commas? Here is a short Google doc on science examples.
How about a lesson on dangling modifiers. I would read this Duke Graduate School short exhibit AFTER class. We will use the board in class, too for this useful clarity lesson.
Finally, enjoy this odd little mini lesson on dangling modifiers (while walking down the street a piano fell on me) from former student Hannah S. circa 2008.
Piano. from Paul Rayment on Vimeo.
Some "free" ideas/phrases to customize the ending of your memo:
These two huge environmental problems resist direct comparison. Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn calls this situation "one of incommensurability"; incommensurablity means without common measure.
I would like to spend more time on this question for our office. One approach would be to localize the problem to the Chesapeake Bay.
As you know, I did not include human health effects in this analysis. I could refocus my research team to devote three work days to this, with your approval.
I read some new information about plastic-eating microbes. Would you care learn more?
Resusables -- including double-walled thermos mugs -- can be used in our work, with logos including. This way, the mugs are also advertising, even if lost.
I grew up in Belgium. We simply do not use coffee consumption the way most US people do. I wonder if we could institute a "tea time" culture in our offfice, where we relax together and drink in mugs.
Marybeth Shea
Happy Wednesday. Snow flurries this morning (tiny ones!).
Empty subjects! What are they? Perfectly usable subjects in sentences that can introduce confusion for readers. Try to avoid these constructions. Resources for you:
- Empty subjects (there is/are; it) This short web exhibit is chock-full of examples.
- Another name is dummy subjects (also web exhibit)
DO NOT USE THESE PLACEHOLDER CONSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR MEMO.
Speaking of the memo, here is a checklist for you. This checklist also notes in red (along with empty subjects) the idea of giving examples, You may want to try this. Examples of the coffee cup choice you note can help readers visualize the recommendation. More on this in class.
Now, a mea culpa to you. My presentation about listing ideas in text v. the flow chart early on is utterly confusing. I did not curate/present this well. Two of your colleagues asked for help. Therefore, I whipped up this short presentation in a googl doc. We will talk about this today. Within this presentation, you can see some variations in paragraph order that you can choose now, as you work toward your final version for a grade (next week).
Upcoming: Friday night post of 98% done document. Monday? Peer collaboration.
About Eli Review tasks, this morning the peer collaboration task due last night is at 57%. Come on, people. Get to those tasks to help each other!
I also want to talk briefly about a resource sent me by a student that will really change the assignment for fall 2022.
Finally, I found this realistic and hopeful. Check out the podcast about Ben Franklin, history, inoculation/vaccination. Good conversation between health policy hero Andy Slavitt and historian/documentary filmaker Ken Burns
Marybeth Shea
Friday. I posted your Eli Review task. Due tonight. Try to be on time for each other.
Holding office hours today: 9-9;50, 10-10:50, 11-11:50. Same Google meet link as always.
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