MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Good morning.  Last day vibes, here.  One part wistful and most parts grateful for all y'all.

Three resources you have seen before that I will look at for the most common lapses in the final submission-->

• Checklist (includes the celery-colored flow chart
• Reading grid (consult YOURS that you work with (you HAVE ONE, right?)
• That cognitive wedge (large baggy image from last week) that represents labor in thinking (both reading and writing)

Paragraphs that need work by many? These last paragraphs that we have been considered. Remember, there is no writing ever without rewriting. 

• Closing paragraph
  • You do not need a symphonic chord closure or magician's ta dah. Try
    • Recommendation for further reads (curate link including to an abstract of research article is good)
    • Use of your ABT statement even if you already used this set of AND/BUT/THEREFORE ideas earlier.
    • Application, time to useful application, prediction, caution, policy note.
• Stats/logos of number paragraph (pick one)
  • Use first person to show that this paragraph includes YOUR OBSERVATION, even if you also use the reflective prose of the researchers
  • Use Manchester U Phrasebank for help with this sort of science critical thinking within prose
• General critical analysis of research paper (pick one)

Good news! CRISPR (Nature editorial, 11/23) approved for sickle cell therapy, in addition to a second FDA-approved option.  Looks like cure or near cure is in the wings. Huzzah! May all who need this lifesaving, life changing, pain-ameliorating therapy have real access (costs now approach 1M).  STEM is for human flourishing. 

TONIGHT: ER Review Task DUE for both Atlanta and Boulder Trains.

People ask me about extra credit options.  I have an idea and involves curated pictures (Google slides, natch) of what we talk about in class. Email me/needs to happen quickly.

Will hold digital office hours on Wednesday and Friday, 9-9:50 and 11-11:50.

May the rest of the month be low friction on the way down. And, stick the landing.  Cheering for you.

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