English 1301
You and Mr. Hall
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8 November 2014
Week of 10-13
November – Various topics
Evaluating Sources
College writing is professional writing. Step away from emotions, passion, moods,
feelings, and opinions, and evaluate sources for reliability. The bullet list on p. 544 and the tables on
pp. 545, 548, and 549 of your text will be useful. Do not source Schmoop (and, really, the very
name is its own caution), Wikipedia, SparkNotes, Cliff’s Notes, encyclopediae /
encyclopedias, YahooAnswers, TMZ, Wookiepedia, FaceBook, YouTube, BuzzFeed, and
other popular culture sites. They can be
both entertaining and useful, but one does not go to Wookiepedia for, say, engineering
knowledge.
However, sites with professional-sounding names are also not
necessarily reliable; anyone can create a nice-looking site and call it “The
National Association of Professional (whatevers).”
All this is why I wish for you to filter your sources
through the AC portal – the site swamis have ensured that the sources are
academic / professional. If you are
still having trouble with the AC portal, talk to the smart kid next to you who
has managed to access it. If even he or
she can’t help you, you’ll have to take extra time to determine whether the
sites you’ve accessed otherwise are truly worthy of you or if some of them were
generated by a sixteen-year-old who can sling big words around. Do have me verify a site if you have any
doubt at all about it.
Lessons for the
Week of 10-13 November
How-To (expository, for our purposes) Essay. The assignment includes a handout. Because of Veterans’ Day scheduling this is
not due until next week.
Test
We’ll take another test on MLA research papers.
Research Paper
Continue writing your research paper. Most of you seem to be making good progress
(some few exceptions), but don’t grow complacent. Remember that this one paper is 15% of your
final grade.
Bibliography format – something called Easybib is
available for free on the ‘net. This
will help you set up your bibliography according to the MLA format. Be sure you are following the MLA style and
not one of the many others. Paying for a
site to help you with your bibliography is needless; the good ones are free.
Veterans’ Day
Note the use of the plural possessive: Veterans’ Day, not
Veteran’s Day. We have more than one
veteran.
As advised last week, Tuesday morning’s class is optional
/ no attendance taken / free space / king’s X.
I will be available on the AC campus for you, though I do not anticipate
being on site early or staying late.
Thursday Morning
Class
Disassembling the footings of keyboards in the computer
lab might be therapeutic (the concept eludes me), but they should have been
reassembled once the therapy was accomplished.
Leaving tasks for others to accomplish is not The Bulldog Way. I
have saved the parts for you for reassembly this week.
SEUSSODYSSEY
Delightful! Thank
you! That was a fine bit of dancing, singing, and merriment, and I am very
proud of you who put this together.
Note that SEUSSODYSSEY
is italicized because it is the
title of a full-length play. Here it is in all caps because it is that way on
the program.
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