Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Class Work

1. "All's well that ends well!" or so says Shakespeare. How well does your essay end?

• Share at your table
• Nominate someone to share with the class - not the same person who shared last time! Everybody needs to take a turn.
• As a class, we will listen to the conclusions. What made the conclusions effective

 2. Print your essay so that you can look at it with a partner. During this activity, you will be looking for the in-text citations.

•  Underline all in-text citations.
• Look at the Works Cited page. Make sure there is an entry for each piece of borrowed information. Check as you go.
• (A writer may borrow multiple pieces of information from a single source. Only one Works Cited entry needs to be included. However, an in-text citation must be included every time borrowed information is used in the text.)
• Check to be sure that sources that are NOT referenced in the text do NOT appear on the Works Cited page. 
• Check MLA formatting. (See last Thursday's blog for guidelines and sample essays.)

3. HOMEWORK: It is time to post the FINAL draft of your technology paper in MyCompLab. Revise and correct as needed. It is due Thursday.

A. Table Work: Create a mind-map using Walls/Barriers as the center element. Branch out from there. Yes, the colored pens are available! One map per table, please. All names must appear on the map. The person with the birthday closest to today is the "illustrator" of the map.

The person with the birthday farthest from today is the "leader/questioner" who keeps asking, "What else do we know about walls?"  and other questions.
Moving on . . . .

B. Take out your wall pictures. Share and discuss. Here are some sample questions.

• Why did you select that wall?
• Why was it built?
• What uses did it serve?
• How old is it?
• How was it made? 
• What materials were used?
• How many people did it take to complete the wall?
• What else do you know about the wall?
• Was the wall a "success?" 

C. Now, take that "magic phone of yours and walk around the campus for 10 minutes. You may work in pairs or you may work individually. Take at least one picture of a wall or barrier that you found interesting in some way. If you don't have a camera on your phone, you may borrow a camera from me.

Post picture in CANVAS and explain why you selected that wall or barrier. See the questions above to help you think of what to say in a paragraph about your selected wall or barrier. Due - TODAY! 25 pts.


Partner Activity - "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost (handout)
Link: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15719


Homework:  Pick a wall, any wall, and find out how and why the wall or barrier was created. (Not all walls are barriers. Some are memorials.) Post a picture of the wall and your information in CANVAS. Give credit to your sources.) (25 pts.)