ENGLISH 1301 Source Evaluation and Beyond: The Master Plan

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ENGLISH 1301Source Evaluation and
Beyond The Master Plan
ENGL 1301
06/01/09
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Upcoming Assignments

• Due Date

• Assignment

• 06/01/09
• 06/03/09
• 06/05/09
• 06/08/09
• 06/10/09
• 06/12/09
• 06/15/09
• 06/17/09
• 06/19/09
• 06/22/09
• 06/24/09
• 06/26/09

• Brief 2 Summary
• Brief 3 Article Evaluation
• Brief 4 Paraphrase
• Brief 5 Developing a Thesis
• Brief 6 Identifying Evaluating Quotations
• Draft 1.1 Synthesis / Analysis
• Peer Critiques (2)
• Brief 7 Revisions of Introductions
• Brief 8 Revisions of Conclusions
• Brief 9 Revisions at the Sentence Level
• Draft 1.2 Finalized Synthesis / Analysis
• Writing Review

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Brief Assignment 3 Article Evaluation

• NOTE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON HANDBOOK p. 28
• Preview the text to consider preliminary
  questions What does the title tell you? What
  information can you find about the author and
  his/her purpose, credentials, possible biases?
  (Etc.)
• Read and annotate the text What key ideas and
  terms do you identify? With which statements do
  you agree or disagree? Does the text cite any
  sources (and if so, which ones)? (Etc.)
• Briefly summarize the material, noting ideas and
  questions.
• Analyze the text What are the main points? Do
  they match your expectations? What evidence does
  the text provide , how are examples used, and
  what other evidence/examples occur to you? Are
  the sources trustworthy? (Etc.)
• Reread the text and check your understanding
  (note the expanded list of evaluation questions
  is in your Handbook, p. 28).
• This assignment is due Wednesday, 06/03/09.

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Brief Assignment 3 (continued)

• Use Guidelines for Critical Reading (Handbook
  p. 28)
• Read and evaluate one of these articles and
  answer all questions, including brief summary
  (you may use the same article you summarized)
• Bettelheim, Bruno. The Holocaust. First-Year
  Writing Writing in the Disciplines. Boston
  Pearson Custom, 2008. 363-65.
• Frye, Northrop. Dont You Think Its Time to
  Start Thinking? First-Year Writing Writing in
  the Disciplines. Boston Pearson Custom, 2008.
  351-52.
• Orwell, George. Politics and the English
  Language. First-Year Writing Writing in the
  Disciplines. Boston Pearson Custom, 2008.
  371-81.
• Exchange papers assess your peers evaluation
  against the Guidelines

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Brief Assignment 4 Paraphrase Preview

• Clarity
• Purpose is to clarify the original essay
• Paraphrase may be longer than the original
• Grasp of source
• Cant explain, clarify, or paraphrase material
  YOU havent mastered
• May need to researchand will need to defineany
  unfamiliar terms/concepts
• Readability
• Should be in your own words
• Should not mimic original sentence structure and
  order of presentation (make your own judgment
  calls about organization)
• Should make sense to your reader (if your reader
  cant understand the paraphrase you havent
  helped him/her)

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Recap

• By 11 pm TONIGHTSubmit Brief 2 (Summary)
• For Wednesday, 06/03/09
• Please read Textbook pp. 29-32 Handbook pp.
  23-35, 262-265, 281-287
• Please complete PrepU quizzes Commas (20
  questions) and Run-On Sentences (20 questions)
• Please remember that Brief 3 (Source Evaluation)
  will be due by 11 pm Wednesday, 06/03/09