SEE-I(T)

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SEE-I(T)

• Connecting Nosich and Writing Analytically to
  Your Papers

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The most frequent things I hear about this paper

• Im having trouble not writing a thesis 3 paper
• I have lots of stories but I dont know if Im
  putting them together right
• Im not sure if I am doing this right
• But Ive always done it another way!

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SEE-I(T) (Nosich p. 33 ff)

• For each point you want to make,
• STATE the point
• ELABORATE on it (explain SO WHAT)
• Give EXAMPLES that back up your point
• and/or ILLUSTRATE the point
• and
• TIE IT IN to your purpose/pitch(T connects it
  to writingthis is WA ch 4)

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What concepts does the CRTW Rubric emphasize?

• Degrees of
• Meeting the assignment
• Appropriate for audience
• Organization
• Can be judged against CT standards
• Understands source(s) if used
• Style
• Editing
• Documentation

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How do you write a paper that gives you the best
chance to succeed?

• Start by breaking down the assignmentwhat are
  you asked to do? Make sure you can PARAPHRASE and
  be specific about your task.
• GENERATE material by going around the circle for
  your topicuse different points of view,
  paraphrase or alter your Q at I, brainstorm each
  section, and generate material
• Next, ANALYZE the raw material. NOTICE and FOCUS
  on key threads, oppositions, and repetitions.Use
  THE METHOD to find importantideas and work on
  them.

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Breaking Down Paper 1

• State position on marriage in paragraph 1
• In body of paper, show why you have formed that
  position and connect it to specific filters,
  barriers, and impediments in your thinkingget
  material by using the circle!
• Use quotes from your reading as a springboard to
  analyze
• In conclusion, step back andreflect on the big
  picture (WA ch 4)

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How do you transfer this to a draft?

• Pick up clues for organization from the
  assignment
• Make a work plan (may or may not be a formal
  outline)
• Start cutting and pasting material from your
  circle work into the appropriate sections of your
  plan
• Add SEE-IT for depth (scuba, not jet-skiing)

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SEE-I(T) in Action
I feel the way I do about the War mainly because
of pride. I am extremely patriotic maybe even
excessively so. I am patriotic because my
grandfather was in the army. He taught me that
the flag should never touch the ground and when
to raise it, when to lower it, and when to put it
at half staff. This instilled in me the feeling
that this country is special and that even minute
details, such as a flag, are important. Also, I
do not want my country, the greatest power in the
world, to back down from a fight. I believe that
we can do anything, and to give up now would just
show weakness in my opinion. The reason I believe
that this country can do anything is simple. The
United States has rarely been below the bar as
compared to other countries. We are at the top in
terms of technology, wealth, and freedom. We once
defeated what was thought to be the greatest
power on earth with a small army to gain our
freedom. Teachers have taught me that the United
States is better than others in those terms so
that has certainly shaped my view on the War.
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The educational habits and practices that I have
grown up with have taught me how to get through
high school as best as I could, but it never
prepared me for an opinion on any subject,
including the war. I believe that many Americans
educational practices have hindered them into not
being critical thinkers. Americans often just try
to blend in and believe what someone else is
believing rather than have an opinion that is
truly theirs. I believe that the war has been
talked about negatively for the past couple of
years, not because a majority of Americans are
against it, but because a few influential
Americans are against it and every one else just
follows the crowd.
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Like many others, sometimes I try to ignore an
issue or problem because I am afraid of facing
it. It is easy for me to pretend that everything
is okay in my world because I do not have the
war going on in my backyard, but in the back of
my mind I know that I am never one-hundred
percent safe. Ever since September 11th, my
feelings of security and safety were never quite
the same. On that day, it did seem that there was
a war in my backyard. The scariest part was that
this event could have happened to any person,
anywhere in the U.S. It could have been my
parents place of employment that was attacked or
a friend or family member that was aboard one of
the planes. Up until that point I viewed our
country as a safe magical place where I didnt
have to worry about all the problems in the
world. That image of America is now completely
erased from my mind. That fear is a constant
filter for me.
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Now, work on the flow

• Develop each FBI you think is important into its
  own SEE-IT chunk.
• Decide if the chunks of the paper are in the best
  order (try cutting and pasting to move them
  around). Compare it to your outline (or make an
  outline now)
• Smoothe out the seams between the chunks
  (transitions, etc.)
• Assume the readers POV and see how the flow of
  ideas would hit her or him

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Finally,

• Check that youve done everything the assignment
  requires (have you USED your direct quotes as
  part of SEE-IT or just plunked them in, for
  instance?)
• Polish the styleread sentences out loud, work on
  the rhythm and word choice
• Check the editing with a fine-toothed comb