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There are 2 articles for this week's discussion post. They aren't very difficult to understand, but may take some time to look over.
They are: Irvin, "What is Academic Writing" and Hinton, "So You've Got a Writing Assignment. Now What?" These pdf's are on Moodle under "Handouts and Readings".
I timed these articles the weekend before I pass out Assignment #1 on purpose; they will help you prepare for talking about the assignment on Monday, Sept. 12.
Also, I made an announcement that there is an extra credit opportunity (Due Monday) that involves applying information from Hinton, "So You've Got a Writing Assignment. Now What?" to the set of Assignment #1 documents that I will place on Moodle in Box 10 and turning in your work to me at the start of class on Monday. If you were absent or late, I suggest you ask your blogmates about the extra credit opportunity or post your question on the Moodle "Questions Related to Class" Forum.
The questions for the two articles, due in your blog post Wednesday, are:
1) How many times do you generally read over an assignment for a paper before beginning, during beginning, and after your first draft is done. What could be the benefit of looking over the assignment again after the draft is done?
2) How can you apply the "Consider the Evidence" information to the drafting of an Argument from Personal Experience paper? (One without "outside sources" like news articles or journal articles").
3) What is the most useful tidbit from the "Academic Writing is an Analysis" section? What is a part of that section that needs more explanation (as in: we should definitely discuss it in class).
4) Compare the section "Three Characteristics of Academic Writing" to the Rubric for Assignment #1 (Located on Moodle in Box 10). What similarities and differences do you see in the expectations for Academic Writing between the section of the article and the Rubric?
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1. I normally look over a paper assignment at least 10 times before, 10 times during, and 10 times after. The reason is because I tend to blur the words out of my mind while reading it the first few times because I am usually telling myself I do not want to do this assignment. After I catch on reading, I double check myself while working on the assignment and after to make sure I have followed everything the assignment asks for. The benefit for looking over the assignment after completing it is simply to check for errors you could have possibly skipped over.
ReplyDelete2. Considering evidence is your feedback. It is your proof to audience that you are not making up the information given to them. There is proof from sources to explain your argument. Dealing with a personal experience and beginning to explain can be one thing, but having the reader understand and believe you is another. Having legit sources can persuade a readers' mind to understand and believe you. It can also give the audience a picture in their mind to remember, for those who are visual learners.
3. The most useful information from "Academic Writing is an Analysis", is
explaining what analyzing really means. Giving this information gives a more broad explanation of what the term really means. When told to analyze something, I usually freeze and take a few minutes to interpret what the instructor has asked me to do. Reading these three things on how it should be interpreted really benefits my needs. I believe giving more information about having your essay be the result in your analysis would be very helpful. Thinking about this confuses me when reading it.
4. The similarities of section "Three Characteristics of Academic Writing" and to the rubric of assignment 1 is all the same. The section provides you with information based on what other professors from another college university believed an academic writing essay should claim. The same things are based on the rubric comparing to the article in simpler terms for the audience to read. The only difference comparing the two pieces are the wording. Although the wording is different, the expectations are precisely the same.
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