Below you'll find your words to define for December. Remember to be sure to work with the right list!! We'll go over our words on Friday, December 12th and then have our December quiz on Thursday, December 18th! Fun for all!!
Look up each word, note its definition (I’m looking for short, pithy definitions/synonyms) and then use it in a sentence that demonstrates that you understand the meaning of the word. You may use any form of the word you like.
SECTION X:
1. Potentate
2. Coquettish
3. Anecdote
4. Ignominy
5. Palpable
6. Ostentatious
7. Unctuous
8. Ecclesiastical
9. Plagiarism
10. Buoyant
11. Reprobate
12. Epoch
13. Iconoclastic
14. Blatant
15. Rhetorical
16. Eclectic
17. Capitulate
18. Truncated
19. Tractable
20. Agnostic
SECTION Y:
1. Recalcitrant
2. Fastidious
3. Dogma
4. Imminent
5. Vacuous
6. Requisition
7. Slovenly
8. Antagonistic
9. Verbose
10. Lethargic
11. Vicarious
12. Unobtrusive
13. Perverse
14. Sanguine
15. Truncated
16. Emulate
17. Proxy
18. Equanimity
19. Neophyte
20. nullify
Friday, December 5, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
MLA Citation Information
Ladies! Below you'll find the information I shared with you about our citation/annotation process, known as the MLA (Modern Language Association) format. You should refer to it as you cite sources in your anthropology paper and as you "build" your bibliography.
MLA (Modern Language Association) Citation
Why do we cite sources?
One purpose of citations is to leave a trail of clues for interested readers. When you document papers correctly, you provide others with a way to find the sources you have used. Another purpose of citation is to promote ethical responsibility and academic consistency within a discipline. If you do not cite and document your sources carefully, you run the risk of plagiarism, described in the MLA Handbook as "intellectual theft" (Gibaldi 66).
What needs to be cited?
When you write a paper in the humanities, you often use and build on the work other people have researched and compiled. Whether you are writing an expository report or adding your own insights and opinions to existing research, it's important to give credit where credit is due. If you incorporate or refer to other people's work in your paper, you must give credit to those authors using parenthetical citation and a Works Cited list. In addition to facts and statistics, you must also acknowledge other people's ideas or theories.
You need to document:
1. Direct quotes, both entire sentences and phrases
2. Paraphrases (rephrased or summarized material)
3. Words specific or unique to the author's research, theories, or ideas
4. Use of an author's argument or line of thinking
5. Historical, statistical, or scientific facts
6. Articles or studies you refer to within your text
You do not need to document:
1. Proverbs, axioms, and sayings ("A stitch in time saves nine.")
2. Well-known quotations ("The personal is political.")
3. Common knowledge (Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, or oxygen has an atomic number of 8, or "The Starry Night" was painted by Vincent Van Gogh.)
Sometimes it's difficult to be sure what counts as common knowledge, especially when writing in an academic discipline that's new to you. Perhaps you aren't familiar with Van Gogh or an atomic number. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself if a knowledgeable reader would be familiar with the information. You may, in fact, need to consult with a reader within the discipline. If she'd have to look it up, you usually should document it. If you aren't sure if something counts as common knowledge, document it to be safe.
How to Use Parenthetical Citation
MLA documentation uses parenthetical citation to reference sources within the text of your research paper, noting the author's last name and page number where the information used in your paper can be found (Gibaldi 238). (—Like that!)
When you use an author's ideas, quote material you've read, or paraphrase that material, you indicate the source in parentheses at the end of your sentence. For instance, I had to cite the first sentence above because it contains information I got from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. A reader will look at the author's last name and then refer to the Works Cited list at the end of your paper to obtain bibliographic information (that is, the information she'll need to find the source in the library or online). You'll find my source's bibliographic information under "Gibaldi" in the Works Cited list at the end of this handout.
Citing a Direct Quote
Writers often include relevant source material word for word in their own papers.
Example:
"In speaking about the current situation of Black women writers, it is important to remember that the existence of a feminist movement was an essential precondition to the growth of feminist literature, criticism, and women's studies, which focused at the beginning almost entirely upon investigations of literature" (Smith 170).
NOTE: There is no comma between the author's last name and the page number unless you are citing an electronic source with an abbreviation such as (Smith, par. 3). Here, the citation would refer to the third paragraph of an electronic source. Also, the parentheses always come after the final quotation mark, but before the punctuation at the end of the sentence.
An interested reader will then go to "Smith" in your Works Cited list and find the bibliographic information for an article in an edited anthology. Since I've used Smith's work here, you'll find that information at the end of the handout.
Citing Attribution
Another use of source material is to attribute it to the author within the text of your paper. Incorporate the author's name into your use of the quotation or information you are using and put only the page number in parentheses at the end of the sentence.
Example:
Barbara Smith reminds us in her well-known article, "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism," that when "speaking about the current situation of Black women writers, it is important to remember that the existence of a feminist movement was an essential precondition to the growth of feminist literature, criticism, and women's studies, which focused at the beginning almost entirely upon investigations of literature" (170).
Citing Paraphrasing
You can also paraphrase material by summarizing in your own words or using it to talk about your own material.
Examples:
The feminist movement had to occur before the establishment of feminist literature and criticism, as well as women's studies (Smith 170).
Feminist literature and criticism, and women's studies as well, originally centered on literature (Smith 170).
More Parenthetical Citation:
1. Same Last Name: When using two authors with the same last name, you must indicate the initial of their first name in the parentheses: (B. Smith 170).
2. No Author: If you are given no author at all, choose a word from the title of the source to use in the parentheses and underline or punctuate it appropriately: ("Toward" 170), for an article, for instance.
3. Same Author, Multiple Works: When using more than one work by the same author, the author's name must be followed by a comma and accompanied by a word from the title of the source you are referring to: (Smith, "Toward" 170).
4. Web Sources: If you use electronic sources, you must work with whatever information is provided at the online site. When possible, use this format: (Author page#) or (Title page#). If no page numbers are provided, use paragraph, section, or screen numbers instead and include the standard abbreviation, if there is one: (Author, sec. #) or (Title, screen #). Remember to include a comma when using abbreviations in parenthetical citations.
If your citation needs extend beyond these examples, it's best to consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. It provides citation variations for print and nonprint sources. For instance, you may want to cite an introduction, an afterword, lines of poetry, a song, a film, indirect sources, or a block quote.
How to Use Works Cited Lists
The Works Cited list is your bibliography, but it includes only the sources that you cite parenthetically in your paper. It is alphabetized by author's last name and begins on a fresh sheet of paper at the end of your paper. The first line of the entry is flush with the left margin, and subsequent lines are indented half an inch. Double space the entire list with no extra spaces in between entries. The citations in your parenthetical references will lead readers to this list to find the sources that interest them. If there are relevant sources you have read but did not use in your paper, you may include them in a Works Consulted list following the Works Cited list and present bibliographic information in the same way.
Basic Citation Examples for Print Documents:
1. Book
Author's Last Name, First Name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
2. Journal Article
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title: Subtitle." Periodical Title volume
(year): inclusive page numbers.
NOTE: Journals that paginate each issue separately will call for an issue number as well: …volume.issue (year): inclusive page numbers.
How to Cite Electronic Documents:
Citing electronic sources can be tricky: they may be print documents that are warehoused on the internet (for example, an article from a paper journal that can also be found online), or they may be purely electronic documents. Because online sources can be changed and updated frequently, it is important first and foremost that you include as much citation information as you can, so that, for instance, if the document is moved and now has a new web address, you can retrieve it again using the other information cited. For any electronic document, your citation must include three basic areas of information: print publication information, electronic publication information, and access information.
Print Publication Information:
Include any and all information about the original print source of your electronic document, if applicable. Use the MLA citation format as described above for this part of the citation.
Electronic Publication Information:
Place any and all electronic publication information after the print publication information in the citation. Include the Title of the Site, date of electronic publication or latest update, and name of any institution or organization that sponsors the site.
NOTE: Dates of publication or access for electronic documents are listed with the day of the month first, then the standard abbreviation for the month (include a period if necessary), and finally the year. Here is an example: 2 Nov. 1974.
Access Information:
Next, you need to include access information, which will be the date of access (the date you viewed document) and URL (website address). If the website address must be divided into two or more lines, break it only after a slash (/) and do not add any other text (such as a hyphen). If the URL is too long to be reproduced accurately, give the URL of the search page or the main page. Put angle brackets (<>) around the URL and put a period after the closing bracket. You may need to undo Auto Format or otherwise remove hyperlink in your word processing program if the address turns into a hyperlink.
NOTE: There is no period between the date of access and the web address.
Basic Citation Examples for Electronic Documents:
1. Document from Print Source Published Electronically
2. Online Database, Project, or CD-ROM
NOTE: Use publication medium (such as CD-ROM) if medium differs from an online database or project. Use main search page web address if document web address is too long.
3. Professional or Personal Website
NOTE: If there is no title of the site, use a description of the page, such as "Home page," "Dept. home page," or "Course home page." Do not underline the description or put it in italics or quotation marks.
In any bibliographic entry, include as much information as possible. If a piece of information is missing, move to the next element. So, if no author is given, alphabetize a work using the first word of its title (excluding "The," "A," and "An"). Or, if a website doesn't show an update, move on to the next element.
If your sources are different from or variations on the basics of print and electronic documentation citations listed above, they may require additional elements, including page numbers for journal articles and sections for newspaper articles. You may have a corporate author, multiple authors, authors with the same last names, an editor or editors, or a translator. The source may be a volume, edition, or part of a series. It may be a reprint, song, map, film, even a cartoon. If your Works Cited needs to extend beyond the examples above, it's best to consult Chapter 5 in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. It provides bibliographic variations for print and non-print sources.
Works Cited
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York:
Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
Smith, Barbara. "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism." The New Feminist Criticism:
Essays on Women, Literature and Theory. Ed. Elaine Showalter. New York:
Pantheon Books, 1985. 168-185.
Additional MLA Documentation Resources
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 6th ed. New
York: Modern Language Association, 1998.
Harnack, Andrew and Eugene Kleppinger. Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet
Sources. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.
"How Do I Document Sources from the Web in My Works Cited List?" 4 Dec. 2003.
Modern Language Association. 16 Feb. 2005
.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab. "Using Modern Language Association (MLA)
Format." 2004. Purdue University. 16 Feb. 2005
.
MLA (Modern Language Association) Citation
Why do we cite sources?
One purpose of citations is to leave a trail of clues for interested readers. When you document papers correctly, you provide others with a way to find the sources you have used. Another purpose of citation is to promote ethical responsibility and academic consistency within a discipline. If you do not cite and document your sources carefully, you run the risk of plagiarism, described in the MLA Handbook as "intellectual theft" (Gibaldi 66).
What needs to be cited?
When you write a paper in the humanities, you often use and build on the work other people have researched and compiled. Whether you are writing an expository report or adding your own insights and opinions to existing research, it's important to give credit where credit is due. If you incorporate or refer to other people's work in your paper, you must give credit to those authors using parenthetical citation and a Works Cited list. In addition to facts and statistics, you must also acknowledge other people's ideas or theories.
You need to document:
1. Direct quotes, both entire sentences and phrases
2. Paraphrases (rephrased or summarized material)
3. Words specific or unique to the author's research, theories, or ideas
4. Use of an author's argument or line of thinking
5. Historical, statistical, or scientific facts
6. Articles or studies you refer to within your text
You do not need to document:
1. Proverbs, axioms, and sayings ("A stitch in time saves nine.")
2. Well-known quotations ("The personal is political.")
3. Common knowledge (Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, or oxygen has an atomic number of 8, or "The Starry Night" was painted by Vincent Van Gogh.)
Sometimes it's difficult to be sure what counts as common knowledge, especially when writing in an academic discipline that's new to you. Perhaps you aren't familiar with Van Gogh or an atomic number. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself if a knowledgeable reader would be familiar with the information. You may, in fact, need to consult with a reader within the discipline. If she'd have to look it up, you usually should document it. If you aren't sure if something counts as common knowledge, document it to be safe.
How to Use Parenthetical Citation
MLA documentation uses parenthetical citation to reference sources within the text of your research paper, noting the author's last name and page number where the information used in your paper can be found (Gibaldi 238). (—Like that!)
When you use an author's ideas, quote material you've read, or paraphrase that material, you indicate the source in parentheses at the end of your sentence. For instance, I had to cite the first sentence above because it contains information I got from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. A reader will look at the author's last name and then refer to the Works Cited list at the end of your paper to obtain bibliographic information (that is, the information she'll need to find the source in the library or online). You'll find my source's bibliographic information under "Gibaldi" in the Works Cited list at the end of this handout.
Citing a Direct Quote
Writers often include relevant source material word for word in their own papers.
Example:
"In speaking about the current situation of Black women writers, it is important to remember that the existence of a feminist movement was an essential precondition to the growth of feminist literature, criticism, and women's studies, which focused at the beginning almost entirely upon investigations of literature" (Smith 170).
NOTE: There is no comma between the author's last name and the page number unless you are citing an electronic source with an abbreviation such as (Smith, par. 3). Here, the citation would refer to the third paragraph of an electronic source. Also, the parentheses always come after the final quotation mark, but before the punctuation at the end of the sentence.
An interested reader will then go to "Smith" in your Works Cited list and find the bibliographic information for an article in an edited anthology. Since I've used Smith's work here, you'll find that information at the end of the handout.
Citing Attribution
Another use of source material is to attribute it to the author within the text of your paper. Incorporate the author's name into your use of the quotation or information you are using and put only the page number in parentheses at the end of the sentence.
Example:
Barbara Smith reminds us in her well-known article, "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism," that when "speaking about the current situation of Black women writers, it is important to remember that the existence of a feminist movement was an essential precondition to the growth of feminist literature, criticism, and women's studies, which focused at the beginning almost entirely upon investigations of literature" (170).
Citing Paraphrasing
You can also paraphrase material by summarizing in your own words or using it to talk about your own material.
Examples:
The feminist movement had to occur before the establishment of feminist literature and criticism, as well as women's studies (Smith 170).
Feminist literature and criticism, and women's studies as well, originally centered on literature (Smith 170).
More Parenthetical Citation:
1. Same Last Name: When using two authors with the same last name, you must indicate the initial of their first name in the parentheses: (B. Smith 170).
2. No Author: If you are given no author at all, choose a word from the title of the source to use in the parentheses and underline or punctuate it appropriately: ("Toward" 170), for an article, for instance.
3. Same Author, Multiple Works: When using more than one work by the same author, the author's name must be followed by a comma and accompanied by a word from the title of the source you are referring to: (Smith, "Toward" 170).
4. Web Sources: If you use electronic sources, you must work with whatever information is provided at the online site. When possible, use this format: (Author page#) or (Title page#). If no page numbers are provided, use paragraph, section, or screen numbers instead and include the standard abbreviation, if there is one: (Author, sec. #) or (Title, screen #). Remember to include a comma when using abbreviations in parenthetical citations.
If your citation needs extend beyond these examples, it's best to consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. It provides citation variations for print and nonprint sources. For instance, you may want to cite an introduction, an afterword, lines of poetry, a song, a film, indirect sources, or a block quote.
How to Use Works Cited Lists
The Works Cited list is your bibliography, but it includes only the sources that you cite parenthetically in your paper. It is alphabetized by author's last name and begins on a fresh sheet of paper at the end of your paper. The first line of the entry is flush with the left margin, and subsequent lines are indented half an inch. Double space the entire list with no extra spaces in between entries. The citations in your parenthetical references will lead readers to this list to find the sources that interest them. If there are relevant sources you have read but did not use in your paper, you may include them in a Works Consulted list following the Works Cited list and present bibliographic information in the same way.
Basic Citation Examples for Print Documents:
1. Book
Author's Last Name, First Name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
2. Journal Article
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title: Subtitle." Periodical Title volume
(year): inclusive page numbers.
NOTE: Journals that paginate each issue separately will call for an issue number as well: …volume.issue (year): inclusive page numbers.
How to Cite Electronic Documents:
Citing electronic sources can be tricky: they may be print documents that are warehoused on the internet (for example, an article from a paper journal that can also be found online), or they may be purely electronic documents. Because online sources can be changed and updated frequently, it is important first and foremost that you include as much citation information as you can, so that, for instance, if the document is moved and now has a new web address, you can retrieve it again using the other information cited. For any electronic document, your citation must include three basic areas of information: print publication information, electronic publication information, and access information.
Print Publication Information:
Include any and all information about the original print source of your electronic document, if applicable. Use the MLA citation format as described above for this part of the citation.
Electronic Publication Information:
Place any and all electronic publication information after the print publication information in the citation. Include the Title of the Site, date of electronic publication or latest update, and name of any institution or organization that sponsors the site.
NOTE: Dates of publication or access for electronic documents are listed with the day of the month first, then the standard abbreviation for the month (include a period if necessary), and finally the year. Here is an example: 2 Nov. 1974.
Access Information:
Next, you need to include access information, which will be the date of access (the date you viewed document) and URL (website address). If the website address must be divided into two or more lines, break it only after a slash (/) and do not add any other text (such as a hyphen). If the URL is too long to be reproduced accurately, give the URL of the search page or the main page. Put angle brackets (<>) around the URL and put a period after the closing bracket. You may need to undo Auto Format or otherwise remove hyperlink in your word processing program if the address turns into a hyperlink.
NOTE: There is no period between the date of access and the web address.
Basic Citation Examples for Electronic Documents:
1. Document from Print Source Published Electronically
2. Online Database, Project, or CD-ROM
NOTE: Use publication medium (such as CD-ROM) if medium differs from an online database or project. Use main search page web address if document web address is too long.
3. Professional or Personal Website
NOTE: If there is no title of the site, use a description of the page, such as "Home page," "Dept. home page," or "Course home page." Do not underline the description or put it in italics or quotation marks.
In any bibliographic entry, include as much information as possible. If a piece of information is missing, move to the next element. So, if no author is given, alphabetize a work using the first word of its title (excluding "The," "A," and "An"). Or, if a website doesn't show an update, move on to the next element.
If your sources are different from or variations on the basics of print and electronic documentation citations listed above, they may require additional elements, including page numbers for journal articles and sections for newspaper articles. You may have a corporate author, multiple authors, authors with the same last names, an editor or editors, or a translator. The source may be a volume, edition, or part of a series. It may be a reprint, song, map, film, even a cartoon. If your Works Cited needs to extend beyond the examples above, it's best to consult Chapter 5 in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. It provides bibliographic variations for print and non-print sources.
Works Cited
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York:
Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
Smith, Barbara. "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism." The New Feminist Criticism:
Essays on Women, Literature and Theory. Ed. Elaine Showalter. New York:
Pantheon Books, 1985. 168-185.
Additional MLA Documentation Resources
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 6th ed. New
York: Modern Language Association, 1998.
Harnack, Andrew and Eugene Kleppinger. Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet
Sources. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.
"How Do I Document Sources from the Web in My Works Cited List?" 4 Dec. 2003.
Modern Language Association. 16 Feb. 2005
Purdue University Online Writing Lab. "Using Modern Language Association (MLA)
Format." 2004. Purdue University. 16 Feb. 2005
Finalizing Our Letters About Literature
In order to mail our submission off to the contest on Friday, you need to do a few things to your final drafts of your Letters About Literature.
1. First go through and clear up the few (if any) punctuation/spelling/grammar errors I may have noted in red pen on your FD.
2. Get rid of any/all heading notions (dates/draft label/class name/numbers on lines/ etc.) and replace it with the following information, single-spaced, in the upper right hand corner of your paper:
YOUR NAME
Seattle Girls' School
2706 S. Jackson Street
Seattle, Washington 98144
3. Single space your letter
4. Be sure your letter has a closing salutation (Yours truly...BUT SOMETHING MORE ORIGINAL) and then your name, with a place for you to sign as well. Just end your letter as you would a business letter.
5. BRING ALL THIS TO CLASS WITH YOU ON FRIDAY.
6. In class, we'll complete the required "coupon" - and attach it to your letter for mailing. I'll have a copy of this coupon for you, don't worry!!
7. Finally, try to find a mailing address for your author, should he or she be alive. Another part of this project involves directly mailing your letter to your author. It may not win us the $10,000 but it will make your author(s) happy to receive such a letter!
Again...we'll be mailing these letters off together on Friday, so come to class prepared. You may want to make sure that you have ready access to your letter, so be sure to email a copy of it to yourself if you've been primarily working on it at home!
Sally
1. First go through and clear up the few (if any) punctuation/spelling/grammar errors I may have noted in red pen on your FD.
2. Get rid of any/all heading notions (dates/draft label/class name/numbers on lines/ etc.) and replace it with the following information, single-spaced, in the upper right hand corner of your paper:
YOUR NAME
Seattle Girls' School
2706 S. Jackson Street
Seattle, Washington 98144
3. Single space your letter
4. Be sure your letter has a closing salutation (Yours truly...BUT SOMETHING MORE ORIGINAL) and then your name, with a place for you to sign as well. Just end your letter as you would a business letter.
5. BRING ALL THIS TO CLASS WITH YOU ON FRIDAY.
6. In class, we'll complete the required "coupon" - and attach it to your letter for mailing. I'll have a copy of this coupon for you, don't worry!!
7. Finally, try to find a mailing address for your author, should he or she be alive. Another part of this project involves directly mailing your letter to your author. It may not win us the $10,000 but it will make your author(s) happy to receive such a letter!
Again...we'll be mailing these letters off together on Friday, so come to class prepared. You may want to make sure that you have ready access to your letter, so be sure to email a copy of it to yourself if you've been primarily working on it at home!
Sally
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Math practice over break
Several of you have asked for extra practice problems to work on over break. That is a great idea and a good way to get a head start. Bert has posted a link to some websites to practice.
You can also go to CPM student skill builders for practice reviewing material from chapter 6 and chapter 7. Under the header "Algebra Connections" there is a pulldown menu with practice problem sets divided by topic.
You can also go to CPM student skill builders for practice reviewing material from chapter 6 and chapter 7. Under the header "Algebra Connections" there is a pulldown menu with practice problem sets divided by topic.
Your Anthropology Paper
As part of our phase two anthropology consideration, you will be asked to craft a paper reflecting on an individual extension question which stems from a further investigation of one of your group’s original questions.
WHAT? A 3-5 page paper that we’ll put through the multi-draft writing process. You will be expected to:
• Reference your original question
• State how your new extension question stems from your original question
• Show evidence of concrete detail, supported by cogent commentary*
• Include at least three MLA annotations*
• Include a bibliography with a least three primary sources: two can be from your first phase research and one must be a new article addressing your extension question*
• Include your new article annotated, using the “four ink pen” process*
o New words/phrases = RED
o Your questions = BLACK
o Arguments = BLUE
o Evidence = GREEN
WHERE? * We will go over this in Sally’s core.
WHEN? Some internal deadlines / due dates:
• Wednesday, 11/26: Submit your extension question, along with your weekly reflection in an email to your advisor
• Tuesday – Thursday/Friday, 12/2-5: Research and brainstorm your extension question
• Friday, 12/5: Begin writing your paper
• Monday, 12/8: RD due
• Wednesday, 12/10: EG due
• Friday, 12/12: RRD due
• Friday, 12/19: FD due
HOW? In designated cores over the next few weeks, as well as Sally’s core, you will be given time to do research as you seek to reflect upon, if not answer, your extension question. This question will be one that either came to you or was suggested to you through your peers’ questions (posted to your group’s blog). Once you’ve done adequate research, you will then craft a 3-5 page paper addressing your extension question. We will use class time to edit and revise drafts; that said, this writing project will also necessitate work at home. Thus, you should plan/organize your time accordingly. We will be working fast and smart; if you know that you’re going to be absent for any part of the weeks prior to December 19th, be sure to confer with your advisor in order to develop a strategy to complete this important work! (Don’t make us come looking for you!!)
WHY: For the love of anthropology and our commitment to life-long learning!!
WHAT? A 3-5 page paper that we’ll put through the multi-draft writing process. You will be expected to:
• Reference your original question
• State how your new extension question stems from your original question
• Show evidence of concrete detail, supported by cogent commentary*
• Include at least three MLA annotations*
• Include a bibliography with a least three primary sources: two can be from your first phase research and one must be a new article addressing your extension question*
• Include your new article annotated, using the “four ink pen” process*
o New words/phrases = RED
o Your questions = BLACK
o Arguments = BLUE
o Evidence = GREEN
WHERE? * We will go over this in Sally’s core.
WHEN? Some internal deadlines / due dates:
• Wednesday, 11/26: Submit your extension question, along with your weekly reflection in an email to your advisor
• Tuesday – Thursday/Friday, 12/2-5: Research and brainstorm your extension question
• Friday, 12/5: Begin writing your paper
• Monday, 12/8: RD due
• Wednesday, 12/10: EG due
• Friday, 12/12: RRD due
• Friday, 12/19: FD due
HOW? In designated cores over the next few weeks, as well as Sally’s core, you will be given time to do research as you seek to reflect upon, if not answer, your extension question. This question will be one that either came to you or was suggested to you through your peers’ questions (posted to your group’s blog). Once you’ve done adequate research, you will then craft a 3-5 page paper addressing your extension question. We will use class time to edit and revise drafts; that said, this writing project will also necessitate work at home. Thus, you should plan/organize your time accordingly. We will be working fast and smart; if you know that you’re going to be absent for any part of the weeks prior to December 19th, be sure to confer with your advisor in order to develop a strategy to complete this important work! (Don’t make us come looking for you!!)
WHY: For the love of anthropology and our commitment to life-long learning!!
Multiplication and Division Practice
Hey all, for those who want to get their multiplication and division skills honed to a razor-sharp capacity, here's some sites with various drills and fun games (check out TimezAttack!). Enjoy.
Gamequarium
multiplication.com
Mathmagician
Multiplication Facts Practice
Helping With Math
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multiplication.com
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The Biography/Autobiography/Memoir Oral Book Review
Ladies! As I mentioned in the beginning of this week's Reading Workshops, you'll be asked to read a biography/autobiography/memoir of your choice and then present an oral book report on your selection in the coming new year (2009!) For those of you who like to plan ahead, I'm giving you this assignment a tad bit early! Basically you should choose a book on a person that interests you, read it, and then prepare the oral presentation (we will discuss this more thoroughly in class before the winter break). Be sure as you read to mark passages that are particularly riveting, as you'll need to begin your formal oral presentation with a short reading.
Here are the details of the presentation format, so you can begin thinking about it. Remember, we WILL go over this in class...I'll include it now so that you can stay abreast of what's ahead! (Get it??)
Oral Book Report Format
Please use a 3x5 or 4x6 card or paper cut to that size. In the upper right hand corner, head the card with your name and the date. On the left hand side of the card list the following:
Title (underlined)
Author’s Name
Year of publication or copyright date
Number of pages
This card must be given to me at the beginning of your presentation. It will be the card I shall use to critique your report.
Begin your oral book report by reading an excerpt from your book. This excerpt’s length is to be approximately one to one and a half minutes when read. Next, tell why you chose that particular excerpt to introduce your book. IT IS AT THIS TIME THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR BOOK’S TITLE, AUTHOR, PUBLICATION YEAR AND NUMBER OF PAGES.
Briefly highlight the plot of your story. Do not tell the entire story or anything that would ruin another’s reading of the story.
Focus now on how the book has served you by addressing the following questions:
1. What is one specific lesson about life that you, as a young woman in the beginning of the 21st century, learned?
2. What is the greatest strength of your author as a writer?
3. If your biography were to win an award, what might that award be and why?
End your book report by indicating to what degree you would recommend or not recommend your book, or what reservations you would have in recommending your book.
In your oral delivery, strive for a strong, clear, modulated voice and avoid beginning with “OK” or “Ummm” or using too many “like’s” etc. Try to have a memorable ending statement.
Use note cards or small slips of paper as necessary. These cards are for your use. Do not write out everything on your cards so that you speak to the class in your own words and give evidence that you have practiced your report. (I will ask to see these cards after your deliver your report.)
Here are the details of the presentation format, so you can begin thinking about it. Remember, we WILL go over this in class...I'll include it now so that you can stay abreast of what's ahead! (Get it??)
Oral Book Report Format
Please use a 3x5 or 4x6 card or paper cut to that size. In the upper right hand corner, head the card with your name and the date. On the left hand side of the card list the following:
Title (underlined)
Author’s Name
Year of publication or copyright date
Number of pages
This card must be given to me at the beginning of your presentation. It will be the card I shall use to critique your report.
Begin your oral book report by reading an excerpt from your book. This excerpt’s length is to be approximately one to one and a half minutes when read. Next, tell why you chose that particular excerpt to introduce your book. IT IS AT THIS TIME THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR BOOK’S TITLE, AUTHOR, PUBLICATION YEAR AND NUMBER OF PAGES.
Briefly highlight the plot of your story. Do not tell the entire story or anything that would ruin another’s reading of the story.
Focus now on how the book has served you by addressing the following questions:
1. What is one specific lesson about life that you, as a young woman in the beginning of the 21st century, learned?
2. What is the greatest strength of your author as a writer?
3. If your biography were to win an award, what might that award be and why?
End your book report by indicating to what degree you would recommend or not recommend your book, or what reservations you would have in recommending your book.
In your oral delivery, strive for a strong, clear, modulated voice and avoid beginning with “OK” or “Ummm” or using too many “like’s” etc. Try to have a memorable ending statement.
Use note cards or small slips of paper as necessary. These cards are for your use. Do not write out everything on your cards so that you speak to the class in your own words and give evidence that you have practiced your report. (I will ask to see these cards after your deliver your report.)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Anthropology Non-Negotiables
Africa Map
Here is the map of Africa we will be using for our test in a couple of weeks. You will be asked to write in the name for each country (preferably spelled correctly!).
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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