Class #18: Monday, April 25, 2016: READING ASSIGNMENT: Research Help Reading #2: Paraphrasing/Summarizing (from the Writing Center)

Write a Draft of the Paper--and Acknowledge Sources Correctly.  As you start to write your first draft of your paper, be mindful of the proper ways to use and acknowledge sources.  Here at Stockton, the Office of the Provost puts out a brochure entitled, “Academic Honesty at Stockton.”  The information contained in the brochure is intended to alert students to the seriousness of plagiarism, and most important, help them steer clear of the charge in the first place.  Students can easily avoid suspicion if they are rigorous and pay attention to the correct methods of documentation.  All borrowed information (facts, ideas, direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries) needs to be clearly documented.  The traditional system of footnotes or endnotes has given way to a more efficient method of in-test citations, which identify the source in parentheses within the text and refer the reader to a Works Cited or References page at the end of the paper.  The two most common systems currently in use are from the Modern Language Association (MLA), which is used in English and the humanities, and the American Psychological Association (APA), which is often preferred by social scientists.  Scholars in other disciplines, especially the sciences, often use style manuals specific to their individual disciplines.  If your professor has not stipulated which style she prefers, ask her, and make sure you follow the guidelines carefully.

Class #18: Using Your Sources: CLASS RESOURCES

Watch this video on The Scene.

Wikipedia

CLASS #17: Monday, April 4, 2015: Argumentation follow-up

TODAY: The parallelism from Hacker



Argument Paper #1: Share it & Shut it

• Costal will give you a partner. 
• Quietly read your partner's paper once through in its entirety. Do not stop to make edits...you just want a "sense" of it. 
• Now, let's edit for EVIDENCE… EVIDENCE. Should be "credible validation" of the reason that drives the claim!
• When I read research papers, I always start with the works cited page. You will also do so now. Read the works cited page. 
• On the back of your partner's paper, do the following: 
• 1. Look at each source in your partner's works cited page. Is each credible? If not, which ones do you question? Is there at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed, academic source? If not, say so. 
• 2. Now look at the introduction paragraph. Is it anecdotal? Either way does it stay specific and interesting? Does it preview the tone of the paper? Does it lead logically to the the is? In three to five sentences, comment on these aspects of opening paragraph. 
• 3. Now let's look at the thesis. Is it clearly worded, understandable and/or argumentative? Does the paper prove the thesis ultimately? In three to five sentences, comment on these aspects of opening paragraph.
• 4. Look at the body paragraph. Do they focus on providing credible, specific EVIDENCE to support the thesis? Is research cited? Is it attributed? Is it used logically? Do the sources converge to support the point of the paper. 
• YOU will be graded as an editor when I grade these papers. So make sure you write at least a few sentences for each question and fully answer each. 

WEDNESDAY: REVISIONS w/ these originals attached. 

Class #16: Stop & Frisk Assignment Specs

Stop & Frisk Assignment Spec

1. Two page minimum
2. Use theses discussed in class.
3. Remember: Make point, support point
4. Use at least two sources, one of which MUST be peer-reviewed or academic
5. Typed, standard format
6. Make sure both parenthetical documentation and works cited are in proper APA format.

Class #15: Monday, March 28, 2016: Welcome Back from Spring Break (Catch-Up Class) MOVED BACK FROM LAST WEEK

Class Schedule: Evaluating Credibility: Discuss Reading & Class Activities

Annotated Bibliography Assignment: "Stop & Frisk" law in Philadelphia

Resources: WHYY NewsWorks Story 

Annotated Bibliography/Literature Review Assignment (Informal Writing #5): Following the tenets and structure of an annotated bibliography learned in class, we will each create our own. Remember: summarize, assess, reflect (what is it about? Is it useful? How (or why not)?

Five citations per student. Typed, please.

Police respond to allegations of bias in stop and frisk

Police respond to allegations of bias in stop and frisk: Philadelphia Police Department reforms are ongoing and so will some form of stop–and–frisk, Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Tuesday.

Class #14: Spring Break Catch Up Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Evaluating Source Credibility assignment: 


Apply the six key questions of source credibility to the article given in class.

1. Answers must be typed.

2. Must answer each of the six questions (on the blog, listed at the bottom of the "Evaluating Credibility" post) reviewed in class.

3. Write at least four sentences to answer each question. Provide one direct quotation from the article that answers each question.

Costal Rhet & Comp Canceled Monday, March 21st

Bad stomach bug hit me hard...no class tonight. We'll pick up with post-break activities come Wednesday.

Class #11: ASSIGNMENT: Informal Esay #4: Sex Crimes Lit Analysis

Notes from class: 

PROMPT: How does each short story exhibit the nature of "power" or "authority" as it pertains to sexual crime? What does that reveal about the connections between authority and victimization? In your paper, you should cite both stories and at one other source.

THESIS: Both Katherine Heiney and Nicole Acheampong reveal the role power plays in their portrayals of sexual assault. It is all too common today, that sexual victims fall prey to those with explicit or implicit authority or power over them.

STRATEGY:
1. write a divisive opening paragraph (P1)
2. Provide evidence of thesis from the short stories. Be sure to cite your evidence and connect it back to the thesis (P2 - P4)
3. Provide evidence from one or two sources you find on your own. Be sure to cite your evidence and connect it back to the thesis (P3 - P7)

Essay should be approximately four to eight paragraphs long.

PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE A DRAFT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS MONDAY, so we can work with the drafts. 

Class #9: Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Another resource from ABC News could be found here. 

Formal Writing #3: You will write from one side of the "bikini barista" controversy. You can choose one of the following assignments based on your perspective.

#1. You are co-owner of a "bikini barista" spot. Business is good. Real good. In fact, you would like to open two more locations throughout the county. Considering the controversy and resistance from the current town council, you don't foresee getting the business permits considering the number of citizens complaining at municipal meetings. You are charged with writing a letter than someone will read aloud at an upcoming town council meeting. The expectation is that angry members of the town will be present.

#2. Read #1. You are a member of the town chamber of commerce. You own a small convenience store in town. You are also a parent and tax-paying town citizen. You agree that the "bikini barista" shop is an eye sore and blight on the town. A group of concerned business owners and citizens has asked you to write a short piece for the local paper condemning the shop.

Paper will be at least two pages. You must directly cite one piece of evidence from the two video pieces. Plus use them and any subsequent source you use in a works cited page. Try to find another viable source for your paper. The videos are cited in APA format below:

Karlinsky, N. (2014, May 7). Sex Sells...Coffee? ABC News. Retrieved from          
     abcnews.go.com/business.

Zagat. (2016, January 14). Bikini Baristas: Coffee and Controversy in Washington State. [video file].
     Retrieved from youtube.com/watch?V=OlyFh97z

***Please also provide FINAL COPY of Formal Writing #1.