For Class on Monday, November 28

In class on Monday, November 28, we are going to be talking about all kinds of information related to style, as well as proofreading and editing (something we all need to improve on!).

Click here for the first web site that we will be looking at. I will be asking you all to write "poorly" for a few minutes in order to emphasize the problems that some folks have when it comes to writing style.

Click here for the the web site on proofreading and editing! We will also be looking at a handout that is related to this web site!

Please do not forget that your interview and survey findings are due on Wednesday, November 30. Let me know if you all are running into any problems, OK?!

Friday, November 18

Click on this link for a quiz on testing whether the use of a source is acceptable or not? Is it plagiarism?
http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/plag/acceptuse1.php

Here is the second part of the quiz:
http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/plag/acceptuse2.php

And here is one more to try!
http://schools.gorge.net/whitesalmon/chs/plagiarismquiz.htm

Wednesday, November 9: Important Videos

Sorry for the long delay in updating this web site. Here is a video, though, on incorporating direct qotations into your research writing:

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=24811

Introduce the quotation, cite the quotation, and the follow it up! (remember the ham sandwich analogy I keep using in class?)

ENG 102 MWF Classes!

On Monday we will be talking about the Annotated Bibliographies (don't forget that there is an example of this in your assignment packet). We will also review the Project Proposal that is due on Wednesday. In order to work on those Annotated Bibs, we will spend the rest of the week working on MLA citations so .... be sure to bring the pocket guide I asked you to buy (or the book that you used for 101 that had MLA information).

See you folks on Monday!

Wednesday Afternoon Class for 9/28

Folks in the Wednesday afternoon class: I will be seeing you at the times you marked as your conference time this past week: Here is what I have --

3:30 Vickie
3:40 Jamie
3:50 Megan
4:00 Nichol B.
4:10 Katelyn
4:20 Dane
4:30 Taylor
4:40 Aaron
4:50 Alexis
5:00 Nick
5:10 Ryan
5:20 John
5:30 Adam
5:40 Robert
6:20 Brianna
6:30 Ashley
6:40 Nicole L.

Conferences on Monday and Wednesday!

For students in the two MWF Classes -- we will be meeting for conferences in my office, Room 205! The sign up sheet was in class but now it is on the front door of my office. Come there if you would like to change your time! YOU MUST ATTEND! Bring any notes/ articles/ questions/ etc so we can use our time productively to talk about your topic and research question(s).

Let me know if you have any questions at Dianna.Shank@swic.edu

See Me ASAP If You Don't Know Your Topic!

OK, the deadline is here! You need to know your topic NOW! For the MWF classes, we will be working with your potential topics in class today and the rest of the week (for those of you in the Wednesday class, you have until Wed, of course, to figure out your potential topic!).

Today we finish up our conversation of Scratch Beginnings (Yeah! A whole book finished!) On Wednesday, the librarian will visit all the classes and inform us of the new and old electronic databases that are available for student use here at SWIC. We will then work on our "Library Scavenger Hunt"!

So let the search for articles start!