Conferences are as follows: Wednesday, 9:15-10:15: Mitch, Tim, Katie, Rob Wednesday, 12:00-1:00: Josh, Emmett, Alex, Olivia Thursday, 9:30-10:30: Catherine, Cara, Zach, Brent Thursday, 3:00-4:00: Damen, Andrew C, Ishmael, Kiernan Friday, 9:15-10:15: Sidney, Andrew S, Nicole, Jerri All conferences will be held in my office, Padelford B-26. The remaining office hours for the quarter are: Week […]
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Revision Guidelines for MP2 Leave a comment
You have the option of revising your second major paper for a new grade. This revision will be due by 5 p.m. on Friday, December 16th. (This is the latest possible date that the revision can be submitted.) If you choose to revise your essay, you must also submit a Revision Memo (1 pg, single-spaced), […]
The PhD Challenge Leave a comment
As referenced in class, the PhD challenge: http://phdchallenge.org/call-for-participation This year’s challenge: The goal of this year’s challenge is to get one of the nicknames “DIRTY OLD MAN” or “CRAZY CAT LADY”included in the byline for at least one author of a final, camera-ready version of a peer-reviewed academic paper. As an example, an eligible submission […]
Friday Announcements: Threshold Concepts Essay, MP3, Week9Blog Leave a comment
Upcoming readings: Here is the essay that you’ll need in order to write the third major paper for this course: “Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: Linkages to Ways of Thinking and Practising Within the Disciplines,” by Jan Meyer, and Ray Land In class today I was referring to it as a 14 page essay — […]
Conference schedule 9 comments
Comment below to sign up for a slot! Conference times (all conferences to be held in Padelford A-11 (the same place as last time) unless otherwise specified.) November 14 Monday: 9:15-10:15 a.m: Mitch, Tim, Katie, Rob Monday, 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Monday, 3:00-4:00 p.m.: Andrew C., Ishmael, Kiernan, and Damen November 15 Tuesday, 9:30-10:30: Brent, Catherine, Cara, […]
Instructions for Week7Blog and Second Conferences Leave a comment
For your week 7 blog post, due Friday, Nov. 11th, along with your rough draft of your second major paper, please write a post for your peer review group members explaining what aspects of your draft you would particularly like feedback on, and why. This genre of writing is often called a conference memo. The […]
Week7blog and readings Leave a comment
1. Next week, your blog post will focus on your rough draft. Its primary purpose will be to communicate to your peer reviewers what areas of the draft you would like feedback on.This blog post will be due with your rough draft, on Friday. Your comments will be part of the 2nd round of conferences. […]
Steps for finding a definition Leave a comment
Steps for writing about a definition: 1. Find any primary declarative statements from within the source text(s). (Note: these may be made directly, or they may not.) a. Notice the atmosphere in which these definitions are being made: is the author warning about the possibility of certain […]
Week 6 blog: paraphrasing the steps of an argument. Leave a comment
For this assignment, find an assertion or argument that either Hobbes or Locke makes in the reading. (Not the big point (e.g. we need a Leviathan), but one of the intermediate arguments — for example, the relation between labor and property. In your post, identify the section (page numbers, chapter, etc.), so that other people […]
Week 5 announcements: conferences, blogging, MP2 Leave a comment
1: Conferences are scheduled as followed. All conferences will be held in Padelford A-13. (This room is bigger than my office, and is thus a better space. It’s just down the hall from my office — I’ll have a sign on my door reminding people. Because this room is shared by the English Department, it’s […]