For each date, follow directions for how
to
prepare for the class and what to bring.
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M Sep.22 |
Unit 3 Science Research & Writing; Innovations in
Science & Technology (WID 193-96) class: Intro to Unit 3 and Essay
2 corrections (especially correct notes/credit) |
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W Sep.24 |
Schools
Essay Due
in folder with all prewriting and drafts (photocopies of any extra
sources) and read
Clines “Computer Project” 286-90; O’Meara, “Rooting Out Bad Seeds?”
291-6 class: critical analysis
directions (WiD ch.5); discussion of crime prevention by
computer |
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F Sept. 26 |
read & answer
end-of-essay questions for these WID essays on sci/tech innovation Turkle“Loving Technology”252-9; Inform
#1,6,7; Stoll “Isolated by Internet”269-76; Inform#2,4,5
class: discuss topics & select one;
topic groups meet to answer questions for Critical Analysis essay |
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M Sep.29 W Oct.1
149 |
for critical
analysis of your WID essay,
write outline/plan and intro paragraph class: look at model critique
essays, groups collaborate on prewriting and planning bring 2 parag/1 page of
draft; in
class finish Critical Analysis Essay on the computer |
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F Oct. 3
149 |
1. select a
topic for your Science Essay: look at WID ch. 3 on synthesis essays class research: use library electronic resources to find and print (or
email) 2 sources
--find online introduction to topic and
periodical articles from EBSCOhost (full text)
--if appropriate, also use online Movie Review Query
Engine database |
Essay 2 An in-Class Critical Analysis of an Essay in WID
Genre and Topics:
Write a short (500-word), in-class,1-draft Critical Analysis of a synthesis essay
in WID ch.
7-8:
O’Meara
“Rooting Out Bad Seeds?”291-6;
Turkle“Loving
Technology”252-9; or Stoll “Isolated by
Internet”269-76
Guidelines (basis for
evaluation) for a Short Critical Analysis: see box
below
-As prewriting, answer inform’n,
form, rhetoric
questions in WID & summary/critique questions (handout)
-Write 500-600 words (5-6 paragraphs) about your text,
introducing it to
a reader who has not read it.
-Summarize and critique the
essay
itself; do not give your own opinions about the issues except in
conclusion.
-Evaluation is by a
checklist, with points for each section.
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Short Critical Analysis of a Nonfiction Text: Format **For each section, identify 2 or 3 significant
features and use 1-2 examples and quotes from the essay.** 1. Introduction (1 short paragraph)
(optional) “hook” and/or interesting information or
background on the subject of the essay
a. author of the text & credentials; title, genre,
publication contexts and
b. thesis (or central ideas) and purposes of the text
(information, argument, personal) 2. Summary or Description of the Content
(1 paragraph)
brief summary of the structure by main sections; write 1-3
sentences per section; specific info & quotes 3. Analysis and Evaluation:
select two or three for comments and short
quotes (2 paragraphs)
a. what is special about
content: good intro, focused topic, good coverage? interesting,
a new contribution?
b. structure: how clear is
organization--unity, beginning, sections, end–and how suited to the
content?
c. specific content &
sources of information (analyze sections): examples, kinds of sources,
research, 4. Conclusion(s)
about value of text to the topic & audience:
comment on 1-2 of these (1 short paragraph)
does the text prove its
thesis/fulfill its purposes? is it worth
reading/viewing? what audience is suitable?
(optional) your response to the text:
tell what you agree with or disagree with & why; |
ENG 105
UNIT 2:
Science & Technology: Innovations, Part 2 2003r
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F Oct. 3
149 |
1. select a
topic for your Innovations Essay: look at WID ch.
3 on synthesis essays class research: use library electronic resources to find and print (or
email) 2 sources
--find online
introduction to topic and periodical articles from EBSCOhost (full
text)
--if appropriate, also use online Movie Review Query
Engine database |
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M Oct. 6
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2.
review/read 2-3 articles on your topic
(1 or 2 WID); write marks in margins*(see
below): WID robots: Brooks “We Are
Note Special” 240-43; Turkle “ Loving
Technology” 252-59
WID internet
use: Stoll, “Isolated by
Internet”269-76; Barbian “The Gist
Generation” 278-90
WID crime-fighting tech: Clines
“Computer Project” 286-90; O’Meara, “ Bad Seeds?” 291-6
OR
(for a technology innovation approved by
Dr. Brown) 2 academic articles or chapters *4-5 marks in
the margin of each article: watch for/label types
of information
intro definition,
explanation, and/or history of the innovation
pro a
current and/or future benefit associated with this innovation (incl.
films/media )
con a current and/or future danger or problem
associated with this innovation (incl. films)
advice advice
something that can be done to maximize benefits, reduce dangers class: from marked
passages, begin quote and paraphrase
notes with APA credit
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W Oct.8 F Oct 10 |
3. due 6-8
notes (half
quotes, half paraphrase or summary, with correct APA credit)
(notes
come from 2-3 sources, most in WID,
others from research and/or film(s)) 4. due: corrected, numbered
notes and outline or plan based on notes class: check
& share notes; review essay plans |
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M Oct.13 W. Oct.15 10-1 149 |
5. bring for your essay:
corrected outline/plan & 2-3
paragraphs ( with quotes & paraphrases) class: paragraphs from notes,
group responses, work on References
6. bring printed draft (3-4 pgs, 2+
quotes & 4+ paraphrase &
References); groups stay 40 min. turn draft in after class w. notes,
plan, sources, eval’n sheet (responses
& plan revisions in class) |
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M Oct. 20 128 W Oct.22 149 F Oct. 24 |
7. drafts returned; plans for
revising drafts Begin Unit 3:
A Research Paper on
Recent History Innovations Essay Due in folder with draft,
notes, plan, extra sources, self-evaluation |
Essay
3 A Synthesis Essay on
An Innovation in
Science or Technology
Directions:
Using ideas & information in essays
from Writing in Disciplines, plus
articles, films, your expertise,
write an academic synthesis essay
for non-specialists about an Innovation
in Science or Technology.
*write a researched essay of
about 1000 words (4-5
pages, 7-10 paragraph).
*write to inform readers,
objectively, about what is going on; avoid expressing your opinions
until the
conclusion
*in the essay refer to 3 to 5 sources
(1-2 WID from 1-3 EbscoHost, printed out), use APA
credit & References list
Evaluation The essay grade is based on
these
directions and the Essay Guidelines
& Criteria in 105 Writing
Guide
Scientific Innovation
Topics: Choose
a focused topic
based on WID ch. 7-8: one
type of robots/AI, one area of internet use,
school crime prediction
technology. Ask Dr. Brown if you have
another in mind (requires more research)
1. Essay Option 1: Explain to educated
non-specialists the current situation of your
scientific/technology innovation.
Cover several or all of these
aspects of
your
topic; your essay may use this structure or adapt it
1. Definition
or explanation of the innovation with brief history or
background (in intro or 1st body section)
[optional. history or explanation
that explains the
development of the innovation or explains what it does]
2. Pros: current and/or future benefits
associated with this
innovation (actual or predicted by experts
media)
3.
Cons: current and/or future dangers
or problems associated with this innovation (actual or predicted)
4. Analysis of pros/cons & future
potential or advice about how to maximize benefits,
reduce dangers
2. Essay Option 2: Analyze how accurately or
intelligently a literary text (e.g. fiction by LeGuin
in WID) or
a movie
(e.g. Blade Runner, AI, Short Circuit,
The Matrix, Minority
Report) reflects the current “state
of knowledge” about a related innovation
in science
&/or technology (see
topic choices above or research a related innovation).
Include specific
information about the
innovation & its effects (see Option 1)
to compare&contrast
with the literary/film work.