0501 Day28: Peer Perception

Today we will:
Aim for completing peer perception in class. If you don't finish answering
all the questions, you have to finish it today or
                                                at home by the weekend (May 4th 23:59).
Your Peer perception work will count as one grade.

-5 minutes of course evaluation
-5 minutes of peer perception training
-40 minutes of independent work
    Download the peer perception word file. Work on Word on your computer. When
    you finish,:
    a). Upload it to your own google drive. Name it peer perception of ___'s paper.
    b.) Upload the finalized version to Compass 2g by May 4th 23:59.
-30 minutes of clarification and discussion

Assignment:
1.) Major Assignment 4. due May 11th Sunday.

Please submit it to Compass 2G.

2.) End-of semester reflection. May 11th Sunday.

Please submit it to your google drive-end of semester reflection_your name

COPY and Paste the prompt at the top of the assignment.

What did you learn in ESL 501? For the final reflection paper write a short essay (about 1-1.5 pages in length, 250 words minimum, 10-12 pt double spaced) in which you discuss what you have learned in the course. Write about anything you can remember. Be honest and detailed!

You will need to include:

-A discussion of how your writing has improved by taking the class.

-An explanation of what skills you have gained.

-Suggestions on how the instructor can improve the class to help other students learn better next semester.

-A discussion of what aspects of the course were most and least beneficial.

-A description of which lessons you felt were the best and worst and why.

-Anything else that you would like to say about the course.

***Please note: Honest writing is the most helpful.

The reflective essay will be graded on the quality of and effort put into it rather than the grammar or paragraph structure. Objective and critical suggestions and thoughts are most welcome.


3.) Make sure you have completed 10 exercises on Writer's Help. The list of
assigned exercises can be found here.  May 11th Sunday.

This is the end of our course. I hope you have started thinking about writing and become reader-conscious. Some ideas covered in this course might not seem readily applicable to your field. However, you might gradually find that mostly they are general guidelines across disciplines. To be effective writers, we need to be willing to change the way we write. We don't want to be excellent researchers tangled up by the way we write!

0429 Day27: Conclusion

Reminder:
1. individual conference sign-up

Today we will:
1. ) talk about elements in a conclusion (video)
2.) work on our own conclusions.

Next time we will:
Required. If you miss the class, you need to do it at home
and complete the work. It is best if you clarify and discuss
your paper with your peers in class. This way you benefit
the most.
perceive our peer's research paper

Assignments: due May 1st R
1. Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
                        due May 6th T
2. Writer's Help at least 10 exercises

0424 Day26: Introduction and Lit review

Reminder:
1. Schedule your individual conference
2. Peer Perception for the Final Paper next R.
3. Writer's Help exercises (3 upcoming exercises based on
grammar feedback in body paragraphs 1-3)

Today we will:
1. Look back at our counter arguments.

2. Open up our outline for the paper and modify changed we made
during the writing process in the outline.

3. Think about what we might want to talk about in the introduction
based on the drafts you have now. Can you think of anything you
want to include in the introduction?

4. Introduce the Cars Model. Exercise: CARs handout. Sample Article (key)

5. Open up a paper you used as a source. Examine its introduction
section. What elements do you see in the paper? Use Cars handout to help.

6. Outlining for your own introduction in the outline document on
your google drive. List things you want to include in your introduction
in order.

Next time we will:
1. Talk about the conclusion.

Assignments: due May 1st R
1. Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
                        due May 6th T
2. Writer's Help at least 10 exercises

0422 Day25: logic, arguments & counter-arguments

Reminder:
1. conference sign-up

Today we will:
1. Talk about logic, counter-argument, and argument
2. Build up arguments. (key)
3. Do on-going peer perception for body 1.

Assignment: Due April 24th R
Research paper-second&third body draft
Save it to your Google Drive. Name it "second&third body draft_your name"

0417 Day24: logic, counter-argument, and argument

Reminder:
1. conference sign-up

Today we will:
1. Research Process Review
2. Do on-going peer perception for body 1.
3. Talk about logic, counter-argument, and argument

Assignment: Due April 24th R
Research paper-second&third body draft
Save it to your Google Drive. Name it "second&third body draft_your name"

0415 Day23: Source Synthesis

Announcements:
1.) Major Assignment 3 submission and the rewrite policy
2.) Sing up for conferences.
3.) Required Writer's Help exercises
4.) Refwork Workshop Tomorrow @15 in the Main Library

Today we will:
1.) Come up with an argumentative outline (in Elle's notebook)
     for the topic "advertisement" together.
      ^Our sources 1 2 3^
2.) Practice source synthesis with the outline.
3.) Use the source synthesis chart to help synthesizing our sources.
4.) Individual Research Outline Workshop

Next time we ill:
1.) Talk about argument, logic and  counter-argument

Assignment: Due April 17th R
Research paper-first body draft
Save it to your Google Drive. Name it "first body draft_your name"

Required Writer's Help Exercises

1. Assigned Day13: major assignment 1 grammar feedback*2
2. Assigned Day 18: Do two exercises from ESL501N Citation Styles-in text
                                  and ESL501N Citation Styles-references list (4 exercises in total)

  *IEEE style users, there is no exercise for you on Writer's Help. You can work on ESL501N  
  paragraph coherence instead for this assignment. (Do 2 exercises). If you are not an IEEE user,
  this one is optional!

3. Assigned Day22: major assignment 2 grammar feedback*2

4. Upcoming: with your drafts of the final paper*3

# required by the end of the semester: 10
# of exercises assigned: 8 + 3 upcoming
# of exercises assigned for people who use IEEE: 6 + 3 upcoming

0410 Day22: Argumentative Outline & Problem-Solution Outline

Announcements:
1. Major Assignment 2 & 3

2. Writer's Help Exercises

3. individual conference sign-up

Today we will:
1. Talk about argumentative outline and
    problem-solution outline. (practice
    in class notebooks)

    Look back to your own outlines.

                                                                 2. Have Research Process Review

                                                                 3. Workshop topics & outlines

Assignment:

Due April 15th T
1. Final Draft of Annotated Bibliography submitted to Compass 2g.

2. Writer's Help: do at least 2 Grammar Feedback exercises

Due April 17th R

Research paper-first body draft

Save it to your Google Drive. Name it "first body draft_your name"

 

0408 Day21: Library Day

We will meet in 291 Undergrad Library TODAY!!!

Assignment: Due April 15th R
Final Draft of Annotated Bibliography submitted to Compass 2g.

0403 Day20: Annotated Bibliography

!!!Library Day next class meeting!!!

On 4/8T, We will meet in 291 UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY.
Please be ON TIME.

Announcement:
1.) Missing Writer's Help Exexcises (please make them up ASAP).
2.) Look ahead to the coming assignments on the right column of
the course website. There will be assignments almost every week,
sometimes after each class. Plan ahead to allow yourself enough
time!

Today we will:
1.) Talk about Annotated Bibliography and Why add annotations.
2.) Start writing Annotated Bibliography in class.
3.) Workshop the Research Topic you've decided on.

Next time we will:
1.) Meet in 291 UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY.
2.) Continue working on the Annotated Bibliography.

Assignment:
1.) Draft Annotated Bibliography (with at least 2 sources). Save
your file in the folder of Major Assignment 3 and name it "Draft Annotated
Bibliography." Specify the Citation Style you use at the top of the document.
                                                                                                      4/8T due

2.)Think about how you usually find sources for the library day.
Answer the questions here, and save it in the Major Assignment 3 folder.
Name your file "Library Day handout"                                           4/8T due

3.) Final version of Annotated Bibliography (4-6 sources) Sumbit it to Compass
2g. Remember to specify the Citation Style you use at the top of the document                                                                                     4/10R due

0401 Day19: Refining Research Question

Housekeeping:
1. Grammar Feedback
2. COCA lesson practice answer
3. missed classes & assignments

Today we will:
1. Introduce unit 3 & 4
2. Introduce Research Process (answer)
3. Defining a research question & Pre-research
4. Refining our research question & outlining

Next time we will:
1. Introduce Annotated Bibliography

Assignment: due April 3rd. R
Use the outlining worksheet to create an outline for your
research question. Name it "Research paper outline_YOUR NAME"
and save it to Google Drive in Major Assignment 3. One the topic
is approved, you cannot change your topic unless you talk to me first.

0320 Day18: Citations (cont.) & Introduction to Research Paper

Today we will:
1. Format the paper using your style (worksheet) (answer)
    Answers to formatting guidelines (across styles)
2. Share our papers with people using different styles.
3. Introduce unit 3 & 4
4. Introduce Research Process (answer)
5. Defining a research question & Pre-research

Next time we will:
1. Introduce Annotated Bibliography

Assignment: due April 1st. T
1. Submit major Assignment 2 to Compass 2g.

2. Define a research questions for Major Assignment 3&4.
Save it to Google drive-Major Assignment 3-topic funnel.doc
Follow the steps below.

§Choose two different topics you are interested in
§Narrow down the scope of the topics
§Carry out a preliminary research. That is, familiarize yourself with the topic
§Try to determine if there are any credible sources available to do a research on it
§Write a tentative research question for each of these topics
§Write an outline of your research and support each point with at least one potential source.

3. Writer's Help : Do two exercises from ESL501N Citation Styles-in text
                and ESL501N Citation Styles-references list (4 exercises in total)

*IEEE style users, there is no exercise for you on Writer's Help. You can work on ESL501N paragraph coherence instead for this assignment. (Do 2 exercises). If you are not an IEEE user, this one is optional!

Unit 3 & 4 Introduction

Unit 3. Annotated Bibliography

Assignment Description:

The annotated bibliography assignment is designed to help students start to analyze the sources they wish to use for their upcoming research paper. Students should be scrutinizing sources for validity, credibility, argument, and organization in an attempt to select the best, most relevant sources for their paper. The annotations also require a student's careful attention to APA style and knowledge of reference listings in APA.

Unit 4. Research Paper

Assignment Description:

This assignment is important in that it asks students to use what they have learned so far about the research process and writing for an academic audience and, based on their research question, to write either a final argumentative or a problem-solution paper. Using the same topic approved by the instructor for the Unit 3 Annotated Bibliography, the student's paper should be relevant to their field, but must be expressly written for ESL501 and should be written for a general (lay) audience. In the paper, the student must provide as much information as is needed to understand their topic. Further, they must show why it is important to write about their topic, and why it is relevant to a general audience.

0318 Day17: Citation Styles across disciplines

Today we will:
1.) Finish up on Quotations.
2.) Do practices for Quotations. (Go to Elle's notebook and copy the questions)
3.) Creating in-text citations/references lsit using our styles (worksheet) (answer)
4.) Formatting the paper using your style (worksheet) (answer)
5.) Presentation of your sample paper (worksheet) (answer)

Next time we will:
1.) Introduce annotated bibliography

Assignment:  assigned Mar.13R, due Mar. 20th R
1.) Write the analysis for the I, L and D using your "notes" and the guiding questions:

Introduction:
Does it summarize the background, the motivation or the purpose of the study
effectively? Is there a literature review incorporated into the introduction or is it in a separate section? Does I or L provide sufficient information about the topic area? Is the L section critical and up-to-date (if it is there)? Did the I section or L section lead you to believe that the topic or Research Question is significant and interesting enough to be explored? Do the research questions flow from the I or L section?

Discussion: Does the discussion relate to any issues raised in the introduction or literature
review? Does it summarize what was said about the results (interpretations and implications). Are implications for the bigger picture mentioned in the discussion? Are the interpretations of the results plausible to you? Does the discussion section introduce unique elements in the paper organization?

Save the draft to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-ILD draft

0313 Day16: Quotations and Citation

Today we will:
1.) talk about paraphrase and summary as ways to avoid plagiarism.
2.) practice paraphrasing and summarizing (warm-up) (article).
3.) talk about quotations (answer)
4.) Practice APA citations with quotations. Go to Elle's notebook
     for the activity.

Helpful website:Quotations: Using signal phrases to integrate quotations into your writing

Next time we will:
1.) talk about citation styles in your field.

Assignment: 
assigned Mar.13R, due Mar. 18th T
1.) Identifying your citation style. Save it to your google drive.

assigned Mar.13R, due Mar. 20th R
2.) Write the analysis for the I, L and D using your "notes" and the guiding questions:

Introduction: 

Does it summarize the background, the motivation or the purpose of the study 
effectively? Is there a literature review incorporated into the introduction or is it in a separate section? Does I or L provide sufficient information about the topic area? Is the L section critical and up-to-date (if it is there)? Did the I section or L section lead you to believe that the topic or Research Question is significant and interesting enough to be explored? Do the research questions flow from the I or L section? 

Discussion: Does the discussion relate to any issues raised in the introduction or literature 
review? Does it summarize what was said about the results (interpretations and implications). Are implications for the bigger picture mentioned in the discussion? Are the interpretations of the results plausible to you? Does the discussion section introduce unique elements in the paper organization?

Save the draft to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-ILD draft

0311 Day15: intro to avoiding plagiarism-Summary and Paraphrase

Today we will:
1.) do a lit review for our research paper. (In Ahsley, Alba, and Li's notebooks)
2.) have a quiz (answer) of what plagiarism is.
3.) talk about paraphrase and summary as ways to avoid plagiarism.
4.) practice paraphrasing and summarizing (article).

Next time we will:
1.) talk about in-text citations

Assignment: assigned Mar.6, due Mar. 13th R
1.) Decide the IMRD paper you are going to analyze (a paper you like).
Save the paper to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-IMRD paper analysis

2.) Write the analysis for the M and R using your "notes" and the guiding questions:

Method:
Does M provide unambiguous information about particip

ants, materials, procedure, and analysis? Is the method valid

to answer the RQ(s) properly? Is the information sufficient to

allow replication of the study? Is the function of the method

section clear and differentiated from other sections?

Results:
Are the results clearly described? Are results graphically

represented? What are the findings? Does the author add

information to a new question that was not addressed earlier?

Do the findings relate directly to the research questions? Is

the results section clearly delineated?

Save the draft to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-MR draft

3.) See feedback on your major assignment 1 for grammar feedback. I've
tagged some common errors in writer's help. Go through the contenct on
writer's help and do 1-2 exercises.

0306 Day14: Literature review in a research paper

Today we will:
-do some housekeeping
1.) talk about cell phone rules

2.) set up our google folders.

3.) know how to make use of grammar feedback from major assignment 1.

4.) look at variations in our own fields using Proquest Database.
Answer the same set of questions saved in your notebook for the paper in your field.
Is there a purpose for the model you use in your discipline? In your group, give a 3
minute presentation to the paper in your field.

-get into the new topic
5.) Introduce literature review.

6.) Identify the lit review in the paper in your own field. Copy the guiding
questions from Elle's notebook to your own notebook:


Next time we will:
1.) talk about how to avoid plagiarism.

Assignment: due Mar. 13th R
1.) Decide the IMRD paper you are going to analyze (a paper you like).
Save the paper to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-IMRD paper analysis

2.) Write the analysis for the M and R using your "notes" and the guiding questions:

Method:
Does M provide unambiguous information about particip

ants, materials, procedure, and analysis? Is the method valid

to answer the RQ(s) properly? Is the information sufficient to

allow replication of the study? Is the function of the method

section clear and differentiated from other sections?

Results:
Are the results clearly described? Are results graphically

represented? What are the findings? Does the author add

information to a new question that was not addressed earlier?

Do the findings relate directly to the research questions? Is

the results section clearly delineated?

Save the draft to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-MR draft

3.) See feedback on your major assignment 1 for grammar feedback. I've
tagged some common errors in writer's help. Go through the contenct on
writer's help and do 1-2 exercises.

Supplementary materials:
1). lit review video https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/lit-review/
2.) lit review handout from U of Oregon

0304 Day13 : IMRD variations

Today we will:
1.) review IMRD model.
2.) look at articles with IMRD variations. (answers)
        -article 1
        -article 2 -(optional)
        -article 3
        -article 4
        -article 5
     Directions: Go to class notebooks. Copy questions from Elle's notebook
                        to your own notebook. Answer the questions with your partner
                        in your own note book.
3.) look at variations in our own fields using Proquest Database.
     Answer the same questions for a paper in your field. Is there a purpose
     for the model you use in your discipline? In your group, give a 3 minute
     presentation to the paper in your field.

Next time we will:
1.) talk about IMRD Literature Review

Assignment: due Mar. 13th R
1.) Decide the IMRD paper you are going to analyze (a paper you like).
Save the paper to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-IMRD paper analysis

2.) Write the analysis for the M and R using your "notes" and the guiding questions:

 

Method

: Does M provide unambiguous information about particip

ants, materials, procedure, and analysis? Is the method valid

to answer the RQ(s) properly? Is the information sufficient to

allow replication of the study? Is the function of the method

section clear and differentiated from other sections?

Results

: Are the results clearly described? Are results graphically

represented? What are the findings? Does the author add

information to a new question that was not addressed earlier?

Do the findings relate directly to the research questions? Is

the results section clearly delineated?

 

Save the draft to your Google file-your name-major assignment 2-IM draft

3. See feedback on your major assignment 1 for grammar feedback. I've
tagged some common errors in writer's help. Go through the contenct on
writer's help and do 1-2 exercises.

0227 Day12: Research Tense and Voice

Today we will:
1.) finish our IMRD paper and present to our class using class notebooks.
      a.) Come up with two sentences you will possibly include for each section.
      b.) Add pictures for fun (optional).
2.) introduce Major Assignment 2.
3.) talk about
      a.) super simple tense and voice.
      b.) tense and voice in a research paper. (response) (original article)

	Present tense	Past tense	Active voice	Passive voice
Introduction	Frequent	Neither frequent nor infrequent	Frequent	Infrequent
Methods	Infrequent	Frequent	Infrequent	Frequent
Results	Infrequent	Frequent	Variable	Variable
Discussion	Frequent	Neither frequent nor infrequent	Variable	Variable

4.) go back to our mini IMRD paper. Re-think about the tense and voice.
     Improve your sentences.
5.) have a quiz!!!!

Next time we will:
1.) talk about IMRD variations.


Assignment:  due Mar. 4 T
1.) Complete the IMRD notes on the computer. Scan or type it!
Or, highlight the answers and save it. They will come in handy soon!
Save it to your dropbox in the file called "Major Assignment 2".

2.) Choose an IMRD paper in your field. Have it handy. We will need
      it next week.

0225 Day11: IMRD cont.

Today we will:
1.)  Think about our own IMRD research.
2.)  Be experts of a section of IMRD using IMRD notes and IMRD analysis.
                                                                                                article for analysis here
3.)  Form expert groups from different sections.
4.)  IMRD quiz!!!
5.) Informal Feedback

Next time we will:
1.) Talk about IMRD Tense & Voice

Assignment: None!