English 1302

On Predicting Violence

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The due date for your researched position paper has been moved from Monday, 4/9, to Wednesday, 4/11. Please bring your HANDBOOKS to class for Friday, along with any tricky citations you have.

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You should include the following elements in your 1 -page, double-spaced process summary:
1. What you enjoyed about this project
2. What you struggled with throughout this process
3. What you learned about yourself as a writer from this process

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Your second draft, which is listed as due Friday, 3/30, has been moved to Monday, 4/2. You will need to have 7-10 pages for this draft plus your works cited page.

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If you have not yet signed up for a conference time, please email me.
Monday, 3/26
8:10 Francisco Godines
8:20 Sandra Melendez
8:30 Valerie Olguin
8:40 Gabriela Garcia
8:50 Grant Draper
9:10 Jessica Oler
9:20 Spenser Walters
9:30 Nancy Salas
9:40 Amber Cunti
9:50 Tiffany Hussain
10:10 Aaron Ballard
10:20 Carmen Rodriguez
10:30
10:40
10:50
11:00 Cody Cartwright
11:10 Jennifer Nguyen
11:20 Jorge Barrientos
11:30 Steven Brown
11:40
11:50 Morghan Eby
12:00 Jarrad Williams
12:10 William Machel
12:20 Sarah Earley
12:30 [...]

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For Monday after break you need to bring in an outline for your Researched Position Paper. Look at the example on page 340-41 to get an idea of what you need to include. You do not HAVE to structure your paper with this exact structure, but it is a good model to follow. Also, this [...]

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A Onebook Conversations ‘06 is occuring this Friday, Feb. 9, on the 6th floor of the library from 12:00-1:00. If you attend this activity you have the option of making up a quiz grade by turning in a summary response to me by Wednesday, Feb. 14. For this SR, give an overview of what happened, [...]

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This is just a reminder that I would like you to bring in an advertisement for Wednesday. This is just listed on the syllabus as “bring advertisement,” and I know I forgot to mention it in class, but what I would like you to do is find an example of a strong claim that you [...]

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For this SR, you will be doing a TRACE analysis on one of the articles in the packet I handed out today (Wednesday). The SR should consist of:
A rhetorical Précis
A TRACE analysis in which you not only explain what the elements of the TRACE are, but also why you think these elements are significant in [...]

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Here are some various sites that deal with visual rhetoric. Take a look at these if you would like a better idea of what visual argument can be or if you would like some ideas for your assignment. For originality’s sake, please don’t just use an image you find on these sites as the example [...]

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