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Last Class, by: Monica Montiel

May 2, 2011
In today's class Dr. Phillips discuss the contents of Works cited page & the works concept in our final project.

Work cited should include : Articles frm the data bases in MLA format.

Author's Last name, First Name. "Title of the Article". Title of the Periodical. Date & volume. Issue (Year): pages, database.Medium.Day, month,year of access.

Works concept: Internet search.

We should also consider to number the pages in our manual & put a table of contents, remember is the final assignment so try to put your best effort in it. The final copy should be due a week from now, both hard copy and upload it to google docs.



Also, don't forget to turn in the department assessment on Wednesday, 4th either in Dr. Phillips office or the departmental office.

WHAT TO DO

Wed May 4 NO CLASS

Write a essay made up of the three following department assessment
questions.

1) What choices do you make as writers this semester (about the audience, purpose, genre, apropiate sources)

2) How have these choices affected your writing?

3) How can understanding of the choices that writes make had affected your confidence in your ability to engage in future writing tasks?

HAVE AN INTRO , 3 HEADINGS, AND A CONCLUSION

MUST BE TYPED
Turn it in to room 269B or 211

May 9th
FINAL COPY of the guide is DUE, upload it to google docs as a PDF
AND drop off a hard copy in Room 269B or 211

04/15/11 by edna garcia

Today each team showed to the class their drafts and the feedback they got on Wednesday, the whole class participate doing the revision for each team. On Monday there will be no class you just need to go to Dr. Phillips office between 9-12 to discussed your project, and also you need to begin drafting section 2 and 3.

4/13/2011

We had a peer review of section 1 from our guideline. Each group got to receive feedback from at least two other groups. From the feedback received we needed to create another draft which will be revised on Friday with all the class. Be sure that all of Section 1 is done in order to receive the best feedback from both the class and the teacher. We will also need to demonstrate changes that have been made from our previous draft.

4/8/11 BY JANIE SANCHEZ

Project 2
1.) PHILOSOPHY ON TOPIC

• OVERALL BELIEFS, MAJOR OR KEY POINTS
• OVERALL APPROACH TO YOUR GUIDE
  
• MAIN OBJECTIVES AND GOALS

• A COMBINATION OF OUR THOUGHTS NARROWING OUR HOWS AND WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT OVERALL INTRODUCTION TO OUR GUIDE

2.) FLOW CHART/VISUAL

• OF THE TOPIC AND WRITING PROGRESS

3.)THEME

4.)ORGANIZATION

• FOR EACH SECTION ......THINK ABOUT THE LAYOUT

5.)LIT REVIEW/ INTERNET

FOR MONDAY 4/11/11 WE NEED ROUGH DRAFT OF PHILOSOPHY, FLOW CHART, AND LIT REVIEW!!!

4/6/2011

today we talked about what we are going to do for project 2. she gave us an outline of what she expected so if you missed out you should ask for the paper it seems very helpful. by friday 4/8/2011 you should come prepared to class knowing who your partner will be and have a plan in how you are thinking in doing project 2. also know what topic you are going to specify in.

Today we turned in the paper where we compared the articles and also another paper about what we have learned, what we remember, how did we benefit. This paper is going to replace the grade for the last group presentation.

We also got into groups to discuss our thoughts about each topic that was presented. The group came out with a brief summary of what we think about the articles we read, and then we wrote those comments/statements on the board in each category/topic that Dr. Phillips wrote.

Lecture: Gabriel Perez (group 6) presented his article to the class & explained a program called turnitin which professors use to check if essays are plagiarized. His presentation included definitions of plagiarism, a video of how turnitin works, connections of his article with the previous articles from his group, and ways to avoid plagiarism. Homework: A concept map/Venn diagram is due monday, it must be printed & NOT submitted through email. You have to take it to class and you will get points for attendance & bringing the work. The map is NOT just over plagiarism, it should compare ALL the topics we have covered so far; you can compare them all at the same time or by groups. You should also include what you learned/main ideas from each topic individually, it can be done in sentences or paragraph form.

Wednesday 30

Hi everyone, Yesterday in class we disscused group's 6 article (Kimberly's). Intellectual property rights: conceptual awareness of research students about plagiarism. In the article it talked about the different types of plagiarism and how each of them has a different meaning, and no matter what the excuse is, plagiarism is plagiarism; wanting or not wanting to plagiaris. She gave us many good examples of plagiarism, one of them the article she had written with other of her classmates, she explained what had happened with the professor. Well this is all that was done on Wednesday. Nelly E. Martinez P.S. Sorry I didn't post this on Wednesday, I was having trouble with my computer.

March 23, 2011

hi everyone, today in class we discussed the article entitled "The Writing Approaches of University Students" on revision. we discussed the meaning of some key vocabulary from the article and the main points that we covered was the various writing approaches. these include the "elaborative", "low self-Efficiency", "reflective revision", "spontaneous-impulsive", and the last one "procedural". we talked about which method we thought we used individually and if there is a place for all of them in different situations or if there was only one correct way. there is more information about this in the article. as well just a reminder to be prepared for class on friday with the last article for group 5 on revision. also Dr. Phillips would like me to remind you that after this week there will only be one group left to present so if you feel yourself starting to get annoyed or bored with all this reading please push through it. just one more week!! :) remember the semester is almost over!!! hope this was helpful, if there are any questions please feel free to let me know and i will get back to you as fast as i can :)

03/21/2011 Monday

Hey guys,

Today we discussed group 5 1st article "Research on Revision in Writing" they presented two videos that give some advise of the helpful that revision it’s such as that someone else read our paper it can be someone that knows the topic or someone that don’t know; however, both types of revision will be useful.
During their presentation they mention some problems that students have; for example, that we have difficulties in making change to our paper because we do not know how to revise or we do not want to modify anything because we feel that we change the meaning of the paper. In conclusion, we can revise everything because is a process to correct our grammar and ideas mistakes.

For the next class we need to read the second article "The writing approaches of university students"

Hey Guys! Its Lilly!

Dr. Philips went over project 2 on wednesday so i just wanted to remind you guys what the project is and explain the six sections to it so here it is...

Project 2 is a guide on your given topic group whether it be Student Voice, Citations, Rhetorical Reading, Identity and Culture, Reading and Writing, Revision or Peer review.

In your guides you have to have the following six sections:

section 1: The executive summary and Literature Review

section 2: Notes to the Reader and information

section 3: Your examples: in forms of graphs, tables etc.

section 4: Practical Information: Q &A's, myths, misconceptions

section 5: Instructors point of view: Interviewing other English professors on your given topic

section 6: Conclusions

And thats project 2 for everyone :)

February 23rd 2011

Hey guys, Ruben here.

Today in class, Group 3 presented their article. After they finished there was still some time left, and Dr. Phillips decided to go over the way she wanted the synthesis paper for groups 3 and 4 to be.

She basically wants a ven diagram, in which we take the three articles and put unique points from each article in each circle, then, in the overlapping areas you put points that are similar from the articles. Outside of the ven diagram, she wanted us to put down some points that were different.

And that's pretty much all you missed, of course, the Synthesis paper for Group 2 is due before Monday (2/28), and the Ven Diagram for group 3 is due before the following Monday(3/7).

And, lastly, on Friday group 3 will be presenting their last article so be ready for that as well.

2/21/11

Today we discused group 3 1st article "The Construction of Purpose in Writing and Reading"they presented a power point in which the class asked question and discused. Dr. Phillips graded are notes and we have to be prepared on Wen. with the next article which we should have read an taken notes for a grade.

02/18/2011 Friday

On Friday we went over Group 2 last article and went over what past tense, present tense and perfect present citations was again. We took down notes and examples of these types of citations. If you were absent then ask someone for their notes on the types of citations. Dr. Phillips moved the date of the synthesis paper from Friday 2/18 to Sunday 2/20. You need to submit the paper through google documents like we have been doing for the articles. If you still don't know how to upload to google docs then refer to the previous blogs or email or call Dr. Phillips. Don't forget to read and take notes and particpate in class with Group 3 article.

February 16, 2011

Today we discussed the second article for group two, Tense Choices in Citations by Hawes. It was an in class grade to have read it, and if you were absent, I don't believe you can make it up. Dr. Phillips wrote notes on the board about past, present, and perfect present tense. If you were absent, you could ask someone if you could borrow the notes. Read last article for group two for Friday's class. Remember, it's an in class grade.

Our First Synthesis Paper

Our synthesis paper will consist of a three part outline of all the articles discussed for Student Voice.

Section I:

           Section one will be the introduction that should include our own general thoughts on student voice as dicussed during the week.

Section II:

Section two will be the body of the paper that will include in-text citations.  This will be taking specific points of each article, discuss them and give a page reference (also paraphrase or quote it).  The body has to include our own thoughts not only citations which should be about 60% of our own analysis.  Using sub-headings will be helpful to refocus the reader and emphasize your point.

Make comparisons between all articles, suggestions:

• Similar points, themes, messages, recommendations, challenges, issues, etc.
• Through your own perspective you can engage to say the things they didn't address
• From agreements and disagreements of all the articles

Section III:

Section three will be our conclusion were we reflect our own thoughts as a writer and describe how they relate to the main topic we discussed for the week.

Assigned Articles for Group One Voice... Starting Feb. 7

Please print, read, and take notes... (in-class grade)

These are the articles that group one has chosen to discuss with the class on our topic which is student voice. The attachments are in the order you will need them. For Monday Feb. 7th please be prepared to discuss the first two articles which are "Sound Presence, and Power: 'Student Voice' in Educational Research and Reform" and "Transformative approaches to student voice: theoretical underpinnings, recalcitrant realities". For Wednesday Feb. 9th we will be discussing "Rewriting student voice" and for Friday the 11th be prepared to discuss "Reconsiderations: Voice in Writing Again: Embracing Contraries". -sincerly Group one

January 31, 2011

Today in class we continued the metaphor presentations.

Dr. Phillips also began talking to us about the group projects in detail. She also mentioned if you are having difficulty looking for articles to check blogger for examples.

During the group projects the presenter and the reader will be assigned to do two different tasks:

Presenter- must pick 4 articles and let the class know when and what they need to read. Each person in the group needs to contribute to the leading discussion :

· Handouts àdiscussion questions or passages/excerpts you find important or interesting.

à Theory/research

àComparison with students

· Power point

· Additional/ related info

It just needs to be something concrete to expand on what we are reading.

Readers Role- MUST PRINT THE ARTICLES AND BRING THEM TO CLASS!! You also must write notes in the margin. (that is to help you with the verbal contribution in the discussion). The reader will also be creating a synthesis/ reader response/ chart, so you must read the articles.

Dr. Phillips will continue to discuss more about the projects so she said attendance to class on Wednesday and Friday is very important.

*Oh and for the groups who are not presenting you can still turn in articles for extra credit up until you present.*

No Class Today: Friday, January 28

Hi.

My sons are home sick today, so I will need to cancel class. See you Monday. We will talk about the posting of Group One's articles for the class to read on Monday.

Everyone else should find their article by Monday so that you can meet with your group on Monday in class and talk about what you found. If you are unsure of what to look for, I suggest you look at the sample articles I posted on the blog...

Have a good weekend. If you have any questions, let me know.

See you Monday.

Dr. Phillips

January 26, 2011

In the beginning of class Dr.Phillips discussed our first grade (which would be our metaphor presentations) on Blackboard. She basically went over on how to find out your grade by adding the points you have in total for each assignment and dividing it by the number of assignments.

She went over on what to look for in the articles related to our subject.
When choosing your article, think about:
1. Does or will this article expand people's knowledge over the subject?
2. Is there something useful that any writer can take out of the article you chose?
***VERY IMPORTANT*** when saving your article, you must save it as a pdf file!!!!
***ALSO VERY IMPORTANT***make sure Dr.Phillips has your article a week before your presentation to the class.

You MUST e-mail your article to her! Here all the following steps if you're still having trouble sending her a message:
1. Login with the Google account you created.
2. Go to "My Account"
3. Scroll down to “Documents”
4. Then go to “upload” then select file
5. Then click “start upload”
6. Then go back to Google docs and it should be there, if you can’t see it, then make sure you are on the section “owned by me”
7. Then you click “share” then “share settings” and change it to “anyone with a link”, then you scroll down and click “send copy to myself”
8. Then you click “Share”

**Overall today we just did our metaphor presentations, which we will continue on our next class meeting Friday, January 28th**

JANUARY/24/2011

Today´s class Most Important Subjects:
Everyone should have access to this blog, have made a gmail account and have received a Syllabus sent to your email account.
Dr. Phillips made groups today according to students interests about composition and Writing.
If you sent her the email with your favorite options for project 1, you´ll be on the 1st or 2nd option group you chose.
Once you know your group you´ll need start searching for a scholar academic article, depending on the subject your group is going to discuss. Also you need to know why did you select it? The intention it has, and the knowledge you are absorbing from it. The groups presentations will start on February 7.
You also need to introduce and share contact information with your group. (Each team will have a leader that will know all of the team´s contact information)
LEADING DISCUSSION´S GROUPS:
GROUP 1 - Student Voice
Deyla,
Janie,
Serenity,
Edna,
Ramiro.
GROUP 2 - Revision
Jennifer,
Omar,
Stephanie T.
Alysha,
Stephanie S.
GROUP3 - Plagiarism
Monica,
Kimmberly,
Gabriel,
Freddy.
GROUP4 - Citations
Lily,
Maria,
Rosalinda,
Melissa,
Alex.
GROUP5 - Peer Review/Feedback
Alicia,
Armando,
Jessica,
Nelly,
Alec.
GROUP6 - Rhetorical Reading
Yesenia,
Isai,
Ruben,
Melina,
Steven.

For this first project EVERYONE needs to submit an article in order to get individual points.
Each group will need 3 articles for the class discussion posted in the blog and shared in google docs.
The articles have to be posted one week before the class discussion.

GROUP 1 STARTS MONDAY FEB 7th (Check and correct syllabus).
This link will help you to get the articles: lib.utpa.edu/research/databases
The article needs to be FULL TEXT and PDF....

That´s it! Hope it´ll help you :)

January 21

Today, in class, we talked about how you should already have access to the class blog and have made your gmail account already. If you haven't done so, you should do that ASAP. Dr. Phillips also gave us her email and cell phone number just in case we ever have questions about our assignments.

(956) 342-6770
phillipssk@utpa.edu

In your gmail account, it should consist of:
first name, last name, course number, and class time or section number.

By Monday you should have already picked your top 3 mini topics so you can be placed in a group. BUT make sure to email your choices to Dr. Phillips BEFORE Monday. The topics are on the class blog so you can choose. If you wish to do a topic other than the ones that are listed, make sure that it is still writing related.

Also, we will begin metaphor presentations on Monday.

is anyone else having issues trying to get to the syllabus?? it sends me to an error page every time :/ if anyone can help me it would be great!

what we talked about in class Jan.19 2011

Hi guys,
Today in class we talked about numerous things. Dr. Phillips had us all give her our email so she can send us an invite to the class blog, which we should have all gotten already. In order to have a class blog you will need to create a Gmail Account. When signing up for your Gmail account, your email address should be able to identify you so Dr. Phillips knows who she’s getting it from.
Ex: (your name1302.945@gmail.com)

After you have done that you can go ahead and send her an email from there as a “test” since this is how we would be sending her our assignments. here are the steps to do that once you have logged in.

1. Click the documents on the top left hand corner
2. Click upload
3. Then select a file
4. Start upload
5. Then press, Go back to Google docs
6. Click on your document
7. Then press share
8. Then share settings
9. Then press change, and put send as link
10. Do anyone with a link, then save
11. Go to add people, and then send to Dr. Phillips email address (phillipssk@utpa.edu).

I might have gone through this a little fast and it may be confusing but if you have any question feel free to ask. We also talked about project one which we will start doing on Friday Jan.21 the project consist of the following since we will be doing it in groups
Project One (Metaphor Presentation)
• Writing Experiences
• Thought on Writing
• How they see themselves as writers.

This about sums it up, remember if you have any questions feel free to ask.