12/10: Workshop for XED Paper/ Revision of Research Work

Class

• If you did not pass the Research Work yet, you must work today to make their final draft pass.
• If you passed the Research work, you can choose between revising your Research paper's last draft for a new grade OR to work on the XED Talk (or both, I guess).

Revisions and XED Talk papers are due to me by Friday, December 13. You can hand them to me by hand from 10:30 to 1pm in E108 or leave them in my box in E-103. I will leave school at 1pm on Friday, so any papers you leave in my box after that time will not be read and counted for a new grade. This deadline is FINAL.

We will meet on Tuesday to review grades, for a closing lesson, and to wish each other well as we part.

12/5: Turn in Research Work

Today: Turn in your Research Work, Eat a Cookie, and Do the Snoopy Dance!!

For Next Week: Start Your XED Talk

Here is a XEDTalk model to consider, based on the material we have covered in class: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L-q1oyppc3kXejip5385Vlow4xuetSxHat-ystNXOOI/edit?usp=sharing

11/26: Reader Feedback for First Draft (2 people needed) + Second Draft

Class

1. I HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL 

2. I HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR RESEARCH OUTLINE 

3. YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR FIRST DRAFT

Your goal for today is to find two people to give you Reader Feedback for First Draft (2 separate reports). These two people can be classmates or family/friends.

CHOOSE YOUR READERS JUDICIOUSLY--doing so is part of being a good writer.
After reading the Feedback, begin your Second Draft of the Research Paper.

**CLICK HERE for the Topics and Sources List**

11/19-11/21: First Draft

Class

IF I HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL and OUTLINE:

Your goal for today is to begin the First Draft of your paper.

I do not check this first draft (if I accepted the Outline, you should be fine), but you MUST find 2 PEOPLE to complete separate reports answering the Reader Feedback for First Draft. These two people can be classmates or family/friends.
CHOOSE YOUR READERS JUDICIOUSLY--doing so is part of being a good writer. 

**CLICK HERE for the Topics and Sources List**

11/14: Research Paper Outline

Class

IF I HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL: 

Your goal for today is to complete a Research Outline (Tentative thesis + topic sentences + possible evidence). The outline does need to be as complete as the one in the sample, but should sketch the general organization of your paper.

**CLICK HERE for the Topics and Sources List**

11/12: Research Proposal

via GIPHY

Class

Today our goal is to have a Research Proposal by the end of class. 

If I approve it, you can move on to the Research Outline

**CLICK HERE for the Topics and Sources List**

11/7: Introduction to the Research Essay

Class

1. What is a research essay?
2. Research essay instructions:
This essay will be put together in stages:

• Topic and Research Question(s) Proposal
• Research Proposal
• Research Outline (Tentative thesis + topic sentences + possible evidence)
• First Draft
• Reader Feedback for First Draft (2 people needed)
• Second Draft (revision of Draft 1)
• Writing Center Feedback and/or Reader feedback (1 person needed)
• Third Draft (revision of Draft 2)
• Self-Reflection Checklist

All these stages must be completed and documented to have your Third Draft evaluated. Please turn in the proposal, outline, 3 drafts, 3 feedback, and checklist together for evaluation by Thursday, December 5 in class. The Third Draft must be about 7 double spaced pages, or 1,800 words including the Works Cited page and use 3-5 (or more) sources to prove a thesis of your choice about the Net and/or Web. Use Modern Language Association style to document your sources. You may use images to illustrate your ideas, but make sure you explain and acknowledge the images properly.

Revisions and Grading:

• Students who turn in the proposal, outline, 3 drafts, 3 feedback, and checklist on Thursday, December 5 in class will have a chance to revise it ONCE for a new grade. 
• Students who wish to revise their last draft more than once after I have evaluated it should turn in the proposal, outline, 3 drafts, 3 feedback, and checklist BEFORE Thursday, December 5.  
• Students who turn in the proposal, outline, 3 drafts, 3 feedback, and checklist on or after Tuesday, December 10 will not be able to revise the last draft. 
• Students who have not turned the proposal, outline, 3 drafts, 3 feedback, and checklist by Friday, December 13 will receive a failing grade for the class. 

• Sample Research Paper
• Sample student research paper

3. Pitching your topic, reason, and questions to the class
4. Review of Thesis Statements and Beginning the Research Proposal
5. Talkin' COIL:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPLsE6poM4la4ATaULaT8a4AHkZB3m01MHHyEQ-Tk5U/edit?usp=sharing

For Tuesday

Complete Essay 1, part 2: First, REVISE Part 1 by adding detail. Then add part 2 to it. Give the essay a fancy title. Questions to consider (you don't have to answer all these questions--it is to get you started thinking):
How has the way you approach the Web changed after all the revelations of this class? Are you the same person online as you were at the beginning of the semester? Why? Why not? What specific readings, videos, lectures, discussions resonated with you most? What do you plan to do with the knowledge you have gained during this part of the semester (in terms of yourself, your family, your community, etc.)

For Thursday
Turn in your second set of journals:

1. Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Chapter 1
2. Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”
3. Silverman, “The Reputation Racket”
4. Greenwald, “Why privacy matters”
5. Lützow-Holm Myrstad, “How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy” OR Tufecki, “we’re building a dystopia”
6. Hypponen, “How the NSA Betrayed the World’s Trust”
7. Granick, “How the Government Spies on People Who Protest Including You”
8. Shane, “From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece.”
9. Pariser, “Beware online ‘filter bubbles.’”
10. Cadwalladr, “Google, democracy and the truth about internet search.”