Sample Enrty for WPA Guidelines Project

WPA Guidelines Project

Rhetorical Knowledge

·       Focus on a purpose

       

Define: 

Focusing on purpose means that I have to stay on the same subject throughout my essay and stay on track with that the whole time.

Explain:

In my narrative essay, my purpose was to explain that I was a creator/victim, and I did that throughout my essay.  In the first paragraph I wrote: “(insert your quote here).”  This is about being a creator/victim, so that shows me focusing on a purpose.  In my second paragraph, I wrote, “………………” and you can see I’m still writing about the same thing.  Lastly, in my conclusion I wrote, “………………….” and that shows that I am still focusing on my purpose.  From all of these examples, it is clear I can focus on a purpose in my essays.

Final Meeting Dates

Reminder!!  April 28, meet in testing center at 8:00 am.  It's downstairs in the Hanely Center.

Meeting Dates:

April 23-

Yesenia
Karyme
Ambrosia
Karla


April 25-

Harden
Omar
Lexi
Aaron
Jarron


April 28-  TESTING DAY


April 30-

Maria
Evelyn
Ryan
Anthony
 
May 2-

Rey
Eric
Tiffany

Final Project Outline.

WPA Guidelines Project-

Prove you know what you should know by providing examples from your own work that show you’ve mastered some of the guideline bullet points.

Rhetorical Knowledge

·       Focus on a purpose

·       Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation

·       Write in several genres

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

·        Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources

Processes

·       Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text

·       Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading

·       Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work

 

Knowledge of Conventions

·       Practice appropriate means of documenting their work

·       Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Last Draft Day

1.      No Journal-  Use your in class time to draft your argument essay.  Locate and integrate facts from On Course.  See me for help!

2.     Typed Essays due Wed for in-class editing.

3.     In class-  Works Cited Page practice at 8:40.

4.     Final Arg essays due Friday.

5.     Final Project work begins Friday.

  

Works Cited

Downing, Skip.  On Course: Strategies for College Success.  Mason, Ohio. Cengage Learning, 2011.  Print. 

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Arg planning and invention

Possible Argument Topics

Students should be creators.

Students shouldn’t drop out of college.

Students have to be motivated to succeed.

Thesis

(Intro)        

Thesis:        Students should be motivated to succeed and be creators rather than drop out of college.

(P2):            Students should be motivated to succeed.

                             A  Fact-  Summarize-  Short version

                             B  Fact-  Paraphrase-   Other words

                             C  Fact-  Directly Quote-  “………………..”

Direct Quote In text Citation

                       TS-  Students should be motivated to succeed.

                             For Example, when students are motivated, they “………………” (Downing 22).

Paraphrasing/ Summarizing-    According to Downing, the way to be motivated is to have goals (22).

                             On page 22 of On Course, Downing explains that….

(P3):            Students should be creators in their lives.

(P4):            Students shouldn’t drop out.

(P5):            Conclusion.

C/C edit... Beginning Argument Notes.

1.       Does the introduction have a thesis with 6 points.  Look for whereas.

2.       Is there a title?

3.       Is it in MLA format?

4.       Does the intro have at least 4 sentences in front of the thesis?

5.       Is the thesis the last sentence?

6.       Are there at least 8 paragraphs in the right order?

7.       Did they follow the FOO format?

8.       Body paragraphs have at least 8 sentences.

9.       What’s the purpose?

10.   Is there a conclusion with at least 4 sentences?

11.   Underline areas where you think there might be errors. 

Arg Notes... In class.

HW-  Edit C/C and return to me on Friday.