What is Barbie’s full name?

A. Barbara Ann Allen

B. Barbara Susan Jones

C. Barbara Millicent Roberts

D. Barbara Jane Simpson

E. Barbara Joyce Rogers

What was the chapter “Skeptics May Object” about?

What were its main points?

Write an open-ended, interesting question for discussion about “Monkey Love”

Get into groups of four

A. Before 5:00 a.m.

B. Between 5:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.

C. Between 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.

D. Between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

E. After 9:30 a.m.

Write an open-ended, interesting question for discussion about “Monkey Love”

Get into groups of four Decide who woke up the earliest in your group That person is the dealer The dealer should take all of the cards and mix them

up face down The dealer should deal one card to the first group

member He or she has a minute or two to answer the question The rest of the group should then discuss the question

for four minutes When the four minutes are up, the dealer should deal

one card to the next group member and repeat the same answering process

The last card is the dealer’s!

Report Essay

Topic

•often a topic without opposing sides (for example, weightlifting)

•usually a question, proposition, or theory (for example, should parents install spyware on home computers to monitor their children’s activities?)

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Purpose

•to investigate and present information thoroughly and logically

•to articulate a well-argued response to a question or proposition through examples and references•to present a writer’s informed theories and opinions•to analyze or argue a point

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Reader

•one who intends to gain knowledge on the subject (reading for reference)

•reasonably intelligent, thoughtful adults who will have opinions on the topic (some may disagree with the thesis)

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Format

•often uses Chicago style (footnotes and bibliography)•depends heavily on sources•comprises sections with headings

•MLA format (in-text citations, works cited page)•integrates sources•usually does not include sections

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Style

•has to be objective•presents information to the reader

•can be subjective•writer uses sources to create a conversation•sources are commented upon, elaborated, or exemplified by writer

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Assessment

Success depends on:•the demonstration of good research skills•the objective presentation of relevant information

Success depends on:•the interest of the argument•how the essay relates one point to the next and how well it establishes the position•having a clear, readable, interesting style

Facebook is a social networking phenomenon that has taken the United States by storm and gained universal popularity. Facebook has more than one-half trillion members; 1 out of every 12 people on the planet has a Facebook account. More than 70% of those accounts are outside of the United States. Membership grows by almost three-quarters of a million people each day. If Facebook were a country, only China and India would surpass it in population (Grossman, 2010). About a billion new pieces of information are posted on Facebook each day (Stengel, 2010). Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook as a Web service from his Harvard University dorm room in February 2004 when he was a 19-year-old student. Last December, Time named the Facebook founder its 2010 Person of the Year. The now 26-year-old joins a list of honorées who have included American Presidents, royalty, and Nobel Laureates.

(Siegle, D.. "Facing Facebook: A Guide for Nonteens. " Gifted Child Today 1 Apr. 2011: General Interest Module, ProQuest. Web. 16 Mar. 2011.)

But Facebook friends and social networking are not adequate substitutes for authentic friendship. We long for relationships with people who know us so well that their lives impact and influence ours. Young people love the high-tech world of multitasking and interactive media, but like the rest of us, they long for personal intimacy. On our campus, we are converting spaces in dorms back to common rooms because of the increasing desire of undergraduates to gather together in small groups.

We may have multiple social networks and thousands of acquaintances and still find ourselves profoundly lonely. A sociological study found that between 1985 and 2004 the average American's number of close confidants declined from three to two, and that those reporting "no close confidants" jumped from 10 to 25 percent. Lynn Smith-Lovin, one of the study's authors, noted that "you usually don't expect major features of social life to change very much from year to year or even decade to decade." But the data suggest a "remarkable drop" in the number and quality of friendships in American culture. The findings also confirm and amplify my anecdotal sense that more and more "connected" people, from CEOs to talented youth and young adults, are struggling with loneliness.

(Jones, L. Gregory. "My Facebook friends." Christian Century 15 July 2008: 35. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Mar. 2011.)

I told some students on Essay #1 that I wanted to see them at the end of class. If you did not check your essay grade/feedback and therefore are not sure if you are one of those students, please see me at the break and I will let you know.

The human species is in peril of becoming extinct. Each country with space shuttles has two days to send a group of people to the Space Station to live indefinitely in order to repopulate the Earth, should things progress to total annihilation. The United States’ powers-that-be have chosen its five-member mission crew and have narrowed its passenger pool to the below twenty-six healthy people. Your job as the commander is to create a seven-person passenger list. The passengers must be able to aid in repopulation and in sustaining life inside the Space Station and afterward in the post-Apocalypticworld. Record your reasoning for each choice.

Decide who the other six passengers will be

Explain how you chose the six passengers in a paragraph for each

A. Yes

B. I think so, but I don’t remember any of it!

C. No

Link

A. Put All Your Cards on the Table/ “Monkey Love” discussion

B. Report vs. Essay

C. Critical Thinking Exercise

D. Lord of the Flies Introduction

E. “Skeptics May Object”/ “So What? Who Cares”

A. Paraphrasing/Quoting

B. Essay #2

C. “Skeptics May Object”/ “So What? Who Cares?”

D. Report vs. Essay

E. “Monkey Love”

Due Tuesday, March 3 at 11:55 p.m.:

Complete two peer reviews for Essay #2 on Turnitin

Due Thursday, March 5 at 11:55 p.m.:

Post to the weekly discussion on Moodle

Due Sunday, March 8 at 11:55 p.m.:

Submit to PaperRater.com and send the results to me

Submit your final draft of Essay #2 to Turnitin

Respond to at least two students in the Moodle discussion

Due Monday, March 9 at 11:55 p.m.:

Watch the EP video lessons “Writing for Your Audience” and take the quiz

Due Tuesday, March 10 at the beginning of class:

Read “As a Result” (Chapter 8 of They Say/I Say) and come to class prepared to discuss

Read chapters 1-6 of Lord of the Flies and complete the Metacognitive Reading Log