Extra Credit Reminder

Don't forget that your extended (4-page) drafts are due at our next class (Tue).

For those of you who would like extra credit, I will give 5 points to the first three people who e-mail me their 4-page drafts--but you must e-mail me before noon on Monday!

Have a good weekend!

Class Schedule

Dear Class,
I'm back! We will be having class as usual tomorrow. Be prepared with your 2-page typed drafts. Some of you have been asking what should be in those drafts. I think you should focus on having an effective thesis statement and at least one well-developed body section. At this point, I would NOT worry about fancy introductions or including every piece of information you've found.

Since we didn't have class yesterday, I'll explain changes to our calendar tomorrow.

p.s. Thanks again for the comments. I'm feeling much better, but I will keep my distance in case I'm still germy. :)

Class Cancelled TUE, 10.27

Dear Class,
I'm still sick so class is canceled tomorrow. We'll go over your two-page drafts on Thursday instead. Please check back here in a day or two for further announcements from me.
Take care & stay healthy!

Announcements & Search Tips

Homework:
Don't forget! Your 2-page TYPED rough drafts are due on Tuesday, 10/27.

Extra Credit e-mailed Drafts:
As I mentioned in class, I'll give 5 points extra credit to the FIRST THREE people who e-mail me their rough drafts. We'll be looking at excerpts from these in class on Tuesday. You do not have to e-mail me if you're aren't trying to get the extra credit.

Search Tips:
1) When you go to google.com, click on the little "Advanced Search" link to the right of the search bar. Towards the bottom of the page, there's an option to Search Within a Site or Domain. You can try typing in .edu to narrow your search to just school institution websites.
2) Try Google Scholar. It narrows your search down to scholarly articles, suggests relevant articles, and more! Try it out: http://scholar.google.com/
3) Here's the link to the article about how that student posted the fake quote about a composer on Wikipedia and then a bunch of journalists actually used that fake quote in their articles about the composer. Quick and fun read--and one more reminder of why we use Wikipedia to find general information but not as a reliable source in our papers. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30699302/wid/11915829?GT1=40006
4) Remember to try chatting with a librarian if you get stuck! Go to http://library.fullcoll.edu/ and start typing in the box if it says "fclibrarian is online."
5) If you find something online that's available through a database that FC doesn't have but that CSFU *does* have, you can follow these instructions when you go to the CSUF campus library:
The library is open to the public and anyone can come in and use Project Muse while in the library. You will want to get a guest log-on. Do this on the 1st floor of the the North Library Building at the Information Learning Commons support desk. This password will be good in the library until we close that night. Then you can use any computer in the library to access Project Muse.

10.15 Announcements

1) On Tuesday, do not go to our regular classroom--go to Room 827 of the library (2nd floor, by the presidential doll collection).

2) Bring your Works Cited list on Tuesday. I'll check these in while the librarian goes over databases and other research strategies. She'll also give you time to research. If you have any specific questions about finding sources, bring your questions.

For your reference: sample research paper

http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf

Tips on Research Strategies...

Here are some notes from today's class:

http://www.sartuno.com/classdocs/Research_Strategies.doc

Research Project: Announcements & Notes

Here are the notes from today's class. Please read through them.

http://www.sartuno.com/classdocs/ResearchProcessandCreatingResearchQuestions.doc

As noted on the calendar, we'll be working with our research questions during our next class meeting. So, come to class prepared on Tuesday with 2-3 potential research questions (again, review the notes I posted for ideas and guidelines). If you've already chosen 1 question to research, even better. Since your research proposals are due next Thursday, start skimming through sources now.

Once you've decided on a particular research question, check the comments here to make sure nobody's already chosen that same question. Then post it here so that there won't be too much overlap between your projects.

I will discuss the midterm on Tuesday. For this weekend, just work on coming up with research questions and reading up on them to find out what's already being said about those topics.

Announcements

For your homework for Thursday, just read the "Hollywood Eye" article. No blog response this time. However, do be prepared for a reading quiz at our next class; the quiz will cover the Reading Lolita and Persepolis excerpts, as well as the "Hollywood Eye" article.

Post #11 & Announcements

Dear Class,
For your new blog post, read through the Reading Lolita and Persepolis excerpts. Both works address the changes that were brought about in Iran by the Islamic Revolution. What specific strategies do the works use to explore their themes?

Also, I will be distributing your article for 10/8 in class on Tuesday. There will be some changes to the calendar, so stay tuned!