ENGL106 Assignments

Assignment for Wednesday and Thursday, August 3 and 4

2005-08-02T09:06:00.000-05:00

Conferences are optional—sign up for a time in class on Tuesday or email to request a time. No coursework accepted for credit after Wednesday, August 3.

Assignment for Tuesday, August 2

2005-08-01T09:21:00.000-05:00

Proposal is due. Be sure to include draft, additional documentation, and other required materials for Proposal; prepare a presentation of your proposal for the class.

Assignment for Monday, August 1

2005-07-29T08:44:00.000-05:00

Peer Revision Workshop on draft of Proposal: bring a complete draft of your proposal project. Part of the class period will be spent on composing the “additional documentation” required for the project (see assignment instructions http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~roses/106/Exp%20Rep%20and%20Prop%20Assignment.doc

Assignment for Conferences July 27 and 28

2005-07-26T09:03:00.000-05:00

Bring a sample of the format for your proposal. We will also discuss how you plan to integrate first-hand research into your proposal.

In-Class Exercises for Monday, July 25

2005-07-25T08:45:00.000-05:00

Reflecting on writing Explanatory Report
Take a few minutes to write responses to the following questions:
1. How was this report different from other reports you have written?
2. Did you consider including any visual component in your explanatory report? If so, did you include it and what challenges did it present? If not, why not?
3. If you had all the time you needed and could be sure you would succeed, how would you try to change your explanatory report?
4. What should I do differently next time I use this assignment for English 106 students?

Planning for the Proposal: Anticipating Objections
1. Summarize your proposal in writing, including the following
a. State the problem in one sentence
b. State your proposed solution in one sentence
c. Identify the audience for your proposal as specifically as possible
d. Describe the format you plan to use for your proposal

2. Exchange proposals with a classmate and role play the part of the intended audience. Raise as many reasonable objections to the proposal as you can, such as:
a. Is it too costly?
b. Will it take too long to be effective?
c. Is it impractical?
d. Is it ethically objectionable?
e. Any other objections you can think of

3. Sketch out a plan for any remaining research to be done.

Assignment for Tuesday, July 26

2005-07-25T08:43:00.000-05:00

Read the sections on “Observation” (pp. 519-522) and “Surveys” (pp. 526-532) in Call to Write. Identify and begin conducting any remaining first-hand research (surveys, interviews, observations) you need to support your proposal.

Assignment for Monday, July 25

2005-07-22T08:47:00.000-05:00

Review draft of Explanatory Report is due. Review Chapter 10 of Call to Write

Assignment for Indidivual Conferences, July 20 and 21

2005-07-19T08:33:00.000-05:00

Bring an outline of your Explanatory Report to your conference. For some guidelines on writing the Explanatory Report, see the Assignment Instructions and the “More Guidelines” handout.

Instructions for In-Class exercises for Monday, July 18

2005-07-18T09:04:00.000-05:00

Reflecting on Writing: Take several minutes to write a response to the following questions. You may discuss with your project teammates.
i. What was the most difficult part of your process and how did you overcome the difficulty
1. finding appropriate sources?
2. evaluating
3. choosing sources?
4. writing annotations for sources?
5. preparing the bibliographic citations?
ii. What aspects of the project did you enjoy the most?
iii. What is one of the most important things you learned?
iv. If you had unlimited time to work on the project, how would the final result be different?
b. Brief discussion of reflection; how should instruction or class time and conference time be used differently next time I teach this?
c. Please turn in a print copy

Examining how scholars introduce and integrate sources into their writing
a. Download from your email and create your own Word copy of the sample article sent to you.
i. Highlight sentences in which information from sources is used.
ii. Put introductory works in bold
b. Go over results together.
c. Turn in by sending via email to roses@purdue.edu
d. If time, have students do the same for one of their sources.

Assignment for Tuesday, July 19

2005-07-18T08:41:00.000-05:00

Read Chapter 10 of Call to Write, "Proposals: Formulating and Solving Problems." To be prepared for class on Tuesday, you will need to have read pp. 338-343 and 354-368.

Assignment for Monday, July 18

2005-07-15T09:15:00.000-05:00

Annotated Bibliography is Due.
Read Call to Write Chapter 13 “Working With Sources” to prepare for writing your Explanatory Report.

CORE tutorial, due Monday, July 11, 2005

2005-07-08T11:27:00.000-05:00

Guys:

Remember this weekend's assignment: Go to www.lib.purdue.edu. Click on CORE. Create an account. Do the tutorial. (You don't have to get perfect scores, but do take the time to look at all the stuff so that you have some familiarity with the library when we meet on Monday.) Send the results to plynch@purdue.edu. Email me there if you have questions.

Thanks for the great discussion today.

Paul

Assignment for Tuesday, July 5

2005-07-01T08:51:00.000-05:00

Remember: Class does not meet on Monday, July 4th. Celebrate Independence Day! Peer workshop draft of Public Document is due Tuesday. Each group brings one draft.

Assignment for Friday, July 1

2005-06-30T08:12:00.000-05:00

Find one or more examples of petitions (or whatever type of Public document your group has chosen to compose) and bring them to class.

One place to start is the following websites, which have many examples of petitions:
http://www.ipetitions.com/index.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/petition.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/

Continue background research for your Public Document. What is the current state of affairs for the specific issues you are addressing? What background reading do you need to do? To whom can you talk to get necessary information? To whom should the petition be addressed (or, who is the intended audience for your Public Document)?

Assignment for Conferences, Wed and Thurs, June 29 and 30

2005-06-28T14:00:00.000-05:00

To prepare for your conference this week,
1) check the list below to find your fellow group members, Public Document topic, group meeting time, and group conference time.
2) at your group meeting (you may hold this anywhere; HEAV 223, which has tables and chairs and ITaP computers, will be available), do the following:
a. decide if you will work with this topic or a different one (you will keep these same group members)
b. write a Statement of Purpose and a Plan for Completion for your Public Document on your topic of choice
i. the Statement of Purpose should briefly explain the situation that you want your public document to address and identify the primary audience
ii. the Plan for Completion should outline what library or internet research needs to be done, list names of people you need to talk to find out more information, include your schedule for group meetings, and indicate who will do which tasks.
3) At your group conference with Professor Rose be prepared to discuss you Statement of Purpose and Plan for Completion

Unlimited printing policy at ITaP labs
9:30 Wednesday group planning meeting (meet in HEAV 223)
10:00 Wednesday group conference with Professor Rose (meet in HEAV 124)
Kory Sheets
Shuanna Heidegger
Kaleigh Evans

Student discount at the movies
10:00 Wednesday: group planning meeting (HEAV 223)
10:30 Wednesday: group conference with Professor Rose (HEAV 124)
Chris Hawkins
Upasana Jarori
Emily Schweikhardt

Cheaper textbooks for students
9:30 Thursday Group planning meeting (HEAV 223)
10:00 Thursday Group conference with Professor Rose (HEAV 214)
Ramman Hossain
Katie Connell
Michael Winges

Better preparation for TAs
10:00 Thursday Group panning meeting (Heav 223)
10:30 Thursday
Jack Williams
Zach Logan

Assignment for Tuesday, June 28

2005-06-27T09:05:00.000-05:00

Read first half of Chapter 6 on “public documents” in Call to Write (pp.186-208). Be prepared to discuss the sample public documents in class.

Assignment for Monday, June 27

2005-06-24T07:44:00.000-05:00

Profile is due! Remember to review the assignment instructions to make sure you’ve followed all of the guidelines and met all of the criteria. http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~roses/106/ProfileAssignInstructions.doc

Begin reading Chapter 6 of Call to Write (3rd ed.) “Public Documents: Codifying Beliefs and Practices.” Complete the exercise on page 187 “Exploring your Experience.”

Assignment for Friday, June 27

2005-06-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

Bring a full draft of your Profile in electronic form—either on a jump drive, a 3.5 floppy, or accessible by email. Also bring a printed copy.

Assignment for conferences on June 22 and 23

2005-06-21T09:05:00.000-05:00

Bring written progress report on the Profile with your plans for completion, including details about interviewing your subject(s), other research to be completed, and time to be set aside for composing rough draft, draft for workshop on Friday, June 24, and revision to be turned in on Monday, June 27

Assignment for Tuesday, June 21

2005-06-20T15:37:00.000-05:00

Assignment for Tuesday, June 21
Re-read the sample profiles on pp 222-244 and 257-260 of your textbook (Call to Write) and come to class prepared to work with classmates on analysis of strategies for organizing information and for selecting details to convey a dominant impression of the subject.

Rose English 106 Assignment Log

2005-06-20T15:00:00.000-05:00

Homework for Monday, June 20
a. Contact your profile subject and set up an interview time or timeline/deadline for email interview.
b. Prepare a list of five possible interview questions;
c. Bring two samples of profiles from your chosen venue for publishing your profile.