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final essay assignment
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday, April 30
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Before midnight on Friday,
May 2, your final paper is due as an emailed attachment, saved
as a .doc or an .rtf file (you can choose which type of file
under the "Save As" menu if you're using the new Word -- pick an
older version, 97-2003). As you're revising, here are the
peer response questions we answered in class; make sure your
essay adequately answers these questions.
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Also due by Friday are any
extra credit assignments.
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For our last time together,
we will gather at my house on Friday, May 9, at 11 a.m. I will
email directions to my house. Also, I have posted a place on
the blog
for you to sign up to bring food to the party if you like.
Wednesday, April 23
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Two hard
copies of a complete draft are due on Monday, April 28.
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New resource:
sample rough draft that
we looked at in class (NOT a finished essay -- it's just a
draft!)
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Don't forget the blog -- your
classmates can be a valuable resource (and I'll be checking the
conversation periodically too.)
Monday, April 21
To help you figure out how best
to solve the problem you're writing about, I've posted a few online
resources in the realm of food and nutrition on our blog. Between
now and Wednesday, I encourage you to post any questions the class
can help you answer (ex.: Are there any Baton Rouge restaurants that
might use pasture-fed beef or pork or free-range chickens?), and
then if you have answers to any of the questions you see, please
post a response in the comments section as well. This space will
serve as our out-of-class discussion forum; if you are looking for
something you can't find, it never hurts to ask. Bring to class:
whatever you have so far, notes, outline, research, drafting, etc.
Wednesday, April 16
- Your first responsibility is to find a topic for this last essay. Once you've done that, move on to your field research.
- On Friday, we won't hold class; instead, use that time to do some field research. Go to the Earth Day celebration on the Parade Grounds, the Farmer's Market on Saturday (here's a map), or Earth Day downtown on Sunday (or all three!).
- For Monday's class, you should bring
your research notes: some of the ways you've started to explore
solutions to the problem you've chosen to write about. Think about what
kind of research you need to do to find the best solution: do you need
to do some taste tests? Bring samples to class. Do you need to do a
cost analysis of different options? A label comparison? Recipe
research? Bring notes from whatever information you've gathered, and
we'll figure out how to use that information to craft a workable
solution (or at least a plan for finding that solution).
Friday, April 11
No
regular class meeting today -- thanks for your good participation in
the conferences. As you're revising your essays, here's a revision Q&A
to help you work towards the best essay possible. Other resources are
in the post below (I added a Works Cited example page), and some
helpful documentation and grammar resources are in the sidebar on your
left.
Essays
are due at the beginning of class Monday: please bring them in your
folder, along with the copies of your essay/outline reviewed
by your group for the conference. Check your ink levels and paper
BEFORE Monday morning; you MUST have a printed draft to turn in as soon
as class begins.
Monday, April 7
In lieu of regular class meetings
for the rest of this week, we will meet in small groups at CC's in
the library. Check the schedule
for your assigned time. Bring your responses to your peers' drafts
and a copy of yours. As you're drafting and revising, here are a
couple of helpful links:
Friday, March 28
Congratulations! You are finished
with 2/3 of your research project (and probably more than that if
you've been gathering information as the presentations have been
going on). From here, you'll write a sustained argumentative
research paper, and we'll work through the steps next week (dealing
with sources, supporting our points, thesis statements, openings and
closings), then we'll meet together in small groups to workshop each
of your drafts.
Coming Up: the LSU Ag
Center is putting on an event called
Ag
Magic, and they are looking for volunteers. If you'd like to
volunteer (or if you just want to go), you can earn extra credit
towards your participation score in the class. Go, learn something
about agriculture, be helpful, and then tell me about it: in about a
page, describe the experience and point out any connections you see
to what we've discussed in class, especially to your own research.
Your written response is due by the last day of class, Friday, May
2. For more information about volunteering, contact Mandy Clayton at
mclayton@agcenter.lsu.edu or Todd Tarifa at
tatarifa@agctr.lsu.edu. Both Mandy and Todd can be reached at
the State 4-H Office at 578-2196.
Monday, March 10
Presentations start this week!
Here is the schedule, in
case you missed the sign-up day, and here is
the assignment sheet for both
the presentation and the longer paper (which you should be working
towards as we go through our presentations).
Friday, March 7
For Monday: bring your two-pocket
folder with the final draft of your essay on one side and all
process work on the other (especially interview notes, any source
material, and the drafts from peer review.)
Wednesday, March 5
For Friday, bring TWO copies of a
complete draft with works cited page for peer review. Also, we'll
sign up for presentation days in class on Friday. Your final draft
for the investigative report is due in class on Monday, March 10;
oral presentations will start on Wednesday, March 12.
Monday, February 25
Beginning the research project:
your job for Wednesday is to email me your focused research question
and to read pages 97-113
in The Curious Researcher.
Wednesday, February 20
For Friday:
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Please read these parts of
chapter 1 in The Curious Researcher: pages 27-29 (stop at
ex. 1.1); pages 34-37 (stop at ex. 1.2, but read the box "What
Makes a Question Researchable?"); and 38-57 (stop at ex. 1.7).
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Also: finish the
food philosophy statement
we started in class on Monday, and bring a typed copy to turn
in.
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Lastly, we will meet in the
library, classroom 230-B on Friday. Bring your ideas!
Friday, February 7
Final drafts of your food memoir
are due at the beginning of class on Monday, February 11.
Please have a 2-pocket folder
ready to turn in with the following:
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In the right pocket, the
final draft of your essay, printed in no larger than 12-point
type, double-spaced, with a heading in the top left hand corner
of the first page listing your name, my name, the course, and
the date. A title for your essay should be centered on the first
line below the heading; the text of the essay should begin on
the next line.
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In the left pocket, put
the drafts and responses from the members of your peer review
group.
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Please make sure your first
and last name appears somewhere on the outside of the folder.
Wednesday, January 23
From now on, you can check your
assignments on the course schedule. I have swapped tonight's
homework and Friday's, so make sure you check the schedule carefully
before you complete the reading.
Friday, January 18
For Wednesday: (Holiday Monday!)
Read
"Two Years" and
"On Kitchens, Kunefe, and Culinary Diplomacy"; Write your first
blog response.
Instructions for how to do so are posted on the blog; your response
is due before class begins on Wednesday. Over the long weekend, you
might start thinking about possible topics worth exploring in this
first essay. We'll spend next week brainstorming and prewriting.
Wednesday, January 16
For Fri.: Read
"Shitty First Drafts" by Anne Lamott; bring something you
consider to be good writing (an excerpt is fine -- no need to bring
the whole text); print and bring your
assignment sheet for Essay #1.
Monday, January 14
Welcome
to English 2000, section 118. Here is the place where you will find most
everything you need for the course, so take some time to look around.
Links to our class information are listed on the left; I'll add to them
frequently. I will post announcements and due dates here in this
column, so you should get used to checking this page
frequently.
For Wednesday:
Read "How to Be a Wise Man" by M.F.K. Fisher and print and
bring your course syllabus (or pick up your course packet at Copies Too).
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