Today in class...
We started off by drafting out ideas for the rubric in which our Digital-Media History paper would be graded on. Miss Lang instructed the class to go to the class blog where we would find a list of instructions telling us to individually make a list of five things in which we found would be important to include in our paper in order to properly respond to the prompt and create an overall good paper. After completing this on our own, we got into groups where each person shared their list. Collectively the group talked about what they found to be the most important and created a new list with these items listed and ranked by the order of importance. Once each of the groups agreed on a list, they typed them into the document posted on the class blog site so that they could be displayed on the overhead projector and the class could talk about it as a whole. The complete list of these instructions is found on the class blog page which can be found below.
http://enc1101-26.blogspot.com/
When all of the lists were presented to the class we found that many of the concepts we included we very similar. Together we went through each groups list, talked about what they included and went through and clarified any uncertainties. The document including what each of the five groups found to be the five most important concepts is posted below. The things highlighted are what we collectively found to be most important and are what Miss Lang will most heavily take into consideration when creating a final rubric which will be posted on the class blog tonight, September 26th.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_AgE0Eq-gwcWB3Pi7Yy3DaP1Q7R94BDmX6LJVOM7bKg/edit
We then turned to page 379 in The McGraw Hill Handbook, where Miss Lang introduced to us a sample MLA paper. This is a good resource to turn to in order to verify that your paper is in the correct format and follows the MLA style. Some of the most important things to remember about MLA format are:
~Heading should follow the format of
Name
Teacher
Course
Date (16 May 2008)
~ Paper should be double-spaced throughout
~ 1'' margins on all sides
~Heading should be at the top right of the page with a 1/2'' margin and structured as Last name page number ( Hoffman 1). This header should carry on to each of the pages that follow with only the page number changing from page to page.
~Paper should include a title that is NOT Digital-Media History, and should be centered NOT bold, underlined, or italicized.
Listed below is a website which also goes over the important aspects of MLA format or you should refer to page 379 in the Handbook.
http://www.csus.edu/owl/index/mla/mla_format.htm
In order to prepare our papers for final revision, we referred to an editing exercise posted on the class blog page. During this exercise we read sentences posted on the website focusing on some aspect of writing (ex. commas, voice, wordiness, etc). We then referred to The McGraw-Hill Handbook to learn the rules about the specified topic and then fixed the sentences. These sentences can be found on the link to the enc1101 blog (class blog page) which is posted above.
The class wrapped up after editing these sentences. The class was instructed to have the final draft ready to be turned in for next class (Friday October 28) along with all other rough drafts. Also the class should read The McGraw Hill Handbook, "Image Interpretations," and bring the handbook to the next class. In addition the class should bring an album cover along with song lyrics to the next class for analysis. A complete list of these assignments along with other upcoming assignments can be found through the link below which will redirect you to the class calendar.
http://enc1101-26.blogspot.com/p/class-calendar.html
Helpful Links:
How to put your paper in MLA format using Microsoft word on a mac: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjP4jUVE8i0
DIGITAL-MEDIA HISTORY PAPER OFFICIAL RUBRIC:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y0PBpDk_aUAoIXZ_oxmXcgDlts-OXoNxNcbDv7aynt0/edit
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