I. Open floor
II. Grammar exam/key
III. Next week (September 19-24)
i. Monday: Understanding your audience
ii. Wednesday: Selecting and integrating credible sources
iii. Friday: Steenbock Library session
VI. (Optional) supplemental readings
V. Learn@UW class pages
I. Any general thoughts, concerns or questions about the course so far?
II. The grammar portion of the course is over. Yay! I would like to apologize for my exam key snaffoo on Friday. Heather's original key was fine. I just over-thought those two questions and convinced myself they were wrong. Meg, thanks for setting me straight!...When each of you has finished grading the exam, would you mind reporting (via the comments) your class average? Also, could each of you note frequently missed questions by your students? This will help us refine the exam in the future.
III. Next week we get into the meat of the course.
i. This a brief and fairly straightforward lecture, so feel free to punch it up with relevant examples and anecdotes, or use the extra time to have a deeper discussion about the reading (or to discuss the commercials on the last slide)...Also, please remember to give your students the topic approval form (due on Wednesday) and the CLUE assignment (due on Friday).
ii. In the past, I've found that this lecture takes the whole class period, especially if you show the Colbert Report clip...I usually spend the bulk of the lecture discussing web sites, since students have a hard time determining which ones are credible. I also emphasize (and re-emphasize) that Wikipedia is not a credible source and that they will lose points if I see a wiki page referenced in their papers...SN: Please remind your students that the next class is the library session and will be held in the basement computer lab of Steenbock.
iii. Inevitably, someone will come to the classroom on Friday, so I'll place a sign on the door saying that we're in Steenbock. I recommend that you arrive at Steenbock a few minutes prior to your class and hang out in the basement study area so stray/lost students see you...Please collect CLUE assignments at the beginning of class (Sometimes the librarian wants them, and sometimes she doesn't. If she doesn't, just toss them). Then sit back and relax. You don't have to do a thing.
IV. Meg has uploaded two additional readings to the TAC: "Writing About Science" (which she authored) and a progress progress report that she edited for style and grammar. Both of these documents may be useful reference materials to you and your students; the first provides strategies for crafting science articles/papers that are effective and accessible, and the second is a great example of the importance editing and reworking a composition. I encourage all of us to upload useful supplemental readings to the TAC throughout the semester.
V. Haley and Mollie, do either of you have a Learn@UW class page?
That's it! Let the commenting begin. Have a good weekend!
Camille
For some reason I thought I posted a comment but maybe it didn't "stick."
ReplyDeleteMy class average for the grammar quiz was 92.5%... It didn't seem like any sections were particularly problematic. The quiz does seem a bit easy to me... I noticed while grading that some associated words (like effect/affect and who/whom were RIGHT next to each other; might be worthwhile to mix up that section more). What does everyone else think?
Heather
I agree with you Heather. We should probably mix up that section on next semester's quiz.
ReplyDeleteMy class average was 91.3...Does anyone else feel that the quiz is too easy? My class average this semester is the highest I've ever had. Usually, most of my students score Bs on the quiz.
BTW, I just noticed on the syllabus that one of the 9/21 readings is (slightly) mislabeled. It should say "Integrating Sources...", not "Selecting Sources...".
I agree with the test being easy--my average was 93%.
ReplyDeleteI have access to Learn@UW now, and it's great!
Also, is there an assignment sheet for the Expository Paper? Or is the information on one of the last slides in the first lecture their guide?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I keep forgetting to look on line. I think the grammar quiz is too easy, too, and not one of them missed the their/they're ... most of the errors are in the difficult ones like 10/11, data show, etc. mostly clustered in agreement issues. Not one error in passive, but some missed cues in the nominalized section. I don't have my average handy but I had 9 As, 4 ABs, 5 Bs and 1 BC.
ReplyDeleteMolly asked about the Exlanatory paper, that info is on the slides in the beginning of Weds.
Hey all,
ReplyDeleteThe quiz was pretty easy for most of my class. I hate to say it, but the football players in my class brought the average down significantly :(. With those poor scores (there were four of them, I believe) my average was about 89. The common errors were the agreement issues.