Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Organization and Process

Here’s the process we’re walking (or running) through.

Tomorrow in class, we’ll look for evidence/quotes from the three books and deal with grading.

1) What are the obstacles that you think are the most important/fixable
a. Find 2-4. (For rough drafts)
i. Put in your own words
b. Find page numbers and quotes to help define these obstacles.
i. Explain the quotes (For final drafts)

2) What are the solutions to those obstacles as presented in the books
a. Find 1-2 solutions
i. Put in your own words (for rough drafts)
b. Find page numbers and quotes to help define the solutions
i. Explain the quotes (For final drafts)

3) What are the solutions you or your classmates have come up with?
a. Put 1-2 in your own words
b. Find evidence outside the books to support your ideas.

Organization options
Paragraph 1: Intro (hook, background, thesis)
Paragraph 2: Obstacle 1 (define using texts)
Solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)
Other solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)

Consider adding depth to each body paragraph—add an example of the obstacle and solution from the texts or from other source.

For ex: (obstacle) Angela Whitiker struggled to complete her degree because she lacked reliable childcare. –find quote that explains family structure from CM and/or childcare dilemma in N&D’d

(solution) She would have been able to complete her degree more quickly if she didn’t have that concern and instead could have put her children in a clean, safe, predictable environment, like the ones proposed by Ready By Five.—quote Ready by Five website.

Paragraph 3: Obstacle 2 (define using texts)
Solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)
Other solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)

Paragraph 4: Obstacle 3 (define using texts)
Solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)
Other solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)

Paragraph 5: Obstacle 4 (define using texts)
Solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)
Other solution to obstacle (define using texts, outside sources)

Paragraph 6: C-A: Some might say, others might say, I say. (Right before end or right after intro is a good place for this) Acknowledging the other ideas is a good start.
Conceding/Defeating them as top priorities will be more credible and convincing, thus putting you on the fast track to better score for C-A.

Paragraph 7: Conclusion

9 comments:

Barry W. said...

my papers usually are not organized.. i have been trying to organize better.. also i lost my flash drive after the 1130 class in room c210 if anyone found it please let me know.. my final essay was on there and i need it pretty bad.. thank u with love.. u can reach me via text message at 3604213366.. love barry :)

Barry W. said...

anyupdates would be great.. it has all my info on there.. im in dire need.. thanks to anyone who is honest and helps.. thank you to all..

Kirsten said...

Loosing your flash drive sucks. I lost mine after the 10:30 class the other day. Thankfully peters picked it up =]] Hope you find yours!

SamWofford said...

For me the organizing is the easiest part, your thesis is like the road map, the most difficult part is where to put the thesis.

Barry W. said...

to those of you keeping track at home i found my flash drive. ya!! also sam recently i have started organizing much better.. my thesis comes at teh end of my first paragraph usually.

JLYNN said...

This class has definitely helped me learn how to structure good papers and add quotes and all that good stuff.

LindsyM. said...

Mr. Peters, thank you for talking about organizing your paper. I think that is one of my biggest problems. I have a million things i want to talk about and my paper is all over the place.

Alycia said...

Yeah, I really enjoyed the day we talked about TWIF essays, and how there is two different options to structure that sort of paper. I used the idea of immediate comparison, so i presented my point of what we needed and then presented how to do it. I got the best grade I have recieved on a paper becuase I felt organization didn't need work, so I researched more.

Alycia said...

And Barry...I lost my flashdrive today =/ I feel ya buddy.