23 Class TUE NOV 22

23 Class TUE NOV 22

Writing Center Help when you need it.

Located in the Campbell Library but currently operating virtually, the Writing Center offers help to students from experienced tutors eager to assist their peers by appointment.

Rowan Writing Center tutors provide opportunities that enable student writers to discover and develop effective writing and composing practices. We offer a space where writers of many genres can find support at any stage of the writing process.  From brainstorming ideas, organizing them, revising drafts and checking citations, the RWC and its tutors provide a comfortable environment for students to improve and succeed.

Link to the Rowan Writing Center website. Register here, “meet the tutors,” and make an appointment.


Deep Dive Lyrical Analysis

Not that you have much choice (well, you could walk out!), but I hope you’ll indulge me in listening to a Ben Folds song whose lyrics I both very much admire and nevertheless ruthlessly critique.

I do so partly to amuse myself and you, but importantly to encourage you that I am brutal even to work I really love. So much about this song is genius, and so much of it makes me cringe.

Listen along and read along, please.

The Luckiest (Ben Folds Five)


Riddle: The Missing Dollar Paradox


A Case Study: Maintaining Control

This is a brilliant opening. A brilliant opening of which anyone should be proud. A brilliant opening that goes wrong almost immediately and surrenders the ground it firmly established.

Women have to work harder in every aspect of life. Thankfully in today’s world, the fight for gender equality has progressed greatly. Despite this progression, there are still some kinks to work out, even in something that unites the world like sports. Throughout the years sports organizations and media have been under fire about the unfair treatment of genders and lack of female representation in televised sports. Women in sports have constantly fought to be represented and respected by not only their male counterparts but the world as a whole. 

  1. Women have to work harder in every aspect of life.
    —What a brilliant first sentence. It unapologetically maps out the territory and the rules. This writer is in command of the subject matter.
  2. Thankfully in today’s world, the fight for gender equality has progressed greatly.
    —And then, gives it back. Women have had to work harder, BUT things are improving. I didn’t really mean it. Pay no attention to me.
  3. Despite this progression, there are still some kinks to work out, even in something that unites the world like sports.
    —No, wait. women do still have to work harder while the kinks are worked out, even in sports, where we wouldn’t expect them to have to fight for equality.
  4. Throughout the years sports organizations and media have been under fire about the unfair treatment of genders and lack of female representation in televised sports.
    —As I was saying in the first sentence, the Olympics, international sports leagues, media outlets, EVERYONE in fact, continues to treat women unfairly.
  5. Women in sports have constantly fought to be represented and respected by not only their male counterparts but the world as a whole. 
    —What was I thinking? “Gender equality has progressed greatly?” That’s what they WANT US to think! I call bullshit on that!
  6. Women have to work harder in every aspect of life, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL SPORT!

Where does it go wrong? In the second sentence.


Second Grade for your White Paper

When I catch up on Feedback Please requests, my next order of business will be to revisit your White Papers to see how they’re progressing. If you’ve already posted your Causal and Rebuttal sources, written Purposeful Summaries, and updated your Hypotheses and Current State sections, you’ll do fine on the regrade.


Writing Advice

Kevin Youklis Wield Your Statistics

Take Home Task

39 Responses to 23 Class TUE NOV 22

  1. shepardspy's avatar shepardspy says:

    If help is needed when it comes to writing, then the Rowan Writing Center is a good place to go. Moreover, they have in-person tutoring and online resources as well. They have good hours too.
    The White Paper will receive a second grade. Therefore, it is important that I post my casual/rebuttal sources, write purposeful summaries, and update my hypotheses and current state section.
    Your statistics should be used as tools. Moreover, like a bat.
    The statistics by themselves mean nothing unless it is placed within context.
    It’s considered socially insensitive to automatically use male pronouns where a person’s gender is not known.
    Sometimes completely eliminating pronouns allows for a grammatically correct sentence.
    affect is a verb, effect is a noun.

    • davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

      Very nice Notes, Shep. I’m glad to see your commitment to updating your White Paper. It will save you trouble later when you build your Annotated Bibliography.

      3/3

  2. Liz McCaffery's avatar ilovecoffee says:

    -Be bold and brief in your opening sentence
    -catch up on work and rewrites/revisions
    -current state section update
    -wielding your statistics is like using a bat to drive the ball out of the park
    -your sources should be able to clearly solidify your facts and make your argument extremely strong
    -use statistic to nail down claim or use it to supplement your claim before explaining what you mean by it
    -evidence is all a matter of timing your reader to yours and only your conclusion
    -you tell your readers what they should think
    -I think that sentence 4 is the sentence that is useless because it gives no description on what we should think of that number, it simply says that 10% of women experience it.
    -It’s is a contraction for it is. Its is possessive for it.
    -because means reason for that
    -you can not assume someone’s gender, you must use they/them and their/theirs
    -you can use he or she in a sentence but it can get confusing
    -commas go inside a quote, always
    -affect is a verb, effect is a noun
    -if you would not pronounce it, do not write it
    -everybody, everyone, everything are all singular, so they need to be used with he/she

  3. kaboom10's avatar kaboom10 says:

    White paper should be updated soon.
    White paper grades will go down if not enough material is posted.
    Wielding your statistics should be used as a bat in your hand trying to hit a homerun.
    Statistics without direction and velocity are useless.
    Readers need to be told how your number compares to the range of possible numbers.
    Statistics mean nothing until you place them into context.
    Always check if you actually need a pronoun.

  4. bullymaguire29's avatar bullymaguire29 says:

    – Get everything ported into your White Paper!
    – wield your statistics as a hammer
    – drive your points like a nail
    – use your numbers in context to others
    – show where your points stands in relativity to others
    – They’re, their, and there
    – it’s and its
    – use them correctly!!!!!!
    – Using “them” is not academically correct
    – just like in regular day life, one person cannot be a “them” since it’s made up John Money
    gender nonsense.
    – use plural pronouns or no pronouns when speaking of peoples
    – affect is verb
    – effect is a noun
    – affectation is the noun form of the verb
    – double quotes for everything in Murica
    – single quotes inside doubles
    – NO USING “YOU”
    – apostrophes belong in the right place based on who owns what

  5. grizzlybear16's avatar grizzlybear16 says:

    Wheelding your statistics
    Statistics without velocity are useless
    You will find your own approach to using them
    Stats will nail down your claim
    Be Careful with antecedents reader could lose their place
    Go with plurals to avoid social insensitivity
    Ditch certain pronouns that aren’t necessary
    Referring to the reader as “you” in academic writing is prohibited

  6. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

    I come down hard in favor of making bold claims early primarily because the writing problem I have to most often correct is the failure to make any clear claims in the opening paragraph.

    If you can capture your reader’s attention and hold it throughout your introduction without stating your thesis, by all means you’ll find good company among very fine writers.
    3/3

  7. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

    To be clear: “– Periods and Comma inside quotes is also a mistake that i commonly make.” Periods and Commas INSIDE QUOTES is NOT a mistake. 🙂
    3/3

  8. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

    10-15 sources as needed. 15 is not a requirement.
    3/3

  9. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

    Amusing (troubling?) that in your Notes about snuggling your periods and commas INSIDE the quotation marks you—three times!—left them out in the cold. 🙂

    1. “out of the park”.
    2. “just a bag of balls”.
    3. “for the reason that”,

    3/3

  10. xephos1's avatar xephos1 says:

    My favorite song lyric is from “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits. “Listen here, now that ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it, you play the guitar on the MTV, That ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it, Money for nothin’, and your chicks for free.”
    Bonus: I’m also fond of this lyric from “Piano Man” by Billy Joel. “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man Sing us a song tonight, Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feelin’ alright”

    Make sure to get help from the Writing Center when you need it

    Riddle
    A waiter mistakenly bills three women for $30 when the bill was actually $25
    He gives $1 back to each lady and puts $2 in his pocket
    Where is the missing dollar?
    The confusion is in the statement that the ladies each paid $9
    There is no missing dollar

    A Case Study
    In just the first sentence the author already establishes authority
    The writer is in command on the subject matter
    It can be really easy to lose your advantage
    The author had the goods to back their paper up but they threw it away.

    Second Grade for Your White Paper
    After he goes through feedback, Professor Hodges will be rechecking our white papers

    Writing Advice
    Statistics are useless if you don’t know how to use them
    You can fail for improper grammar
    Punctuation goes inside the quotation marks
    You almost never use single quotes
    Never use “you” in your writing

  11. peanut2348's avatar peanut2348 says:

    Professor recommended the writing center for help if needed
    Professor had us choose one of our favorite song lyrics
    Mine is
    Yeah, I chose happiness over everything
    Over anything and it’s everything
    Yeah, happiness over everything
    Over anything and it’s everything to me
    By Jhene aiko
    went over a riddle “The Missing Dollar”
    Turns out there was no missing dollar
    Professor is going in with a 2nd grade on white paper
    A low 50% is a mere 50%
    grammar fails (13 Rules)
    Count and noncount was a rule everyone voted on to go over because we had trouble on it

  12. fatboy489zt's avatar fatboy489zt says:

    The writing center is a good way to improve your writing, so apply for an appointment.

    Stop going back on your writing and actually explain your claims when bringing them up

    “Statistics without direction and velocity are useless.”

    Context is extremely important when giving statistics out to the readers. How will they know if it is an improvement or a downgrade if you are just throwing numbers at them?

    There is a big difference when saying “as low as 50%” and “as high as 50%”

    Grammar is important in your writing. Yes you can fail because of grammar so make sure that everything is good.

    When describing the amount or number or something, it is connected to the question so we have to see what question we are asking first. Ex. “How much” = amount; “how many” = number

    Unless they identify as “they”, we don’t call one person “they” because it is only one person and not a group of people.

  13. shxrkbait's avatar shxrkbait says:

    11/22 Class Notes
    – The academic writing center is a tool we can use to receive help with our writing. We can make an appointment online to meet with a tutor as soon as tomorrow.
    The second round of grading will be given to our white papers. Our white paper is important to show the sources which we are consulting in order to make conclusions for our paper.
    – When deploying statistics in our writing it is important to use statistics and explain the context and decide whether or not that number is good or bad. If we just give the statistic and don’t claim whether or not the result is good or bad then readers don’t know the relevance of the statistic.
    – A quote that is inside of a quote should be marked using singular quotation marks.
    – Excessive use of pronouns is prohibited in our writing. We do not need to specify a single gender in our writing. Almost all of the time we can eliminate gender from our writing.

  14. giantsfan224's avatar giantsfan224 says:

    – Use the Rowan writing center to receive any last minute help.
    – Be in command of the subject matter throughout, don’t give that command back.
    – It is very easy to lose our advantage if we are not careful.
    – Without direction and velocity, statistics are pointless if you “hit them where they ain’t.”
    – Words/numbers that are the same can mean the exact opposite if the words we use to describe them are “good” or “bad.” (full 50%/ mere 50%)
    – Refine my white paper, it will make the annotated bibliography an easy assignment.
    – many = number / amount= mass or weight
    – Stop using singular nouns with plural pronouns or vise versa.
    -Don’t be gender insensitive.

  15. mochaatrain's avatar mochaatrain says:

    -Favorite Song Lyric: “Now stop what your doing ’cause I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you used to.”
    -Last chance to get help from the writing center. (highly recommended)
    -It’s very easy to lose your advantage even with a strong opening sentence. Got to have the goods to back it up.
    -putting the raw data from sources into the white paper is a good way to take in material and practice with it before going back and revising the short arguments.
    -We don’t have to restrict the bibliography to just the sources cited in the short arguments.
    -Give context to statistics. How was it compared to last year or compared to others? What makes it great compared to other statistics? A percentage can’t emphasize anything if the announcer doesn’t make it known whether it is high or low.
    -Our work can fail for grammar.
    -PERIODS GO INSIDE QUOTATION MARKS!!! GEEEEZ
    -single quotes apply for headlines and when a quote is inside a double quotation.
    -the amount of children is asking the mass of the children.
    -“How many children,” is asking the number of children.
    -“How much children,” is asking the weight of the children.
    -Singular nouns cannot be represented by plural pronouns unless under strict rules that allow otherwise.
    -Almost all the time, we can eliminate pronouns in writing.

  16. gobirds17's avatar gobirds17 says:

    Class Notes-

    Favorite song lyric-

    “Well, the sign at the church says “I’ll reap what I’m sowin'”
    But I ain’t lost sleep, it’ll come in due time
    And if the Lord wants to take me, I’m here for the taking
    ‘Cause Hell’s probably better than tryin’ to get by”
    Hard Times- Tyler Childers (Red Barn Radio- Live Version)

    I don’t personally relate to the specific struggle in this song but I guess it can be applied to anyone in different circumstances. The words accompanied by the struggle in his voice illustrate a very powerful story. Highly recommend this to anyone who appreciates music.

    Case Study-

    When we start with a bold claim don’t immediately walk it back

    Not all 50%’s are the same-

    Statistics are tools and we can manipulate them to argue our point. Take 50% for example. This can be a really good number in certain circumstances. Say we were in a drought and the amount of rainfall is 50% higher than last month that’s great. In other cases 50% pass rate on a test is an awful 50%.

    Grammar-

    Can fail for bad grammar. So request a final feedback on it before completing our essays

    The count-

    Use the word number, not the word amount, to refer to things that can be counted, like votes.

    Pronouns and Number-

    The best way to avoid this problem is to eliminate pronouns all together. If we make everything plural in a sentence we will be just fine.

  17. beforeverge's avatar beforeverge says:

    Notes:
    – Use the writing center for extra help in improving your essays.
    – You can find writing errors in songs, even your favorites.
    – When making a powerful claim, be sure that you can back it up with proper evidence, and don’t wait to show that evidence.
    – The White Paper will be regraded soon.
    – Statistics can be very important in writing as long as you explain it and use references to debate the positivity or negativity of the number.
    – You can check for grammar in feedback please.
    – Count and noncount- when you are talking about how much something is, use amount, when you are talking about how many there are, use a number. Number is for things that can be counted, amount is not.
    – They is plural term, it does work for a single person in correct grammar. Use a single pronoun for a single person. If you use the pronoun “they,” make the words associated plural as well.
    – We have a grammar take home assignment.

  18. Notes Nov 22
    You usually can get a free turkey this time of year if you buy enough groceries.
    The money riddle still doesn’t make sense but my life won’t change if i understand it so I’m done thinking about it now…
    The white paper is not part of the portfolio but is still graded so add whatever you need to now
    Annotated bibliography is what you read and didn’t use and did use while resources is what you quoted
    For statistics, if you have the number it is irrelevant if you got a 50% this semester but you wouldn’t know if you didn’t know the whole.
    Your work can fail for grammar. So check your grammar mistakes on the grammar page.
    You say a number when you can count the number and amount/much is weight. Can’t say the amount when you can’t count the number. Apply many or much to each scenario to test which one you would use. Votes can be counted while the amount of voting does not count.
    Fewer is used not less when it can be counted. More is used when it can be counted as well.
    It is hard to call someone they or their in academic writing because it is one person and not many. Do it when it is agreed to but any time you are confused about a single pronoun for someone just make an assumption. There are bound to be mistakes.
    Avoid using he and she so much, you can do this by them when there is potential for multiple people. Getting rid of gender by plurals, or eliminating pronouns all together.

  19. Class Notes:

    -When in need of help for your writing go to the Writing Center. The Writing Center is free help for your essays and you can make an average writing into a great writing.
    Is 50% a good number? That question is based on how it is used:
    Good:
    A full 50%
    As high as 50%
    Has improved to 50%
    Proud to announce we have achieved 50%
    At 50%, the perfect balance
    Bad:
    A mere 50%
    As low as 50%
    Has sunk to 50%
    Regret to admit we have achieved only 50%
    At 50%, an awful compromise
    -Statistics are tools. Number 4 – Is the 10% good or bad? It doesn’t give the readers an understanding for 10% being desired or not desired.
    -You can fail at writing with bad grammar. When you think you are done with the revisions go back to the feedback please one more time and ask for a grammar correction.

  20. duck312's avatar duck says:

    11/22
    Writing Center
    – Last chance to be early for finding a writing tutor to look at papers, after thanksgiving it gets hard to find an available appointment
    Case Study: Maintaining Control
    – Opening sentence wants to take command of the topic. Be bold
    – Don’t lose your audience later in your writing, maintain control throughout the paper
    Writing Advice
    – Statistics are tools, they need to have meaning to you, and your approach matters
    – 50% could be really bad or really could, depending on what you wanted, what you had before/after, if we’re comparing it to something else, if you improved/regressed, etc.
    – Saying a full 50% sounds better than just saying 50%, saying barely or only 50% sounds worse than saying 50%
    – Add context to statistics in your writing so your reader understands what they mean
    Fails for Grammar
    – When talking about non counting nouns, we use “much.” Counting nouns we use “many.” How much rice vs how many bagels.
    – Use the word “fewer” when talking about something that can be counted (ex. Fewer bagels than john).
    – Use the word “less” when talking about something that can not be counted (ex. Less rice than john)
    – Affect is a verb (how will this affect me?)
    – Effect is a noun (what effect will this have on me?)

  21. – “cause if we don’t leave this town, we might never make it out” Sleep on the floor by lumineers
    – Utilize the writing center
    – Missing dollar paradox- When the waiter received the change, he got $5 back. He gave each lady $1 back and kept $2, which totals $5.
    – Case Study: Maintaining control
    – Start with the boldest claim you can make and try not to lose it
    – Avoid using “in today’s world.”
    – White paper is about to be regraded
    – It gets a non-portfolio grade
    – Purposeful summaries help you craft first draft language
    – When you go to make an annotated bibliography, you can just pull from white paper
    – Annotated bibliography will be a portfolio grade
    – The point of the illustration is to point your focus to the bat. You will use that to drive the ball into play. You will need to aim and miss the fielders
    – The numbers are meaningless, no relevance to readers till you provide the context
    – You provide the direction and velocity
    – Statistics are tools
    – Your number is good. We got 50%. Are you happy? What does 50% mean?
    – Depends on whether or not if it’s better or worse than we anticipated
    – Or what we are comparing it too
    – Depends on everything
    – We achieved a full 50%. Now we know its good because its more than every number before 50
    – As high as 50% puts a spin. “It has improved to 50%.”
    – What is the 50% that’s not enough? = Barely 50% or only
    -IN CLASS TASK: It is sentence #4. It gives no context of the 10% usage.
    – Fails for grammar : Went over 4.5,9, 12,13,14
    -DO NOT USE YOU

  22. 11/22
    Make an appointment at the writing center as early as possible if you need help.

    It’s possible to be very critical of things you love.

    Don’t give back your arguments ground after you gain it. “Women have to work harder” “But there has been lots of progress in gender quality”

    White Papers will be graded a second time soon.

    Writing Advice- Draw attention to “bat” – Give the numbers/statistics direction and velocity. Deliver them with confidence. Readers need to know what you are arguing with your facts. What does 50% mean? – Write “has improved to 50%” to make it sound good, or “Has dropped to 50% “ to make it sound bad.

    Check the Fails For Grammer page for common grammar mistakes you might make.
    Don’t write “is because”
    Don’t use “he” to represent the reader. You can try to mix pronounces in an essay. If you use plural pronounces like their, make sure the audience is being referenced as such. Or try not to use pronouns.
    Affect is a verb, effect is a noun.
    Don’t write in second person.

    Lyric
    “The tears are welling in my eyes again
    I need twenty big buckets to catch them in
    And twenty pretty girls to carry them down
    And twenty deep holes to bury them in”

  23. oni's avatar oni says:

    My favorite song lyric is from “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys.
    “I may not always love you
    But long as there are stars above you
    You never need to doubt it
    I’ll make you so sure about it”
    It’s cheesy and cliche but I’ve always loved it.
    *Make a Writing Center Appointment!
    White Paper: i have completely forgotten they existed until now. Fix those up ASAP.
    As the writer, you provide the velocity and direction of statistics.
    Statistics are good, use them!
    Readers count on you to determine the value of the numbers you use.
    *Fix up percentages: you need to be clear on if it’s a good or bad number. It’s useless if it’s not clearly supporting your purpose.
    FFG: fails for grammar.
    Count/NonCount nouns: for things that can be counted, use “number” words. If they cannot be counted, use “amount” words.
    Pronouns: Pronouns are tricky and get messy, eliminate them all together!
    Affect/Effect: affect is a verb and effect is a noun. –Cause and effect

  24. 11/22
    Now is the best time to start scheduling for the writing center especially before thanksgiving break
    My favorite lyric/lyric that stands out to me is in Drake’s song “What’s Real” where he says “I can’t live and hold the camera, someone gotta tape this” As a videographer it relates to me especially because of my title as well. I just love capturing moments rather than mine or someone else’s. Memories are a big gem to me in life which I live for. Videoing it is the best way to capture it and have it forever.
    The write paper doesn’t go into the portfolio but it does get a portfolio grade.

  25. – Favorite song lyric: “Karma is a cat purring in my lap ’cause it loves me.”
    – Do not lose your reader with the first few sentences.
    – Use the White Paper to get the article into your own words and find out what information is relevant to your topic.
    – The annotated bibliography is a collection of all the sources used to gather information on the topic.
    – Statistics require direction and need to be aimed at the main topic.
    – The number cannot simply just be shared. It needs to be explained and analyzed to determine whether that number is good and relevant.
    – The drafts can fail for grammar, FFG.
    – When referring to something that can be counted, use number and fewer.

  26. – the writing center can help improve your essays and review them
    – writing errors can be found in most songs.
    – When making a claim provide evidence and make sure in appropriately backs it up
    – The White Paper will be reviewed soon.
    – Statistics can be very useful source of data if they are accurate and trusted so make sure the reader feels that way when parenting this type of information
    – You can check grammar in feedback
    – Count and noncount
    – They are plural terms, it does work for a single person in correct grammar. If you use the word they then the words following should also be plural
    – Complete grammar take home assignment.

  27. redbird1123's avatar redbird1123 says:

    The Rowan writing center for any last minute help
    also choose your favorite song lyrics
    very easy to lose your advantage if we are not careful
    refine white paper,will make the bibliography an easy assignment
    grammer: you can fail for bad grammar.So request feedback

  28. Class Notes:

    – Favorite song lyrics from ” Angels Like You” by Miley Cyrus
    ” Flowers in hand, waiting for me
    Every word in poetry
    Won’t call me by name, only baby
    The more that you give, the less that I need.”

    -Writing center tutoring services available.

    -Maintain control in your essay, don’t give up your point just to prove it again. Command it and keep it.

    -White paper won’t go into the portfolio, feedback and grade will be given. Sources are necessary, not the hypothesis.

    -50/50% is an uncertain quantity, makes everything unsure.
    Have to show expectations and explain why it’s good or bad.
    Less (Merely, barley). More (High as, surprisingly).

    -Provide context in order for the reader to know the seriousness of a situation.

    -Grammar basics
    “They’re” has only one use (there are)
    Their (Possessive)
    there (place or sentence intro)

    – Its (Possessive for it)
    It’s (It is) ( The reason is because)

    -Pronouns and genders (when there’s an unknown gender, it’s bad to assume). Use them or they.

    – Pronouns and numbers (must agree in number with the nouns they present. Singular and plural.

    – Count and noncount nouns (use the word number, not the word amount.)

    -To (to do something)
    Too ( To go to, For purpose, in addition)
    Two (Just the number)

    – Periods and commas inside the quotes (always go inside the quotes)

    -Then (time, consequences)
    than (Comparisons)

    – Affect (verb, noun)
    effect(Too make different, as a result)

    -Your(your, possessive)
    you’re (you are, to be)

    – 2nd person (don’t use your, sounds unprofessional)

    -Plurals and possessive (Use commas when needed.)

    -Subject/verb agreement (must agree in number with verbs.)

    -When word already ends with s, place apostrophe at the end.

    – Homework, reply field, work on the paragraph.

  29. College Composition 2
    11/22/22
    Class Notes
    Campbell Library has a writing center that offers rowan tutors to help you develop and improve your writing.
    In the second sentence it appears to give ground to the opposition, but does little for their argument.
    Second grade for your white paper due send it to your professor for feedback.
    For rule 5 count and non count nouns, if you can count them it would be how much for instance “how much olive oil do you have” “I have 800 tons”. How many is measured by the variations or quantity of brands; for instance “how many olive oils do you have?” “Several kinds” so make sure you apply the right one to what you are writing.
    For rule 4, pronouns and number; pronouns must agree in number with the nouns they represent. You cannot use they; when you are talking about one person. You can use they when you are about to write he or she while describing a topic.

  30. * The Song Roam if You Want To is a memoir to one of the siblings that died. The Song has 4 lines of lyric and those lines repeat over and over to say the sibling is free to go where ever they want in the world
    * Reminder: A purposeful summary allows the person to write something that is meaningful. They can draw any conclusions that they want to, and it is a way to show off the though process behind it all. A second grade is coming. The White Paper doesn’t go into the portfolio, but it helps to prepare for the Annotated Bibliography, which does go into the portfolio
    * Regardless of if your number is good or bad, you have to give some type of context for the number.
    * Grammar is important and it isn’t really taught in college. YOU CAN FAIL FOR GRAMMAR!!!
    * You never want to use single quotations. The only time you can do it is if you are writing a headline (which you won’t be doing a lot of) or if you’re quoting something inside a quotation.
    * Count nouns are used the author uses a number. Example: You can count the number of votes so use a noun that talks about the number of votes
    * Noncount nouns are used when the author is talking about the amount of something. Example: You cannot count voting, so you would use a noun that addresses the amount of voting that that done.
    * We do not allow ourselves to use plural pronouns when we are addressing a single person. There is no gender in plural pronouns. There is gender in singular pronouns.

  31. McCormick Karner's avatar hollyp715 says:

    11/22 Class Notes
    Utilize the writing center, as their tutors help develop effective writing practices
    The Luckiest link did not work for me
    Work on opening statements for your paper. They should not hold back and should demonstrate a firm standpoint.
    Second White Paper grade will be going in, work on it!
    Revisit feedback please to see any feedback given
    Time to hunker down
    Grammar Basics exercise
    FFG is a good source to revisit when unsure about grammar

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