Day 42: Final Day of Class

Part I: What did I learn? 10:00-10:15
Small group discussion. Access REVIEW HANDOUT here.  


Part II: Review of Semester Content 10:15-10:20

• What have we done?
• What materials may be of use for you in the future?
• Will the blog still be active?
• What about dropbox?
• Any additional questions?
• Contact me for supplemental materials
  

Part III: Unit Feedback 10:20-10:25
Please take 5-10 minutes to fill out this ESL 501 SURVEY regarding the Units/Materials covered. I greatly appreciate your feedback!


Part IV: Future "English" advice/suggestions 10:25-10:35

• Suggested "fun" Summer Readings
• Scientific American
• Skeptic Magazine
• ESL 502/503
• UIUC Writing Center
• Library Courses: Savvy Researcher Courses and others
• Suggested Books: Writing/Grammar

Part V: ICES: Teacher/Course Feedback 
ICES forms to be filled out by students
I need a volunteer to drop them off in a mailbox on campus

 HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

Day 41: Conclusions/Discussions

Lesson Objectives:

• Understand basic elements and differences to conclusion and discussion sections of papers
• Read to identify these parts in academic papers.
• Workshop on Conclusion/Discussion sections

Part I: Lectures+ Worksheets  (40 min)

Conclusion PPT

How to Write a Discussion PDF

Identification Task 1

Identification Task 2

Part III: Workshop (10 min)

For this last section of today's class, I will have students open up their final paper draft and analyze their conclusion sections to identify or add the criteria addressed in the lecture.

Homework: 

Your final paper is due via dropbox before midnight on Wednesday May 5.

Day 39-Day 40: Individual Conferences

We will not be holding class on Monday 4/22 and Wednesday 4/24 on account of conferences. Please see the schedule below for your time. We will be meeting in my office 2021 on the second floor of FLB. Thank you!

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Day 38: Abstracts II

Lesson Objectives:

• Revisit Basics to Abstracts
• Confirm Individual Conference Schedule/Task
• Workshop

Part I: Conference/Final Paper Checklist  (10 min)
In order to make sure there is no confusion with conference time/purpose, I will quickly go over this CONFERENCE QUIZ/CHECKLIST and rubric to final paper.

Part II: Abstracts Revisited  (20 min)
Click on the ABSTRACT PPT and the  ABSTRACT WORKSHEET to revisit some of the main concepts that we discussed in the last class and look to some sample outlines.

STUDENT PROVIDED ABSTRACT SAMPLES--Google Doc


Part III: Workshop (20 min)
For the last part of class, I would like you to continue working on your drafts. Make sure that you are using correct formatting and citations styles. I will be circulating to provide assistance.

Part IV: Locking Conference Times (5 min) 
CONFERENCE SCHEDULES


Homework: Draft needs to be uploaded to dropbox unit 4 folder titled, Final Paper Draft 36 hours prior to individual conference time.  Come prepared to the the conference with the conference checklist filled out and at hand. My office is located on the second floor of FLB room 2021

Supplemental Materials:
Sample Health/Technology Abstract
Sample Biological Sciences Abstract
Sample Musicology Abstract

Key to Abstract Wrksht

Day 37: Abstract Writing I

Lesson Objectives:

• Review Avoiding Plagiarism: Rules with paraphrasing and quoting
• Introduce and analyze components of results-driven and descriptive abstract
• Sign up for individuals conferences

Part I:  Quick Review Quiz-What is Plagiarism? (10 min)
To start today's class, we will take a brief quiz that addresses the basics of source integration and how to avoid plagiarism. Good Luck :)
QUIZ ON PLAGIARISM

Part II: Lecture on Abstracts  (25 min)
Abstracts are an important part to research writing. Arguably, they are more important to the reader than for the writer as they are used a means to determine in a source is relevant to our needs. Please click HERE to access the PowerPoint for today's lecture. Also, you can click HERE to access the corresponding handout. We will be discussing the two main types of abstract structures:

       1) The Results-Driven Abstract

2) The Summary Abstract

Part III: Sign up for Individual Conferences (15 min)

You have selected this time. Failure to arrive on time will result in two absences. Choose your time carefully and be sure you are know where my office is located--2nd floor 2021 FLB.

SIGNUP INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES

Homework: WORK ON YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT/PROBLEM SOLUTION PAPERS.

Supplemental Materials:

Sample Abstracts across disciplines
Results-Driven and Summary HERE
IN TEXT CITATION PRACTICE

Day 36: Outlining/Headings

Lesson Objectives:

• Review basic outlines for argument and problem solution papers
• Learn proper structure to APA headings and subheadings
• Practice creating outlines and placement of headings into their own papers 

Part I: Review of Outlines (10-15 min)
To start today's lecture, we will have a quick review of last class' content. To do so, I will be giving a short quiz dealing with the different outline patterns discussed in the last lecture.

Part II: Headings/Subheadings (15 min)
To begin, let us first discuss the basics to headings and subheadings. Click on HEADINGS SUBHEADINGS APA for a brief overview of the basics. As some of you are not using APA, you will need to check the manual for your citation style.

To finish this introduction into headings and subheadings, let us look to a sample APA research paper to evaluate the this student utilized them with her/his paper. click on the STUDENT SAMPLE APA PAPER and review the structure of the paper.

Part III: Workshop on outlining (20 min)
Now that we have looked at different outlines and headings that can be used within our argument papers, I would like to give you time to begin (or continue to) work on implementing structure into your essay. Starting with an outline is an important first step!!



[TIME PERMITTING]
Part IV: Review of "what constitutes as plagiarism" (5 min)
To end today's lecture, I would like to remind students about what constitutes as plagiarism. Click on the WHAT IS PLAGIARISM handout as we briefly go over it together. Plagiarism in the final paper will not be tolerated.

USING SOURCES:

TO PARAPHRASE, you must:
1) Retain the same meaning
2) Have sufficiently different words and sentence structure
3) Provide in-text and bibliography citations

TO QUOTE, you  must:
1) Use word for word (or ...  [ ] )
2) Use " " before and after text
3) Provide in-text and bibliography citations.



Homework: Continue to work on your outlines/drafts. We will be signing up for individual conferences soon and I will need your complete draft in order to provide appropriate feedback.

Lecture Materials:
Outlining Quiz

Day 35: Outlining Argument and Problem Solution Essays

Lesson Objectives:

• Compare and contrast various outline structures for a research paper. 
• Creating an outline (headings and subheadings) for your research paper, based on your literature review and your key topics

Part I: Warm-Up (5-7 min)

Argumentative writing is a skill that is needed not only for academic purposes, but also within business and personal situations. To demonstrate that similar structures are followed in persuasive writing across these domains, I would you to be today's class by reading this SAMPLE ARGUMENT EMAIL and identify the elements at the topic of the page. We will briefly go over the email demonstrating that is contains similar parts to that of argument academic writing. 

Part II: Lecture (30 min)
The main objective of today's class is to introduce students to a variety of different outlines that could serve as partial or complete guidelines in the construction of your own papers. To begin, we will review quickly what are the steps taken prior to creating an outline. Click on this RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE PPT to get started.

After this brief introduction, we will go over some sample outlines together as a class. Please here on SAMPLE ARGUMENT OUTLINES and SAMPLE PROBLEM SOLUTION OUTLINES to access those documents. 

Part II: Student Sample Outlines (10 min)

Look to the students Sample Argumentative and Problem Solution papers under Unit 4. What outline structure do they employ? How do they use headings and subheadings to signify those parts?  For this paper in my class, I encourage students to divide their topics into headings and subheadings.  

Homework: 
Create an outline of your Argument/Problem Solution Paper. Work to construct appropriate headings and subheadings. Look to journals and/or papers within your field to see what type of headings/subheadings would be appropriate for your topic. Upload your outline to dropbox