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Contents 1 Quiz and Babel viewing 2 (Day 7, Sept 25) 2 Homework due 27 Sept 3 Grades: Argument Summaries and Penguin (Day 8, Sept 27) 4 Homework due 2 October

Quiz and Babel viewing 2 (Day 7, Sept 25)

• Quiz: Semiotics and Marketing in Color by Leon E. Wynter

• View more of Babel. Take notes:

What semiotic elements can you draw out of this film to use in constructing an argument about its meaning(s)?

Homework due 27 Sept

1. Organize some notes (a mind map, web, chart, or other schemata) that compare and contrast the film, Babel, with Wynter. These will be shared in class.
2. Re-read your first blogpost about Babel and see write another post: has your sense of the film changed or remained the same? Explain. Mark it in the same category: Babel for COM375
3. Read, Bring Back Flogging by Jeff Jacoby (an op-ed from February 20, 1997). Reprinted in Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument, 5th Edition (2005). Boston/New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.

Pick this article up from Steph's mailbox on the 4th floor of Machmer.

1. Bring your Penguin Handbook (or other grammar book) to class.

Grades: Argument Summaries and Penguin (Day 8, Sept 27)

• Review Argument Summary grading

Coding (relating to quality of your summary):

stars = something related to the argument

smiley face = in-text citation!!!

smiley face = intriguing title to your summary

all other highlighting = grammatical, organizational, or logical errors

Point deductions (from your baseline):

- 1 if portfolio not as specified

- 1 for each type of error

Remedies?

Optional Homework: In your blog, using only the starred items, re-create a new summary of the argument. (Basically, a rewrite.) Categorize it as COM375: argument summary

Due by Day 9, October 2nd. I will re-grade; you cannot do worse, you may improve.

Homework: Correct each type of error, following these specific directions, with awareness we will co-create our own resource in the CourseWiki. (Here is a sample: Grammar and Mechanics.) For now, type this up on a page to turn in during class.

"Title" each entry by type of error (I've listed these on your final draft in green ink).

Quote your exact misstatement, copying and showing us the error.

Describe and cite where you found the rule that explains how to think about/correct the error: Use proper MLA formatting.

Rewrite the sentence so that it is grammatically correct, showing us an application of the rule within your own writing.

Due by Day 9, October 2nd.

• Debrief: Concentric Circle Activity

• Groupwork: summarize arguments of Marketing in Color, Babel, and Bring Back Flogging.

Four groups, two each for Marketing in Color and Babel. Everyone take notes, be prepared to share out. What is "in the way" of understanding the full argument? How can you remedy this situation?

Generate list of strategies for finding out what you do not already know.

• Penguin points activity

1. Select one error from your list. Write it down ("title").
2. Identify a sentence from your Final Draft/Unit 1 with this error. Quote it, precisely.
3. Find the explanation and remedy for the problem. Give a brief description and cite exactly where you found it.
4. Rewrite the sentence, correcting the error.

Homework due 2 October

What is the
question you need to ask
of Will Power, Inc. in order to
tie all the threads of Hasak-Lowy's
argument into one statement?

1. Email Steph if you want to meet during her Office Hours in Machmer E36:

Monday 10:10 - 11:10 am

Tuesday 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Thursday 12:00 - 1:00 pm

2. First summary of the argument in Flogging (Be complete and thorough: give your best-effort. Bring FOUR copies to class. Restrict yourself to one page (approx 250 words).

3.Homework: Correct each type of error, following these specific directions, with awareness we will co-create our own resource in the CourseWiki. (Here is a sample: Grammar and Mechanics.) For now, type this up on a page to turn in during class.

"Title" each entry by type of error (I've listed these on your final draft in green ink).

Quote your exact misstatement, copying and showing us the error.

Describe and cite where you found the rule that explains how to think about/correct the error: Use proper MLA formatting.

Rewrite the sentence so that it is grammatically correct, showing us an application of the rule within your own writing.

4. Be prepared to do the activity on Marketing in Color, Babel, and Bring Back Flogging that we were not able to do in class last Thursday.

5. Optional Homework: In your blog, using only the starred items, re-create a new summary of the argument. (Basically, a rewrite.) Categorize it as COM375: argument summary

I will re-grade; you cannot do worse, you may improve.