Weekly+Notesand+HW

= I will put class notes and additional instructions on this page, so check for the posted dates! = =APRIL 24 & 26: Revisions & Peer Feedback Teams= HW: for the 26, please highlight all the places where you think you need to cite sources and bring in the hard copy or electronic version to class. We will create Peer Review Teams so that everyone has help with citations and iceberging. = = = = = March 27: NO GOLD LAB -- go to the CLASSROOM! = = Part 1-- Roundtables = = Part 2-- Intro to Semester Essay. GOAL: hand in a rough draft Essay Proposal on Thurs. 3.29 =

= today we'll begin to analyze the Instructions and plan for your Essays. = = = 1. read Instructions = = 2. Set up Proposal -- in new Google doc. save as name_SemEssay_proposal -- in class or HW = = a) Interests Inventory based on Instructions = = b) Freewrite potential Hypotheses, research focus based on 'a' = = c) preview Procon.org & LexisNexis journals for 'b'

d) choose Essay option 1 or 2! = = e) explain reasons for your choice f) brainstorm/PK Inventory either: option 1: Bush Doctrine vs. Just War Theory or Option 2: proper role of news media in society, especially their relationship to the government.

= HW: finish rough draft of this proposal and read ToolBox pages:15-16, 32-36. = = Continue your PK Inventory/Theories "f" above and bring to class. = = = = =


 * 1) Work on Roundtable

Use the instructions

Get ideas/give feedback


 * 1) New agenda
 * 2) mEssay revisions-
 * 3) triangle model= body parag

intro= 2 paragr—thesis, opens topic, trailer for body paragraphs, transition, reasons why this topic is important to discuss

body=

defining/discribnng theories

fact/factoid/truth claim defs and relationships

`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` applying concepts to EE to support Thesis

**solutions/curet to problenmatic frames

Concl. = 1 pargr

= March 6 & 8: mEssay, Roundtable ... mEssay final version due March 20-no expceptions. minimum 6 paragraphs(3 full pages) = = March 6: make a plan for revising your mEssay and follow it! =


 * 1) 4x6 = input- 1 thing we should continue doing and why. One thing do differently & why
 * 2) Schudson & HW

DEJ: ideas that you understand & new ways of talking about familiar topics


 * 1) mEssays-my feedback & next steps: SGs:

look at the instructions, the Magical Slides, the toolbox,


 * 1) Bush speech: problem-centered framing

Whatever---don’t delete!!!

= = 1. write up cover note questions (on writing nuts & bolts page) & hand in mEssay2 draaft = = 2.PK Inventory: predict how Bush will frame the Iraq War problems & solutions = = 3. GLOSSING BUSH SPEECH: his problem & solution frames. 4.. categorizing his problem-solution frames = =
 * FEB 28: HW: DEJ Ch.1 and start DEJ ch.10 **

= = feb23: mEssay cont'd: 1. index card 2. choose 1 dej entry from an op-ed to share in SG 3. previewing Schudson:read Preface& Introduction 4. predicting & glossing Bush speech-framing the story as problem solution 5. building mEssay draft --rumsfeld quotation, dej excerpts HW: continue/finish 3-5. mEssay rough draft due Tues in class = = = = =__ Feb21: mEssay 2: connecting op-eds to theory: framing & Magical Storytelling: __= = create your mEssay2 google doc, start your Inventory on this doc = = HW: 1) Write your PK Inventory of frame theory, magical storytelling, fact, factoid, truth claim.2) Then, Choose at least one Rumsfeld quotation and analyze it using the concepts in your Inventory. 3) ask to join this wiki! = = = The world is flat. = truth claim empirical, = =  TC= The world is not flat. Or the world is round. = =  TC = The war in Iraq is necessary. Ideological = =  TC=9-11 was an inside job.- interpretive = =  Is propaganda a type of TC? = =  Fact = empirically based, accurate TC = =  Factoid = presented as fact, but “a questionable, unsubstantiated..” trivial based on the context = =  TC= [past present future] = =

= = = = = Feb 14: go to PK Research page and Divide & Comprehend handouts = = Feb. 9: meet in our room, then to the Media Viewing Rm(Healey 3rd fl.) for //Hijacking Catastrophe. Discuss mEssay 1.// = = //HW:// = = //1.//Post you film on the Film thread, PK Background Research page. Types of comments: do you observe any magical storytelling? critical thinking? = = 2. Watch the Magical Thinking slideshow(on CAPS Toolbox page). Carefully read the mEssay instructions. Begin to look for evidence of Frames, Magical Storytelling and Critical Thinking in our op-eds. =