Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Day 5: Outlining/ Beginning Paragraphing

I. From general topic to thesis practice.  

 II. Outlining
1. From the eight reasons below, choose the three you think you can develop best.

2. For each reason, quickly list people, feelings, places, moods, school activities, anecdotes, personal experiences, historical events, news, books stories, plays, songs, poems, comic books, movies, quotes, comparisons, etc. that would help you explain your reason better. This will become your EVIDENCE. (10 min.)
Google an the internet are making us shallow because
1.       they work too quickly
2.       they are too convenient
3.      they affect our memory retention
4.       they overwhelm us with too much information
5.       they present information superficially, as small bits
6.       they make us anti-social
7.       they are encourage multi-tasking
8.       they connect information to advertisements
3. Now consider your list of reasons. Which is the strongest? Share your strongest reason and the connected evidence with your group to create a group outline for "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" using THIS FORM. Responses HERE

III. Opening Paragraphs
1. Reading "Advanced Paragraphing" (17).
2. As a group, write an Opening Paragraph for "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" that answers the questions in THIS FORM. Write the answers first in a MSWord document, then  paste them into the form. Items you will need:
  • Group Summaries of  "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" HERE
  • Group thesis of "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" HERE
Group  responses to Opening Paragraphs HERE.

3. Print the Persuasion Map HERE. Write the word "Thesis" over where it says "Introduction."

Homework:

1. Using the Persuasion Map, write an outline of your response to  "Hype." This will be piece #4 of your Print Portfolio.

2. Complete these three CUNY Test tutorials from John Jay College of Criminal Justice:
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