IDENTIFYING YOUR EVALUATION CRITERIA AND CHOOSING A TED TALK
IDENTIFYING YOUR EVALUATION CRITERIA AND CHOOSING A TED TALK
This discussion explores two key ideas for this week:
Evaluating and the need to identify your criteria / tool of evaluation
Brainstorming a topic for your evaluation essay
Let’s look at each of these topics in your discussion posts this week.
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
A common writing assignment in college classes asks students to evaluate something—a document, a case, a situation, etc. The first step in this process is analysis, or breaking the object under scrutiny down into its constituent parts. The second step is to evaluate it.
But in order to evaluate the object, we have to have a tool or a set of criteria. In other words, we have to have a means of analyzing and evaluating. Sometimes the tool is a physical object. A thermometer, for example, is a tool to measure the temperature of an object. Sometimes the tool is a definition. For example, the definition of first-degree murder includes the ideas of intent to harm and premeditation. These conditions must be present, or the homicide is not a first-degree murder. Sometimes the tool is a theory. For example, using the economic theory of supply and demand, we can predict that price of orange juice will go up if this season’s orange crop is damaged by frost.
This week and in Week 2, you will be writing an evaluation essay. You will choose a TED Talk (see ted.com) to analyze and evaluate for its persuasive effectiveness. For your tool of analysis, you will primarily use Aristotle’s theory of persuasion strategies.
For now, let’s explore the importance of identifying your criteria / tool of evaluation.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Download Week 1 Evaluation Exercise Which Does Not Belong?Preview the document and SAVE it AS Your Last Name Evaluation Exercise.
Complete the exercise by typing directly on the blank lines provided. Save your file and attach it to your post.
What are your thoughts on completing this exercise?
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 additional points. You may respond to as many classmates’ posts as you would like and have time for.
When you are ready, find the classmate who posted immediately below your BY WEDNESDAY post, click on the reply button under their post, label your post CLASSMATE RESPONSE, address him/her by name, and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished. Open up your classmate’s attached evaluation exercise and compare your answers. Did you come to the same answers as your classmate? Why/why not? What does this exercise tell you about the importance of defining your tool of evaluation?
For your FOLLOW UP post, follow the directions below. Post on a third day for up to 6 points.
Your Writing Assignment for this week and next week is a evaluation essay, so let’s explore what a evaluation essay is and brainstorm some possible topics for your evaluation essay.
An evaluation essay analyzes something for the purpose of evaluating its effectiveness. In this case, you are doing to analyze and evaluation the strategies a TED Talk speaker uses to persuade their audience to take action or adopt a belief or point of view. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle listed 5 strategies for persuading. Presumably, a TED Talk speaker who uses some or all of these strategies will persuade their audience. These strategies are an appeal to the audience’s
logic or reasoning (logos)
emotion (pathos)
sense of trust in authority (ethos)
shared cultural beliefs (telos)
In addition, Aristotle says that the timing of the request (kairos) must be right. See Aristotle’s List of Persuasive Strategies.Preview the document
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a FOLLOW UP post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Browse ted.com for TED Talks about a debatable claim that you might like to study in depth. Brainstorm at least two possible topics here and describe them briefly. Be sure to post the URL for each TED Talk.
Ex. https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver_teach_every_child_about_food (Links to an external site.)
This talk is about teaching children proper nutrition as a way to combat food-related diseases in the U.S. My wife has recently developed a medical condition, and we must change our eating habits at home. I’m interested in learning more about how to do that.
DQ2 REVERSE ENGINEERING” A TED TALK EVALUATION ESSAY
You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live lesson stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found
in the Weeks 1 and 2 Evaluation Folder under the FILES Tab.
Your Writing Assignment for this week and next week is a TED Talk evaluation essay, so let’s explore what an evaluation essay is here in this discussion and brainstorm some possible topics for your evaluation essay in the Getting Started discussion. An evaluation essay analyzes something for the purpose of evaluating its effectiveness. In this case, you are going to analyze and evaluate the strategies a TED Talk speaker used to persuade their audience to take action or adopt a belief or point of view. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle listed 5 strategies for persuading. Presumably, a TED Talk speaker who used some or all of these strategies would persuade their audience. These strategies are an appeal to the audience’s
logic or reasoning (logos)
emotion (pathos)
sense of trust in authority (ethos)
shared cultural beliefs (telos)
In addition, Aristotle says that the timing of the request (kairos) must be right. See Aristotle’s List of Persuasive StrategiesPreview the document.
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Read Lesson 1 and the SmartBook Reading assignment
Download and read carefully one the following student examples:
Evaluation Essay Student Sample FOODPreview the document
Evaluation Essay Student Sample LISTENINGPreview the document
“Reverse engineer” the student example you read. What do you see in this example?
When you are ready, Click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
Which essay did you analyze? What is the student author’s name?
What is the thesis and purpose of Eddie’s/Nasyr’s essay? (Note: this is not the same as the thesis and purpose of the TED Talk speaker.)
How does Eddie/Nasyr introduce his evaluation criteria (Aristotle’s persuasive strategies)?
How does Eddie/Nasyr organize the overall essay?
How does Eddie/Nasyr develop the analysis paragraphs?
Does Eddie/Nasyr use a casual tone or an academic tone?
ENGL135 Advanced Composition
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 TAKING NOTES AND DRAFTING THE INTRODUCTION TO YOUR EVALUATION ESSAY
This discussion explores two key ideas for this week:
Taking good notes so you can easily provide evidence for your claims
Writing an effective introduction to your evaluation essay
Let’s look at each of these topics in your discussion posts this week.
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
According to your textbook, to write an effective evaluation essayPreview the document, you must, among other things,
Make a claim about your overall assessment of your TED Talk
Support your claim with specific evidence from the talk
You have already done that to some degree in your Evaluation Essay Planning Sheet from Week 1 (see my comments in the gradebook for this link). But here I want you to be more specific in your planning. What details, phrases, etc. from the talk will you incorporate into your essay as evidence for your assessment? In order to decide, it helps to look carefully at the TED Talk and take notes of the details you want to include.
Download the transcript for your TED Talk and SAVE it AS Your Last Name Transcript Notes.
Using the HIGHLIGHTING and/or COMMENT functions, identify support for at least one persuasive strategy your speaker uses (logos, pathos, ethos, telos, or kairos) and one kind of evidence your speaker uses (statistics, research studies, personal experience, stories or specific examples, analogies, etc.). Note the appropriate time stamp or paragraph.
Save your file and attach it to your post.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Attach your Transcript Notes file to your post.
Note: If your TED Talk does not include a transcript, then post 1 or 2 details about the persuasive strategies the speaker uses and 1 – 2 details about the kinds of evidence your speaker uses. Note an approximate time stamp.
For your FOLLOW UP post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 points.
One of the “take-aways” from last week’s “Which does not belong?” exercise is the importance providing a context for your readers. We said that you provide context when you explain what criteria of evaluation you are using. Likewise, you should also fully explain which TED Talk you are evaluating and the issues surrounding it. If you look carefully at the student sample essays, you will see that approximately half of the essay is setting the stage for the reader. The second half is the actual analysis. Keep this in mind as you draft your own essay.
Now that you have completed your Week 1 Evaluation Essay Planning Sheet and your notes from the BY WEDNESDAY post above, you should be ready to start writing your essay. For this discussion post, let’s dive more specifically into how you can meet the needs of your audience by writing your introduction.
How can you introduce your TED Talk and speaker? What basic information do you need to provide so your reader understands not only the topic of the talk, but also your purpose in writing? What claim do you want to make about your TED Talk?
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a FOLLOW UP post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Write a draft of the introduction to your evaluation essay and post it to the discussion. Be sure to include your thesis statement. What claim do you want to make about your chosen TED Talk?
Be sure to include the who, what, when, and why about your TED Talk.
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a third day for up to 6 additional points. You may respond to as many classmates’ posts as you would like and have time for.
When you are ready, find the classmate who posted immediately below your FOLLOW UP post, click on the reply button under their post, label your post CLASSMATE RESPONSE, address him/her by name, and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Read your classmate’s introduction and offer them feedback on the following:
You effectively provided / didn’t provide the full context (who, what, when, why, etc.) for your TED Talk. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
Your overall claim is ___. It was easy / not easy to determine your thesis. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
What I like about your introduction is ____. But I recommend you improve ___. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
Be sure to address these questions to your classmate. Use you/your in your feedback. Also, be concrete and specific when offering feedback.
DQ2 “REVERSE ENGINEERING” THE INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION TO AN EVALUATION ESSAY
You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live lesson stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found
in the Weeks 1 and 2 Evaluation Folder under the FILES Tab.
Last week and this week we have been stressing the need to provide sufficient context for your readers.
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Return to the student sample essay you “reverse engineered” last week:
Evaluation Essay Student Sample FOODPreview the document
Evaluation Essay Student Sample LISTENINGPreview the document
This time, focus on the introduction and conclusion. When you “reverse engineer” the opening and closing paragraphs, what do you see?
When you are ready, Click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Which sample essay are you writing about? What is the student author’s name?
What purpose does Eddie’s/Nasyr’s introduction have?
What is the overall claim / thesis of Eddie’s/Nasyr’s essay? Where is it located in the paragraph? (Note that the student writer’s thesis is not the same as the TED speaker’s thesis. The thesis of Eddie’s/Nasyr’s essay should indicate that the essay is an evaluation essay.)
What purpose does Eddie’s/Nasyr’s conclusion have?
To what extent do the introduction and the conclusion reflect each other?
ENGL135 Advanced Composition
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 EXPLORING RESEARCH AND CHOOSING A COURSE PROJECT TOPIC
This discussion explores two key ideas for this week:
Exploring the purpose of research
Brainstorming a topic for your course project problem-solution essay
Let’s look at each of these topics in your discussion posts this week.
POST 1
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
Starting this week and continuing through Week 6, you will be writing a problem-solution course project essay. Your essay will rely mainly on researched material.
Some students think the research process is about finding support for already formed thoughts and opinions, but true research is genuine exploration. You open your mind to new ideas presented by and in your sources and then you have to figure out what to do with that new information.
You may ignore the new information, try to incorporate it into your existing world view (this may be easy or hard), or you may realize that this new information is so different, but so compelling that you have to completely alter your original world view.
For now, let’s explore the importance of opening yourself up to learning more during the research progress.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Download Week 3 Exploring Research Exercise Preview the documentand SAVE it AS Your Last Name Research Exercise.
Complete the exercise by following the directions in the document and by working in the document itself. Save your file and attach it to your post.
Reflect on this exercise:
Think of your first design with all gray shapes. Then think what happened when you added more shapes and colors to the design. Did you add to your original design? alter it? Scrap it altogether and start over?
When you added the colored shapes, did you focus more on the shape or the color to create your design?
Note: Remember to have fun with this assignment! There are no right answers. And no one will be judged for their artistic ability!
POST 2
For your FOLLOW UP post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 points.
Let’s start your course project by reviewing the assignment carefully and brainstorming possible topics.
Read the course project assignment prompt—Dr. Hagemann’s Course Project—carefully, so you are familiar with the assignment. Pay special attention to the Suggested Topics section.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a FOLLOW UP post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Brainstorm at least three possible problems in your family, your community, or your profession that you want to solve. For each topic, explain why this topic is meaningful to you. For each topic, explain why this topic is a problem and who is most impacted by it. Also explain why this topic is meaningful enough to you to make the effort to try to solve it.
Remember to choose a topic
that lends itself to a problem-solution format
that you have a personal connection to
that you are passionate about
that you want to share with your classmates
that you will not easily grow tired of.
POST 3
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a third day for up to 6 additional points. You may respond to as many classmates’ posts as you would like and have time for.
When you are ready, find the classmate who posted immediately below your FOLLOW UP post, click on the reply button under their post, label your post CLASSMATE RESPONSE, address him/her by name, and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Read each topic your classmate listed. What questions would do you as a potential reader would like to know about this topic? (Asking questions is a helpful brainstorming technique. Asking the writer questions encourages him/her to think through the topic to come up with some answers.)
DQ2 “REVERSE ENGINEERING” A PROBLEM-SOLUTION ESSAY
You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live lesson stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found in the following folders under the FILES Tab:
Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder
Starting this week and continuing through Week 6, you will be writing a problem-solution course project essay. (In Week 7, you will “translate” your essay into a narrated slide deck.)
So let’s explore what a problem-solution essay is here in this discussion and brainstorm some possible topics for your course project essay in the Getting Started discussion.
A problem-solution essay describes an important problem and recommends at least one solution.
POST
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Read Lesson 3 and the SmartBook Reading assignment
Download and read carefully one the following student examples:
Problem-Solution Essay Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESS Preview the documentby Jake
Problem-Solution Essay Student Sample TRAFFIC Preview the documentby Joe
“Reverse engineer” the student example you read. What do you see in this example?
When you are ready, Click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
Which essay did you analyze? What is the student author’s name?
What is Jake’s / Joe’s thesis? What is the purpose of the essay?
How does Jake / Joe organize his overall essay?
In how many of Jake’s / Joe’s paragraphs does he incorporate source material?
Focus on recommendations sections of Jake’s / Joe’s essay (Jake = para. 7 – 11; Joe = para. 4 – 7). Does Jake / Joe come up with his own solution or does he identify solutions that are already being tried?
Does Jake / Joe use a casual tone or an academic tone?
ENGL135 Advanced Composition
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 CREATING A WORKING OUTLINE
This discussion explores two key ideas for this week:
Preparing your sources for writing and creating a working outline
Creating an annotated bibliography
Let’s look at preparing your sources for writing and creating a working outline in this discussion post this week.
POST 1
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
In this discussion, you will read your sources carefully, prepare a working outline of your essay, and identify specific source information you want to include in your essay.
Download and read the following documents:
Preparing Your Sources to Use in Your WritingPreview the document
Typical Outline for a Problem-Solution Course Project EssayPreview the document
Working Outline Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESSPreview the document
Working Outline Student Sample TRAFFICPreview the document
Read carefully each of the sources you gathered for your Week 3 Research Log (see my comments in the Week 3 Writing assignment gradebook).
Download Week 4 Working Outline Template. Preview the documentSave the template as Your Last Name Working Outline.
Create a working outline of your paper.
Determine your thesis or main idea—now that you have researched and thought about your problem, what do you think we should do about it?
For each section of your essay, brainstorm 2- 3 points you want to make in each of the major sections of your essay. Your points should be expressed as full sentences. (These sentences will become the topic sentences of your paper.)
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and attach your working outline. Sign your post when you are finished. Complete your outline as early in the week as you can, so you can work on your annotated bibliography.
DQ2 “REVERSE ENGINEERING” AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTE: You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live lesson stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found in these folders under the FILES Tab:
Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder / Week 4 subfolder
This week your main writing task is to create an annotated bibliography. According to the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition, an annotated bibliography is a “type of student paper in which reference list entries are followed by short descriptions of the work called annotations” (p. 307). There are several reasons to create an annotated bibliography:
You start creating the likely reference list you will need for your essay.
You start reading your source material, which in turn helps you understand your topic more fully.
You start thinking about how the source is helpful to your project and how you can use information in the individual sources to support your ideas.
POST
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Read Lesson 4 and the SmartBook Reading assignment
Download and read carefully the following student examples:
Annotated Bibliography Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESSPreview the document
Annotated Bibliography Student Sample TRAFFICPreview the document
Choose one of the student sample annotated bibliographies to “reverse engineer.” What do you see in this example?
When you are ready, click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
Which annotated bibliography did you read? Who was the student author?
What are the different parts of an annotated bibliography?
What kind of information is included in the introduction?
Overall, how is the document formatted?
How are the five sources organized? How is each source formatted?
Does the annotation come before or after the references list entry?
What kind of information is included in the annotation?
ENGL135 Advanced Composition
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 INCORPORATING SOURCE MATERIAL INTO YOUR WRITING
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found in the following folders under the FILES Tab:
Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder / Week 5 subfolder
APA 7 Documents
This discussion reviews a key concept that you likely learned in previous English classes, including ENGL 112: how to incorporate source material into your writing to support your ideas.
POST 1
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
Review Incorporating Sources into Your ParagraphsPreview the document.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Review/Practice writing your own “source sandwich” paragraph. Write about the scope of your problem. How big and/or how urgent is the problem you are researching?
Be sure to include
a claim about the scope of the problem (this is also known as a topic sentence)
supporting details from your sources (Add author tags and/or in-text citations to indicate where you got your ideas)
1-3 sentences of commentary about your source information
For our convenience, please post the URL for the source you used. That way we can see how effectively you wrote about the material in your own words.
POST 2
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 additional points. You may respond to as many classmates’ posts as you would like and have time for.
When you are ready, find the classmate who posted immediately below your BY WEDNESDAY post, click on the reply button under their post, label your post CLASSMATE RESPONSE, address him/her by name, and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Read your classmate’s paragraph and offer him/her feedback on the following:
You created / didn’t create a topic sentence that made a claim about how big or how urgent the problem is. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
You effectively supported / didn’t support the topic sentence with details from one or more sources. You closed / did not close the paragraph with some commentary on the source information, especially how/why it supported your points. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
You tagged or cited / did not tag or cite the source. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
(If any source material was quoted) You identified / did not identify the speaker beforehand. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
What I like about your paragraph is ____. But I recommend you improve ___. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
Be sure to address these questions to your classmate. Use you/your in your feedback. Also, be concrete and specific when offering feedback.
POST 3
THERE IS NO FOLLOW UP POST AGAIN THIS WEEK. Instead, use your time to your working outline and annotated bibliography into a draft of your essay (see my comments in the gradebook). You will receive 6 points in lieu of a FOLLOW UP post.
DQ2 REVERSE ENGINEERING” A PARAGRAPH WITH SOURCE MATERIAL
You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, there is not formal Live Lesson for Week 5. ALL students will participate in this discussion in writing.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found in these folders under the FILES Tab:
Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder / Week 5 subfolder
APA 7 Documents
In this discussion, you will reviewt how to incorporate source material into your writing.
POST
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Read Lesson 5 and the SmartBook Reading assignment
Download and read carefully the following student example:
Incorporating Source Material into Your WritingPreview the document
APA 7 Formatting Author Tags and CitationsPreview the document
Course Project Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESS Preview the documentby Jake
Course Project Student Sample TRAFFIC Preview the documentby Joe
Choose one of the paragraphs from either Jake’s or Joe’s student sample essay and “reverse engineer” it. What do you notice in this paragraph?
When you are ready, click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
Choose one of the paragraphs and paste it into your discussion post.
If you read Jake’s essay, choose para. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, OR 9
If you read Joe’s essay, choose para. 2, 3, 5, or 6
Then
Use black font for sentences you believe are Jake’s/Joe’s ideas
Use red font for the sentences you believe came from his sources
Use blue font for any author tags or citations you see
Does the paragraph look like a sandwich, in that Jake/Joe begins and ends his paragraphs with his own ideas with source material as support in the middle? Why/why not?
How did Jake/Joe help you see when he switched from his own ideas to the source’s ideas and back to his own ideas again?
What APA conventions and punctuation did Jake/Joe use to indicate quoted material? Paraphrased material?
When Jake/Joe quoted material, did he identify the speaker of the quote beforehand?
ENGL135 Advanced Composition
Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 USING VISUAL ELEMENTS TO ENHANCE YOUR IDEAS
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found in these folders under the FILES Tab:
Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder / Week 6 subfolder
APA 7 Documents
Visual elements are powerful tools in getting your ideas across. That is why I am asking you to include visual elements in your essay and narrated slide deck.
You can develop your own visuals. Chapter 15 of your textbook (esp. pp. 437-439) explains briefly how to construct meaningful ones. If you insert these into your essay, you should create a label for your visual element, but you do not have to cite it because it is your own work.
However, it is more likely that you will insert a visual element that you got from another source. Because you must give credit where credit is due, you must cite your visual, both in your essay itself and in your reference list (as you would for any other source).
APA 7Preview the documentIncorporating Figures and Tables slide deck gives you advice about incorporating your visual elements.
POST 1
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
Read carefully
APA 7 Incorporating Figures and TablesPreview the document
Course Project Essay Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESSPreview the document
Course Project Essay Student Sample TRAFFICPreview the document
If you are not planning to attend the OnLIVE class live stream for this week, complete the Live Lesson discussion. This task will encourage you to study more carefully how to incorporate a visual element into your essay.
Identify a visual element that you want to include in your essay.
Open a Word document and SAVE it AS Your Last Name Visual Element. Paste your visual element and label it appropriately. Also, if your element is taken from another source, create the reference list entry that goes with your element.
Be sure to include
a number in bold (i.e., Figure 1, Table 1, etc.)
a title in Title Case and Italics
(If needed) a which includes the citation
Also create a reference list entry if needed. See Slides 12 and 13 of APA 7 Incorporating Figures and TablesPreview the document.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Tell us about your plans to meet the visual element requirement of your essay.
What visual element have you selected to include in your essay and your narrated slide deck?
Why did you choose / create this visual? What point do you want to enhance / reinforce this visual?
Where will you place this visual in your essay?
Attach your visual element file to your post.
POST 2
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 additional points. You may respond to as many classmates’ posts as you would like and have time for.
When you are ready, find the classmate who posted immediately below your BY WEDNESDAY post, click on the reply button under their post, label your post CLASSMATE RESPONSE, address him/her by name, and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Look at your classmate’s visual element plan and look at his/her attached visual element, label, and reference list entry.
Did your classmate accurately prepared his/her visual element(s) according to APA guidelines? If not, how could he/she fix the label and reference list entry?
Be sure to address these questions to your classmate. Use you/your in your feedback.
POST 3
For your FOLLOW UP post, follow the directions below. Post on a third day for up to 6 points.
Now that you have a plan for how to effectively incorporate a visual element into your essay, you have all of the elements you need to revise and polish your course project essay
Download my comments on your Week 5 Course Project Essay First Draft (see the gradebook) and SAVE it AS Your Last Name Course Project Essay Final Draft. Read each comment carefully and address it. Once you have addressed it, please delete it so you can turn in a fresh, clean copy of your essay without any comments.
Insert your visual element(s) + labels and notes where appropriate and call them out / tag them where appropriate.
Submit your revised draft to for tutor feedback, especially for help with any last-minute editing of your essay. For more details about accessing the tutoring service, see Submit Documentation of Your Tutor Feedback Here.
Use your tutor feedback to revise your draft before you submit it to the Week 6 Writing assignment drop box on Sunday.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a FOLLOW UP post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Comment on your tutoring experience and/or the revision process. Did you find the feedback helpful?
DQ2 “REVERSE ENGINEERING” A VISUAL ELEMENT
You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live lesson stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found
in the Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder or in the APA 7 Folder under the FILES Tab.
This week, you will continue to revise your course project essay. You will use my feedback and feedback from your Tutor.com tutor to make your content, organization, and source documentation clear for your readers. If you haven’t already, consider adding headings in appropriate places throughout your essay to improve readability.
In addition, you will also enhance the content of your essay by incorporating one or more visual elements. The purpose is to make a complex idea easier to understand.
In this discussion you will look at how to incorporate (a) visual element(s) into your writing. In the Getting Started discussion, you will prepare your element.
POST 1
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Download and read carefully:
APA 7 Incorporating Figures and TablesPreview the document
Course Project Student Sample Essay MUSIC BUSINESS Preview the documentby Jake
Course Project Student Sample Essay TRAFFIC Preview the documentby Joe
This week look carefully at the visual elements for in one of the student sample essays.
In Jake’s essay, look at paragraph 4, Figure 1 and Figure 2
In Joe’s essay, look at paragraphs 2 and 3, Figure 1 and Figure 2
When you are ready, click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
How did Jake/Joe indicate to us that he incorporated two visual elements? Where did he place them?
What information did he include in his label above each element and his note below it to help us understand it?
Did he include the source of his element in the reference list? If so, what do you notice about the reference list entry?
ENGL135 Advanced Composition
Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 “TRANSLATING” YOUR ESSAY INTO A BUSINESS-STYLE SLIDE DECK
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found in these folders under the FILES Tab:
Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder / Week 7 subfolder
Your writing assignment is this week is to “translate” your course project essay into a business-style slide deck and narrate it. This discussion introduces you to business-style slide decks (BSSDs).
BSSDs are more versatile than typical slide shows because they can be read as a “stand alone” document or they can accompany a presentation or narration.
The slide decks I post for you each week are examples of BSSDs. You can always read them and get the gist of my ideas because I use full sentence bullet points, rather than the typical minimal phrases. If I narrate the slides as well or use them in the live class stream recording, you can both see and hear them. For more information about BSSDs, see the slide decks hyperlinked below.
POST 1
For your BY THURSDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Thursday for 2 post-by-Thursday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
Read carefully
Week 7 Creating a Business Style Slide DeckPreview the document
Week 7 “Translating” Your Course Project Essay into a Business-Style Slide DeckPreview the document
Week 7 Narrative Your Course Project Slide DeckPreview the document
Week 7 Recording an Audio Slide ShowPreview the document
Course Project Deck Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESSPreview the document
Course Project Deck Student Sample TRAFFICPreview the document
If you are not planning to attend the Live Lesson for this week, complete the Live Lesson discussion. This task will encourage you to study more carefully how to “translate” your essay into a business-style slide deck.
Download Week 7 DeVry Slide Deck Template Preview the documentand save it as Your Last Name Course Project Slide Deck.
Outline the content of your slide deck by drafting the titles of each slide. Use full sentences for your titles. Your reader should be able to understand the gist of your commentary from reading the titles alone.
Flesh out each slide with details from your essay. Use bullets and indented bullets to indicate key ideas and supporting details. Use author tags, citations, quotes, just as you did in your essay.
Paste your visual element and label it. Call it out where appropriate.
Paste a corrected reference list. Use bullets to separate the various entries.
Focus on the content of the slide; you do not need your narration to submit your slide deck for feedback.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY THURSDAY post and attach your slide deck. Sign your post when you are finished. Complete your slide deck as early in the week as you can, so you can get feedback on it before you narrate it.
DQ2 “REVERSE ENGINEERING” A BUSINESS-STYLE SLIDE DECK
NOTE: You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live class stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the Live Lesson recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found
in the Weeks 3 -7 Course Project Folder under the FILES Tab.
This week, one of your assignments is to “translate” your commentary essay into a business-style slide deck. These kinds of slide decks are often used in a business setting because they are versatile—that is, they can be read and understood, or they can complement a presentation or narration.
You may have already seen these kinds of slide decks. Students in the past have said that training materials at their workplaces use this format.
POST 1
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Download and read carefully:
Week 7 Creating a Business-Style Slide DeckPreview the document
Week 7 Recording an Audio Slide ShowPreview the document
Course Project Slide Deck Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESS Preview the documentby Jake
Course Project Slide Deck Student Sample TRAFFIC by Joe
NOTE: The narrations from Jake’s and Joe’s slide decks have been removed to help maintain their anonymity.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
In general, does Jake’s/Joe’s slide deck follow the order of his problem-solution essay?
To what extent does Jake’s/Joe’s slide deck “stand alone,” that is, can you still understand the slides even though the narration has been deleted (to help preserve anonymity)? Why?
Does Jake/Joe follow the same conventions about acknowledging source material on his slides as he does in his course project essay?
To what extent does Jake/Joe use bullet points, tables and white space to avoid a “wall of words” on his slides?
Does Jake/Joe choose a minimalist design and leave a white background for easy reading?
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