Irene Maksymjuk

Welcome to our class site/wiki! Our assignments and homework will generally be posted here, either the day of or in advance of the class. Please get in the habit of checking it!

***STARTING Feb.28, I will be posting most recent activities first. For all earlier assignments and activities, scroll down below the line of ***** in chronological order.

Understanding and Identifying Plagiarism (online resource, practice exercises and quiz from Indiana University)

4.17.12 MLL: Watch the 2 short videos below and write up a Reaction Paper (250 word minimum):

4.10.12 MLL: Timed Writing: Use the document below for today’s timed writing assignment. Please remember to do a word

count after time is called and before you print it.

HOMEWORK–LAST CALL: Your argument essay, as well as all previous revisions and outstanding assignments are due in classnext Tuesday, April 17th. This is your LAST chance to get credit for assigned work. I will also be collecting your usage/grammar logs for the final time.

4.6.12 MLL: Final Outline of your Argument Essay: Use the attached document and choose either the Block or Point by Point Pattern. Due by Friday, April 7th.

4. 4.12 MLL: Timed Writing: Use the document below for today’s timed writing exercise. Please remember to do a word count after time is called and before you print it.

HW: Clarify and improve the development of your argument and outline it using either the Block or Point-by-Point method

we studied today. Bring a hardcopy of your outline to class — we will be working on your Argument essays in class.

3.27.12:MLL — Use the attached document to start developing your Argument Essay. As you will see, some

internet research is required. Be sure to save the completed document with your name and date when finished, and print out a hard copy to hand in.

3.22.12: **ROOM CHANGE** — for the next three weeks, on Thursdays we will meet in 258 and then MLL 255.

Timed Writing Assignment: download this document and use it to complete the timed writing.

When time is called, save and print out.

HW:1. Read pp. 113 – 115 in our textbook. How would you score this draft using the TOEFL scores we discussed in class?

2. In preparation for writing your own Argumentative Essay, do Activities 1 and 2 on pp. 111-112. Bring to class!

3.20.12: In class reading and exercise: Read the article on the benefits of bilingualism and highlight/underline all references to research; discuss the numerous ways that references to research are woven into the essay, paying particular attention to the verbs used;

MLL: Complete revision of your Cause/Effect essay (hard copy is due in class no later than Thursday);

Also due Thursday: Your grammar/usage error log.

3.8.12 Handouts:

1) Causes of Plagiarism (paraphrasing exercise)

2)Definition, Causes and Consequences: Brief Introduction to Plagiarism, its Causes, Consequences and Resolutions — read and note especially the detailed citation for this article and reference list at the end, identifying the sources this author used in putting this article together.

3.6.12: MLL and HW –Revise your Cause/Effect draft in response to my feedback and incorporate the further research you have done, making sure to identify your sources properly (list of references at the end and in the text). Hard copy due in class on Thursday. See this site for help and examples of how to format different types of references.

3.1.12: The Power of Words (video)

HW: Research (or further research) on either your general topic or one of your causes or effects — use the internet to find a reasonably detailed source of further information; print out that source, summarize the information in one paragraph (be sure to paraphrase!), and hand in both your summary and the printed copy of your source.

2.28.12: MLL — Based on your choice of EITHER a cause focus OR effect focus, use your graphic organizer and outline to

write the first draft of your Cause/Effect essay (5 paragraphs). Bring hard-copy to class, attached to your graphic organizers.

HW: Take this online quiz on Cause/Effect essays and email me your results (maks@bu.edu) as indicated at the end.

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OUR SYLLABUS:

1.26.12: HW — From Dyslexia to Poetry

1. Look up dyslexia to get a better understanding of it;

2. Read the essay

3. Note your reactions to Schultz’s story (journal or note form)

1.31.12: MLL — Summary and Reaction to From Dyslexia to Poetry (2 paragraphs): Hard copy due at the end of MLL

1. Summarize Philip Schultz’s essay in 1 well developed and coherent paragraph.

2. In the next paragraph, express your reaction to Schultz’s story and points: What do you feel and/or think in response? Do

you see any connections to your own life and experiences? What lessons could we draw from Schultz? Etc….

3. Save and name your document (your family name and today’s date: 1.31.12)

4. Print it out and bring to the second half of class.

2.2.12 HW— 1. Brainstorm ideas (on paper) for your hometown story; see pp. 7-9 and 140-143 in our book;

2. Do #10, p. 19.

If you want to see the New York City story again, check it out (in 3 parts) on You Tube:

2.7.12 MLL — Use the attached form to outline your narrative elements and then your essay. Save as directed above.