My idea for this page involves posting PowerPoint presentations that I’ve created in PDF format. If anyone wants to use or adapt a presentation for their class, feel free to contact me for the original format. When I tested the links, I notice that it takes about 30 seconds or more (depending on your browser) for the media file to appear. I tested these in Firefox (version 19.0.2) and Chrome (version 25.0.1364.172), for what it’s worth.<\/p>\n
Research and Documentation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In this series of presentations, the emphasis on accurate documentation is tied to the greater emphasis on academic integrity. Learning to work with sources is a challenge on several levels. First students need to understand what the sources are saying. When using these sources in their papers, students also need to determine to what extent they will utilize these sources. Research is not about stringing together a bunch of quotes; it’s about entering a “conversation.” My instruction on documentation invariably is qualified by my insistence that students not let their own “voice” be eclipsed by the voices of their sources. It’s a fine line I’m asking them to walk, I know.<\/p>\n Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism Using and Acknowledging Sources PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Working with Sources PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Advanced Searches Using Boolean Operators<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Comment: The information compiled here may not be necessary, but I included it anyway.<\/p>\n Creating Citations Using EasyBib PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Comment: This was a course-specific presentation, having to do with creating a certain kind of citation that students were using on their research essays one semester.<\/p>\n Leaving a Paper Trail<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Comment: The focus of “Leaving a Paper Trail” is on how to create a working bibliography, as well as an annotated bibliography.<\/p>\n Reading, Writing, and Analysis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The presentations collected here represent the emphasis on critical reading skills, which is probably an over-used term but will suffice for now.<\/p>\n PPT Information Diet<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Comment: The Information Diet presentation is tied with my first-week project (see details here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Questioning a Text Reading Rhetorically PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Comment: There are actually two presentations contained in this presentation. Slides 1-12 focus on strategies for questioning a text; the rest of the presentation, beginning with slide 13, focuses on the three classical rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos).<\/p>\n Moving Your Audience PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Comment: This presentation builds on the previous presentation, focusing specifically on the classical appeals of ethos and pathos.<\/p>\n Argument<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This collection of presentations introduces students to argument as a genre, which is the focus of my English 100 curriculum. It’s interesting to get students to begin contemplating the distinction between argument<\/em> and debate<\/em>, and to encourage them to consider the possibility that an argument can be a positive exchange of ideas rather than an unpleasant, emotionally-charged encounter. In fact, as a way of setting the stage for the discussions to come, I like to introduce the concept of arguing from the standpoint of how not<\/em> to argue, using as an illustration segments from All in the Family. <\/em>For more on this, go to Media<\/a>, where I’ve assembled some YouTube clips of the Bunker family in action.<\/p>\n Argument an Introduction PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Introduction to Toulminian Language of Argument PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n ARGUING A POSITION A WELL-PRESENTED ISSUE<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Visual Argument<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I prepared the following two slide shows as part of an introduction to an assignment in which students were required to analyze a visual argument. This can be an interesting assignment but it involves introducing students to some of the concepts involved in design (type, space, color) and analysis of graphics. Our text covers this material briefly, but I felt it might be helpful to supplement the text with these presentations.<\/p>\n Analyzing Visual Arguments Part I PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Analyzing Visual Arguments Part 2 PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Writing Instruction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Writing-Masterful-Paragraphs-2015-PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Description<\/strong>: In this presentation, I discuss the features of a basic paragraph (unity, development, coherence), topic sentences, and primary support. A “basic” paragraph is analyzed, with discussion of structure and support. Students are introduced to the importance of secondary support using the acronym (FRIED). The original basic paragraph which has been “FRIED” is presented with the additional secondary support.<\/p>\n Moving From Paragraph to Essay<\/a><\/p>\n Description<\/strong>: In this presentation, students are introduced to the structure of a basic essay.<\/p>\n Narrowing your Thesis 2015 PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Description<\/strong>: In this presentation, I review the characteristics of a thesis statement, go over how to narrow a thesis statement (using the illustration of a whole pie vs. a slice of pie), provide a simple formula for creating a “content-rich” thesis statement, discuss common errors when crafting a thesis statement, and provide practice thesis statements for students to improve using the principles discussed in the presentation.<\/p>\n Preparing for the English 50 Final PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Grammar\u00a0Instruction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I created or updated the\u00a0following PowerPoint presentations during the Fall 2016 Semester. Most of the material is adapted from the text Inside Writing: A Writer’s Workbook (Form A), by William Salomone, Stephen McDonald, and Martin Japtok (8th edition).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 1 Intro Naming the Parts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 1 Section One All about Verbs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 1 Section Two About Modifiers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 2 Section 1 Clauses Understanding Sentence Patterns<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 2 Section 2 Sentence Patterns<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 2 Section 2 Clauses as Modifiers Continued<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 3 Section 1 Participial and Infinitive Phrases<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 3 Sections 2 and 3 Adjective Clauses, Appositives, Dangling Modifiers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 4 Section 1 Subject Verb Agreement<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chapter 4 Section 2 Pronoun Agreement<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My idea for this page involves posting PowerPoint presentations that I’ve created in PDF format. If anyone wants to use or adapt a presentation for their class, feel free to contact me for the original format. When I tested the … Continue reading