Change in Due Date

From the discussion in class, we decided it would be best to push the due date to Monday, before class. This will give everyone an extra few days on the editing process.

On Monday we will begin to discuss the novel Enchantment. There will be a short project concerning the novel and we will then work on topic possibilities as attained through the novel's ideas. Please be sure to have all of your Enchantment Quiz pages up to date as I will be grading and bringing in an updated version of your attendance and grades on Monday.

4 Weeks left of classes.

Symbolism Workshop

Today we will hold a workshop where two people will take a look at your project thus far and comment.

1) Leave a comment on this blog post with your wiki name, ex: JoeSchmo
2) Make a comments section on the bottom of your project page for your peers to write in.
3) Finalize any last minute details of your essay and make sure you are saved and out of your editing page of your project. - If you are not, and you save later, you will lose all the workshopped elements.
4) Go to the SymbolismWorkshop page. You will find your name on the list.
5) Find the name 2 numbers below you and workshop that project for 10 mins
6) Find the name 2 numbers above you and workshop that project for 10 mins
7) Take the last few minutes of class with any questions and concerns.

Reminder: Project is due tonight by midnight. Every day late is -10 pts from final grade.

Plagiarism Discussions and Work Day

*Attendance
*Discussion of plagiarism through the Writing Resource Center's websites: "Free Papers" and "Avoiding Plagiarism"
*A look at JoeSchmo's page again - for a template on what your essay "should" look like in the end. Pay close attention to the way in which the Works Cited is alphabetized and checked for accuracy. Five in all.
*Print out your current copy of your essay and do another edit, mark up the page and ask me questions during class.
*You must have a very well edited project by Friday for the workshop. Don't make your peers trudge through a lot of spelling errors and unfinished thoughts.

Change in amount of words

After previewing some of the projects, I decided that 500-700 words will be sufficient for the /Symbolism project. Have a good rough draft ready for Wednesday for discussion on how to make the cite page and making sure we document any information you have gotten from a source.

Project is still due Friday at Midnight!

I have noticed some students have become confused on what we are doing for this project.
Here is a recap:

Project Prompt: I want you to find a single Fairy Tale story (written in our blue book or a movie-if it is cleared with me first) in which you will choose a single symbol. This symbol, you will explore through the story - find out what it brings to the story, think about why the author included it as a symbol and why it is worth looking at. What does it represent? We are looking for the implied and hidden. Also, if the symbol has taken a drastic change in our present time (in movies and culture), how do you see this affecting the fairy tale? Why do you think this change has occurred?

Sources: Then, I will be looking for 4 sources from which you will find more information about this symbol. Two sources can be from the internet. But, the website must clear most of the guidelines as discussed in the assignment page. The rest of the sources must be from print sources (library material). I encourage you to find journal articles, symbology books, encyclopedias, and Old English Dictionaries to explore your symbol. If you have chosen a symbol that you cannot find information on - I encourage you to change the topic after talking to me and finding another to work with.

Today: I will be taking attendance in the classroom at 2pm and discussing this post. I will then go through some of the questions and afterwards (around 2:20) will invite those that need to, to go to the library and we will work on finding sources. For those that have found their sources, they are encouraged to stay in the classroom and work on their project and I will come back to the classroom at 2:45 to see if anyone has questions.

*Wednesday: We will discuss plagiarism and citing our sources. Please bring all materials you have to be able to make this citation part of your project. We will be following the MLA format as closely as a wiki can. I will expect your wiki project to be roughly written into your wiki page and ready to be previewed by myself to make sure you are keeping up with the class. I am looking for 700+ words on exploration of the symbol and what it can mean in the story and through our current understanding of it.

*Friday: We will have a peer review edit of our projects and I will see this as a large part of the participation part of the course. Any days we have a peer review, I will expect attendance to be high for such a project.

*This schedule could change, but I will give proper warning beforehand.