from your account. Write "hello" or something equally clever. 2009-10 Spring Semester
InfoTrac Vocabulary Assignment
2009-10 Fall Semester
Persuasive Final (download template and save to your folder)
eResearch -- completing your paper
Focus on collecting FACTS (with complete source information) on your eCards document. Don't worry about electronic sharing for now--just keep your document saved in your FHS folder. At the top of the page in the space indicated, write your name AND your research question.
eCards download (Word .doc format)
InfoTrac link
14 December 2009
SAVE your Overview document as WorldProbOverLastname, substituting your name for Lastname.
UPLOAD your document (must end in .doc or .docx) to your Google Docs.
OPEN the document in gDocs and check to make sure everything is in there.
Above the grid, WRITE a short paragraph: Which of the world problems you are going to explore in-depth? Why that one? Which particular aspect/s might you focus on?
SAVE the document.
SHARE the document with bowenfhscomp@gmail.com
OPEN the following document for creating your ecards (electronic note and source cards).
SAVE the document to your gDocs folder under the name eCardsLastname, substituting your name for Lastname.
ACCESS InfoTrac through FHS Library to begin researching your chosen problem.
Expository Writing: World Problems Project
1. You will need a Google account for this project. Either log in to your gMail or create a gMail for yourself.
2. Send an email to Bowen [bowenaATsd5.k12.mt.us] from your account. Write "hello" or something equally clever.
3. Download the World Problems Overview document.
4. Go to the website linked on the document and review the problems.
5. Choose 4 to 6 problems of most interest to you. Click through those links to actual facts about the problems.
6. For each problem you review, write a fact and an opinion about the fact. Save the document to your Google Docs as WorldProbOverLastname, substituting your name for Lastname.
6. Share your document with Bowen at her email above.
Final Story Due 12/7/09:
Story itself:
Typed, double-spaced, stapled, with complete heading including word count. (Goal is 1000+ words)
FULLY PROOFREAD! Every error will cost points.
Also turn in previous editing, stapled together (separate from final story):
Peer edit sheet done by partner.
Your "Story Elements" highlighting and writing.
2008-09
2006-2008
AUTHOR'S STATEMENT:
At end of paper:
1. Identify your organizational plan
2. Write a short statement about your relationship to this paper (love it, hate it, my best work, didn't spend enough time on it, like the idea but couldn't get it down on paper the way I wanted, much improved from my first draft, want help with verbs, etc. etc...)
Based on one of your "Descriptive" drafts in Compo
IMPROVED in ALL of the "six traits" IOVWSC
Six Traits Revision Guidelines
Rewriting and the Six Traits
200 – 400 words
Typed, double-spaced in "manuscript format"
Careful attention to the assets of descriptive writing:
detail
five senses
well-chosen adjectives, precise nouns, vivid verbs
avoid lazy repetition of words (thesaurus!)
Real World Writing Assignment
Instructions (click here to download as Word.doc)
Form (click here to download as Word.doc)
Real World Writing Links
Ferris State University Writing Center
Amy Gahran
Ten Example Assignments
A Checklist
Professional Writing Programs
Western Kentucky University
