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CM223: FINAL SEMINAR! Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011

I’m Going to Miss You Brave People!

Party Time! This is our last live seminar! Please note: Unit 10 has a “no point” DB; if you can, please participate in the last discussion. Thanks!This session is dedicated to your needs!

Questions about Unit 7 project feedback Final Project overview Revising is to “RE-vision” APA Concerns Prof Ann’s pet peeves and tips, and oh, yes, THANK YOU for taking the last survey.

UNIT 9: AGENDA

The Final: A Persuasion Essay• The final essay will be at least five pages long (double-spaced, 12 pt.).

• The final essay will have a significant revision and development compared to the first draft. C grade on the draft if both are the same.

• Please be sure to include an introduction and conclusion.

– Make certain that your introduction includes your thesis statement.

• Include a separate title page and references page. 

– The title page and references page are in addition to, not included in, the five required pages.  Use our models on Doc Sharing! 

• Use at least four outside sources.  Two must be from the KU Library. – These sources must be cited (to avoid plagiarism) according to APA citation

guidelines.  Paraphrased info and quotations need citation IN your essay.– Source use includes using quotation marks for exact wording, providing in-

text citations, and providing a complete reference page. 

• AGAIN, CLASS: If you turn in the draft and final in at the same time, the draft will only receive a C level of points due to failure to meet the needs of the process of the assignments.

Future College and General Writing Issues:

From this to this,

and lots more in

between!

• Read more for pleasure.• Stay active in any course.• When in doubt, read the syllabus.• When in doubt, ask the professor.• When in doubt, email your advisor.• Check into Kaplan U’s ongoing student services, contests, Dell discounts, KU library services, the Writing Center.• You are never “the only one” thinking or experiencing anything.

Survival as a Student• Be a survivor, not a victim!

• You are making more progress that you think.

• Allow 5+ days for the KUWC paper reviewing service.

• Last minute tech emergencies:– Dropbox not working? Email

a project to the prof:

areich@kaplan.edu

KapCompAR@aim.com– Tech support may be phoned,

IM’ed, & emailed

Transition Words and Phrases:* After, although, as, because,

before, if, provided that, since,

so that, unless, until, whether,

while . . .

* Note: any “just the facts, ma’am”

report may lack transitions, graceful

phrasing (subordinate clauses), and

even complete sentences.

• revision strategies & proofreading tips

Revision Strategies and Proofreading Tips:

•Need more “beef”? Add more sources•Need more “beef”? Add more of your own interpretation and comments.

•Read aloud (to the mirror, the cat, a baby, an adult, a potted plant). Omit wordiness, watch out for “stringy” sentences. •Set the work aside for awhile (fresh eyes).

•Use Print Preview on Word to view the doc.•Use Spellcheck, but watch those “sound-alike” words! (whether/weather, you’re/your).

•Let someone else read it .

Plagiarism & Turnitin & You:

• We must cite the source in ( ) = “in-text” or “internal” citation. • Just listing the sources on your References page is not enough.• We must use “ “ for exact source text, even if the quoted text is half a sentence.

Finals turned in a bit early will be allowed to fix any Turnitin matches, but finals that are turned in on the due date will not have that “luxury.” Any legitimate Turnitin match of 25% or higher will receive a zero AND be reported to KU as your “first strike.”

Short Review: PunctuationA semicolon is a full stop, similar to a period:

“Good morning to you all; Officer Randolf will show you around the precinct.”

“This building was not always a police precinct; up until 1956 it was a dairy.”

Short Review: Spelling

“I before E except after C, UNLESS it says “A” as in “neighbor” and “weigh.”

•Practice the most often-used homophones: they’re/their/there•except/accept•weather/whether•to/too/two• then/than•Save my practice sheet or make flashcards!

One more reminder about our extended due date:

• Due date of the final essay (Unit 9 Project): as late as Monday, Nov. 28th at 11:59 pm, Eastern Time.

• Kaplan U. uses Eastern Time. The Dropbox, however, shows Greenwich Mean Time. Know what time it is where you live and on the East Coast.

• “Undone” (score 0 ) work from Units 1--9: also no later than Nov. 28th. Emailing me what you did helps me; thanks.

• There are no exceptions at all; the deadline is firm. Tuesday of Unit 10 is too late; work turned in then will get 0s.

Thank You, and Good Luck!

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