Oct. 18: for tuesday please hand in at least 3 full paragraphs that address one or more parts of the Teen

Brain question. Be sure to start incorporating citations as you write! On Tuesday we will also set up Peer Feedback Teams!

In class: individual meetings, identifying how authors use their sources, summarizing the matrix of problems that = the debate

Oct 16


Summarizing: introduces new words & ideas

Says;

Bottom line= there’s a lot of controversy about brain studies and sentencing among scientists(Bower, p.9)

science shows teens’ less culpable so use the data in sentencing(ORTIZ, p. 7; Bower, p.9)

how brain s/ help the problem vs how not appropriate

types of objections: ethical not science,(Bower, p.9) data not ready

Does & how well:

What it adds up to that autor desnt say

Article:

Problem-focused:

Sides of the debate rather than specific authors








Oct 4


Effective annotation strategies for Quoting & attribution

If you use index cards you will always have the accurate & complete citation info!

1. Cite every time you paraphrase, summarize, quote to state and support a claim you make

2. Two or more continuous words need quotation marks

3. Cite the same way for paraphrase, quote, summarize

4. Cite whenever youre not sure if you should cite!

5. When using a statement the author is quoting, you don’t need to use the original author’s name.. you do need double quotation marks: “ ‘ blah blah blah’” [see line 19-30 in teen brain for examples]
6. However, if the author is quoting someone he/she disagrees with, you might want to name the original author:
7. Bb: p. 5, paragr 1: “ Baseball, writes Murray…. P.8 last parag is the original statement
8. Always sandwich quotes in between your sentences that explain how you want the reader to interpret it and that explain the connection to the point you are making



Sept. 27: BLUE LAB

Here are three tasks we can work on in class and you can continue on your own:

1. experiment with TB thesis statements

2. brainstorm your theories and opinions about capital punishment, juvenile crime, etc.

3. annotate readings for the CLAIMS ABOUT THE BRAIN STUDIES