June 24

For writing into the day, we wrote what we believe to be the differences between paraphrasing and summarizing.

We defined summary (a shortened version of the text that addresses all of the main or important points).  Then, we write a summary of one of our sources.

Next, we discuss paraphrasing with slides 114-120 on the PowerPoint.  To practice paraphrasing, we wrote in group a paraphrase the first paragraph on page 243 in Models for Writers.    That paraphrase was read aloud to the class.

Next, we talked about block quotes with slides on the PowerPoint 121-122.  

• You are not supposed to use your own opinion in your paper.  As such, your research essay will need to be a mixture of direct quotation, paraphrases and summaries.

Finally, we discussed punctuation to be used with direct quotations (see slides 124-126 on the PowerPoint). 

• Use ellipses when you are removing information from the middle of a quotation.  Do not use ellipses at the beginning or end of a direct quote.
• Use brackets if you are adding or changing words in the direct quote.
• Use single quotation marks where the original sources used double quotations marks.
• If a word is misspelled in the original text, you can use [sic] in the direct quote.  So, if the original sentence is “She threuw the ball” you can write “She threuw [sic] the ball.”  This tells your reader that you did not have a typo.

Homework:

• Post the reflection on instructor comments
• Finish all dialogic journals
• Bring dialogic journals, sources, Easy Writer and Models for Writers to class tomorrow