Hello All,
After
reading the first twenty-nine pages of CSU’s Assignment Template, I feel a
little better about the Common Core Standards. I liked how CSU set this up as a
step by step instructional tool for educators to use. Reading through this
feels like a manual for beginners, which let’s face it, right now I am. Therefore,
for me it felt like the missing link offering me much needed insight.
In
several of the sections, I remember seeing references for educators. If you
remember my last blog on the Common Core and how they are now teaching college
level work in high school you will find the references given at CSU to support
these standards interesting.
As you remember, I discussed having to examine rhetoric, argument, last time. I also had to learn the appropriate way to use quotations, paraphrasing, and summary in my English 101 course. Well, one of the required books we used in our college classes was They Say I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. This is a wonderful resource and one I would definitely recommend for any classroom. It teaches students the correct use of quotes, paraphrasing, and summary in academic writing in order to avoid plagiarism.
Another wonderful resource, which they did not recommend but I used extensively in college, was Everything’s an Argument by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz. This book helps students to learn to analyze, shred, build, or just plain terrorize any rhetorical work out there, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. I loved this book as I learned about Pathos, Logos, and Ethos inside in and in an understandable way.
The last resource I want to talk about is the OWL. I have been an avid user of Perdue’s Owl website for so long that if I type OWL into a search engine or even the address bar at the top of the page my computer will automatically take me there. It is the go-to site for any type of research paper, no matter the style. MLA, Chicago, APA it doesn’t matter what you’re looking for the OWL has the resources you need and want. It is also user friendly.
Thanks for Reading,
L.Rowe
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