**What's posted for this assignment we will talk about the week of Nov. 28th.**

Second individual consultations sign-up link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VLqqpSM1uLx2hZHC7eTnlFgF2kPyJOlki29NBxYv5ug/edit?usp=sharing

Try to meet with me during one of these times; if you cannot schedule it, send me an email, and we'll find a time next week to meet. 

Journals

1. Take a break this week and focus on writing your drafts; also, take this week to work on any journals that you're behind on, or that you've missed over the past few weeks. 

2. Submit your first drafts to the homework vault below, and don't forget to sign up for a 20 minute chat this week with the link at the top.

Reading & Listening

3. During the next class, we're going to talk about writing research models. Below, I want to introduce you to two ways of conceptualizing the “moves” that writers for academic purposes might need and want to make in their papers:  

3a. The CARS model: the CARS stands for “Creating a Research Space,” and it’s a model for how to write a powerful introduction (and in general, for how to be confident and assertive in your description of your own research). These two websites will give you a good introduction to the model and also some typical language used in each of the “moves” described by the model: 

3b. The Toulmin method (Claim-Data-Warrant)

Toulmin was a British philosopher who was interested in explaining human reasoning processes—but his theories on logic have also been adopted by writing teachers. Take a look at the handout “Claim Data Warrant Toulmin” which I’ve linked below. This will introduce the three main parts of the model.

3c. Lastly, it’s back to the old familiar OWL site for more details and some added terminology:

3d. For this week, let’s look at an essay which is still academic, in the sense that they are based on a lot of research, but which are written or a larger audience. Please read the essay “The Death of Languages,” by Rebecca Roache, on the amazing website Aeon: 

The content of the essay is fascinating, I think, but the form is also worth noticing. In class, I would like to focus on the concept of paragraphs, and the concept of transitions. After you’ve read the essay, go back and re-read the first sentence of each paragraph. Notice the incredible variety of transitions—all the various ways in which the author leads us from the topic of the previous paragraph to the topic of the next paragraph. Please choose one or two sentences in the essay which you think are effective transitions, and be prepared to discuss them in class. What makes them so effective? 

And finally, your English comic for the week: