Writing II (Week 5): Writing a final draft

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Recap

Complete the matrix found in Teams, Week 5.
- Copy and paste your topic sentences from each body paragraph to the matrix.
- Copy and paste your one of your evidence sentences that you included in each of your body paragraphs to the matrix.
- Copy and paste the direct quote used to support your paraphrased evidence that you included in each of your body paragraphs to the matrix.
Today we practice paraphrasing. See Tips to paraphrasing.

Quote 1: Topic – Motivation

Direct Quote: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do” (Jobs, 2005, para. 5).
Paraphrase Example: Students and professionals alike must love what they do to achieve excellence. (Jobs, 2005).

Quote 2: Topic – Environment

Direct Quote: “The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth” (“Chief Seattle’s speech”, 2004).
Paraphrase Example: The perspective of humans interconnect with nature, instead of possessing ownership over it (“Chief Seattle’s speech”, 2004).

Quote 3: Topic – Philosophy

Direct Quote: “The unexamined life is not worth living” (Socrates, as cited in Plato, 1966, p. 38a).
Paraphrase Example: Socrates argued that self-reflection and critical examination are essential for a meaningful life (Socrates, as cited in Plato, 1966).

Chief Seattle’s speech. (2024, February 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Seattle’s_speech

Jobs, S. (2005, June 12). Stanford commencement address. Stanford News. https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/

Plato. (1966). Apology (B. Jowett, Trans.). Clarendon Press.

Choose a writing partner.
Peer review: As you review your classmates’ work, add an uppercase “I” next to their name in the essay checklist in Teams.
Review APA Guide: Citations and references
Review Introduction paragraph and Conclusion paragraph.

Use secondary sourced citations sparingly.
Peer review.
Appropriate words and phrases | Boosting vs. Hedging | Text formatting in Word
Use AI to receive feedback on your writing by using the following prompt: Detect the probability that the following text was generated by AI… and then copy and paste your essay. Remember to never use AI to generate text that you include in your essay. There are ways to use AI in your overall writing process, but this is not one of them. Use the output from this prompt to make additional changes to your essay.

I will be out of the office today, so we will not have our Writing II class today. Please continue working with your writing partners, reviewing the list of words and phrases to avoid. Also, compare your references and citations with what some of your other classmates have to see that you have formatted your text correctly and that you are using APA correctly… Help each other! Finally, make sure each body paragraph begins with ME and concludes with AL – Refer to the MEAL plan.
Please do not submit your final draft to the Teams assignment until instructed to do so.

Words and phrase to avoid and check APA.
I will explain on Monday what to submit for your Unit I essay (final draft) assignment in Teams. Please wait to submit the assignment until Monday, March 4, 2024.
Unit I essay due (final draft) – March 4, 2024.
On Monday, bring with you pencils and paper. ### Demonstratives (this, that, these, and those) Avoiding demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns allows a writer to write more descriptively. In the example below, I provide three examples of how to avoid demonstratives and phrases like “it is essential”, “it is crucial”, etc.
These plans are essential because…
- The plans that students create to work collaboratively with each other helps to form bonds that continue throughout their academics.
- Having plans to work more collaboratively with each other helps form bonds that continue throughout their academics.
- Having students create plans for working more collaborately with each other, teachers help students form bonds that continue throughout their academics.