MSA 698: Session I Instructor Welcome Remarks Student introductions Graduate Advisor Denise Schafer Remarks ---Discusses final degree protocols, including key dates to graduation ---Q & A for Ms. Schafer Chapter 8: Real, Personal and Intellectual Property Copyright © 2016 McGraw-Hill Education.  All rights reserved.

Session I, continued Library Component Writing Center Component Instructor: “A successful 698 will be…. Adjourn

Session II Instructor Welcome Complete “A Successful MSA 698 will…, if held over from first session Director Chase remarks Q and A for Dr. Chase

Session II, continued Student Participation ---Here students tell what their portfolio project is about ---Theme of portfolio ---Holistic approach to writing portfolio

Session III Instructor Welcome MSA 698 Scorecard: How are We Doing? Proposal Submitted: 17 First Read (i.e., Free Read) 15 First Paper Submitted and graded: 4

Comments on Free Read Title Page Abstract (Executive Summary) Table of Contents Introduction and Body Land ownership extends to surface rights, airspace, water rights, and mineral rights (also known as “subsurface rights.”)

Comments on Free Read, cont. Relate Helpful Hints Constructive suggestions you have found on papers to date Conclusion References Appendices “Personal property” is defined as all property that is not land or not permanently affixed to land.

Free Read Details, cont. Title Page, concluded --Instructor Name: e.g.,Dr. James S. Neubecker ---Near bottom of page, Insert— This MSA 60X paper is in partial fulfillment of the MSA 698 Directed Administrative Portfolio The “fair use” doctrine provides that a portion of copyrighted work may be reproduced for the purposes of “criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarships, and research.”

Free Read, continued Abstract ---Summary of the entire paper ---Include conclusionary statement and/or recommendations ---No more than one page

Free Read, cont. Introduction ---Summarize what the paper is all about ---Use present or past tense verbs ---Give the reader a reason to want to read your paper

Free Read, cont. Body of your report ---Research findings ---Importance of your paper ---Problem issues found or noted

Free Read, cont. Conclusion ---Answers the question: So what? ---Include recommendations and next steps ---Pull it all together

References All references on reference page MUST be mentioned in the body of your report All references APA compliant Must have at least 8 references (scholarly, of course) Must be current

Appendices When to use When not to use Add to the narrative Free to use charts, bar graphs, pictures, etc.

General Free Read Comments Wrong word usage Not properly cited Incomplete sentences Run-on sentences Use of I or we inappropriate

General Free Read comments, cont. Subject-verb disagreement Writing Center visit Use wrong word Cannot read sentence So how might one fix?

Free Read Repair Suggestions Read your own paper aloud Have someone else read your paper Ask him/her to be constructively critical Go to the writing center Heed their advice

What should I do when paper comes back to me Read it over carefully Make suggested changes, if you agree If not, explain why you wish not to make the change Return to me to receive your grade on the paper

Conclusion of Free Read Details Questions and answers?? Observations to date: ---Some students are great writers ---Some students are not so great ---Some students should consider crayons

What’s to Come? List future Due Dates Second Paper: October 11 Third Paper: October 25 Fourth Paper November 16 Umbrella Paper November 29

Are Free Reads Forever?

Sessions IV, V, and VI Welcome: Instructor Updates, as needed: Instructor Student Presentations of Submitted Papers Q & A to each student Adjourn