1. 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
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2. Session I, continued Library Component Writing Center Component
Instructor: “A successful 698 will be….
Adjourn

3. 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

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

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

6. 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.”)

7. 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.

8. 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.”

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

10. 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

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

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

13. 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

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

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

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. Are Free Reads Forever?

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