1. Connecting Nosich and Writing Analytically to Your Papers
SEE-I(T)
Connecting Nosich and Writing Analytically to Your Papers

2. The most frequent things I hear about this paper
I’m having trouble not writing a thesis & 3 paper
I have lots of stories but I don’t know if I’m putting them together right
I’m not sure if I am doing this right…
But I’ve always done it another way!

3. SEE-I(T*) (Nosich p. 33 ff)
For each point you want to make,
STATE the point
ELABORATE on it (explain SO WHAT)
Give EXAMPLES that back up your point
and/or ILLUSTRATE the point
and
TIE IT IN* to your purpose/pitch (T* connects it to writing; this is WA ch 4)

4. What concepts does the CRTW Rubric emphasize?
Degrees of
Meeting the assignment
Appropriate for audience
Organization
Can be judged against CT standards
Understands source(s) if used
Style
Editing
Documentation

5. How do you write a paper that gives you the best chance to succeed?
Start by breaking down the assignment—what are you asked to do? Make sure you can PARAPHRASE and be specific about your task.
GENERATE material by going around the circle for your topic—use different points of view, paraphrase or alter your Q at I, brainstorm each section, and generate material
Next, ANALYZE the raw material. NOTICE and FOCUS on key threads, oppositions, and repetitions. Use THE METHOD to find important ideas and work on them.

6. Breaking Down Paper 1 State position on marriage in paragraph 1
In body of paper, show why you have formed that position and connect it to specific filters, barriers, and impediments in your thinking—get material by using the circle!
Use quotes from your reading as a springboard to analyze
In conclusion, step back and reflect on the big picture (WA ch 4)

7. How do you transfer this to a draft?
Pick up clues for organization from the assignment
Make a work plan (may or may not be a formal outline)
Start cutting and pasting material from your circle work into the appropriate sections of your plan
Add SEE-IT for depth (scuba, not jet-skiing)

8. SEE-I(T) in Action
I feel the way I do about the War mainly because of pride. I am extremely patriotic; maybe even excessively so. I am patriotic because my grandfather was in the army. He taught me that the flag should never touch the ground and when to raise it, when to lower it, and when to put it at half staff. This instilled in me the feeling that this country is special and that even minute details, such as a flag, are important. Also, I do not want my country, the greatest power in the world, to back down from a fight. I believe that we can do anything, and to give up now would just show weakness in my opinion. The reason I believe that this country can do anything is simple. The United States has rarely been below the bar as compared to other countries. We are at the top in terms of technology, wealth, and freedom. We once defeated what was thought to be the greatest power on earth with a small army to gain our freedom. Teachers have taught me that the United States is better than others in those terms so that has certainly shaped my view on the War.

9. The educational habits and practices that I have grown up with have taught me how to get through high school as best as I could, but it never prepared me for an opinion on any subject, including the war. I believe that many Americans’ educational practices have hindered them into not being critical thinkers. Americans often just try to blend in and believe what someone else is believing rather than have an opinion that is truly theirs. I believe that the war has been talked about negatively for the past couple of years, not because a majority of Americans are against it, but because a few influential Americans are against it and every one else just follows the crowd.

10. Like many others, sometimes I try to ignore an issue or problem because I am afraid of facing it. It is easy for me to pretend that everything is “okay” in my world because I do not have the war going on in my backyard, but in the back of my mind I know that I am never one-hundred percent safe. Ever since September 11th, my feelings of security and safety were never quite the same. On that day, it did seem that there was a war in my backyard. The scariest part was that this event could have happened to any person, anywhere in the U.S. It could have been my parents’ place of employment that was attacked or a friend or family member that was aboard one of the planes. Up until that point I viewed our country as a safe magical place where I didn’t have to worry about all the problems in the world. That image of America is now completely erased from my mind. That fear is a constant filter for me.

11. Now, work on the flow…
Develop each FBI you think is important into its own SEE-IT chunk.
Decide if the chunks of the paper are in the best order (try cutting and pasting to move them around). Compare it to your outline (or make an outline now)
Smoothe out the seams between the chunks (transitions, etc.)
Assume the reader’s POV and see how the flow of ideas would hit her or him

12. Finally,
Check that you’ve done everything the assignment requires (have you USED your direct quotes as part of SEE-IT or just plunked them in, for instance?)
Polish the style—read sentences out loud, work on the rhythm and word choice
Check the editing with a fine-toothed comb