the writing assignment

It looks like a lot of people based their writing assignment on this webpage, or this one, because there is very little or no other content in their papers.   Mostly this was uncited (BAD!)  In fact mostly it was cut and pasted  (oops! That's called plagiarism).  This is bad enough, but the source material is incoherent and incomplete.  Which means that the papers that depended on this material are also incoherent and incomplete....

Note to self: you gotta do better than this...

what's wrong with this venn diagram?

OR THIS ONE?

homework for next week (9/22-9/28/2013)

The homework for next week is sections 2.3 and 3.1 and is due at the beginning of class on Thursday.

Essay question

On Sep 16, 2013, at 4:30 PM,  ******** wrote

> Good afternoon,

>

> I have been stumped by this paper. I have come up with the justification as to why the four circle venn diagram does not work and have come up with a few solutions to the problem; I find myself hitting a wall when it comes to justifying why my chosen solutions work. I am not sure if I should just work through every possible combination and justify that it works that way or if I am simply supposed to indicate that the issue found in the four circles is resolved with my solutions. I am struggling to find a middle ground in these options but I can't seem to find one. I was hoping you could push me in the right direction?

>

> Thanks,

**********

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On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:18 PM, tom taylor <tom.taylor@asu.edu> wrote:

hi *******,

I have two questions for you:

1) why do you believe that your solution works?

2) Do you mind If I post your question on the blog, without your name of course?

thanks,

Tom

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I believe my solution works in that it bears similar characteristics of the four circle venn diagram but it also has the two combinations that I believe it did not represent. I'm not sure how I could go about strengthening that into a solid argument though.

I don't mind at all!

Thanks,

************

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OK, so referring back to the homework problem, you can see from the hint in part a) that the set (A^D)/(BUC) is missing (I'm constrained in my fonts so I'm using '^' for intersection and 'U' for union), so it would be good if your new sets have this as one of the two new combinations.  So my help to you are questions. Which kind of combinations do you need to consider? How many of these combinations should you have, and how many do you have? (i.e. do you have the right number of combinations?)  How can you label the combinations you should have, and how can you tell if you have them all?

The Homework for Next Week (9/15-21/2013)

The written for next week is sections 2.1 and 2.2 and is due on Thursday.

 In addition, the final version of your essay is also due on Thursday. Those of you who turned in your first draft last thursday, need to get (bribe, pay, beg, intimidate) someone to read and criticize your first draft, which should result in your second draft.  *YOU*, yourself, then need to do a critical read of the second draft to come up with your third draft. Please turn in !BOTH! your second and third draft on thursday.

Homework Due Next Week (9/8/2013-9/14/2013)

1) Written homework due thursday at the beginning of class is sections 1.4 and 1.5.

2) You should be starting on your essay, which is due on September 19.  Don't know what to do? See the previous post, and ask. 

First Essay

Your first essay is Due on September 19.

The topic of the first essay is evaluating the use of "other geometrical figures" than the circle as a
a tool in place of the circle in "Venn diagrams" to illustrate the possible relationships between four sets.  The first thing to know about you essay is that it should be an essay, and in particular a critical essay. It may contain figures and images as an aid to understanding, but it should be primarily and substantially a written description and argument.

 It should contain no fewer words than are necessary to explain the problem and the solution to the problem clearly, and equally no more words than are necessary to explain the problem clearly.  It should be written in simple declarative sentences.  In your first draft: it should contain an introductory paragraph--which "tells them what you are going to tell them", should contain a body most likely consisting of several to ten substantial paragraphs-- which "tells them" and should contain a conclusory paragraph which "tells them what you told them".   

In your second draft, in addition to correcting grammar and presentation, you should evaluate the story you are telling: Is it dead boring?  Is it understandable? It shouldn't be!  Ask a friend or significant other to read your draft, write down  their comments and revise accordingly for the third and final draft.

When you turn in your essay, you should turn in all three drafts.