Get it together for Tuesday the 9th

> Attendance and getting grades back

> Hear about some projects, starting with "punch lines" (which is also the hook, the deep point being made)

> Question: how does Facebook construct the author? The point of the question is concrete description of a medium (as you will need to do in your project). Assume "the medium is the message," i.e. the medium determines the message we get. What can we say about Facebook? How do we "know someone" through Facebook? What kind of self does it present? What structures or patterns? Look at specific details ... e.g. Barack Obama Facebook

> Logical mapping. Your essay must have structure. Remember: 2000 word minimum, not including Works Cited (about 8 pages). You must think through the order of the parts. Here's one approach to brainstorming structure for your essay.

1. Create a Google Docs document and create a diagram
2. Write your single sentence research topic in the center of the diagram
   
3. Write your content areas each in separate boxes (what do you need to talk about to make the explore the research topic? what websites etc. but also what texts, essays, etc.)
4. Write your assertions/claims coming out of the topic each in separate boxes
5. Write your evidence/annotated bibliography texts each in separate boxes
6. Order and organize everything
7. Save the diagram and link it to blog post for today
   

> Work in pairs. Present today's blog post and the logical map to a partner. Discuss the structure of your essay. What parts does it include? What does it need? What part should you write first?

Here's a link to my excellent diagram