Notes--24 Sept 2012

Notes--24 Sept 2012

have to go through training to use tools.
republic and state rights are probably more eroded than founding fathers would be comfortable with
joke about descartes

roll call object
give the exercise no name must describe verbally
what are some of the elements of craft we use
gestalt is about sorting out whole big groups of objects
metaphor
mouse in computer context gives some initial object to hang metaphors on
ski jump, tape dispenser
light projector
reference mst3k--mystery science theatre 3000
metaphor
orientation--when describing you want them to be able to see from angle
move the person if you are writing
move the object if in real time
comparison
proof of it is in the reader constructions
Batman comic on screen
introduce the subparts, break it into subparts.
describe as a longnecked dinosaur looking back over his shoulder
Its head neck body
categorizing--Aristottle called it Aristotelian method--analysis--breaking things down
covered proposal
in research/solution papers we account of one analytical structure
what 2 analytical structures does the proposal contain?

in any analytic structure you document the object in front of you
this proposal will contain an overview of my main project
it will contain an outline of main project
it will contain a timeline
second we need to account for
analytical structure of the proposed object
proposal
propose to do the following
break the proposal into hierarchical elements
any object is going to do that.

See that in the table of contents.
Tables of contents that have subsections
that's an analytical tree turned on its side

This is the structure of my proposal and this is the structure of the thing I want to do.

I propose to build a boat

resource assessment of my project
assessment of physical tools i will need
proposal structure

in the outline:
contains the proposed object

just introducing the concept
when we get to the timeline we use a gantt chart

we come into the outline and we take a top level of the outline to build our timeline.

this axis is time and this axis"Y" is task
you wouldn't say it would take this long to write my body
you would drill down and break it down into levels/task items

its going to take me ___hours to write this.

How many analytical structures does the proposal have to account for

have to account for the structure of the proposal

account for the structure of the proposal
account for the object

we are proposing to write a series of solution papers
series of solution papers is the proposed object.
focused on our own prime object

time in class to work out an outline
do half a dozen papers.
maybe you want to do everything in tier one
how to break it down on other projects
write an outline and write our proposal together
team paper how to live off the grid
take a certain number of chapters and write them up

in our gantt chart

chapter 3 is eating grubs--on timeline three weeks out--jake is expert on grub eating--
1/2 hour rev
tyson is going to do one half hour of review and revision
Who's doing it what they are doing to it time estimated for completing
on the daedalus project 1 big tree take time to complete that today
under the trees lots of solutions and some will have sub solutions
when we do out timeline we won't be doing the project just part of the project

2 analytical structures that the proposal requires
they start out in the outline
much more simple detail in the timeline.

analytical structure of the project includes all the other project

proposal contains the outline
outline is the analytical structure of the project we are proposing

proposed object, the thing to be created structure

When is this due? Due a week from today. October 1st 2012.

A little more review, get into teams for the last half hour

I three are doing one proposal, are we supposed to each write one?

One timeline, share e-mails

simplest itme line is microsoft tables
non daedalus teams work together on timeline
time its going to take us to create this paper in the real world

one paper every two weeks

no high end mettallurgy without ceramics, etc.

Grammar discussion
what words do we use

give example of a transitive sentence--implies there is something being transitive
I studied the test
I confused the class

give example of an intransitive
I coughed
I bled
I tattooed

I am Vern kind of sentence--intransitive linking or copulating

grab one randomly out of Jared diamond this would be a good quiz question for next time:
As the doctor watched, the husband turned red.

prepositional phrase

done with the introductory part of th sentnce


prepositional phrases are modifiers.

prepositional phrase ends

husband is subject, turned is the verb, red is an adjective

adjective modifies a noun

no object. Intransitive verb.

this prepositional phrase probably originated there

no need for a comma

the husband turned red as the doctor watched
As the doctor watched, the husband turned red.

the grimmest example of germs' role in history come from the European conquest of the Americas that began with Columbus's voyage of 1492. Main verb,

As soon as you hit the preposition, nothing after it can be the main verb.

Main verb is "come". Subject of "come" is "examples".
Grimmest modifies examples.

modifying the grimmest examples.

Come because examples is plural.

What kind of sentence is this? Transitive because it has an object. Has no object. As soon as you hit "from".