Final procedures for the end of class.

This will happen Thursday or Friday (depending on when your class meets).
You must show up for your ACTUAL class.

The paper is due at the beginning of your ACTUAL class. You can come to an earlier class, but not a later class. If you want to begin early, you can come at 8am IF YOU CONTACT ME TO ENSURE THAT I WILL BE THERE. If nobody contacts me, I will get there when I get there.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A FINAL ESSAY WHEN YOU COME TO CLASS FOR THE LAST TIME THIS WEEK, YOU WILL NOT TAKE THE FINAL BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE FAILED THE CLASS.

Final exam rules:

1) you can have A notecard for David Sedaris and A notecard for 1 (and only 1) of the following persuasive essays:

A) Phoebe Prince's bullying case - persuade me what we should do in punishment to her abusers.
B) The Gulf Coast oil spill - persuade me what we should do to fix the spill and the effects of it.
C) The immigration law in Arizona - is it right or wrong - and if so, how should we enforce it or change it.
D) The Times Square attempted bomber - how should we punish him (civil courts or military tribunals) and is he a terrorist / criminal.
E) Elena Kagan is Obama's pick for Supreme Court Justice. Acceptable or not?

The last 4 can be found extensively at www.cnn.com and www.foxnews.com since they're all ultra current events.

2) the persuasive essay must be done as a 7 paragraph absolute argument.
3) the David Sedaris essay is a standard 5 paragraph essay.
4) you must pass the final to pass the class.
5) if you bring in an essay from home, I will tear it up and you will start fresh.
6) you have Friday + 1 final period to finish 2 essays.

Tu,Th - B001 Tuesday at 8am until 10
MWF9am - 8-10 on Wednesday.
MFW10am - 1030-1230 on Monday.

7) If you're late, you lose the time.
8) If you're sick, you lose the time.
9) You can show up to your final time or a time that is earlier than that, but not 1 that is later than that. For example, if your final is Wednesday, you can come Monday (if you e-mail in advance). You can't come Wednesday for a Monday final.
10) If you're going to do that, you must contact me in advance.
11) Due to the length of time involved with the test, 50 minutes is not enough. If you finish 2 essays in 50 minutes, you are pretty much choosing to hand in whatever, which means that I'm going to be grade uncorrected essays. For this reason, you need to come to the 2 hour final IF ONLY to edit your essays for clarity and grammar (most likely to write 1 entire essay and make corrections). I will give you your final paper back at this session as well. If you are beneath passing, I will let you know so that you do not have to waste time taking the rest of the final (since the final is pass or fail, it can only hurt your % grade - not raise it). When you leave, you will know your grade.

You will need the following.
What your chosen group of people knows and needs to know about your topic (also, who is your chosen group of people).
a sufficient amount of notes - as long as it doesn't look skimpy and as long as your paper is long enough, it's ok.
a typed rough draft that is different than the final paper.
all of your URLs printed out.

the paper has

a title page
an abstract
an outline (typed)
4 pages+ of essay.
a references page.

It is set up in APA

You will have 5 sources bare minimum.
2 Internet or database
1 print
2 whatever.

standard checks to see if everything is there for grammar and APA just like you did with MLA.

Good luck.

There is a sample essay that is almost done (I'm finishing that now).