Week 6-8 Schedule

July 19-20 – Tom Friedman Assignment on the World is Flat and introduction to making statistics mean something. This is due on Wednesday. We will make every attempt to do as much of this in class as possible, but you are responsible for the overflow time.
July 21 – More Making statistics mean something and inferences. Begin the Global Warming Assignment, which is due on July 26.
July 22 – Global Warming Assignment on conservative and liberal bias in the media. This is due on Thursday. Final questions on APA. We will make every attempt to do as much of this in class as possible, but you are responsible for the overflow time.
July 26 - Collect your essays as soon as class begins. If it’s not in today, you have until Monday the 2nd to turn it in at the beginning of class or you will not pass this class. When we are done, we will go straight into the Aron Ralston peer review assignment. You will have to complete this at home for Tuesday, which is when we will go over this. You will also need heroes to compare for tomorrow as well.
July 27 – Begin MLA discussion. Approve topics
July 28 – Continue MLA discussion and making statistics mean something. For tomorrow, you will turn in a first paragraph, outline, and 2 website printouts. I will look over these while you are doing group Internet research and give them back to you.
July 29 – Group Internet research day on 9/11 after we redo the pushups grammar test to prepare you for the Grammar Test on Tuesday.
August 2 – Little Big War in class assignment. We will work in groups. If you come ready to play, you get the attendance points. If not…
August 3 – The Grammar Test is today. This won’t take the whole class. After this, it’s the final day to discuss MLA and help you one on one with your essays, which must be in tomorrow to get to the final exam.
August 4 – Your MLA essay must be in by today. If it isn’t, you will not pass this class. You will not need to take the final if that is the situation that you are in since the final is only pass or fail. For those people that are prepared, you will take the final exam that leaves you finished with COM121. Since you have worked hard, you get to enjoy the rest of your summer without any more papers or anything like that to worry about.