Due to Labor Day holiday, Monday / Wednesday 2-315 will have their library time at a later TO BE ANNOUNCED date.
First class of week 3 (Tuesday the 7th or Wednesday the 8th) – Collect journal #2 – positive accomplishment Beginning of Week 3. Then, we go over the article critiques quiz. Then, I will assign you to write essay 1. I will teach you how to do this for the remainder of the class.
Last class of week 3 (Thursday the 9th or Friday the 10th) – Report directly to the library. You will be getting your library tour on this day. You need to know how to use all of these resources ASAP. You will need them for every class that you take, but you will also need them for your final paper. The first papers that you do WILL NOT HAVE ANY outside references, but you may need to look up information to understand the things that you are reading about. For that, it’s better to do this sooner than later.
First class of week 4 (Monday the 13th or Tuesday the 14th) – Collect journal #3 – education philosophy Beginning of Week 4. At the very beginning of class, you must hand in the HERO DEFINITION PAPER. As long as it is in by the beginning of class, you can get a redo. If it is late (minutes or days), there is no redo and you will get what you get. If you are late more than 1 full week (first class of week 5 at the beginning of class), you will take a 0/110 for the assignment. This will most likely cause you to fail the class because a person can’t recover from not turning papers in. Don’t let this happen to you. AFTER THIS, will assign you to read your first article critique option (you must do 3/5 options that are presented to you). However, everyone must take the online quiz for 6am the next class of the week. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3695819 We will finish the class doing a continuation of grammar.
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, CONSIDER ALL TIME NOT SPENT WORKING ON ESSAYS AS A CONTINUATION OF GRAMMAR. BRING YOUR NOTES AND HANDOUTS AND COME PREPARED.
2nd class of Week 4 and the rest of the week – We discuss the Adam Bender article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in the first class of week 5. We will spend the majority of this week doing a complete discussion of grammar.
1st class of Week 5 - Collect journal #4 – Stephen Covey quote Beginning of Week 5. Then, we will conclude with going over your essays since I DON’T EVER begin class by giving back your essays. This detracts from the learning process, and I need you focused on learning instead of your grade from an assignment past. To start the day, I will collect the Adam Bender essay. The assignment for 6am on the 2nd class of the week is to access the Kwame James quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/the_bonus/08/15/kwame/index.html The rest of the time is still more grammar fun, which is how I will spend the rest of the week that I am not assigning you to finish the Kwame James article summary (that we will go over) by the 1st class of Week 6.
1st class of Week 6 - Collect the Kwame James essay. We assign the Abraham Lincoln article and go over the quiz on the 2nd day of the week http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Lincolns-Contested-Legacy.html . If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in the first class of week 7. No grammar fun this week (unless we’re ahead of the curve) since we’ll be discussing pre-writing and outlines and we will finish up the week with the National Parks Outline Assignment part 1. We will do part 2 together during the first class of Week 7. You MUST bring your notes since you will get points for them AND you will need them to complete the assignment.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
First 2 Weeks of Class Schedule
PLEASE NOTE!!
There will be ABSOLUTELY NO e-mail contact on Thursday after 745am until Friday morning as this is my birthday and I will be celebrating that after class is over. If you have ANYTHING that you need answered, please get it to me prior to that.
First 2 weeks of class – I meet you! We go over the Bad Letter handout and I explain to you why you need to do well in English (If I can’t tell you this, then the class has no foundation). I tell you to access Angel Online so that you can see the Can You Pass My Class handout with all assignments and rationales on it, the philosophy of education paper (optional), the RACC rules for students (as does every other teacher that you have), and the journals paper (not optional). You will read through the entire journals handout (not optional). I explain to you the syllabus and you will read the To My Students letter (you will sign off on having read this), the Plagiarism explanations, and the Sid Stocker Memorial Assignment Book (to be honest, everything you need to prepare yourself for the first 2 week stretch is listed on there). Here you get the link and handout to get into the Angel site for access to my class. Since this class was MARKED AS WEB-ENHANCED, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT INTERNET LOCATION. Not having a computer is not an excuse. If it is, you WILL NEED TO SWITCH to a class that isn’t web-enhanced since you pay a technology fee to the school, AND you are now accountable to being able to access my items. Thus, you can use RACC’s computers if necessary (they’re not just for Facebook and Myspace). I also tell you that you should get a USB drive to store all of my attachments on (trees don’t have to die for ALL of the handouts that I give to you (and I give you a lot of handouts and PowerPoints to help improve your chances of success)). We go over the introduction to this class Power Point (also available on Angel, which I’m reiterating you must visit). From there, you must send me an e-mail (the only one that you’ll ever send from the Angel site) to prove that you were there and read the RACC Rules for Students), and you will watch the GOOD THINGS IN LIFE video. I also assign you to go online and see the class website (www.onlymypride.blogspot.com), and then you send me the officially marked material (you can’t just send me anything – I need what it tells you to send – anything less than this is zero credit with NO chance for points time 2) so that I know that you know where the website is and so that I know what your RACC e-mail is (by your final class of the week – no personal e-mails – just RACC e-mail via SCHOOL POLICY).
I give you the assignment to read Death of an Innocent and take notes for an in-class quiz on your 2nd day of class. (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html ) On that day, you take the Death of an Innocent quiz. If you aren’t prepared, you lose your first points because I don’t do makeup tests for any reason EVER (since there are extra points built into the system). If you are prepared, you can inflate your grade since I have bonus points on this test. I’m just saying that you might want to read. On the 3rd day of class, we go over the Death of an Innocent quiz and watch a bonus features video from the movie.
For the 3rd class, you go online and print out the Right Word handout and the Issues in Your Paper handout. In short order, we will go over this. I CONTINUE TO STRESS the idea of completing your journals early. For the 3rd class, you must type a FULL page journal on what made you come to college. The rules for this are in conjunction with the online quiz that you will take by 6am the morning that the assignment is due (in Journal Information). If you do this and the rest of the journals as they are due, you get full credit. If you procrastinate, you WILL lose out on “free points” AND you will find yourself bogged down when other assignments are due. I warn you that while you are very smart and capable (and that I see your potential success), equally smart and capable students have failed this class because they procrastinated doing their journals (and other assignments). This goes DOUBLE for www.mywritinglab.com .
On that note, for the final class of the first week, you will be set up on www.mywritinglab.com . You will have a handout that will help you do this. This is worth points to your final grade. You must be processed by the end of the first week of class AND you must be done with the practice tests by the beginning of class for your first class of week 2. These are not short and simple things. Take the time to do it right. If you do, there will be less work to complete later. Really.
We discuss the concept of journals as a whole. We discuss appropriate college writing.
We take a grammar test so that I can see what you know and to see how you improve by the end of the semester. This will happen on the final day of the first week. While it does not count towards your final grade, it can be worth points to you if you are the high grade in the room. Otherwise, it is solely for my “learning” purposes and to see how much you improve by the first unit’s end. Thus, I can focus on teaching you things that are important to your learning.
I tell you to go online and start looking over the Karate Kid Method of Learning Grammar handout since we begin grammar during week 2. You will have the choice to print this out and bring it to class or to take your own notes. It’s up to you. I suggest printing it out since I know what makes people pass and fail this class.
If you feel like you have extra time, you can always look at stuff like the Image Handout and 15 Rules for Class and Life if you want to figure yourself out and learn how to be better at school and life. They’re not required, but they’re there to help you (if not now, then maybe later).
The assignment for 6am on the final class of week 2 is to access the Jackie Robinson quiz online. You will read the Time 100 Jackie Robinson article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.http://205.188.238.109/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html
ASAP, I want you to take the opinion quiz on Survey Monkey Dot Com. Your name is not attached to it, so don’t worry about being “connected” to your opinions. We will use the data from this at a later date. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VMFLLNX This may take a while. Give yourself some time to make it happen (30 minutes).
The final class, we will discuss the Jackie Robinson article and go over the quiz. Since YOU HAVE to learn the rules for how to write article critiques before you do them, you will look at what is right and wrong with the sample critiques. Trust me; this is MEGA IMPORTANT! You will then take the peer review quiz on the Jackie Robinson article critiques by class 1 of week 3.
There will be ABSOLUTELY NO e-mail contact on Thursday after 745am until Friday morning as this is my birthday and I will be celebrating that after class is over. If you have ANYTHING that you need answered, please get it to me prior to that.
First 2 weeks of class – I meet you! We go over the Bad Letter handout and I explain to you why you need to do well in English (If I can’t tell you this, then the class has no foundation). I tell you to access Angel Online so that you can see the Can You Pass My Class handout with all assignments and rationales on it, the philosophy of education paper (optional), the RACC rules for students (as does every other teacher that you have), and the journals paper (not optional). You will read through the entire journals handout (not optional). I explain to you the syllabus and you will read the To My Students letter (you will sign off on having read this), the Plagiarism explanations, and the Sid Stocker Memorial Assignment Book (to be honest, everything you need to prepare yourself for the first 2 week stretch is listed on there). Here you get the link and handout to get into the Angel site for access to my class. Since this class was MARKED AS WEB-ENHANCED, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT INTERNET LOCATION. Not having a computer is not an excuse. If it is, you WILL NEED TO SWITCH to a class that isn’t web-enhanced since you pay a technology fee to the school, AND you are now accountable to being able to access my items. Thus, you can use RACC’s computers if necessary (they’re not just for Facebook and Myspace). I also tell you that you should get a USB drive to store all of my attachments on (trees don’t have to die for ALL of the handouts that I give to you (and I give you a lot of handouts and PowerPoints to help improve your chances of success)). We go over the introduction to this class Power Point (also available on Angel, which I’m reiterating you must visit). From there, you must send me an e-mail (the only one that you’ll ever send from the Angel site) to prove that you were there and read the RACC Rules for Students), and you will watch the GOOD THINGS IN LIFE video. I also assign you to go online and see the class website (www.onlymypride.blogspot.com), and then you send me the officially marked material (you can’t just send me anything – I need what it tells you to send – anything less than this is zero credit with NO chance for points time 2) so that I know that you know where the website is and so that I know what your RACC e-mail is (by your final class of the week – no personal e-mails – just RACC e-mail via SCHOOL POLICY).
I give you the assignment to read Death of an Innocent and take notes for an in-class quiz on your 2nd day of class. (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html ) On that day, you take the Death of an Innocent quiz. If you aren’t prepared, you lose your first points because I don’t do makeup tests for any reason EVER (since there are extra points built into the system). If you are prepared, you can inflate your grade since I have bonus points on this test. I’m just saying that you might want to read. On the 3rd day of class, we go over the Death of an Innocent quiz and watch a bonus features video from the movie.
For the 3rd class, you go online and print out the Right Word handout and the Issues in Your Paper handout. In short order, we will go over this. I CONTINUE TO STRESS the idea of completing your journals early. For the 3rd class, you must type a FULL page journal on what made you come to college. The rules for this are in conjunction with the online quiz that you will take by 6am the morning that the assignment is due (in Journal Information). If you do this and the rest of the journals as they are due, you get full credit. If you procrastinate, you WILL lose out on “free points” AND you will find yourself bogged down when other assignments are due. I warn you that while you are very smart and capable (and that I see your potential success), equally smart and capable students have failed this class because they procrastinated doing their journals (and other assignments). This goes DOUBLE for www.mywritinglab.com .
On that note, for the final class of the first week, you will be set up on www.mywritinglab.com . You will have a handout that will help you do this. This is worth points to your final grade. You must be processed by the end of the first week of class AND you must be done with the practice tests by the beginning of class for your first class of week 2. These are not short and simple things. Take the time to do it right. If you do, there will be less work to complete later. Really.
We discuss the concept of journals as a whole. We discuss appropriate college writing.
We take a grammar test so that I can see what you know and to see how you improve by the end of the semester. This will happen on the final day of the first week. While it does not count towards your final grade, it can be worth points to you if you are the high grade in the room. Otherwise, it is solely for my “learning” purposes and to see how much you improve by the first unit’s end. Thus, I can focus on teaching you things that are important to your learning.
I tell you to go online and start looking over the Karate Kid Method of Learning Grammar handout since we begin grammar during week 2. You will have the choice to print this out and bring it to class or to take your own notes. It’s up to you. I suggest printing it out since I know what makes people pass and fail this class.
If you feel like you have extra time, you can always look at stuff like the Image Handout and 15 Rules for Class and Life if you want to figure yourself out and learn how to be better at school and life. They’re not required, but they’re there to help you (if not now, then maybe later).
The assignment for 6am on the final class of week 2 is to access the Jackie Robinson quiz online. You will read the Time 100 Jackie Robinson article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.http://205.188.238.109/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html
ASAP, I want you to take the opinion quiz on Survey Monkey Dot Com. Your name is not attached to it, so don’t worry about being “connected” to your opinions. We will use the data from this at a later date. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VMFLLNX This may take a while. Give yourself some time to make it happen (30 minutes).
The final class, we will discuss the Jackie Robinson article and go over the quiz. Since YOU HAVE to learn the rules for how to write article critiques before you do them, you will look at what is right and wrong with the sample critiques. Trust me; this is MEGA IMPORTANT! You will then take the peer review quiz on the Jackie Robinson article critiques by class 1 of week 3.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Final Exam for English COM121
What is the most important event of the last 40 years?
Smithsonian Magazine has a list of where they feel we're going and where we've been.
I'm not concerned with your personal life's best (i.e. getting married or having a kid). I want to know about the most imporant event in history, technology, culture, or anything else.
7 paragraphs. Intro / Conclusion / 5 developed reasons why.
This will be done in class on Wednesday (and only in class on Wednesday).
Smithsonian Magazine has a list of where they feel we're going and where we've been.
I'm not concerned with your personal life's best (i.e. getting married or having a kid). I want to know about the most imporant event in history, technology, culture, or anything else.
7 paragraphs. Intro / Conclusion / 5 developed reasons why.
This will be done in class on Wednesday (and only in class on Wednesday).
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