Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Week 7 to 10 Scedule

The first class of week 7 – Collect journal #5 – where were you on 9/11 Beginning of Week 7. At the beginning of class, we will collect the Abraham Lincoln article summary and then go into part 2 of the National Parks Outline Assignment. We will assign the Anne Frank article for 6am on the 2nd class of the week. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/deep-survival-lessons-from-anne-frank.html . The rest of the classes for the week are focused on grammar.
The only class of week 8 (except for M,W,F 1-150 – they will have grammar the second day they are here – their quiz will also be due on Monday) – Collect journal #6 – your choice at the Beginning of Week 8. Collect Anne Frank article summary. The assignment for 6am on the day of the next class is to access the Doris Voitier quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.
http://reason.com/archives/2007/08/31/myths-of-hurricane-katrina We will go over note taking skills and prepare for the Cornell Method Assignment the final day of the week. You will get the article for the midterm the first day of the next week.

The first class of week 9 – The midterm is the first class of the week. If you have 2 classes of the week, we will go over Doris Voitier before the final. If you have 3 days of the week, we will only take the midterm. If you want to do an article summary on Doris Voitier, this will be due on your next day of class at the very beginning of class. Collect journal #7 – your choice Beginning of Week 9. Discuss the note taking process and do the Cornell Method Assignment the final class of the week. This must be finished in class (except the written part of the assignment, which will come in the next class).
The first class of week 10 – Individual meetings with me concerning where you stand and what you can expect to achieve based on your midterms. Even if you don’t want to meet with me privately, you must show up since that won’t take all class.

The Rest of Week 10 – Learn how to do the article critique version of the summaries. This is due the first class of Week 11. You must redo one of the article summaries you did to make this summary better.