PLEASE finish My Writing Lab completely. The difference between finishing it and not finishing it could be the difference between an A- and B+ or passing and failing the class.
PLEASE finish your journals. I'll still accept them until the last day of class. They can make the difference between grade levels as well. Having all 10 journals with a 5 can still get you 10 bonus points.
PLEASE finish your hero paper redone with the standards that are on this website - not doing this 110 point grade (out of 1430 total points in the class - I divided your total by 1400) could take an A to a B or take many grades to sub passing. Once your final starts, this must be in.
FINAL POINT BREAKDOWN
10 points to sign on to Angel, 10 points to sign onto mywritinglab, 10 points to e-mail that you were on the class website. (30)
5 points per journal (Max) x 10. (50)
3 60 point summaries. (180)
110 point hero paper and 110 point hero paper redone. (220)
350 point research paper. (350)
110 point article critique. (110)
10 points for research paper topic (10)
25 points for Death of an Innocent (25)
40 points for the Outline on National Parks (40)
25 point Midterm (all points for no down arrow) (25)
100 points for grammar test (100)
150 points for My writing lab -3 for each section not completed (150)
Online quizzes (20 for Jackie, 40 for Aron, 8 others / 6 people and journal and paper issues) (140)
There will be occasional e-mail help today (Friday), tomorrow (Saturday), Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
There will be NO HELP on Sunday due to my graduation and family activities that will be occuring before and after it happens.
YOUR FINAL SCHEDULE:
MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 1-150 - Your final will take place in Room Berks 607 on Wednesday from 100-300.
MONDAY WEDNESDAY 2-320 - Your final will take place in Room Berks 607 on Monday from 330-530.
TUESDAY THURSDAY 8-915 - Your final will take place in Room Berks 602 on Tuesday from 8-10.
TUESDAY THURSDAY 930-1045 - Your final will take place in Room Berks 602 on Tuesday from 8-10.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Last week - hero paper redone rules
Purdue Owl is overwhelmed right now.
Final exam essay - in case you lose it:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1007/Why-laptops-in-class-are-distracting-America-s-future-workforce
Try the source here
http://library.osu.edu/help/research-strategies/cite-references/mla/
for help.
This is for class this week.
Monday or Tuesday (for 2 day of the week classes): Pushups test (not towards your grade), Hero Redo rules, and grammar questions.
(on Wednesday for M,W,F class).
Wednesday or Thursday: real deal 100 point grammar test. (on Friday for M, W, F class).
Research essay due at the beginning of your first class of the week with pre-writing.
Checklist of the Hero Essay PART 2
How to Go above the Mendoza Line and Be Great
1. Your paper is typed Times New Roman, 12 point type, and everything is double-spaced. There are no gullies (additional spaces beyond double) between your paragraphs. You will also have an MLA header in the header section – not the first line of the paper.
2. There are ABSOUTELY no references made to there being an I, a YOU, or an US in your paper. Any words that imply these things lose points.
3. Your paper is about WHAT MAKES A HERO. It is not about a person who goes from bad to good. It is not about a role model. It is about what makes a person heroic (in this IT IS NOT a paper on any particular hero, but you can use examples of heroes). My ORIGINAL sample paper reflects on the heroic. Your paper must do this as well. I find it very hard to think of more than a handful of people who have done heroic things in my 39 years of existence on this planet. I have seen them on television and read about them, but I rarely encounter them. That said, I have met a great many role models that I can look up to, but let it be said that there is a difference between these 2 terms. Unless, you attended a lecture by a superb example of mankind, I’m almost 100% sure that you haven’t met a true blue hero either. If your concept of a hero is something less, then I will deduct points from that. Any example you use is subject to scrutiny. For this, YOU WILL NOT exemplify ANY FAMILY or FRIENDS in this paper. If you do, you WILL LOSE POINTS. See www.values.com for what it means to be heroic and a role model. For example, just taking care of kids is not heroic. If a person brought life into the world, then he or she has the responsibility to care for life (ALL family must look out for family). This is our most basic responsibility as people – not some extraordinary accomplishment. While I realize that some people don’t give a hoot for family, that doesn’t make those who do heroic. It makes those who don’t care for the people in their lives less. Really. That said, those who take care of us are our role models, and we would do well to learn from them.
4. ON THE FIRST PAPER, many students reflected my words back at me. This was especially evident in their attempts to utilize phrases like “role model.” This paper is supposed to be a culmination of YOUR UNDERSTANDING of a hero. While it must reflect the truly heroic (not just “I like him or her’), it is not a plagiaristic repeating of my words. Doing this will cause you to lose points on the final paper.
5. You will use 3 sources. They will all be from the databases on the RACC Yocum library site. You MAY NOT use the Internet. You MAY NOT use books. http://www.racc.edu/Yocum/onlineDatabases/default.aspx
You can find all of the information you need here. We will go over this in class.
6. How to cite an article from an online database.
Works Cited:
Clark, Zsuzsanna. "From Saturday-Night Poetry to Big Brother." New Statesman 132 (21 July 2003): 32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Sept. 2010.
Parenthetical:
(Clark)
http://library.osu.edu/help/research-strategies/cite-references/mla/mla-style-guide-electronic-resources/
7. This paper is to be 8 paragraphs. It is not to be 7. That would be short. It is not to be 9. That would be long. More is not better. Jump through the hoops and follow my directions, or you will lose points.
8. Follow ALL OF THE RULES in the Issues in Your Paper handout. Not some of them – all of them.
9. Your paper is due the minute that your class’s final exam starts. If you are not at your class’s final exam, you will fail. If you are late, you will lose that time for the final exam. If you want a redo, then you should get help in advance as there is no redo permitted. If you do not hand this assignment in, you will be evaluated to see if you are above passing. If you are not passing, you will fail the class.
10. You must have a rough draft with this essay. It must be SIGNIFICANTLY different than the original draft. In this, you should write ALL OVER it so that I can see your changes. If you do not hand write all over the paper, then you have not done a rough draft. No rough draft = ten points lost out 110 points. A rough draft implies that you wrote THE WHOLE PAPER – not 3 paragraphs and then added 2 more to the final paper later. Effort is everything. If you’re not trying, then you’re probably failing.
11. If you have to send me this document, please do so as a .doc, a .docx, or an .rtf. If you just cut and paste this in the body of the e-mail, I’m not accepting it. No questions asked. If you tell me that you have sent it to me, we will open it up before you take the final to see if it is all there.
12. Do your best. I know that you can win, but if you don’t check your work against my rules, you’re causing yourself to lose points that you shouldn’t be losing. Remember: this isn’t how you or I think papers should be. It’s how the book says papers must be.
13. Spell and grammar check is your friend. Use it.
Final exam essay - in case you lose it:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1007/Why-laptops-in-class-are-distracting-America-s-future-workforce
Try the source here
http://library.osu.edu/help/research-strategies/cite-references/mla/
for help.
This is for class this week.
Monday or Tuesday (for 2 day of the week classes): Pushups test (not towards your grade), Hero Redo rules, and grammar questions.
(on Wednesday for M,W,F class).
Wednesday or Thursday: real deal 100 point grammar test. (on Friday for M, W, F class).
Research essay due at the beginning of your first class of the week with pre-writing.
Checklist of the Hero Essay PART 2
How to Go above the Mendoza Line and Be Great
1. Your paper is typed Times New Roman, 12 point type, and everything is double-spaced. There are no gullies (additional spaces beyond double) between your paragraphs. You will also have an MLA header in the header section – not the first line of the paper.
2. There are ABSOUTELY no references made to there being an I, a YOU, or an US in your paper. Any words that imply these things lose points.
3. Your paper is about WHAT MAKES A HERO. It is not about a person who goes from bad to good. It is not about a role model. It is about what makes a person heroic (in this IT IS NOT a paper on any particular hero, but you can use examples of heroes). My ORIGINAL sample paper reflects on the heroic. Your paper must do this as well. I find it very hard to think of more than a handful of people who have done heroic things in my 39 years of existence on this planet. I have seen them on television and read about them, but I rarely encounter them. That said, I have met a great many role models that I can look up to, but let it be said that there is a difference between these 2 terms. Unless, you attended a lecture by a superb example of mankind, I’m almost 100% sure that you haven’t met a true blue hero either. If your concept of a hero is something less, then I will deduct points from that. Any example you use is subject to scrutiny. For this, YOU WILL NOT exemplify ANY FAMILY or FRIENDS in this paper. If you do, you WILL LOSE POINTS. See www.values.com for what it means to be heroic and a role model. For example, just taking care of kids is not heroic. If a person brought life into the world, then he or she has the responsibility to care for life (ALL family must look out for family). This is our most basic responsibility as people – not some extraordinary accomplishment. While I realize that some people don’t give a hoot for family, that doesn’t make those who do heroic. It makes those who don’t care for the people in their lives less. Really. That said, those who take care of us are our role models, and we would do well to learn from them.
4. ON THE FIRST PAPER, many students reflected my words back at me. This was especially evident in their attempts to utilize phrases like “role model.” This paper is supposed to be a culmination of YOUR UNDERSTANDING of a hero. While it must reflect the truly heroic (not just “I like him or her’), it is not a plagiaristic repeating of my words. Doing this will cause you to lose points on the final paper.
5. You will use 3 sources. They will all be from the databases on the RACC Yocum library site. You MAY NOT use the Internet. You MAY NOT use books. http://www.racc.edu/Yocum/onlineDatabases/default.aspx
You can find all of the information you need here. We will go over this in class.
6. How to cite an article from an online database.
Works Cited:
Clark, Zsuzsanna. "From Saturday-Night Poetry to Big Brother." New Statesman 132 (21 July 2003): 32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Sept. 2010.
Parenthetical:
(Clark)
http://library.osu.edu/help/research-strategies/cite-references/mla/mla-style-guide-electronic-resources/
7. This paper is to be 8 paragraphs. It is not to be 7. That would be short. It is not to be 9. That would be long. More is not better. Jump through the hoops and follow my directions, or you will lose points.
8. Follow ALL OF THE RULES in the Issues in Your Paper handout. Not some of them – all of them.
9. Your paper is due the minute that your class’s final exam starts. If you are not at your class’s final exam, you will fail. If you are late, you will lose that time for the final exam. If you want a redo, then you should get help in advance as there is no redo permitted. If you do not hand this assignment in, you will be evaluated to see if you are above passing. If you are not passing, you will fail the class.
10. You must have a rough draft with this essay. It must be SIGNIFICANTLY different than the original draft. In this, you should write ALL OVER it so that I can see your changes. If you do not hand write all over the paper, then you have not done a rough draft. No rough draft = ten points lost out 110 points. A rough draft implies that you wrote THE WHOLE PAPER – not 3 paragraphs and then added 2 more to the final paper later. Effort is everything. If you’re not trying, then you’re probably failing.
11. If you have to send me this document, please do so as a .doc, a .docx, or an .rtf. If you just cut and paste this in the body of the e-mail, I’m not accepting it. No questions asked. If you tell me that you have sent it to me, we will open it up before you take the final to see if it is all there.
12. Do your best. I know that you can win, but if you don’t check your work against my rules, you’re causing yourself to lose points that you shouldn’t be losing. Remember: this isn’t how you or I think papers should be. It’s how the book says papers must be.
13. Spell and grammar check is your friend. Use it.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Checklist for MLA essay on Monday or Tuesday
This is what you need to look over for the MLA essay that is due on Monday or Tuesday.
Checklist for the MLA Research Paper
Do you want a good grade? If so, follow this list.
1. 12 point type
2. Times New Roman
3. Header (your last name and the page # continuously numbered and on the Works Cited page)
4. First LINES (your name, my name, class, date).
5. EVERYTHING including the first lines and Works Cited page are double spaced with no extra spacing beyond the double spacing.
6. 4 FULL pages of text.
7. This is not a biography – it is explaining how historical actions create a hero. It is 20% research – 80% your expression of what the information means.
8. 3 sources bare minimum – 2 Internet and 1 print bare minimum.
9. 4 sources total for more than the 75% MAXIMUM grade that you can get for doing the MINIMUM work.
10. Does your paper look like my sample paper (Weisel and Frankl)? Does it look like the sample paper in the book (Chapter 12)?
11. Purdue Owl MLA is always correct. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
12. See my research PPT and all materials in the MLA research paper section of Angel.
13. Is every citation in the paper referenced on the Works Cited page?
14. Is every entry on the Works Cited page referenced in the paper?
15. If you have a word for word quote, MUST it be in the author’s voice in those exact words? If not, it MUST be paraphrased. Not paraphrasing where you should will lose points.
16. If you have a word for word quote, is it incorporated into the flow of the text?
17. If you have a word for word quote, does it meet the 1 sentence maximum rule?
18. Are book titles in italics and article titles in quotes?
19. Did you read this paper out loud for clarity?
20. Did you run spell and grammar check?
21. There is no redo – do your best!
22. Prewriting is worth 50 points. It must include the sheet with SQ3R items COMPLETELY filled out. It must include a typed rough draft that is significantly marked for errors in handwriting (not just typed and given for examination so that I can figure out what is wrong).
23. I will look over Works Cited information this weekend if you would like me to. All requests must be in by Sunday at 8pm.
24. Watch out for PLAGIARISM.
25. Do your best. There is no redo. I believe in you.
Checklist for the MLA Research Paper
Do you want a good grade? If so, follow this list.
1. 12 point type
2. Times New Roman
3. Header (your last name and the page # continuously numbered and on the Works Cited page)
4. First LINES (your name, my name, class, date).
5. EVERYTHING including the first lines and Works Cited page are double spaced with no extra spacing beyond the double spacing.
6. 4 FULL pages of text.
7. This is not a biography – it is explaining how historical actions create a hero. It is 20% research – 80% your expression of what the information means.
8. 3 sources bare minimum – 2 Internet and 1 print bare minimum.
9. 4 sources total for more than the 75% MAXIMUM grade that you can get for doing the MINIMUM work.
10. Does your paper look like my sample paper (Weisel and Frankl)? Does it look like the sample paper in the book (Chapter 12)?
11. Purdue Owl MLA is always correct. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
12. See my research PPT and all materials in the MLA research paper section of Angel.
13. Is every citation in the paper referenced on the Works Cited page?
14. Is every entry on the Works Cited page referenced in the paper?
15. If you have a word for word quote, MUST it be in the author’s voice in those exact words? If not, it MUST be paraphrased. Not paraphrasing where you should will lose points.
16. If you have a word for word quote, is it incorporated into the flow of the text?
17. If you have a word for word quote, does it meet the 1 sentence maximum rule?
18. Are book titles in italics and article titles in quotes?
19. Did you read this paper out loud for clarity?
20. Did you run spell and grammar check?
21. There is no redo – do your best!
22. Prewriting is worth 50 points. It must include the sheet with SQ3R items COMPLETELY filled out. It must include a typed rough draft that is significantly marked for errors in handwriting (not just typed and given for examination so that I can figure out what is wrong).
23. I will look over Works Cited information this weekend if you would like me to. All requests must be in by Sunday at 8pm.
24. Watch out for PLAGIARISM.
25. Do your best. There is no redo. I believe in you.
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