Friday:
There will be two short projects. This is the first one:
Assignment: Portfolio Organization
Obtain a file folder and put your name and student number on the label.
Put all of the writing you have done for this class in the folder with the oldest writing at the back. Label each essay as either rough draft or final on the upper right hand side. On the upper right, name the essay (#1 essay, #2 essay, etc.)
Bring the file/portfolio to class on October 15th. Students who have their portfolios prepared as described will receive 5 class participation points. We will check the portfolios off in class.
Read and understand the following requirements for the portfolio:
PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH 099
Students’ portfolios must have at least four 3-5 page essays, each with at least one draft.
Students’ portfolios must have at least one essay that uses outside research, with proper in-text citations and a proper works-cited bibliography. Research sources should include periodicals and/or books, not just web pages. This should be an essay that the student completes individually and not a group project.
Students’ portfolios should have several examples of other types of writing, in addition to their four essays. This would include in-class writing in response to prompts, written response to readings, and various kinds of writing exercises.
Each portfolio should be organized before bringing to the portfolio reading, so it is easier to review, with the portfolio cover sheet filled out and included.
Decisions of the portfolio review teams will be final.
Wednesday
We worked on outlines today. The instructor took the outlines of students and showed how to develop them into more detail.
There will be an exercise posted here for Friday. Students who are at campus, however, should come to class at 3:05 p.m. The instructor will help students who come with their outlines. Students who travel to campus for this class only may do the online exercise without coming to class. The instructor is in ANGEL training from 1-3 p.m.
The second project will be posted here around 4 p.m.
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The instructor returned students intros with the grade. She told students how to do a corrections page and told them they had to correct every final essay that is returned if it still has marks on it.
We went over the finding a topic exercise that we did in the last class (Friday) for the students who were not in class.
We will do one intro on Wednesday. The instructor will return the "Watcher" papers on Wednesday.
This assignment is due on Wednesday:
Read Ch. 3 through p. 53 and do the following:
a. Do exercises on pages 34-35, 1-5 (4th ed, p. 32, 5th, p. 35)
b. Do Choosing a Topic on p. 35.
c. Thinking your audience, p. 36 (p. 35 in 4th edition, 5th, p. 39)
d. Draw an Idea Wheel (39) or list (42) for your own topic (41-42, 4th ed., 43-44, 5th ed.)
e. Write a “working thesis” and the topic sentences (44) (4th ed., p. 91, 5th ed., p. 94
f. Do exercises on 44-46. 5th, 96. 4th, 93.
g. Write a detailed outline (47).
On Friday we will be in writing lab, writing from our outlines. Note this change: The Friday writing lab has been changed to Wednesday, Oct. 13.
