DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

Thursday, August 29, 2019

• First Class.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

• Read and sign the class contract (see Handouts section of class web page)
• Email required contact information to Dr. Halbert at hhalbert@mc3.com.  Download and use document template from Blackboard in the handouts section.
• Read and mark the following handouts (located in Course Documents of class web page):
• "How to Really Read this Book"—Frechie, Halbert, McCormick
• "First They Changed My Name"—Caffilene Allen
• "The Sanctuary of School"—Lynda Barry
• "The First Major Turning Point" –Malcolm X
• "'I Just Wana Be Average'"—Mike Rose
• Chapters VI and VII of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.
• "Theme for English B"—Langston Hughes
• "The Conversion of the Jews"—Philip Roth
• "Honor Bound"—Joseph Steffan
• Read and mark the selection from Trevor Noah's Born a Crime
• Last day to Add Courses without Faculty Signature

Thursday, September 5, 2019

• Read the extended excerpt from Tara Westover's Educated.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

• Freewriting activity for Paper #1. Post a copy on the Discussion Board in the "Paper 1: Freewriting" section.
• Bring your reading packet to class.
• Read and mark "The Comma" in Hacker (A Pocket Style Manual) 57-64.  If these page numbers do not line up with your edition, read your edition's statements on comma usage with coordinating conjunctions (and & but) and comma usage with introductory elements/phrase/clauses.
• Read and mark "MLA Manuscript Format" (Hacker 167-173) and skim the sample essay to visually see how a paper should look in this course.

Thursday, September 12, 2019

• First draft of Paper #1 due.  Bring two copies to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 1" forum. 
• You need two full pages using MLA format (1" margins, 12 Point Times New Roman, Double-spaced, no gap between paragraphs) to get full credit.  Less than that will be prorated.  No draft will result in a -5 point entry on a 5 point assignment.
• Set up your conference with me using Starfish/My Success Network on the MC3 Portal.  Be sure to pick a non-tutoring slot on a TTh.  The WWF slots are for my other section and held at Central Campus.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

• NO CLASS. Required conferences.  Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum.
• Last day to Drop Courses

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

• NO CLASS: We do not meet on Wednesdays
• Withdrawal without signature period begins

Thursday, September 19, 2019

• NO CLASS. Required conferences.  Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

• Final draft of Paper #1 due.  See checklist for details.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

• Read and mark Paulo Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" (Documents section of class web site.
• WARNING: This reading is incredibly difficult. You will need to budget at least two hours to read it despite its short length. Use a dictionary and write questions you have about the text in the margins along with your other comments.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

• Read and mark "How to Integrate a Quote into a Paper" from the Handouts Section.
• Read and mark " How to Deal with Titles" from the Handouts Section.
• Read and mark  "Using Sources to Inform and Support Your Argument" in A Pocket Style Manual (109-110), "Avoiding Plagiarism" (110-112), and "Integrating Sources" (113-121).  Please put a Post-it book tab next to the ellipsis mark, brackets, long quotations, and signal phrases.
• Read and mark "Quotation Marks")in A Pocket Style Manual (70-73). Place a Post-it book tab next to "quotation within a quotation" and "blended quotation."
• Skim and Mark "MLA Documentation Style" in A Pocket Style Manual (124-167).  Place a Post-it book tab next to "Directory to MLA Works Cited Models," "Work in an Anthology," "Short Work from a Web Site," and "Work from a Database."

Thursday, October 3, 2019

• First draft of Paper #2 due.  Bring 2 copies and post a copy in the "Paper #2: Draft 1" forum.
• You will need at least two full pages using class format to get full credit.
• Bring your copy of Freire and A Pocket Style Manual to class.
• Set up your conference with me using Starfish/My Success Network on the MC3 Portal.  Be sure to pick a non-tutoring slot on a TTh.  The WWF slots are for my other section and held at Central Campus.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

• NO CLASS: Required conferences.  Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2" forum.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

• NO CLASS: Required conferences.  Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2" forum.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

• NO CLASS: Required conferences.  Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2" forum.

Thursday, October 17, 2019

• Third draft of Paper #2 due.  Bring 2 copies and post a copy in the "Paper #2: Draft 3" forum. 
• Read and mark "The Semi-Colon and the Colon" in Hacker (P3, 313-317).
• Bring your copy of Freire and A Pocket Style Manual to class.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

• Final draft of Paper #2 due.  See checklist for details.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

• Read and mark selection from Lies My Teacher Told Me—Loewen (see course documents on class web site).

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

• Read and mark the selection from Limbo by Lubrano (see course documents on class web site)
• We will go over the in-class essay, research project, annotated bibliography assignment and presentation requirements today.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

• NO CLASS: We do not meet on Wednesdays
• Withdrawal without Faculty Signature Ends

Thursday, October 31, 2019

• In-class essay.  Bring exam card.  See handout for details.
• Anyone who shows up in a genuine Halloween Costume (none of this "conceptual" costume nonsense) gets five points extra credit.  A photo will be taken. 
• Withdrawal with Faculty Signature Begins (60%)

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

• Research Paper prewriting due.  Post a copy in the "Research Paper: Prewriting" forum and bring a copy to class.
• Library Orientation.  Attendance is required. Absences count double.  Location: South Hall Library Computer Lab.
• Extra Credit Opportunity: students eligible to vote who take a picture of themselves in front of their polling station will receive 5 points.  Make sure it's clear in the picture that this is a legitimate polling station. Apologies to students ineligible to vote. Email the picture to me with the subject line "ENG 101 Voter Extra Credit."

Thursday, November 7, 2019

• Meet in Library for research.  Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

• Meet in Library for research.  Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
• Tara Westover, author of Educated, will be speaking today.  Details to be announced.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

• Annotated Bibliography due.  Submit to Blackboard Drop Box and post to "Research Bank" on the discussion board.
• Two Minute presentations.   If you miss today, you get a zero.
• Withdraw with Faculty Signature Ends (74%)

Friday, November 15, 2019

• NO CLASS: We do not meet on Fridays
• Excused Withdrawal Only (WEX) Begins (75%)

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

• First Draft of Research Paper Due.  Bring 2 copies and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 1" forum.  Minimum of THREE pages required.
• Sign up for your final conference using Starfish/My Success Network. Stick with the TTh slots at West to avoid having to drive to Central.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

• NO CLASS. Student Conferences.  Bring 2 copies of a REVISED and COMPLETED draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 2" forum.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

• NO CLASS. Student Conferences.  Bring 2 copies of a REVISED and COMPLETED draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 2" forum.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

• NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

• NO CLASS. Student Conferences.  Bring 2 copies of a REVISED and COMPLETED draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 2" forum.

Thursday, December 5, 2019

• Last Class.
• Final draft of Research Paper Due.  See checklist for details.
• Last day to reconcile any missing assignments.