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DAILY ASSIGNMENTS (Pottstown TTh Classes)
Note: bulleted items are due on the date immediately above them.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Read and sign the Class Contract (see Handouts section of class web page)
- Complete the Contact Information survey.
- Read and mark the following handouts (located in Readings section of our Canvas site. They are all part of the large “First Three Weeks Readings” document):
- "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
- REMEMBER: this first reading check will be your first major impression on Dr. Halbert
- Be prepared to have your photograph taken.
- Last day to add a 15-week course without faculty signature.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Freewriting activity for Paper Topic #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) 54-61. 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 Format; sample research paper" (Hacker 176-186) and skim the sample essay to visually see how a paper should look in this course.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED and printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED and printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
- Last day to drop a course before withdrawal period starts.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- No Class: we do not meet on Wednesdays.
- Withdrawal period without signature starts.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED and printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- Final draft of Paper Topic #1due. See checklist for details. Post a copy in the “Paper #1: Final Draft (Graded)” assignment (for up to 200 points) and a copy in the “Paper #1: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” slot (for five points).
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- Read and mark Paulo Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" (located in the Readings section of our Canvas web site).
- WARNING: This reading is incredibly difficult. You will need to budget at least two hours to read this document. Use a dictionary and write questions you have about the text in the margins along with your other comments.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- 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 the entire “Research” section in A Pocket Style Manual (87-106): core concepts include “Finding Appropriate Sources,” Avoiding Plagiarism,” and “Evaluating Sources. “Please put a Post-it book tab next to the ellipsis mark, brackets, long quotations, and signal phrases.
- Read and mark “Integrating Sources” and “Integrating Literary Quotations” in A Pocket Style Manual (116-132).
- 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 (132-176). Put a Post-It book tab on page 134 (“List of MA in-text citation models” and “list of MLA Works Cited Models”). Place a Post-it book tab next "One Selection from an Anthology," " Work from a Web Site," and "A Database."
- You may wish to start Paper #2.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Read and selection from Lies My Teacher Told Me by Loewen (located in the Readings section of our Canvas web site).
- Read and mark the selection from Limbo by Lubrano (located in the Readings section of our Canvas web site).
Tuesday, October, 22, 2024
- Final draft of Paper #2 due. See checklist for details. Post a copy in the “Paper #2: Final Draft (Graded)” assignment (for up to 200 points) and a copy in the “Paper #2: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” slot (for five points).
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- Library Orientation Day. Absences count double. We will meet in the South Hall Library Classroom (SH 114).
- Research Paper prewriting due. Post a copy in the "Research Paper: Prewriting" forum and bring a printed copy to class (five points total).
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- No class: we do not meet on Wednesdays.
- Last day to withdraw without a faculty signature.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
- Withdrawals require faculty signature. You need to discuss this option with me before sending the form.
- Extra Credit Option: If you wear a legitimate Halloween costume to class and consent to being part of a group photo with others in costume, you will get 5 points of extra credit. “Conceptual” costumes don’t count.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
- It’s Election Day in the United States. Please consider voting, regardless of your party affiliation. Good citizens vote.
- See extra credit for voting-related option.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- First Draft of Research Paper Due. Bring 2 printed copies (for five points) and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 1" forum (for five more. Minimum of TWO pages required.
- Set up your conference with me using Starfish/My Success Network on the MC3 Portal. Make sure you pick a conference at Pottstown Campus, not Blue Bell.
- Last day to withdraw with a faculty signature. After today, you need to appeal with documentation to the administration. You should email prior to sending the form. If I don’t get it by 3PM, I cannot guarantee that I will see it in time to sign.
Friday, November 15, 2024
- No class: we do not meet on Fridays.
- Withdrawals now require administrative approval.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a REVISED printed and complete draft (with works cited) and post a copy to the discussion board in the “Research Paper: Conference Draft” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
- Students who sign up for this day with a complete draft will get five points of extra credit.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a REVISED printed and complete draft (with works cited) and post a copy to the discussion board in the “Research Paper: Conference Draft” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a REVISED printed and complete draft (with works cited) and post a copy to the discussion board in the “Research Paper: Conference Draft” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
- No class: Thanksgiving Break
- Shout out to our friends in retail who have to work this day.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 [Updated 11/29]
- No Class: Rescheduled conferences.
Thursday, December 5, 2024 [Updated 11/29]
- Third draft of Research Paper due. Bring 2 printed copies (for five points) and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 3" forum (for five more). A complete draft plus a works cited page is expected, and this copy should be revised based on your conference.
- It is always a good idea to attend the final meeting of every one of your classes.
- Our last class.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 [Updatedd 11/29]
- Final draft of Research Paper Due by 5PM. Post a copy in the “Research Paper: Final Draft (Graded)” assignment (for 300 possible points) and in the “Research Paper: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” slot (for 5 points). Both are required.See Checklist for full details.
Monday, December 16, 2024
- No Class: the course is over.
- The optional Major Paper Rewrite Option of Paper #1 is due today by 10AM. There will be no extensions. Please email a copy of the MS Word file directly to Dr. Halbert and post the MS Word File to the “Major Paper Rewrite” assignment on Canvas.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- No Class: the course is over.
- Faculty must submit 15-week course grades by 11:59 PM.
End of Semester Notes and Reminders:
- There is no final exam in this course.
- Attend the final meeting of all your classes.
- Check your Montco email and Canvas announcements every day until Dr. Halbert says the grades are posted.
- Don’t email Dr. Halbert to see if the grades are done: he will announce when he is done.
- Do check your gradebook on Canvas during the exams to see individual assignment grades as they are entered.
- If there is a problem with a graded assignment, please email Dr. Halbert immediately.
- Faculty have until 11:59 PM on December 18th to get their grades in, but if they submit them sooner, they do not have to look at any work you try to submit late. Bear that in mind with your other professors.
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