EXTRA CREDIT OPTIONS

Dr. Halbert's Fall 2024 Courses

OPPORTUNITY 1: Register to Vote (10 Points)
Due no later than Monday, October 21 2024.

If you are eligible to vote, please register or show that you have already registered. You can do so Online:

• Go to the PA Government's Voter Registration Page (https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx) and complete the form.
• Save the Email Confirmation as PDF or take a screenshot of the Confirmation.
• If you can, please mark out your party affiliation: the goal of this extra credit is not to know your party (that's your personal business), but to get you registered to vote so you can choose to exercise your right to vote.
• Post a copy in the "Extra Credit Voter Assignment." Only Dr. Halbert will see it.
• The national election is Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

If you are not able to register to vote because of citizenship, age, or other legal issues, please write a one-page response that does the following:

• Take the "Where do you fit in the political typology?" quiz and review your results of your political ideology.
• Take the Political Compass quiz to see where on the political spectrum you fall..
• Take the 2024 Political Quiz to see which American political party (there are more than two) you are most suited for.
• Write a one-page, informal response that discusses the following:
  • Why you are not able to register to vote.
  • What political typology the quiz indicated you are and how you feel about that label.
  • Which American political party the quiz indicated you are and how you feel about the label.
  • A general statement about how you feel about the concept of voting and if you think you would do it if you were allowed.
  • Post a copy in the "Extra Credit Voter Assignment." Only Dr. Halbert will see it.

OPPORTUNITY 2: Actually Vote (5 points)
Due on Wednesday, November 6, 2024

If you are registered to vote, show proof that you voted. You can photograph yourself with your unmarked ballot at the voting station, or you can show a picture of yourself holding your sealed mail-in ballot by a mailbox or dropbox. Put the photo in the "Extra Credit: Actually Vote" assignment slot.

NEW: If you are ineligible to vote, write a paragraph about what you think of the election process in the United States: the actual registration/voting options and/or the way the campaigns are run in this country. Include a statement about why you are ineligible to vote. Folks who are eligible to vote but did not register do not have this option.

OPPORTUNITY 3: Do the Grammar Revision exercise on your first paper. (Up to 25 points)
Due on Tuesday, November 26, 2024

On all first papers this semester, when I graded, I marked some issues with an "x" indicating an issue with grammar, syntax, or a quote mechanics issue. I want you to fix this issues so that you can look at your own grammatical issues and begin to learn to identify and edit these mistakes in your own writing. The instructions for the grammar revision are detailed, so review them carefully before starting. Then do the following:

• Type out the response as described in the instructions for each X comment in the margins of your paper. Remember: you need to show the whole sentence with the error, then write out the whole sentence with the correction, and then write your own rule using your handbook, a web resource, and my explanation as a basis for the rule for each mistake. You may copy and paste the explanation that match similar errors already completed.
• Upload the grammar revision (using MLA format for the first page) to the "Extra Credit Grammar Revision Assignment."