DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

(LAST UPDATE: 02 May 2017)

Thursday, January 19, 2017

• First day of class.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

• Email Contact information to Dr. Halbert at hhalbert@gmail.com.  See handout for specific information and spreadsheet download. (1 point for doing, -5 for not doing)
• Read and mark "How to Really Read This Book" (Download from Course Documents and print copy). (1 point)
• Read, initial, and sign your contract for the course. (1 point for doing, -5 for not doing)
• Read and mark The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from actual start of novel up to "The Incident at the Window."  You do not need to read the introductory materials. (5 points)
• We will take individual pictures today so that your instructor can learn your names.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

• Finish reading and marking The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  Please note that the final chapter is the "Full Statement of the Case" and is essential to the novella's meaning.  5 points.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

• Scholarly Article Analysis Project Due.  See Assignments for details.  A copy of the required article can be found in the "Course Documents" section of the class Blackboard Site.
• Print, read, and mark the online handout "Integrating Quotes into a Paper (MLA Style)" on the class web page.  This may help with the Scholarly Article Analysis Project.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

• Read and mark pages 109-124 in A Pocket Style Manual ("Using Sources to inform…," all of "Avoiding Plagiarism," all of "Integrating sources," and all of "Integrating literary quotations." Place a tab on the following items: "unacceptable borrowing," "ellipsis mark," "brackets," "long quotations," and "signal phrases." Also read MCCC-10 through MCCC-15 at the beginning of A Writer's Reference. Place tabs besides "Capitalizing a title," the "italics/Quote/None" chart, and the three main ways to set up a quotation. Be advised that the page numbering may be off because multiple editions are the book are in circulation, so use the index and table of contents to find the topics listed. 5 points.
• Skim the entire MLA documentation style section (124-173).  Put a bracket by the basic entry for a book, an online source, a source from an anthology, a source from a database, and MLA paper format.
• Bring The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to class.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

• Draft 1 of Paper #1 is due.  Bring two copies to class. (5 points if 2+ pages, -5 if no paper)
• Post a copy in the "Jekyll/Hyde Draft 1" forum.  See handout for instructions. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)
• Sign up for a conference with me via Starfish. See Handouts section for instructions on how to set
• Last day to drop before withdrawal period starts.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

• No Class.  Required conferences. Post a copy of the revised draft in the "Paper 1: Conference Draft" discussion board forum. Conferences are held in my office, PH 441. (1 point if you come, -10 if you miss conference)
• Bring a clean copy of a revised draft of your paper using the peer review and class activities from Wednesday as a guide. (5 points if revised, -5 if same copy as Monday's draft)
• Post the revised copy in the "Jekyll/Hyde Conference Draft" forum. See handout for instructions. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

• No Class.  Required conferences. Post a copy of the revised draft in the "Paper 1: Conference Draft" discussion board forum. Conferences are held in my office, PH 441. (1 point if you come, -10 if you miss conference)
• Bring a clean copy of a revised draft of your paper using the peer review and class activities from Wednesday as a guide. (5 points if revised, -5 if same copy as Monday's draft)
• Post the revised copy in the "Jekyll/Hyde Conference Draft" forum. See handout for instructions. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)

Thursday, February 16, 2017 (Updated 10 February 2017)

• NO CLASS: Make-up conferences from February 9th. We are following the same time slots.
• Read and mark Chapters 1-17 of I Am Legend (pages 1-147). 10 points.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

• Final Draft of Paper #1 Due.  See Checklist for Paper #1.  200 points.
• Post a copy of the paper in the "Jekyll/Hyde Final Draft" forum. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)
• Post a copy of the paper to the Dropbox for Paper #1 (this copy will be graded).
• We will begin watching 28 Days Later.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

• Read and mark Chapters 18-21 of I Am Legend (pages 147-170). You will complete the novel. Do not accidentally start reading the short stories that follow. The last words of the novel are "I am legend." 5 points.
• We will finish 28 Days Later.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

• Download, print, and mark a copy of "Monster Theory (Seven Theses)." WARNING: This essay is very difficult. I strongly urge you to break it up over Monday and Tuesday night. 10 points.
• Bring I Am Legend to class.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

• Download, print, and mark a copy of The Horror Film (Chapter 9: "Slashers and Postslashers") from the course documents section of the class web page. 5 points.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

• Download, print, and mark a copy of "It's Alive, I'm Afraid" from The Monster Show in the reading packet. 5 points.
• Bring A Pocket Style Manual and all the photocopied essays with you to class.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

• First Draft of Paper #2 Due. Bring a clean copy to class. (5 points if 3+ pages, -5 if no paper)
• Post a copy in the "Paper #2 Draft 1" forum.  See handout for instructions. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

• NO CLASS: Spring Break.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

• NO CLASS: Spring Break.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

• Download, print, and mark the Poe packet from the course documents section of the class web page.  Read the following:
• "The Raven" (754-756)
• "Annabel Lee" (738)
• "The City in the Sea" (744-745)
• "The Sleeper" (745-746)
• "Ulalume" (757-759)
• "Alone" (812)
• "The Conqueror Worm" (814-815).
• "Edgar Allan Poe—A Biographical Note" (816-819)

Thursday, March 23, 2017

• In-class essay on "The Raven." Bring exam card with you.
• Last day to withdraw without professor's signature.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

• Final Draft paper #2 Due. See Checklist for Paper #2.  200 points.
• Post a copy of the paper in the "Paper #2 Final Draft" forum. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)
• Post a copy of the paper to the Dropbox for Paper #2 (this copy will be graded).

Thursday, March 30, 2017

• Library Orientation Day. Location TBA.
• Complete Research Paper Prewriting.  Post a copy to the discussion board and bring a copy to class.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

• Library Research Day: meet in the main entrance of the library.  We will sign in and talk very briefly before working independently on our projects.  Those of you with laptops may want to bring them with you to class.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

• Library Research Day: meet in the main entrance of the library.  We will sign in and talk very briefly before working independently on our projects.  Those of you with laptops may want to bring them with you to class.
• If you have completed your annotated bibliography and successfully submitted it to both the Research Bank discussion board forum and the dropbox, you do not have to come today.  Email Dr. Halbert to tell him that you have successfully posted a complete annotated bibliography to both places.

Friday, April 7, 2017

• NO CLASS.  We do not meet on Fridays.
• Last day to withdraw with professor's signature. From this point on, any requests to withdraw require approval from Academic Affairs: your professor cannot withdraw you on his own authority after this point.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

• Annotated Bibliography assignment due. See description in Handouts and the sample bibliography. Post a copy to the Research Bank discussion board forum and to the dropbox.  WARNING: every semester two or three students flunk the course because they forget to submit this assignment.  Don't be that student.  (50 points)
• Two-minute presentations (10 points).  If you miss class, you will get a zero.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

• Draft 1 of research paper due.  Post a copy in the "Research Paper Draft 1" forum and bring a printout to class.  (5 points if at least 3 pages, -5 if not)

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

• Draft 2 of Research Paper Due. A minimum of five pages is required Bring a clean copy to class. (5 points if 5+ pages with Works Cited Page,  -5 if no paper or no changes from draft 1)
• Post a copy in the "Research Paper Draft 2" forum.  See handout for instructions. (1 point if posted

Thursday, April 20, 2017

• No Class.  Required conferences. Post a revised copy in the "Research Paper: Conference Draft" Discussion Board forum. Conferences are held in my office, PH 441. (1 point if you come, -10 if you miss conference)
• Bring a clean copy of a complete draft of your paper, including MLA works cited page) using the peer review and class activities from the previous class as a guide to revision. (5 points)

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

• No Class.  Required conferences. Post a revised copy in the "Research Paper: Conference Draft" Discussion Board forum. Conferences are held in my office, PH 441. (1 point if you come, -10 if you miss conference)
• Bring a clean copy of a complete draft of your paper, including MLA works cited page) using the peer review and class activities from the previous class as a guide to revision. (5 points)

Thursday, April 27, 2017

• NO CLASS: Dr. Halbert will be at a conference.
• Online Peer Review activity (10 points)

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

• Last Class.
• Final Draft of the Research Paper is due.  See Checklist for Research Paper in the handouts section.  300 points.
• Post a copy of the paper in the "Research Paper Final Draft" forum. (1 point if posted, -5 if not)
• Post a copy of the paper in the Dropbox as an MS Word or Rich Text Format attachment. Please rename the file according to this convention: Lastname_Firstname_102_p3.doc or .rtf. (- (1 point if completed, -5 if not)
• Post a copy without names to the Assessment Copy Dropbox (see checklist).

Tuesday, May 9, 2017 (revised 5/2/2017)

• NO CLASS: The course is officially over.
• Last day to submit major paper rewrite of Paper #1 by 9AM.
• Please email the paper directly to Dr. Halbert at hhalbert@mc3.edu