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DAILY ASSIGNMENTS
Note: the bulleted items immediately below a date are due on that date.
Please note: bulleted items are due on the date immediate above them at the start of class.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Friday, July 7, 2023
- NO CLASS: we do not meet on Fridays.
- Last day to add a course without a faculty signature.
Monday, July 10, 2023
- 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 Files in Canvas under the filename “First Night’s Readings.” You can download the PDF file to your own device by clicking on the three dots next to the file name and selecting “download.”):
- "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 Wanna 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
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
- Prewriting activity for Paper #1. Post a copy on the Discussion Board in the "Paper 1: Prewriting" 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.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
- 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" topic. Set up your conference with me using Starfish/My Success Network on the MC3 Portal.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" topic.
Friday, July 14, 2023
Monday, July 17, 2023
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" topic.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
- Third draft of Paper #1 due. Bring two copies to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 3” topic.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
- Final draft of Paper #1 due. See checklist for details for the multiple posting locations.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
- Read and mark Paulo Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" (located in the Files section of our Canvas site).
- WARNING: This piece is not that long, but it will be fairly challenging for most of you to read it because of the reading level expected by the author.
Monday, July 24, 2023
- Read and mark "How to Integrate a Quote into a Paper" from the Handouts Section. (link fixed)
- 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."
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
- First draft of Paper #2 due. Bring 2 copies and post a copy in the "Paper #2: Draft 1" topic.
- 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. Do not select “tutoring” sessions for your conference.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” topic.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” topic.
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Monday, July 31, 2023
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
- Read and mark the selection from Lowen’s Liew My Teacher Told Me (available in the "Files" section of our Canvas site).
- Be prepared to write a paragraph on what Lowen means by the term “herofication” in class.
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 [Updated 7/31]
- Library Orientation Day. Absences count double. We will meet in College Hall 265, which is inside the library.
- Research Paper prewriting due. Post a copy in the "Research Paper: Prewriting" topic and bring a copy to class.
Thursday, August 3, 2023
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
Saturday, August 5, 2023
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Monday, August 7, 2023
- Annotated bibliography to support your topic. due by 5PM today. See a sample annotated bibliography. Submit to Blackboard Drop Box and post to "Research Bank" on the discussion board.
- Two-minute Presentations. If you are absent, there will be no make-ups.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
- First draft of Research Paper due. Bring 2 copies and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 1" topic. 4 pages are expected.
- Excused Withdrawal period starts: you will need to petition Academic Affairs with documentation of an emergency/extreme circumstances to withdraw after this point.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
- Second draft of Research Paper due. Bring 2 copies and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 2" topic. A complete draft plus a works cited page is expected.
- Set up your conference with me using Starfish/My Success Network on the MC3 Portal. Be sure to pick a non-tutoring slot.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring 2 copies of a REVISED and COMPLETE draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Conference Draft” topic.
Monday, August 14, 2023
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring 2 copies of a REVISED and COMPLETE draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Conference Draft” topic.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
- Fourth draft of Research Paper Due. Bring 2 copies and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 4" topic.
- Bring your copy of A Pocket Style Manual.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
- Last Class.
- Final draft of Research Paper due. See checklist for two posting locations.
- Last day to resolve missing work.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Notes:
- There is no final exam in this course.
- Final grades are due to the College by 11:59 PM on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
- Please check your school email multiple times on August 16th and 17th: if there is a problem with your grades, I will email you. Please answer the email.
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