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DAILY WORK
Note: bulleted items are due on the date immediately above them.
Monday, May 13, 2024
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Class will start at 10:30 AM to make sure Dr. Halbert is not delayed by a medical appointment.
- 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 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
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- 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. Alternatively, you can print the sample MLA paper from the Purdue OWL MLA guide and mark it.
- We will do an additional in-class task for five points only available if you attend class.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Virtual Class: We do not meet in person today. Dr. Halbert is attending graduation.
- First draft of Paper #1 due.
- Post a copy to the “Paper 1: First Draft” Discussion Board by 10 AM
- Submit your paper for tutoring on Tutur.com.
- Post the results as a reply to your own paper by Friday, 5PM.
- Sign up for a required conference. See How to Sign up for a Conference with Dr. Halbert in the how-to guides of the Handouts page.
Monday, May 20, 2024
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Print and bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" topic. Conferences are held in PH 441 (Dr. Halbert’s Office).
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Print and bring a REVISED second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" topic. Conferences are held in PH 441 (Dr. Halbert’s Office).
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Third draft of Paper #1 due. Bring two printed copies to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 3” topic. This draft should show changes based on your conference.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- NO CLASS: Dr. Halbert is attending a memorial service.
- Final draft of Paper #1 due by 5PM. See checklist for details for the multiple posting locations.
Monday, May 27, 2024
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Read and mark Paulo Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" (located in the Readings 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.
Wednesday, May 29, 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."
- Bring your annotated copy of Paulo Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education.”
- We will do an in-class activity for five points that is only available for folks who attend in person.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- 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.
- Sign up for a required conference. See How to Sign up for a Conference with Dr. Halbert in the how-to guides of the Handouts page.
Monday, June 3, 2024
- NO CLASS: Required conferences Bring a printed copy of a revised draft to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” topic. Conferences are held in PH 441 (Dr. Halbert’s Office).
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- NO CLASS: Required conferences Bring a printed copy of a revised draft to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” topic. Conferences are held in PH 441 (Dr. Halbert’s Office).
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Read and mark the selection from Lowen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me.
- Be prepared to write a paragraph on what Lowen means by the term “herofication” in class.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Library Orientation Day. Absences count double. Location to be announced.
- Research Paper prewriting due. Post a copy in the "Research Paper: Prewriting" topic and bring a copy to class.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
- First draft of Research Paper due. Bring 2 printed copies and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 1" topic. 4 pages are expected.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a printed copy of a REVISED and COMPLETE draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Conference Draft” topic. Conferences are held in PH 441 (Dr. Halbert’s Office).
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- NO CLASS: Juneteenth Holiday
Thursday, June 20, 2024
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a printed copy of a REVISED and COMPLETE draft with a WORKS CITED PAGE and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Conference Draft” topic. Conferences are held in PH 441 (Dr. Halbert’s Office).
Monday, June 24, 2024
- Third draft of Research Paper Due. Bring 2 printed copies and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 3” topic.
- Bring your copy of A Pocket Style Manual.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
- LAST CLASS.
- Final draft of Paper #3 due. See checklist for two posting locations.
- Last day to resolve missing work.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- NO CLASS: The class no longer meets.
- Optional Major Paper Rewrite of Paper #1 are due by 9AM, no exceptions. Post in the “Optional Major Paper Rewrite” assignment. Review detailed instructions on the Grade Tasks Page.
NOTES:
- There is no final exam in this course.
- Final grades are due to the College by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 26th.
- Please check your school email multiple times on June 25th and 26th: if there is a problem with your grades, I will email you. Please answer the email.
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