Because of a faculty and staff jollification around mid-day on Tuesday, I will be here, well, mid-day. I can eat and critique simultaneously, so don't be shy.
I will also be on campus tonight (Monday) and on Wednesday morning, as promised.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
For the Week of 14-18 November 2011, both sections.
As always, subject to modification:
1. Journal writing
2. Muster and administrivia
3. Complete rough drafts - everybody reads everybody
A. If you ask about changing topics, you're a month behind.
B. Instructor's comments will not be detailed (do your own proofreading, eh?) and are not contractural
4. Persuasive writing -- big, fat handout
A. Instructor presentation
B. Read it
5. Two persuasive essays due next Monday
1. Journal writing
2. Muster and administrivia
3. Complete rough drafts - everybody reads everybody
A. If you ask about changing topics, you're a month behind.
B. Instructor's comments will not be detailed (do your own proofreading, eh?) and are not contractural
4. Persuasive writing -- big, fat handout
A. Instructor presentation
B. Read it
5. Two persuasive essays due next Monday
Research Paper Time Line Revision
M. Hall
9 November 2011
9 November 2011
Research Paper Time Line II
Please remember that without a satisfactory research paper you cannot pass the class.
We may have to be flexible on this schedule, said flexibility solely at the discretion of the instructor.
We will also work on other projects while on the research paper.
At least half of each class will be devoted to research paper drafts, questions, and mutual aid. You must budget your time carefully. Begin work now.
1. 17 October. Hand out and discuss packet.
2. Topic and one-sentence thesis statement due. Turn this in on a full sheet of paper with a complete MLA heading for class sharing. You are permitted ONE topic change only, this week only. Done.
3. Working bibliography, typed in MLA format, due for class sharing. Done.
4. Pretty good / kinda / sorta typed rough draft with revised bibliography – let’s conflate this with: 5. 14 November. COMPLETE rough draft, including revised bibliography, typed (but may, of course, feature corrections and notes) in MLA format, due for class sharing. Zero grade if not turned in.
6. 21 November. You will be awarded ten well-earned extra points on your research paper if it is turned in by this date unless your paper scores below 70.
7. 28 November. Your research paper is due on this date; however, your instructor will accept it next Monday without penalty.
8. 5 December. Late research paper due no later than Monday, 5 December, at 0945 for the morning class, 6:00 P.M. for the evening class; none will be accepted after that date, hour, and minute. An absence or tardy on this day will not excuse you; the assignment was made in August and set in (metaphorical) stone in October.
Note: Some of the works cited pages are, well, awful. Also, please remember that the works cited page is a continuation of the body of your paper and continues the number sequence. Note the model in your book and the samples provided in class.
At this point your paper really should be almost done. Some of you are still changing topics, so possibly you are working on the research paper due in English 1301 in April.
Business Letter, Block Form, a Reminder
Business Letter, Block Form
Business Letter Format, Brief Outline
Sample:
1. Heading (sender's address, but not the sender's name; that comes later)
2. Inside address (to whom and where the letter is going)
3. Salutation (followed by a colon, not a comma)
4. Body (content -- brief, professional, impersonal)
5. Close ("Sincerely,")
6. Signature (and online, there won't really be a signature, just the name of the sender)
2. Inside address (to whom and where the letter is going)
3. Salutation (followed by a colon, not a comma)
4. Body (content -- brief, professional, impersonal)
5. Close ("Sincerely,")
6. Signature (and online, there won't really be a signature, just the name of the sender)
Sample:
221 Baker Street
Apartment B
Trestleburgh, Texas 77777
2 January 2012
Mr. Mack Hall
Angelina College / Jasper Teaching Center
450 Bulldog Avenue
P. O. Box 278
Jasper, Texas 75951
Dear Mr. Hall:
May I see you briefly before class on Monday? You marked item 3 on my test wrong, but I think my answer is a good one based on the second paragraph on page 324 of our assigned text.
Please advise.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Nelson Snorkberger
Observe that everything hangs on the left margin, without indentation, and that there is exactly one space between parts, with the exception of the close, which features four spaces (so hit the return five times) between the "Sincerely" and the name of the sender.
Always write a business letter when communicating with your teacher because he won't respond to anything less.
In what we may laughingly call real life, always write a business letter in order to reflect your excellence and your seriousness of purpose.
For immediate purposes, learn by heart the six parts of a business letter in order; they are testable.
Failure IS an Option
1. Some of your classmates are becoming too relaxed. Please help your pals understand that this isn't high school, and that perfunctory attendance and perfunctory performance result in a perfunctory failing grade.
2. "Failure is not an option" has been taken out of context and become a cliche'. Failure in this class -- and in college, and in your career, and in life -- is indeed an option, and some of your classmates are choosing failure. You'll miss them at graduation, but not so much that you won't enjoy the day immensely.
3. The research paper teaching cycle is over. Most of your classmates will submit their complete research papers this week; some others have sanded down the rough draft and are applying the final coat of good, solid work (how's that for a metaphor, eh?) for submission on the 21st. In the meantime, we are on to the persuasive essay.
4. Remember that quizzes mayinfest your life...um...bless you with learning opportunities at any time.
5. Motivational speakers, inspirational tee-shirts, Orwellian groupthink (remember TAAS pep rallies?), and denial ("I've been in this class for months; the teacher won't flunk me; I've got to pass; I've just GOT to pass.") are not your friends. Graduation is not given; you earn graduation through hard, slogging work, late nights writing and reading at the kitchen table after everyone else has gone to bed.
2. "Failure is not an option" has been taken out of context and become a cliche'. Failure in this class -- and in college, and in your career, and in life -- is indeed an option, and some of your classmates are choosing failure. You'll miss them at graduation, but not so much that you won't enjoy the day immensely.
3. The research paper teaching cycle is over. Most of your classmates will submit their complete research papers this week; some others have sanded down the rough draft and are applying the final coat of good, solid work (how's that for a metaphor, eh?) for submission on the 21st. In the meantime, we are on to the persuasive essay.
4. Remember that quizzes may
5. Motivational speakers, inspirational tee-shirts, Orwellian groupthink (remember TAAS pep rallies?), and denial ("I've been in this class for months; the teacher won't flunk me; I've got to pass; I've just GOT to pass.") are not your friends. Graduation is not given; you earn graduation through hard, slogging work, late nights writing and reading at the kitchen table after everyone else has gone to bed.
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