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Current Reading:
Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers "Chapter Two: Purposes and Processes
for Writing"
The Perfect
Storm: "God's Country" in The
Perfect Storm. |
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In Class Agenda:
Note Taker needed
for this class. Anyone interested in providing this service should contact
the Learning Services Offices ASAP. Reinbursement rate is $100 for a full
semester of notes; prorated accordingly.
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Office hours announcement:
I keep an office hour in room 936 (mark this on your syllabus) on
Wednesdays from 1-2. Come and see me then if you need any help.
If I'm not in the office, I may be down the hall making copies or talking to
a colleague. Check back!
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Consider "Academic
Freedom" |
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Investment tips
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Read A Memory and discuss
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Peer Review
of your first memory write
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3.2 WebCT: Click on the WebCT link in the left-hand margin of
this page. Follow the directions there to login. As usual, write
your exact login and your exact password on your syllabus or in your binder so
you can get back in after forgetting this important information! Today I just
want to make sure that all the accounts work. If you have any problems,
come up and write your name on the "WebCT Problems" list I'll have up front. |
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Discuss your choice of standout writing in The Perfect
Storm (TPS) (2.2), and share your written
responses in your groups. |
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The Perfect Storm discussion. Answer questions in
handout. (The items
in pink moved to Wednesday.
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Review MLA format for
Article
Citations, go over library assignment. |
Due
Wednesday:
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2.2.
In your The Perfect Storm reading
assignment, underline or highlight the portions of the text
that stand out for you in terms of the writing.
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Select one paragraph from this selection
and write 250 words about what you liked (or perhaps what
you didn't like!). Don't simply
repeat the selection, explain why you liked or disliked this section
of writing. This document should be typed and
should reflect your best grammar and spelling. This
is due Wednesday. |
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3.3. Bibliography based on your
library assignment results: this bibliography should
contain citations to articles using proper MLA format. Here is a
sample.
3.4. Library report which briefly
details your searches and results.
3.5. Index
card (3X5) with the name of the journal from which you will summarize articles
this semester (see information about this assignment in your syllabus under
Semi Weekly Summaries). Give me a sentence on this card
explaining why reading this journal will be useful to you this semester.
Remember to do your reading!
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