English 122: College Composition

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Week 13: Writing the Argument Essay. Outline due Friday, Nov. 19. Click here for class notes on Writing Argument

Week 9: Writing the Problem Solving Essay and Pronouns. Pronoun Worksheet will be handed out in Class.

Pronoun Exercises in Hacker: Due Oct. 29

  • E ex G3-1 Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
  • E ex G3-3 same
  • E ex G3-4 Pronoun Reference
  • E ex G3-6 same
  • E ex G3-7 Pronoun case such as I vs. me
  • E ex G3-9 Pronoun case Who vs. Whom
  • Unlimited extra credit

    Outline due: Wednesday, Oct. 27
    Rough Draft due: Monday, Nov. 1 for Peer Review
    Final Draft due: FridayNov.12

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Week 8: Midterm grades have been posted. If you have questions about your grade, please contact me.

Monday: Grade reports: More on Amendments. MLA next week
Wednesday: Punctuation. Bring Hacker Handbook

Hacker Punctuation Exercises Due Wednesday, Oct. 20.

HAND IN PRINTOUT OF RESULTS ONLY. Again students may earn extra credit:

  • P1-1 Major uses of the Comma
  • P2-1 All the Uses of Comma
  • P3-1 Semicolon and Comma
  • P4-1 Colon; Semicolon; Comma
  • P5-1 Apostrophe

Friday: Meet in regualer classroom for GLORIOUS punctuation review.

 

Week 7:Writing the Evaluation Essay: Assignment and Due Dates

Week 6: This week we being the Evlauation Essay.

  • Read Chapter 8 in Reid text
  • Visit Colorado General Assemby web site to access the Blue Book, the document that discusses the Amendments that Colorado voters will vote on this November. The Blue Book will also be mailed to all registered voters.
  • Read local newspapers, especially the editorial pages, to get an understanding of the law you have selected to write about.
  • Friday meet in Ross 2261 Computer Lab. We will discuss parapgraph structure and write our first paragraph quiz. If you are absent, this quiz cannot be made-up.
  • Look for the email announcing the opening of the Sentence Quiz on Black Board.

 

Week 5: This week we begin our grammar lesson:. Writing Effective Sentences. You will use the cd that came with your handbook A Writer's Reference or if yo do not have the cd you can go to the handbook's web site: http://dianahacker.com/writersref/

Writing Effective Sentences Worksheet: Print and do for Wednesday class discussion. This will be your study guide for the quiz.

Click on Electronic Grammar Exercises >Grammar Exercise > Sentence Style. Do these exercises to improve your understanding of sentence structure

  • S2-1
  • S3-1
  • S4-1
  • S6-1

You may do extra exercises for 5 points extra credit for each exercise.

Print your exercises, add your name and section number, staple or paper clip together to turn in. Due Monday, Sept. 27

 

Week 4: Library Tour:

Print these pages for the Library Assignments:

  • Monday, Spet. 13 Meet in Circulation area on Michener Library for your walking tour with Greggory Heald. Tersina will be there, too
    Wednesday, Sept. 15 Meet in Michener 303, on 3rd floor in computer lab
    Friday, Sept 17 Meet in Ross 2261 PC lab

 

Week 3: Read Chapter 4 in Steven Reid text, Writing about Memory. The Remembering Essay will be due Monday, September 20. Schedule conferences for tutoring if you need help by signing up for a conference in my notebook.

Week 1:

Assignment 1: Due Friday Aug. 27: Assessment Essay- 3-4 pages, word processed, double spaced. Address your perceptions of plagiarism/cheating in college. Answer these questions:

  1. Define what you believe plagiarism/cheat is
  2. How serious do you believe plagiarism/cheating to be at the university?
  3. What consequences do you believe students should face if they are caught plagiarising assignments or cheating on tests?

This assignment will be non-graded. I will use to assess your level of writing.

Assignment 2: Create your Black Board log in and take the short quiz for 30 points. Must be Completed by Monday, Sept 6. Follow this instructions for creating your Black Board log-in:

  1. From your computer, open Explorer or Netscape, type in http://unco.blackboard.com/
  2. Enter your username: the first 8 characters of your UNC generated email address (Bear Mail). You can locate your Bear Mail address on Webster.
  3. Your password will be your Bear number
  4. Remember that the email address that Blackboard uses is your UNC email @blue account.

 

Welcome to Class Act and to your English 122 class. We will have an exciting and interesting semester. One item I would like to share with you now. I am participating in a grant which will require some student participation to help generate the study's results. The first thing you will notice will be the syllabus. I call it a living syllabus because it will change as the course progresses. In fact, the course syllabus will be the cornerstone of the study. So, if you have checked the syllabus before now, upon your next visit to that web page, you will see that it has changed. The course content will remain the same, but I will continue to work and revise it as the semester continues. I am excited about the opportunity to get to work with a great team of university professionals who will use our English class to glean research information; and at the same time, I will learn new teaching strategies and more about how to use the internet as an effective teaching tool by creating and using an interactive syllabus. Another key component to the study is Black Board, an on line teaching environment. Further down on the page you will find instructions for logging onto Black Board. For you who are considering teaching, I hope this grant will provide you an opportunity to watch this old teaching dog learn new tricks, while providing you with an opportunity to witness education as evolutionary process. Hang on to your hats and enjoy the ride.