English I/Writing, Section 006: 
 
Spring 2008—Minegar

Instructor:  Sarah Minegar -- Room:  BC 18 – Time: MWF 11:15-12:05

Office:  Sitterly House, 301A -- Phone: 973-805-8880 -- On-campus ext: 8880

Office Hours: TH 2:30-3:30, F 1:30-2:30 (or by appointment)

Email: sminegar@drew.edu

          

 

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 Course Description:

 

  • English 1 introduces students to a variety of expository and academic forms of writing.  The emphasis is on academic writing skills, of which general writing skills are an important component.  Students refine their ability to write summaries, syntheses, analyzes, comparisons, and definitions, and practice combining those forms into larger academic papers.  The course presents a variety of methods of  pre-writing, organizing, developing, drafting, revising, and editing academic papers, in addition to introducing students to college-level internet and library research skills.  English 1 is run as a writer's workshop where students discuss essays (both professional and those written by their peers), explore writing and critical thinking strategies, and practice the skills they have learned.  Individual conferences with the instructors, meetings with writing tutors, and comments on papers and drafts are all designed to help students acquire greater control over their writing, develop a more fluid writing style, and master the art of academic writing. (<http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/courses.htm#English 1>).

 

 Course Goals:

 

  • The composition program at Drew has two equally important goals arising from our understanding of the role of writing in a liberal arts education: at the end of their composition courses, it is our hope that students will not only be more proficient writers, but that they will also be more confident writers who recognize the power and pleasure of writing.  Writing is a way to express meaning, but it is also a way to make meaning, and we want our students to understand this distinction and learn to use writing to express and to make meaning in their course work and in their lives.  We are not satisfied if students only learn to be effective writers of college-level prose without learning to feel more "at home" in writing than they did at the beginning of the course.  What matters to the teachers of composition at Drew is that their students learn why powerful writing matters:  that it can change their worlds, their lives, their relationships, and themselves.  Once they have learned why they should write, our students have a reason to learn how to write effectively.  By the time they graduate from Drew, our students are proficient writers, but they are also writers who have something to say and who feel comfortable saying it.  We will be exploring the processes that are involved with writing.  Hopefully, by the end of the course, the student will find a method that suits his or her needs and allows him or her to produce meaningful work.  http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Philosophy.htm>).

 

 Texts and Supplies:

 

  • Anson, Chris M., Robert A. Schwegler, and Marcia F. Muth. The Longman Writer’s Companion. Third Edition. New York: Pearson Education, Inc. 2005.

 

 

  • Your notebook computer, a LAN card & cable and a LAN account (and password).
  • A computer disk to backup your work for this class. 

 

  • Brightly colored pens for peer workshops.

 

 Ground Rules:

A seminar is only as strong as its laziest member, so it is essential that each member of the seminar accepts her or his responsibility to the other members.  Thus:

  1. You will be expected to attend every class prepared to participate and share your ideas and writing with your writing colleagues.  If you are unprepared, the workshop will not work, your colleagues will suffer, and you will be marked as absent.  Three unexplained absences will result in your final grade being lowered by one letter.  As a responsible and conscientious student, you will also be expected to arrive to class on time.  Habitual tardiness is unacceptable.  Three late arrivals will be counted as one unexcused absence.
  2. You must come to each class prepared to write, to share your drafts with others, and to revise what you have already written.  This means you must work steadily both in class and on your own.  As this is a writing course, we will do a lot of writing, both in class and at home.  You should plan to spend at least two hours outside of class for every hour in class.  I expect your informed and thoughtful participation in our class discussions, and that you come to each class prepared and ready to contribute.
  3. You must respect your fellow writers.  This means that you must take them and their ideas and writing seriously and comment constructively with sensitivity to their feelings.  Failure to do this will result in a collapse of the trust necessary for a workshop and you will be asked to leave (and marked as absent).  Lack of respect ranges from discriminating comments (homophobia, racism, sexism, etc.), to yawns, the pulling of faces, drumming fingers, laughter, asides to other members of the seminar, and so on.

 

 Classroom Protocol:

 

  • Classes will be spent writing, workshopping or discussing writing, writing assignments and examples of writing produced by writers from a variety of discourse situations, including this class. We will be doing a large amount of writing, both inside and outside of class. Regardless of the class format on any given day, you will be expected to be prepared, to listen, and to participate in an appropriate fashion.  * Off-task reading, writing, instant messaging, texting, or talking during class time will not be tolerated.  It is your responsibility to learn how to post an away message so that you will receive no distracting instant messages during class time.

 

 Grading:

The grades for this course are assigned on the basis of the distance each writer travels during the semester in addition to the place each person has reached by the end of the course.  Specifically, grades will be based on the following:

  1. Preparedness and contribution to class discussion and writer's workshops (10%):  Obviously if you do not attend class, sleep through it, or otherwise fail to participate I cannot assess the extent of your preparation, and will be forced to assume there was none.  Failure to attend conferences with me will lead me to the same conclusion.

 

  1. Overall effort toward improvement (30%):  I will judge this on the basis of your weekly dialogues and the notes, drafts, and general writing assignments given in English 1, thus it is important that you keep drafts and notes, bring them to class, and put them in the relevant portfolios when you hand them in.  I will also determine your effort from our conferences and your visits to my office hours.

 

  1. Application of the material covered in the class (60%):  This will be determined from the two portfolios you will compile, one in the middle and the other at the end of the semester.  Each portfolio will contain two papers and a preface in which you discuss the papers and the reasons you selected them rather than others you have written in this class.  These portfolios will be graded by me and by at least one other person teaching English 1 this semester.  Portfolio graders will be looking at the overall quality of the finished papers based on a list of skills that we will discuss in class.  The grades for the two portfolios will be divided as follows:

 

Mid-term portfolio (2 papers)  20%
Final portfolio (1 paper and your research paper)  40%

 

*NOTE* You must receive a passing grade on the final portfolio to pass the course.

 

 

Drew University, CLA Grading Scale:

 

A ......Excellent ..............4.00

A-......Excellent ..............3.67

B+.....Good ....................3.33

B ......Good ....................3.00

B-......Good ....................2.67

C+.....Satisfactory ..........2.33

C.......Satisfactory ..........2.00

C- .....Satisfactory ..........1.67

D+.....Marginal................1.33

D.......Marginal................1.00

D- .....Marginal................0.67

U.......Unsatisfactory.......0.00

NC…..No credit ..............0.00

 

 Course Policies:

 

  • Plagiarism:                                                                                                                                         

Students are expected at all times to follow the rules for source use described in the “Drew University College of Liberal Arts Standards of Academic Integrity” document available in The Longman Writer’s Companion, on line at http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Integrity.htm, and in printed form at the office of the Dean of the College, BC 110.  Students found to be in violation of these standards by the Committee on Academic Integrity will fail the course, regardless of other penalties levied by that committee.

 

  • Academic Accommodations:       

Requests for academic accommodations must be formally filed with the Office of Educational Services. It is the student's responsibility to self-identify with the Office of Educational Services. To schedule an appointment, call x3327 or stop by BC 114. Please note that there are no retroactive accommodations.

 

** You are accountable for all University, Departmental, Writing Program and class policies, whether you have read them or not.

 

 Course Work:

 

  • Major Writing Assignments:

Paper #1 – Explanatory Synthesis

Paper #2 – Comparative Argument

Paper #3 – Rhetorical Analysis/ Comparative Rhetorical Analysis

Paper #4 – Research Paper

Paper #5 – Theory-Based Analysis

 

  • Late Work Policies:

I generally do not accept late work.  Exceptions will be handled on a case-by-case basis.  You must provide me with some sort of official documentation (i.e. doctor’s note, funeral notice) in order for me to consider waving the penalties for a late assignment.  You may request an extension on assignments (excepting portfolios) provided you have a special circumstance (excluding technical difficulties) which prevents you from submitting the assignment on time.  If the situation is of a persistent nature or otherwise severely impacts your ability to perform in the course, I heartily recommend contacting Dean Lawler informing her of the situation; she is in a position to mediate formal arrangements that I cannot as an instructor.  Special Note: Extensions requested on the due date will not be granted.

 

  • Format:

For the purposes of this course, we will be using the MLA style of documentation for all of our formal written assignments.  The MLA guidelines can be found in your Longman Writer’s Companion (201-236) and also at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/  .

  • Accessing the Network:

To access the course when logged into the network, open up “My Computer,” on the “K drive” (SP2008 on ‘causeway_P\courses’), then open the course number and your name.  Submit papers to the “To Faculty” folder; I will return work to you in the “From Faculty folder.”  * (k) drive info page: http://www.depts.drew.edu/its/docs/network/drives/kdrive/

 

If you are:

 

On campus- file:////k:/

Off campus: https://netstorage.drew.edu/oneNet/NetStorage/DriveK@SP20078

 

  • Conferences:

Scheduled conferences are times in which you will meet with me individually, outside of (or in lieu of) class.  These conferences will generally last between ten and fifteen minutes, and are times for you and me to privately discuss your writing, your concerns, and your improvement among other things.  Missing a conference counts as an absence. 

 

  • Turning in papers:

All formal papers (final drafts) should be either turned in to me in person, or to Sitterly 301A by the designated time (usually by 5:00 pm), on the designated due date.  If you are leaving a paper outside of my office, you must secure your paper in a sealed manila envelope.  The envelope should have my name, your name, the course and section number, and date written neatly on the front.  It is also a good idea to email me, informing me that you have dropped off your paper.  I will reply (most likely the same day) if I have received your paper.  *Remember- my email address is sminegar@drew.edu  --Instructions for turning in portfolios are found on the portfolios link.

 

 

-- KEEP ALL OF YOUR WRITING FOR THIS COURSE, including in-class and out-of-class working notes, drafts, revisions, final drafts, workshop responses, and freewriting. 

 

-- TECHNOLOGY will be an integral part of our writing course.  Many of your small writing assignments, drafts, and response papers will be turned in electronically.  It is your responsibility to check your campus email regularly for updates and class announcements.

 

-- SAVE-SAVE-SAVE

As preventative measure against “technology malfunctions,” such as computer crashes or destroyed flash memory drives, you are responsible for making backups and saving on the LAN.  It could be disastrous for your grade if you cannot produce evidence of your work at semester’s end.  If you save your work to the network, the network is backed up on a tape every day, making it virtually impossible to lose your work, even if your personal computer crashes.  Backup disks also help prevent a lost paper panic attack.

 

 Class Cancellations:

 

·        Snow Closing

The Drew University Snow Closing number is (On-Campus - x3872; Off-Campus - (973) 408-3872).  If the College of Liberal Arts is closed, class is cancelled.  An announcement is usually posted on the university website www.drew.edu.   

 

·        Other

If in case of extreme emergency I am forced to cancel a class for reasons other than the University closing, I will make every possible effort to make sure you are notified via e-mail before that class. 

 

                                Semester Schedule

 

*NOTE* The semester schedule is subject to change.  The schedule will be updated weekly at the very least.  It is a good idea to check for updates nightly.  Please realize that the online schedule is for your convenience only, it does not diminish your student responsibilities. You are responsible for those assignments given in class, which are not yet recorded on the online semester schedule.

 

Daily homework assignments are DUE the class period following the date on which they are assigned.  Email assignments are DUE the specific date given on the syllabus (or as instructed by me in class).  If class is canceled due to snow or inclement weather, assignments will generally be due via email.

 

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*Week 1* Week 2* Week 3* Week 4* Week 5* Week 6* Week 7* Week 8* Week 9* Week 10* Week 11* Week 12* Week 13* Week 14* Week 15*

 

                              

 Week 1:

 

Mon- Jan 28:  Course introduction, community building activity, syllabus, introduction to first writing assignment.

Homework: Carefully, read the syllabus and explore the course websiteWe will discuss this further next class.  Read Longman 1-5.  Complete your literacy narrative (have it typed) and bring it to class Wednesday.

 

Wed- Jan 30:  Literacy narrative is due.  Discussion: What is effective writing? * Review Drew’s polices of Academic integrity.  Plagiarism Activity.  

Homework: Read Longman “Reading Critically” 6-9, “Understanding Academic Writing” 94-98, “Integrating sources” 187-195, and “Summary, Paraphrase, and Synthesizing” 137-140.  Read about summary writing, paraphrase, and citing sources.  Write a summary of Drew’s Standards of Academic Integrity.  Bring a copy of your summary to class.

 

Fri- Feb 1: Attention: Our classroom location has been changed to BC-18 (the lower level of Brothers College) beginning TODAY, Feb. 1, 2008.  Bring laptop to class.  Academic Integrity Summary Due.  Name Quiz.  Group summary activity. Explanatory Synthesis introduced.

Homework: Read about thesis. Read Longman “Planning, Thesis, Audience” 10-25, “Drafting” 22-25.  Read the New York Times online and select three news stories of interest to you.  Summarize those stories (cited correctly) and then write an explanation of why you consider each story of interest.  Bring a copy of your articles and summaries to class.  Read explanatory synthesis assignment and come prepared with any questions regarding this assignment. 

 

 Week 2:

 

!! MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR CONFERENCES WITH ME.  A MISSED CONFERENCE COUNTS AS AN ABSENCE !! * Office hour for this week are extended. Th. 1:30-3:30, F 1:30- 3:30

Conference Schedule

 

Mon- Feb 4: No Class. Work day.

Homework: Begin brainstorming potential topics for your research paper (Getting an early start will prove helpful come midterm!)  Take a look at the research paper assignment here.  - Make a list of 4 to 6 potential research paper topics.  Then for each topic, jot down 2 or 3 reasons you’re considering the topic.  Keep in mind that for this assignment your research paper will need to have an argumentative thesis and thus your proposed topics will need to be “argumentative” (not necessarily controversial) in nature.  Email me your potentials and your corresponding reasons by 5:00 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. 

 

Wed- Feb 6:  New York Times Summaries Due.  Discussion: Source Use and Evaluation.  Internet source activity examples.  Discuss topic ideas for explanatory synthesis.

Homework: Internet Sources Activity.  Email me your source evaluations by 5:00pm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008.  Read synthesis writing. Email me your explanatory synthesis topic proposals by 5:00 pm, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008.

 

Fri- Feb 8:  Bring laptop to class.  Research Day- finding sources. Thesis review.  Internet Source Activity due by 5:00pm today via email.

Homework: Continue researching your topic.  Read about writing an explanatory thesis. Email me your focus sentence (explanatory thesis) by 5:00 pm, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008.  Remember you’ll need to have a complete draft of your synthesis paper for next Wednesday’s workshop, so make sure you get kick’n on this paper!

 

 Week 3:

 

Mon- Feb. 11: Bring laptop to class.  Example synthesis. Synthesis practice activity.   *

Homework: Read Longman “Shaping Paragraphs” 30-42” and be familiar with “Using Commas” 393-415. Prepare first draft of synthesis paper.  Email me your introduction by 5:00 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.    Explanatory Synthesis Checklist

 

Wed- Feb. 13: Bring a complete draft of your synthesis paper to class.  Discuss introductions.  Peer workshops.

Homework: Finish what peer editing you do not finish in class, online or outside of class.  Email a copy to your partner and me tonight by 8:00 pm.  Type both your partner’s and my email address in the “To:” line, so I can see your partner has received your workshop suggestions on time.  Read the comparative argument assignment and come prepared with any questions regarding this assignment.  Read Proofreading. Revise your paper.

 

Fri- Feb. 15:  Your synthesis paper is due tonight, Feb. 15, 2008, by 5:00 pm.  Please turn in your rough draft and peer workshop responses along with your paper. (Review turning in papers) Introduce comparative argument.  Web activity- Advertisement analysis

Homework: Read Longman “Recognizing an Occasion for Argument” 81-93.  Read through argumentative writing—this website is very helpful. Read about comparison writing. Browse through Advertising TechniquesAdvertising ClaimsRhetorical StrategiesA Brief History of Advertising in AmericaThe Language of Advertising Claims .  Email comparison proposals no later than 5:00 pm, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008.  * The earlier these proposals are approved the earlier you can begin structuring your comparison.  There will only be one in-class research/work day.

    

 

 Week 4:

 

CONFERENCES THIS WEEK…during office hours during extended conferencing hours.  *Email me a working draft of your paper at least 24 hours before your scheduled conference.

 

Mon- Feb. 18: Bring laptop to class.   Research day/ work day.

Homework: Work on your first draft of comparative argument paper. Email me your introduction by 5:00 pm, Tues. Feb. 19, 2008.

 

Wed- Feb. 20: Bring laptop to class. Making an argument.

Homework: Work on your comparative argument paper.

 

Fri- Feb. 22:  DUE TO THE SNOW STORM WE WILL HOLD VIRTUAL PEER REVIEWS TODAY—SEE EMAIL. Bring laptop to class. Bring a complete draft of your comparative argument paper to class.  Peer workshop.

Homework: Revise your paper.

 

 Week 5:

 

Mon- Feb. 25: BRING COMPLETED PEER REVIEW TO GIVE TO YOUR PARTNER. Rhetorical analysis discussion. Understanding rhetorical devices.

Homework: Read through the Rhetorical Analysis assignment and come prepared with any questions regarding this assignment.  Review logos, ethos, pathos and the examples from today’s class.  Study common rhetorical strategies.  Read writing analyses.  Read Longman “Using Web and Internet Resources” 170-172, and identify the rhetorical strategies being used in these three web campaigns.   

 

Wed- Feb. 27: Comparative Argument due in class (attach your peer review).  Bring laptop to class.  Group- rhetoric and speech.

Homework:  Decide whether or not you wish to write a rhetorical analysis or comparative rhetorical analysis. Begin rhetorical analysis paper.  Email me by 5:00 Thursday Feb. 28, 2008---letting me know which option of the paper you have chosen to write.  Include which speech(s) you intend to analyze.

 

Fri- Feb. 29:  Bring laptop to class.  Research day/ work day.

Homework: Begin drafting your rhetorical analysis paper.  Email me your introduction by 5:00 on Sunday, March 2, 2008.

 

 Week 6:

 

Mon- Mar 3:  Bring laptop to class.  Work day. Q & A.

 

Wed- Mar 5: Bring laptop to class.  Bring a complete draft of your rhetorical analysis paper to class.  Peer workshop.  

Homework: Work on rhetorical analysis paper. 

 

Fri- Mar 7: Bring laptop to class.  Rhetorical analysis due by 5:00 tonight.  Introduce research papers. Discuss midterm portfolios.  Sign up for conferences (for week 8).  Sign up for personal library sessions (for week 9).

Homework:  Read through the research paper assignment.  Read about research writing. Work on research topic proposal. Even if you have decided to continue researching the same topic, you need to complete the research topic proposal.  This proposal is more extensive than past topic proposals.  It requires that you really think through the research project you are about to undertake and predict any difficulties that might arise. 

 

 Week 7:

 

There are no designated midterm reading days for the spring semester.  For those of you planning to use this time to catch up on things, this is a great time to prepare your midterm portfolio and work on your research topic proposal. 

 

Mon- Mar 10: SPRING BREAK :)

Homework: Begin preparing for the midterm portfolio.  Portfolios are DUE next week!!  Work on research topic proposals.

 

Wed- Mar 12: SPRING BREAK

Homework: ditto

 

Fri- Mar 14: SPRING BREAK

Homework: ditto

 

 Week 8:

 

CONFERENCES THIS WEEK…Remember some of you are meeting during regular class time and some of you are meeting during extended conferencing hours. *We will discuss your rhetorical analysis paper and your final portfolio. 

 

Mon- Mar 17:  No Class, Conferences.  Come prepared to discuss which papers you have selected and why.

Homework: Email research topic proposals today by 5:00pm.  Prepare midterm portfolio. 

 

Wed- Mar 19: No Class, Conferences.  Come prepared to discuss which papers you have selected and why.

Homework: Prepare midterm portfolio. Work on your research project as you have time.

 

Thurs- Mar. 20: MIDTERM PORTFOLIO DUE TODAY, in the red box, outside Sitterly 109, BEFORE 5 pm.  Remember to review the midterm portfolio requirements.

 

Fri- Mar 21: Good Friday, No Classes.

Homework: Breathe.  Read Longman “Beginning Your Research” 127- 140.  Email me the final versions of both papers you chose to submit for the midterm portfolio, sometime this weekend.  * Continue researching for your paper.

 

 Week 9:

 

PERSONAL LIBRARY SESSIONS THIS WEEK. Meet with the librarian the time you have personally scheduled.  A no show counts as an absence.

 

Mon- Mar 24: Discuss topics.  Discuss research process and research writing.  Introduce annotated bibliography.

Homework: Read Annotated Bibliography assignment in detail.  Read these helpful guidelines for annotated bibliography.  Begin researching your topic in-depth.  *If you have met with the librarian, work on your annotated bibliography and response questions.

 

Wed- Mar 26: No Class. Work/Research day- please use this time wisely.

Homework:  Continue researching your topic.  * If you have met with the librarian, work on your annotated bibliography and response questions.  * Begin formulating a thesis and putting together an outline for your paper.

 

Fri- Mar 28: Bring laptop to class.  Writing an effective introduction and writing an effective thesis. Come prepared with a working argumentative thesis.  Work/ Research Day.  Q & A time in class.

Homework: Continue researching your topic   * Work on your annotated bibliography and response questions.  * Revise your thesis and continue putting together an outline for your paper.

 

 Week 10:

 

CONFERENCES THIS WEEK…Remember some of you are meeting during regular class time and some of you are meeting during office hours. * Have a draft of your research paper to discuss during our conference.

 

Mon- Mar 31:  Bring laptop to class.  Structuring an outline.  Bring at least five of your book/ electronic article sources to class.  Research/ work day.

Homework: Continue research and draft your introduction. Read Longman “Using MLA Documentation Style” 201-236.  Finish your annotated bibliography and response questions.  Email your thesis and outline to me by 5:00pm Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

 

Wed- April 2: Annotated bibliography and library response questions due.  Come to class with 2 copies of your introduction and partial draft completed (at least 4 pages minimum) Peer workshop.

Homework: Draft your research paper (at least 6 pages minimum.)

 

Fri- April 4: No Class, Conferences- Progress Check  *Work Day

Homework: Continue drafting your research paper (at least 8 pages minimum.)

 

 Week 11:

 

Try to make an appointment with the writing center to have your paper proof read.

 

Mon- April 7: Peer workshop. 

Homework: Tweak research paper.  Email me a copy of your (8 + page) draft, tonight, by 5:00 pm.

 

Wed- April 9:  Bring laptop to class.  Bring your near perfect draft to class (on the computer is fine).  Review citation, MLA

Homework: Make final corrections to research paper. 

 

Fri- April 11:  Q &A.  Research paper due today, by 5:00pm.  Introduce theory-based analysis.

Homework: Read the assignment for the theory-based analysis.  Closely read the two assigned articles and summarize the claims that each makes in order to extract possible theories.  Although the articles are fairly short, a quick read before class will not be sufficient.  Be prepared for an in-depth class discussion on Monday.  –Brainstorm possible movie(s)/show(s) you may be interested in using.

 

 Week 12:

 

Mon- April 14:  Theory as a lens for interpretation- discuss possible theories to extract from the readings.

Homework: You need to re-watch the movie(s)/show(s) you intend to use for your theory based analysis.  Then email me the theory you have chosen to use, the title of the movie(s)/show(s) you plan to use, your reasons for choosing the movies(s)/show(s) you have, your argumentative thesis, and an outline of your paper.  Because the end of the semester is rapidly approaching, it will be necessary for you to commit to a theory and example(s) early in the process.  So once you have settled it is important to stick with your choice.

 

Wed- April 16:  Discussion: organizing your paper.  Bring laptop to class.  Work day.

Homework: Work on your theory-based analysis paper.  Start preparing (or start thinking about preparing) your research paper for the final portfolio. Remember to review the final portfolio requirements.

 

Fri- April 18:  Bring laptop to class.  Work day.

Homework: Work on your theory-based analysis paper.

 

 Week 13:

 

Extended office hours this Friday: 1:30-4:30 *If you would like to review a portfolio paper with me, please schedule an appointment.

 

Mon- April 21: Peer Workshop. Come to class with 2 copies of your paper (one can be a digital copy if you like).

Homework: Work on your theory-based analysis paper.

 

Wed- April 23: Bring laptop to class.  Tweaking day/ time for individual questions.

Homework: Finish up the work on your theory-based analysis paper.

 

Fri- April 25:  Theory-based analysis due. Please email me your paper by 5:00 pm (I can get a digital copy w/ comments back to you sooner!)  Bring laptop to class.  Portfolio work day…Revision time.   Have your research paper and the second paper you plan to submit for the portfolio with you to revise.

   Homework: Prepare your research paper and second paper (one you have not yet submitted) of your choice for the final portfolio. Remember to review the final portfolio requirements.

 

Week 14:

 

Extended office hours this week- Thursday: 1:30-3:30, Friday: 1:30-4:30 *If you would like to review a portfolio paper with me, please schedule an appointment.

 

Mon- April 28: Portfolio work day 2.  Have your research paper and the second paper you plan to submit for the portfolio with you to revise.

Homework: Prepare your research paper and second paper (one you have not yet submitted) of your choice for the final portfolio. Remember to review the final portfolio requirements.

Try to make an appointment with the writing center to have your portfolio papers reviewed.

 

Wed- April 30: Portfolio Peer Workshop.  Please bring a copy of each of the revised papers you plan to submit for your final portfolio.

Homework: Portfolio preparation.

 

Fri- May 2: No Class. Work Day

Homework: Portfolio preparation.

 

 Week 15:

 

NO OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK

 

Mon- May 5:  LAST CLASS.   Q &A.  Review: Please bring a copy (in print or digital form) of each of the revised papers you plan to submit for your final portfolio.  Course Evaluation. Bring laptop to class – to complete evaluation. Farewell.

Homework: Finalize your final portfolio.  Email me the final versions of both papers you submitted (or will submit) for the midterm portfolio. You can email this to me AFTER you have turned in your portfolio if you like.

 

Wed- May 7:  No Class, Reading Day-- FINAL PORTFOLIO DUE, in the red box, outside Sitterly 109, BEFORE 5pm. Remember to review the final portfolio requirements.

Homework:  Enjoy summer break :)

 

Congratulations on completing your semester!

Best wishes to you in all of your future endeavors!

-Sarah

 

 

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Sarah Minegar, 2007