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FOR FRIDAY, DEC. 10 In-class exam. Also PLEASE get your portfolio--at least your profile--started on Mahara. If you wait till next week you might have trouble and I might not be around to help you!

FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8 In class Monday we went over the requirements for your department portfolio, which is due WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 AT MIDNIGHT. Because this is digital, you may do it from anywhere. However, please get started at least creating your profile and uploading some papers so that I can be sure you are not having trouble. I will be happy to help you should you get stuck. The step-by-step instructions for creating your online portfolio are on the "Handouts" page, along with the requirements for the portfolio.

FOR MONDAY, DEC. 6 We'll begin presentations Monday. Everyone is on deck, so everyone needs to be ready!

FOR FRIDAY, DEC. 3 Grammar and Style test. Please STUDY!!!

FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1 All of Unit 4 and 5 are due. A handout that gives all the details is on the handouts page. Please be sure to refer to this so that you don't miss anything. Please bind everything together with a paper clip or something.

FOR THE WEEK AFTER BREAK: MON We will begin a new unit. Wednesday all of Unit 4 and 5 are due completed.

FOR NEXT WEEK, NOV. 22-24: We will not have class next week either day. You are, however, required to come to a one-on-one conference with me. You will receive 2(two) absences if you do not show up. And I WILL make those absences make your grade go down. If you have not signed up for a time, please do so now. Just click "Edit this Page" and add your name after an empty time slot.

FOR THE CONFERENCE: Please bring your completed paper--one with your approved thesis statement included and your evaluation of arguments completed. Also bring a formal outline of your entire paper (see page 536 in DA for details on a formal outline). If you have questions, please email me NOW; don't wait until a minute before your conference!

The schedule below is for individual conferences ** in my office (SAC 339) next week **, when there will be no class. If you do not see your name on this list or would like to change times, please just "edit" this page and add or move your name. Obviously do not move your name to a time that is already taken.

CONFERENCES FOR MONDAY, NOV. 22 11:00 - Chelsie 11:15 - Alex 11:30 - Gwen 11:45 - Chuck 12:00 - 12:15 - Ashley 12:30 -

3:00 - LIndsey 3:15 - Erin 3:30 - 3:45 - 4:00 - Maria 4:15 - Cait 4:30 - Amber Meyer 4:45 -Coty Prestage

CONFERENCES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24 11:00 - Amber Johannes 11:15 - Trevor 11:30 - Anna 11:45 - Jillian 12:00 - Doug 12:15 - Elizabeth 12:30 -Katlyn Chitwood

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 19 Reports are due (A5.1). PLEASE **read the handout and follow instructions**. Bring a hard copy to class on Friday.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17 Finish the work we did in class and bring it with you Wednesday.

FOR MONDAY, NOV 15 No homework. Enjoy your weekend.

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 12 Paper 4 is due. Be sure to get the handout read the instructions, and follow them exactly. You will lose a lot of points for not following instructions.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10 You will have most of the class period to work on your papers. I will return your Ann Bibs to you along with your research. If you are revising your Movie Review paper, the revision is due Wednesday Nov. 10 but you must conference with me before you revise or I will not accept your revision. I do not have office hours on Tuesday as I will be in Lansing, but I am available Mondy till 5:00 or by request if you email me.

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 8 Annotated bibliographies (A4.3) are due. Please carefully read the handout for Unit 4 to make sure you are on the right track. Also grammar revisions of the midterm are due.

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 5 Have all your research read, annotated, and weeded out by Friday. Bring to class the sources you'll be using for sure (6 minimum, at least 2 on each side) along with all the notes you took during reading.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3 Research due. That means between now and Wednesday you should have been in the library and found between 18 and 20 sources, printed or copied them, and then bring them to class. You don't have to have them read or have narrowed to the six. Just bring them all.

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 1 We will meet in the library, Smith Room (back near the PC lab) during class time. Be sure you have had your proposal approved by me before then. Also print out your chat paper, highlight your name every time it appears, and bring this to class on Monday as well.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 29 We will meet virtually online in Moodle chatrooms that are already assigned. Please follow the instructions on the handout carefully and come to "class" a few minutes early so you can get started on time. Monday we will be meeting in the Library in the Smith room.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27 A4.1 is due. Please read the handout (on the "Handouts" page) and follow the instructions on how to write a summary. A4.2 is also due. Please, again, follow the instructions on the handout. Also read in your DA textbook pgs 79-105. Especially pay attention to the articles on gun control, as we will be having another debate.

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 25 Nada. Enjoy your break.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20 Revisions of grammar pre-test due (if not done already). Mid-term exam in class Wed. Nothing to study for.

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 18 Practice like crazy for your grammar test Monday. Go to [] and complete these exercises: Grammar Exercises > Grammatical Sentences > G3-1, > Punctuation > P1-1, P1-2, P1-3 Frankly do as many as you feel like doing until you feel confident in your grammar and punctuation.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 15 Please turn in your original "Definition of a Word" paper and the revision. Also bring in your grammar corrections (round 2). Also bring back to class your film review draft as we will be working with them.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 - NO REGULAR CLASS - GROUP CONFERENCES Please be on top of this, get your papers to one another ASAP, and be prepared for conferences. You will receive an absence for not showing up and zeros for not being prepared.: you must fill out one of these for each of the other authors/papers in your group. Here is our schedule: 10:30 - SAC 307 Chelsie Myers 14cfmyer@alma.edu Anna Sall 14amsall@alma.edu Jillian Thompson 14jrthom@alma.edu

11:30 - SAC 307 Trevor Moody 14tgmood@alma.edu Cait Hill 14cmhill@alma.edu Ashley Hurt 14athurt@alma.edu Erin Stone 14eeston@alma.edu

2:30 - SAC 311 Alex Kravat 14ajkrav@alma.edu Chuck Sadler 14cpsadl@alma.edu Nick Baker baker.owns@gmail.com

3:30 - SAC 311 Katlyn Chitwood katlyn.chitwood@comcast.net Maria Braunz 14mcbrau@alma.edu Liz Schoedel 14eescho@alma.edu

4:30 - SAC 307 Lindsey Schmidt 14lcschm@alma.edu Amber Johannes 14amjoha@alma.edu Amber Meyer 14aemeye@alma.edu

7:30 - SAC 307 Doug King 14djking@alma.edu Gwen Greer 14grgree@alma.edu Coty Prestage 14cspres@alma.edu

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 11 Panel discussions--all four--will be Monday. Everyone must be prepared. Those who were gone: it is your responsibility to contact your group and make sure you do your part. Your movie review of the movie you chose is due Wednesday.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 8 Revision of Paper one due, with original copy with my comments on it.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6 Revised Grammar Pretests are due. Please turn in original test with corrections. Remember: you need to fix the error, rewrite the sentence so it is correct, then tell what was wrong with the first one. And saying "it was wrong because I didn't know the answer" will end up with you getting it returned to you to be redone again. Look these up in the handbook and find the grammatical answer to what was wrong. Also due is your A3.1 the Annotated Bibliography of your movie and reviews. Please print and bring to class. A sample Ann. Bib is on the "Handouts" page. I changed the due date for revisions of Paper 1: the revision of that is now due Friday.

FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 3 AND MONDAY, OCT. 4 Sunday night at 7:00 pm we will meet in SAC 307 (our usual room) to watch the class film. If you will not be able to attend, please watch the movie on your own over the weekend. I have chosen the film FARGO--there are 2 copies of this in the library. For Monday, please read pgs. 349 - 360 in DA textbook.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 1 Draft of MP2 (Definition of a Word Essay) is due. Your final draft of MP1 (Opinion Essay) is due one week from today, Wednesday, Oct. 6. Your final draft of MP2 will be due one week after I return it.

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29 A 2.1 is due (see unit 2 handout).

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 27 Please read "Brute" on pg 420 in DA. Bring your book to class.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 24. Presentations of Argument Strategies will be Friday. I will give you some time at the beginning of the hour to prepare.

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22 Rough draft of Major paper 1 due. See handout for details.

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 20 We will finish presentations. Over the weekend, please begin drafting your first paper (details in "Unit One" Handout). Send an electronic copy of your draft to yourself either through email, by uploading it to your wiki page, or by saving it on a thumb drive.

Grammar Pre-test corrections are due on Friday, Oct. 1. Please be sure to return your pre-test with your correction sheet.. If you are having trouble, are stuck, or just need help. you can go to the Writing Center or come visit me.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 You will have 20 minutes to complete your presentation, then the rest of the hour you will present. Each about 10 minutes. Be prepared to answer questions!

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 A1.2 is due!! Please see the handout for Unit One for details (there are lots). You will be posting this on your personal wiki page. To do so, first to go "Student Pages" link on the right. On this page, find your name and click on it. You will get a page that says "This page doesn't exist yet. To make changes, click "Edit"" or something of that nature (not word for word, but you get the idea.) So click on the "Edit" button on the top left. Then just type your homework there on the wiki page as though it were a Word document. Be sure to click "Save" at the top right when you are done. Be sure you are signed in when you do this so that I know you did the work and on the right page.

If you have troubles or questions, feel free to email me. Also bring the article for your group work back to class Wednesday.

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 13 Read pages 12-34 in your "Discovering Arguments" book. At the end of these pages is an article titled "A Trust Worth Winning." As you read this article, look for examples of logos, pathos, and ethos (as explained in the previous pages) and underline them or mark them in some way. Be prepared to discuss this in class.

Also you need to find an article or blog about a language issue like the one you read by Dennis Baron. You may use any of this other blogs or you may go elsewhere to find something. Print this out and bring to class.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 10 IMPORTANT NOTE: It appears that you must sign in to wikispaces in order to do your homework. This is not difficult, though, so don't panic. Simply go to www.wikispaces.com and "create an account" using your Alma College username and password. From there you do NOT want to create a wiki. You are logged in and can go directly back to our course wiki. From there you should be able to complete the assignment. As follows: Please go to the "Readings" page of this wiki and click on the link provided there. This will take you to Dennis Baron's blog about a language issue. Please read this blog (and the following comments if you would like). Then return to the "Readings" page and click on the "discussion" tab at the top of the page. There will be a prompt from me here, and I would like you to reply to my prompt and/or to the replies of your classmates if you'd like to add to what they have to say or argue against them. This is due by class time Friday.

Friday in class will be your style and grammar pre-test. No studying needed. Just bring a pencil to write with.

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