Tuesday, February 21, 2017

IN CLASS ESSAY TIMES SET

So, to be eligible to pass this course, you have to pass one in class essay. (C- or better)
You have two opportunities to write this essay.
Also, in my many years of teaching English 305 (3109 before semester), I have never had a student be writing at a passing level but fail the in class essay. So do not fear the in class component. On the day of the essay, we will walk slowly through the whole process. You can even ask me questions as you write.
YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE OF TWO DATES: SATURDAY MARCH 11 OR SATURDAY APRIL 22. 
We begin promptly at 9am and will be done by 11am.
We will meet in the Classroom Building, Room 101.

 Here is a campus map: http://www.csub.edu/CampusMap/

If you have a laptop and like to write on that, please bring it.

There are usually about 20 functioning computers, so those are first come first serve. Everyone else will get to handwrite the essay.

I look forward to seeing you all in person!
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GREETINGS AND BASIC COURSE INFO

!!!!NO MEETING THIS SATURDAY!!!! (we will meet later in the semester)

EMAIL: bschmoll@csub.edu


Greetings,

This course has some weekly assignments that you must keep up on. There are also a few other papers and books to read throughout the semester. But if you keep up with the weekly assignments on here, your writing will improve and you will put yourself in a great position to do well in this class!


These are time sensitive. You do not receive credit if you write them after the deadline(Saturday) each week. Furthermore, if you are in the habit of writing everything on Saturday you will not receive full credit. Why? There would be no time for others to interact with your writing. Write early; write often! Right? Right!

HERE IS THE WORK THAT MUST BE COMPLETED EACH WEEK...


FIRST, there's a blog entry (about 250 words) which will have you respond to a hopefully thought-provoking question. Each week, you must do the blog entry with enough time left in the week to be able to enter into dialogue online with your classmates. Write, reply, write more, reply more, and then write and reply more.


SECOND, there's a reading. There’s no blog entry associated with this. Just read.


THIRD, there's a written response to the reading. Your reading and writing on the blog must be completed by the SATURDAY (by midnight) of the week in which the reading falls. This entry should be a long paragraph. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO OTHER STUDENTS IN PART THREE EACH WEEK.