Don't forget - I need what you know, what you want to know, an outline, notes, and a rough draft with your paper.
This is worth 50 points.
Everything gets turned in tomorrow.
If you want to know the answers to any questions, please let me know ASAP. I'll be answering until 10pm tonight.
Get the grade that you want and deserve!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Week 6-8 Schedule
July 21 - July 28 – MLA and essay writing skills
July 29 – Review of grammar by letting you go online and finish the www.mywritinglab.com post test (or time in class to work on completing lessons from said website).
August 2 – Grammar Test of everything that you learned along the way from me and from www.mywritinglab.com .
August 3 – In class time to ask me whatever questions you have about your final essay, which is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
August 4 - Final exam that leaves you finished with COM051. Since you have worked hard, you get to enjoy the rest of the year without any more papers or anything like that to worry about. Congratulations! You’re through with your first semester and you have achieved success. I am very proud of you. If you don’t have a final essay, you will automatically fail this class. Don’t let this happen.
July 29 – Review of grammar by letting you go online and finish the www.mywritinglab.com post test (or time in class to work on completing lessons from said website).
August 2 – Grammar Test of everything that you learned along the way from me and from www.mywritinglab.com .
August 3 – In class time to ask me whatever questions you have about your final essay, which is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
August 4 - Final exam that leaves you finished with COM051. Since you have worked hard, you get to enjoy the rest of the year without any more papers or anything like that to worry about. Congratulations! You’re through with your first semester and you have achieved success. I am very proud of you. If you don’t have a final essay, you will automatically fail this class. Don’t let this happen.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Mid Term on Monday - DIRECTIONS
You have an article. You need to read chapters 5+6.If you don't have it or you can't read it, then you have several options.
1) Go on Angel in the 7 articles section of materials and get the word file.
2) Go to Borders or Barnes and Nobles and read chapters 5+6. You don't have to buy it; you can just sit there and read it.
2) Go to Borders or Barnes and Nobles and read chapters 5+6. You don't have to buy it; you can just sit there and read it.
When you're done, you will take ONE 3x5 NOTECARD MAX on the information that you will need to do an article critique on the author's reason for writing this article. You are not writing a biography, but you will need details. As I said in class, one sentence sums up the whole article.
Directions are located on the how to do article critiques ppt. (last 3 slides),which is also in the 7 articles section.
You will have 1 class to do this. It must be done in class on Monday.
Question? Contact me ASAP.
Homework for Monday:
1) midterm
3) journals
4) Stephen Hawking essay is due
5) any redo papers that you need to do and that you have gotten permission to do (no permission, no redo - REALLY).
and for Tuesday...
6) the Anne Frank quiz on Angel. This was originally due Monday, but it is now pushed back until Tuesday.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Week 4+5 Schedule
July 6 - Collect the Kwame James essay. We discuss the Valeen Schnurr article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Wednesday. No grammar fun today, we’ll be discussing pre-writing and outlines. The assignment for 6am on July 7th is to access the Stephen Hawking quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/02/stephen.hawking
July 7- Collect the Valeen Schnurr essay. We discuss the Stephen Hawking article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Monday. The rest of the class is doing the in-class National Parks Outline assignment, which is due on July 12th.
July 8 – Today is the in class midterm assignment. You will write a 5-paragraph essay in class based on an article that I will have given you previous to this. You will be allowed to test under the same conditions that you would take the final exam. That’s it. You’ll be exhausted when it’s done, so I’ll send you home to regroup for the next week. The assignment for 6am on July 12th is to access the Anne Frank quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/deep-survival-lessons-from-anne-frank.html
July 12 - Collect the Stephen Hawking essay. We discuss the Anne Frank article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Wednesday July 14th. When class is all but over, I will go over the midterm. You will then be allowed to individually ask me whatever questions that you have. You will be given a complete assessment of where you stand in class so that you can make up your mind about whether to stay in class or withdraw (should you want the option). I can’t make you withdraw, but I can tell you the reality of where you stand in being able to pass the pass the class.
July 13 – We will work on grammar today after we go over your National Parks Outline assignment. The assignment for 6am on July 14th is to access the Doris Voitier quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.
http://reason.com/archives/2007/08/31/myths-of-hurricane-katrina
July 14 – Collect the Anne Frank Essay. Today, we will do the Civil War note taking assignment (the Cornell Method). This will take the entire class (just about). We discuss the Doris Voitier article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Thursday.
July 15 – Collect the Doris Voitier Essay. Assign essay of your choice as an article critique. Begin going over the rules of writing article critiques. This is due on Tuesday July 20th.
July 19 – Questions on rules of article critique writing. Begin to go over how to do MLA research writing – you must have a hero to write an article about by this day.
July 20 – Collect the Article Critique Essay on your choice of the 7 articles that we did together. MLA research writing will be today and every day up to the end.
July 21 - July 28 – MLA and essay writing skills
July 7- Collect the Valeen Schnurr essay. We discuss the Stephen Hawking article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Monday. The rest of the class is doing the in-class National Parks Outline assignment, which is due on July 12th.
July 8 – Today is the in class midterm assignment. You will write a 5-paragraph essay in class based on an article that I will have given you previous to this. You will be allowed to test under the same conditions that you would take the final exam. That’s it. You’ll be exhausted when it’s done, so I’ll send you home to regroup for the next week. The assignment for 6am on July 12th is to access the Anne Frank quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/deep-survival-lessons-from-anne-frank.html
July 12 - Collect the Stephen Hawking essay. We discuss the Anne Frank article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Wednesday July 14th. When class is all but over, I will go over the midterm. You will then be allowed to individually ask me whatever questions that you have. You will be given a complete assessment of where you stand in class so that you can make up your mind about whether to stay in class or withdraw (should you want the option). I can’t make you withdraw, but I can tell you the reality of where you stand in being able to pass the pass the class.
July 13 – We will work on grammar today after we go over your National Parks Outline assignment. The assignment for 6am on July 14th is to access the Doris Voitier quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.
http://reason.com/archives/2007/08/31/myths-of-hurricane-katrina
July 14 – Collect the Anne Frank Essay. Today, we will do the Civil War note taking assignment (the Cornell Method). This will take the entire class (just about). We discuss the Doris Voitier article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Thursday.
July 15 – Collect the Doris Voitier Essay. Assign essay of your choice as an article critique. Begin going over the rules of writing article critiques. This is due on Tuesday July 20th.
July 19 – Questions on rules of article critique writing. Begin to go over how to do MLA research writing – you must have a hero to write an article about by this day.
July 20 – Collect the Article Critique Essay on your choice of the 7 articles that we did together. MLA research writing will be today and every day up to the end.
July 21 - July 28 – MLA and essay writing skills
Friday, June 18, 2010
Week 2+3 Schedule
June 21 - We discuss the Jackie Robinson article and go over the quiz. Since YOU HAVE to do a summary of this story (you can choose which 4 heroes you want to do from the next 6 choices, but you must do Jackie Robinson), you will turn it in Thursday. We will discuss how to turn these notes into an essay.
June 22 – Introduction to grammar.
June 23 – Report directly to the library. You will be getting your library tour on this day. You need to know how to use all of these resources ASAP. You will need them for every class that you take, but you will also need them for your final paper. The first papers that you do WILL NOT HAVE ANY outside references, but you may need to look up information to understand the things that you are reading about. For that, it’s better to do this sooner than later.
June 24 – First, we will collect the Jackie Robinson essay. The assignment for 6am on June 28th is to access the Adam Bender quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3695819 We will finish the class doing a continuation of grammar.
June 28 – We discuss the Adam Bender article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Wednesday. We will spend the majority of this class doing a complete discussion of grammar. We will conclude with going over your essays since I DON’T EVER begin class by giving back your essays. This detracts from the learning process, and I need you focused on learning instead of your grade from an assignment past.
June 29 – Lots of grammar fun.
June 30 – Collect the Adam Bender essay. The assignment for 6am on July 1st is to access the Kwame James quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/the_bonus/08/15/kwame/index.html Still more grammar fun.
July 1 – We discuss the Kwame James article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Tuesday. Today’s agenda? Yep – grammar fun. The assignment for 6am on July 6th is to access the Valeen Schnurr quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/30/bernall/
June 22 – Introduction to grammar.
June 23 – Report directly to the library. You will be getting your library tour on this day. You need to know how to use all of these resources ASAP. You will need them for every class that you take, but you will also need them for your final paper. The first papers that you do WILL NOT HAVE ANY outside references, but you may need to look up information to understand the things that you are reading about. For that, it’s better to do this sooner than later.
June 24 – First, we will collect the Jackie Robinson essay. The assignment for 6am on June 28th is to access the Adam Bender quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3695819 We will finish the class doing a continuation of grammar.
June 28 – We discuss the Adam Bender article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Wednesday. We will spend the majority of this class doing a complete discussion of grammar. We will conclude with going over your essays since I DON’T EVER begin class by giving back your essays. This detracts from the learning process, and I need you focused on learning instead of your grade from an assignment past.
June 29 – Lots of grammar fun.
June 30 – Collect the Adam Bender essay. The assignment for 6am on July 1st is to access the Kwame James quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/the_bonus/08/15/kwame/index.html Still more grammar fun.
July 1 – We discuss the Kwame James article and go over the quiz. If you want to do a summary of this story, then you will turn it in Tuesday. Today’s agenda? Yep – grammar fun. The assignment for 6am on July 6th is to access the Valeen Schnurr quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/30/bernall/
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Week 1 Schedule
Basics of College Writing Summer Schedule
Week 1 of class – I meet you! We go over the Bad Letter handout and I explain to you why you need to do well in English (If I can’t tell you this, then the class has no foundation). I tell you to access Angel Online so that you can see the Can You Pass My Class handout with all assignments and rationales on it, the philosophy of education paper (optional), the RACC rules for students (as does every other teacher that you have), and the journals paper (not optional). You will read through the entire journals handout (not optional). I explain to you the syllabus and you will read the To My Students letter (you will sign off on having read this), the Plagiarism explanations, and the Sid Stocker Memorial Assignment Book Page (to be honest, everything you need to prepare yourself for the first week stretch is listed on there). Here you get the link and handout to get into the Angel site for access to my class. Since this class was MARKED AS WEB-ENHANCED, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT INTERNET LOCATION. Not having a computer is not an excuse. If it is, you may want to switch to a class that isn’t web-enhanced since you pay a technology fee to the school, AND you are now accountable to being able to access my items. Thus, you can use RACC’s computers if necessary (they’re not just for Facebook). I also tell you that you should get a USB drive to store all of my attachments on (trees don’t have to die for ALL of the handouts that I give to you (and I give you a lot of handouts and PowerPoints to help improve your chances of success)). We go over the introduction to this class Power Point (also available on Angel, which I’m reiterating you must visit). From there, you must send me an e-mail (the only one that you’ll ever send from the Angel site) to prove that you were there and read the RACC Rules for Students), and you will watch the introduction to my class video. I also assign you to go online and see the class website (www.onlymypride.blogspot.com) and then you send me something from the first entry so that I know that you know where the website is and so that I know what your RACC e-mail is (by your final class of the week – no personal e-mails – just RACC e-mail via SCHOOL POLICY).
I give you the assignment to read Death of an Innocent and take notes for an in-class quiz on Wednesday. (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html ) On Wednesday, you take the Death of an Innocent quiz. If you aren’t prepared, you lose your first points because I don’t do makeup tests for any reason EVER (since there are extra points built into the system). If you are prepared, you can inflate your grade since I have bonus points on this test. I’m just saying that you might want to read. On Thursday, we go over the Death of an Innocent quiz and watch a bonus features video from the movie.
For the 2nd class of the week, you go online and print out the Right Word handout and the Issues in Your Paper handout. By the end of the week, we will go over this. I CONTINUE TO STRESS the idea of completing your journals early. If you do them, you get full credit. If you procrastinate, you may lose out on “free points” or you will find yourself bogged down when essays are due. I warn you that while you are very smart and capable, equally smart and capable students have failed this class because they procrastinated doing their journals (and other assignments). This goes DOUBLE for www.mywritinglab.com .
On that note, for the final class of the week, you will be set up on www.mywritinglab.com . This is worth points to your final grade. You must be processed in by Thursday AND you must be done with the practice tests by the beginning of class on Monday. These are not short and simple things. Take the time to do it right. If you do, there will be less work to complete later. Really.
We discuss the concept of journals as a whole. We discuss appropriate college writing.
We take a grammar test so that I can see what you know and to see how you improve by the end of the semester. While it does not count towards your final grade, it can be worth points to you if you are the high grade in the room. Otherwise, it is solely for my “learning” purposes and to see how much you improve by first unit’s end. Thus, I can focus on teaching you things that are important to your learning.
That more than covers everything that we will have time for. What we don’t do, we will continue with next week.
I tell you to go online and start looking over the Karate Kid Method of Learning Grammar handout since we begin grammar next week. You will have the choice to print this out and bring it to class or to take your own notes. It’s up to you. I suggest printing it out since I know what makes people pass and fail this class.
If you feel like you have extra time (you probably won’t since the summer term is rushed), you can always look at stuff like the Image Handout and 15 Rules for Class and Life if you want to figure yourself out and learn how to be better at school and life. They’re not required, but they’re there to help you (if not now, then maybe later).
The assignment for 6am on June 21st is to access the Jackie Robinson quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.
http://205.188.238.109/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html
ASAP, I want you to take the opinion quiz on Survey Monkey Dot Com. Your name is not attached to it, so don’t worry about being “connected” to your opinions. We will use the data from this at a later date. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VMFLLNX This may take a while. Give yourself some time to make it happen (30 minutes).
Week 1 of class – I meet you! We go over the Bad Letter handout and I explain to you why you need to do well in English (If I can’t tell you this, then the class has no foundation). I tell you to access Angel Online so that you can see the Can You Pass My Class handout with all assignments and rationales on it, the philosophy of education paper (optional), the RACC rules for students (as does every other teacher that you have), and the journals paper (not optional). You will read through the entire journals handout (not optional). I explain to you the syllabus and you will read the To My Students letter (you will sign off on having read this), the Plagiarism explanations, and the Sid Stocker Memorial Assignment Book Page (to be honest, everything you need to prepare yourself for the first week stretch is listed on there). Here you get the link and handout to get into the Angel site for access to my class. Since this class was MARKED AS WEB-ENHANCED, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT INTERNET LOCATION. Not having a computer is not an excuse. If it is, you may want to switch to a class that isn’t web-enhanced since you pay a technology fee to the school, AND you are now accountable to being able to access my items. Thus, you can use RACC’s computers if necessary (they’re not just for Facebook). I also tell you that you should get a USB drive to store all of my attachments on (trees don’t have to die for ALL of the handouts that I give to you (and I give you a lot of handouts and PowerPoints to help improve your chances of success)). We go over the introduction to this class Power Point (also available on Angel, which I’m reiterating you must visit). From there, you must send me an e-mail (the only one that you’ll ever send from the Angel site) to prove that you were there and read the RACC Rules for Students), and you will watch the introduction to my class video. I also assign you to go online and see the class website (www.onlymypride.blogspot.com) and then you send me something from the first entry so that I know that you know where the website is and so that I know what your RACC e-mail is (by your final class of the week – no personal e-mails – just RACC e-mail via SCHOOL POLICY).
I give you the assignment to read Death of an Innocent and take notes for an in-class quiz on Wednesday. (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html ) On Wednesday, you take the Death of an Innocent quiz. If you aren’t prepared, you lose your first points because I don’t do makeup tests for any reason EVER (since there are extra points built into the system). If you are prepared, you can inflate your grade since I have bonus points on this test. I’m just saying that you might want to read. On Thursday, we go over the Death of an Innocent quiz and watch a bonus features video from the movie.
For the 2nd class of the week, you go online and print out the Right Word handout and the Issues in Your Paper handout. By the end of the week, we will go over this. I CONTINUE TO STRESS the idea of completing your journals early. If you do them, you get full credit. If you procrastinate, you may lose out on “free points” or you will find yourself bogged down when essays are due. I warn you that while you are very smart and capable, equally smart and capable students have failed this class because they procrastinated doing their journals (and other assignments). This goes DOUBLE for www.mywritinglab.com .
On that note, for the final class of the week, you will be set up on www.mywritinglab.com . This is worth points to your final grade. You must be processed in by Thursday AND you must be done with the practice tests by the beginning of class on Monday. These are not short and simple things. Take the time to do it right. If you do, there will be less work to complete later. Really.
We discuss the concept of journals as a whole. We discuss appropriate college writing.
We take a grammar test so that I can see what you know and to see how you improve by the end of the semester. While it does not count towards your final grade, it can be worth points to you if you are the high grade in the room. Otherwise, it is solely for my “learning” purposes and to see how much you improve by first unit’s end. Thus, I can focus on teaching you things that are important to your learning.
That more than covers everything that we will have time for. What we don’t do, we will continue with next week.
I tell you to go online and start looking over the Karate Kid Method of Learning Grammar handout since we begin grammar next week. You will have the choice to print this out and bring it to class or to take your own notes. It’s up to you. I suggest printing it out since I know what makes people pass and fail this class.
If you feel like you have extra time (you probably won’t since the summer term is rushed), you can always look at stuff like the Image Handout and 15 Rules for Class and Life if you want to figure yourself out and learn how to be better at school and life. They’re not required, but they’re there to help you (if not now, then maybe later).
The assignment for 6am on June 21st is to access the Jackie Robinson quiz online. You will read the article and then answer the questions. This is worth 10 points.
http://205.188.238.109/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html
ASAP, I want you to take the opinion quiz on Survey Monkey Dot Com. Your name is not attached to it, so don’t worry about being “connected” to your opinions. We will use the data from this at a later date. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VMFLLNX This may take a while. Give yourself some time to make it happen (30 minutes).
Friday, May 14, 2010
Someone who impresses me.
Blindness no barrier to degree for Alvernia University student
Grad school ahead for Luis Fontanez Jr. after graduation from Alvernia University with psychology degree
By Greta Cuyler
Luis M. Fontanez Jr. of Muhlenberg Township will graduate from Alvernia University on Saturday.
Seven years after Luis M. Fontanez Jr. went completely blind, he's set to graduate magna cum laude from Alvernia University on Saturday.
It's been a tough but triumphant road for Luis, 26.
The son of Anna E. and Luis M. Fontanez Sr. of Muhlenberg Township, Luis was 4 years old when he lost vision in his left eye to congenital glaucoma.
And as a junior at Reading High School in the fall of 2000, he was hit in the right eye during an impromptu game of dodgeball.
A few months later he was diagnosed with a detached retina, likely caused by a miniscule tear when the ball hit his eye.
Despite six surgeries over nearly two years, doctors could not save Luis' sight.
"The vision loss was very rapid," Luis said. "Every day I woke up I was able to see less and less. It was as if the lights were being turned out one light bulb at a time."
Luis said he summoned inner strength when he lost his sight completely at age 19.
"I decided there was only one way for a blind, Hispanic man to make his way in life," he said. "And it wasn't sitting in my room feeling sorry for myself. It was going to be going to college and studying and doing something with my life."
Luis earned an associate degree in liberal arts from Reading Area Community College in 2006 and enrolled at Alvernia in 2008.
He earned a nearly straight-A average and will graduate with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in history. Luis plans to attend graduate school and become a school counselor.
Before he lost his sight, Luis earned his high school diploma from Reading High in June 2002.
He got a mobility cane in January 2003, a month after his 19th birthday. Two months after that, he started classes at RACC.
A mobility specialist from the state Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services helped him get a feel for the layout of both the RACC and Alvernia campuses through guided tours, but Luis learned to expertly navigate on his own through trial and error, he said.
With accommodations provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Luis says he's been like any other college student.
He learns course material by attending class and tape-recording lectures. He listens to textbooks on compact disc. He uses a laptop computer that reads aloud each letter as he types. Test questions are read to him and he either responds orally or by typing on his laptop.
"Any blind student can be successful here as long as you're willing to work hard enough and have the drive and determination to be a successful college student," Luis said.
Grad school ahead for Luis Fontanez Jr. after graduation from Alvernia University with psychology degree
By Greta Cuyler
Luis M. Fontanez Jr. of Muhlenberg Township will graduate from Alvernia University on Saturday.
Seven years after Luis M. Fontanez Jr. went completely blind, he's set to graduate magna cum laude from Alvernia University on Saturday.
It's been a tough but triumphant road for Luis, 26.
The son of Anna E. and Luis M. Fontanez Sr. of Muhlenberg Township, Luis was 4 years old when he lost vision in his left eye to congenital glaucoma.
And as a junior at Reading High School in the fall of 2000, he was hit in the right eye during an impromptu game of dodgeball.
A few months later he was diagnosed with a detached retina, likely caused by a miniscule tear when the ball hit his eye.
Despite six surgeries over nearly two years, doctors could not save Luis' sight.
"The vision loss was very rapid," Luis said. "Every day I woke up I was able to see less and less. It was as if the lights were being turned out one light bulb at a time."
Luis said he summoned inner strength when he lost his sight completely at age 19.
"I decided there was only one way for a blind, Hispanic man to make his way in life," he said. "And it wasn't sitting in my room feeling sorry for myself. It was going to be going to college and studying and doing something with my life."
Luis earned an associate degree in liberal arts from Reading Area Community College in 2006 and enrolled at Alvernia in 2008.
He earned a nearly straight-A average and will graduate with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in history. Luis plans to attend graduate school and become a school counselor.
Before he lost his sight, Luis earned his high school diploma from Reading High in June 2002.
He got a mobility cane in January 2003, a month after his 19th birthday. Two months after that, he started classes at RACC.
A mobility specialist from the state Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services helped him get a feel for the layout of both the RACC and Alvernia campuses through guided tours, but Luis learned to expertly navigate on his own through trial and error, he said.
With accommodations provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Luis says he's been like any other college student.
He learns course material by attending class and tape-recording lectures. He listens to textbooks on compact disc. He uses a laptop computer that reads aloud each letter as he types. Test questions are read to him and he either responds orally or by typing on his laptop.
"Any blind student can be successful here as long as you're willing to work hard enough and have the drive and determination to be a successful college student," Luis said.
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