Last Class Meeting EXAM 12/11

The department is having me give a departmental final examination.  No need to worry, this will be much like our pretest.  I need everyone to attend our last meeting.

Please make sure to:

• Bring a scan-tron
• Bring a pencil
• Bring your final portfolio

Class 12/09 BRING PORTFOLIO

Response Paper Order:

1. Writing Made Easy CH 1 & 2
2. Diaz Response
3. Haas & Flowers Response
4. Secret Lion Response
5. Woman Hollering Creek Response
6. Kantz Response
7. Writing Deficit Response
8. Gasland Response

Essay Order:
1. Writing Experience Essay 1
2. DPS Checkpoint Essay 2
3. Gender Studies Essay 3
4. Economy Essay 4
5. Environmental Essay 5
6. Reflective Essay 6

• Please make sure you have a divider in your portfolio, hole punched, with ALL OF YOUR DRAFTS
• Include any other supplemental writing assignments as well.

Finals Week / Academic Calendar ENGL 200

We have two weeks remaining in the semester, and at this point you should be done with all of your assignments.  DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO HAND IN YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.


Academic Calendar (Next Two Weeks)


12/04    Wednesday 

• I will be available on our regular meeting days starting at 8AM
• Please take this time to get with me on a 1 on 1 basis so that we can work on your revisions

12/09    Monday

• I will be available on our regular meeting days starting at 8AM
• Please take this time to get with me on a 1 on 1 basis so that we can work on your revisions

12/11    Wednesday (LAST MEETING)

• THIS IS OUR LAST SCHEDULED MEETING
• TURN IN YOUR PORTFOLIO with cover letter

12/16    Monday

• GRADES DUE

No Class 11/27 / Essay 6

Assignment Essay 6

• Reflective Essay
• 3 pages (Citations if needed)
• Due 12/2
• Bring Portfolio
• Create a Separate Cover Letter for your Portfolio

 

 

Cover Letter Information:

 

In this letter I want you to tell your story of ENGL 200. 

Where did you begin?

Where did you end up?

What happened along the way?

Look at your portfolio, your progression, what kinds of things did you learn?





 

 

 

Essay Information:

You may want to answer or consider some of the following questions:

About Writing

 

What do you know about yourself as a writer that you didn't know before?

What strategies have you learned to make you writing more effective?

What have you learned about composing, rhetoric, revision, about yourself?

About Our Topics

Do you view the world differently through literacy? (Consider some of the writing topics we discussed throughout the semester)
What did you enjoy?  What did you not enjoy?
What are your short goals in terms of writing and advancing to ENG 1301?

Class 11/25 ENGL 200

We are towards the end of the semester with one more paper due.  I want everyone to start revising your essay's and putting together your portfolio.  Here is the assignment for the week.

• Take some time to revise all your essays and turn them during class.
• Bring your portfolio to class on Monday 11/25 with essays & response papers included

FYI:  I have included a Microsoft Word document in the Reading's List for those of you that are having problems citing.  Please check it out if you need to.

To those of you that have not been attending class, 

It is urgent that you notify me of your plans.  At this point, it is too late to drop the class, please avoid failing the course and make plans to either talk to me individually, or by email.

Thank you.  

11/20 Essay Due

Environmental Essay Due

• 3 pages
• 2 citations (works cited / parenthetical citation)

If you are turning in revisions, make sure that you indicate what draft it is:


Example:

Jesse Reyna
ENGL 200
Environmental Essay (Second Draft)


                                            Building Parks and Community Identities

Class 11/18

Hi everyone, I apologize for not making it into class, personal reasons. Keep your response papers, watch the videos, and most importantly, bring your abstracts to class next time. We will continue where we left off