Friday, December 24, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Favorite Blog
I believe Jasons "Zeus: Father of Gods and Men" blog was the best in the class because he added a lot of ideas to his blog. It looks like he spent a good amount of time putting his thoughts into the blog. The image he set on his page was cool.
Mikes favorite blog
Honestly i believe that "Zeus: father of Gods and Men was the best blog in this class. the aurthor had good ideas and great annimations on it. it was the most appealing one as well as the one that informed me the most since it spoke about other greek gods.
Final Conferences Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 from 1:00pm to 3:15 pm
Our final conferences will take place on Final Conferences Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 from 1:00pm to 3:15 pm in our regular Monday classroom, C 464. These conferences will be conducted on first come, first serve basis. During the conference I'll return your research paper 2, let you review your final exam and also let you know what your final grade for the course is.
* While this is not a mandatory meeting, I'll ask you to sign an attendance sheet, as the department requires it. Remember that ONLY if you attend the final conference and you have an issue with the grade, can you appeal your grade in the English Department office. You cannot appeal your grade if you do not attend the final conference. Also, please do not e-mail me inquiring about your grade, as I cannot convey this information via e-mail. The grades will be available online after Dec. 22.
* While this is not a mandatory meeting, I'll ask you to sign an attendance sheet, as the department requires it. Remember that ONLY if you attend the final conference and you have an issue with the grade, can you appeal your grade in the English Department office. You cannot appeal your grade if you do not attend the final conference. Also, please do not e-mail me inquiring about your grade, as I cannot convey this information via e-mail. The grades will be available online after Dec. 22.
Favorite Blog: vote on the best blog in class
Either post on our class blog or respond to this post, telling us which is your favorite blog of all the students' blogs in our class and why? If you are create your own post on our class blog, please title it Favorite Blog.
Blog Post 15: Reflections due today, Dec. 10, in class
Directions: Please answer all the the questions below in a post on your blog, and be sure to label this post as Blog Post 15.
1) What was the one assignment that was fun to do and why?
2) What was the one assignment that made you learn something about something? What was that "something" you learned?
3) What was the one assignment that you did not care for? why?
4) Do you think, overall, Blogger was a useful tool for this class? In what ways?
5.) Describe one kind of assignment or task that we did NOT do that you either did on your own (say, customizing your blog, adding gadgets), OR an assignment you would have liked to have done, or a TYPE of assignment you would have liked to have done more of?
1) What was the one assignment that was fun to do and why?
2) What was the one assignment that made you learn something about something? What was that "something" you learned?
3) What was the one assignment that you did not care for? why?
4) Do you think, overall, Blogger was a useful tool for this class? In what ways?
5.) Describe one kind of assignment or task that we did NOT do that you either did on your own (say, customizing your blog, adding gadgets), OR an assignment you would have liked to have done, or a TYPE of assignment you would have liked to have done more of?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Make sure to edit/revise your annotated bibliographies as I'll grade them on Dec. 10 when I receive your final drafts
As you should have notices, I only e-mailed comments about the annotated bibliographies for research paper 2 and no points. I'll be grading the annotated bibliographies on Dec. 10, when I receive your final draft of research paper 2 and sources. So make sure that your annotated bibliographies are completed according to the outlines of the assignment.
Monday, December 6, 2010
For Friday, Dec. 10, our last day of class
So Friday, Dec. 10 is THE day, the last day of class. Please remember that your research paper 2 final drafts are due on this day. This means, and this has been the requirement all semester for all assignments, that you submit a hard copy along with a source folder AND post the final draft on your blog.
Also, on Friday, we will complete the final post, blog post 15, and I'll let you know the date of our final conferences.
Also, on Friday, we will complete the final post, blog post 15, and I'll let you know the date of our final conferences.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Important Information about Blog Assessment 3 and Monday's peer review of the first draft of research paper 2
Everyone,
This is a reminder that:
1.) Blog Assessment 3 will be completed on Sun. Dec. 3. Make sure your blog is up to date by Saturday, Dec. 4.
2.) Revisions of Research Paper 1 Due Monday, Dec. 6. If you received a C- or below, you may revise your research paper 1. Be sure to submit the revised version, as well as the original, the source folder and the form with points and grade.
3.) Peer Review of Research Paper 2 is this Monday, Dec. 6. As indicated on the assignment, you must bring in( 3 )THREE, hard copies of your first draft, which must be at least two typed pages and also have a Works Cited page, to class. The peer review is worth 10 of the 30 points for the First Draft. I e-mailed everyone, who posted his/her first draft before today, Friday, Dec. 3, my comments. Make sure you review these comments and try to make the necessary revisions/corrections.
This is a reminder that:
1.) Blog Assessment 3 will be completed on Sun. Dec. 3. Make sure your blog is up to date by Saturday, Dec. 4.
2.) Revisions of Research Paper 1 Due Monday, Dec. 6. If you received a C- or below, you may revise your research paper 1. Be sure to submit the revised version, as well as the original, the source folder and the form with points and grade.
3.) Peer Review of Research Paper 2 is this Monday, Dec. 6. As indicated on the assignment, you must bring in( 3 )THREE, hard copies of your first draft, which must be at least two typed pages and also have a Works Cited page, to class. The peer review is worth 10 of the 30 points for the First Draft. I e-mailed everyone, who posted his/her first draft before today, Friday, Dec. 3, my comments. Make sure you review these comments and try to make the necessary revisions/corrections.
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