Monday, November 16, 2009

This week: Wrapping up SPHE, Argumentation, Tupac: Nature vs. Nurture

Tomorrow in class we will review the final essay in SPHE: Subject Verb Agreement. We will not be doing the Hootenanny essay, instead students will write an essay and then review it, that is, develop templates from their own errors and make recommendations for correcting it. This will be your final.

I will pass out two essays in class tomorrow. We will use one of these essays as your final. We will also talk about Argumentation and watch a film. We will continue the discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

We will review Diana Hacker's Rules for Writers chapter on "Argumentation." Homework will be to read it and come prepared to complete the exercises on logical fallacies.

Bring in your completed Subject-Verb Agreement essays Wednesday, Nov. 18. We reviewed all the SV Agr. exercises Tuesday, Nov. 17. Include a discussion of all the errors in the body of the essay due Nov. 18.

We will review the Tupac essay plans re: fate vs. destiny/nature vs. nurture Thursday, Nov. 19. The essay is due Monday, Nov. 23. Bring your outlines and Initial Planning Sheets for Nov. 19. The final draft is due, Nov. 25.

We will write or start our portfolio narratives in class next week also. Students should have a portfolio checklist completed by now. If you haven't, review the assignments and note which ones you have completed. The final date to get late assignments in is Nov. 23--NO EXCEPTIONS AND NO MORE EXTENSIONS.

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