The Split Self: Personal Identity On- and Off-line
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Submission Instructions
PLEASE TURN IN OR E-MAIL ME (street.monroe@gmail.com) YOUR REVISED GRAMMAR TEST!
NOTE: If any of your work is missing–Essay 1 (revised), Essay 2, Essay 3, or blog posts–you MUST e-mail me to let me know your plan for submitting it. Students who are missing work and do not contact me will receive a grade of D or F!!!
BEST OF LUCK & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
HW: Read final exam article, look up words you don’t know, and brainstorm ideas you could write about the topic that the article is on. Complete all unfinished work on Presentation blog posts, Essay 1, Essay 2, and Essay 3.
HW: A) Study for Grammar Test: in the “Course Notes” Google Doc look at “Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)” (pp. 65-6), “Conjunctive Adverbs & Run-On Sentences” (pp. 67-69), “Subordination” (pp. 89-91), and “Fragments” (pp. 171-2).
B) Finalize Essay 2; work on Essay 3.
HW. Finish Essay 1 revisions and submit online. Read pp. 69–72 (“A Word’s Meaning…” by Gloria Naylor). As you read, think about the differences between the two places/contexts where Naylor hears the same word spoken.
Prepare a fully written draft of your Essay 2. Use paragraphs and narrative form for the whole thing: NO BULLETED LISTS, LINKS, OR NOTES (save these at the bottom of your document, after the end of the essay). PRINT OUT 2 COPIES & BRING THEM TO MONDAY’S CLASS.
Next week, we will choose one article from one of the packets that connects to our topic and summarize it. We will also work on editing our essay, writing a conclusion paragraph, and preparing a Works Cited page.
HW for Wed: Read pp. 58-64 in packet #2, on mourning the death of loved ones via social media.
HW for Wed: Read pp. 58-64 in packet #2, on mourning the death of loved ones via social media.
HW: With your Essay 2 group, finish summarizing the scholarly article you have selected. I will be checking summaries during lab on Monday. In addition, please arrive with a link to a new image or other media online that links to your topic. This will help you begin to prepare for Essay 2 presentations. READING: In packet #2, read pp. 53-4 and also please read Suzanna Walters’ “Academe’s Poisonous Call-Out Culture” (online). As you read, think about how this essay is responding to Rentschler’s text about “rape culture” that we looked at today.
HW: Finish reading Rentschler’s “Rape Culture…” in articles packet #2 (through p. 45).
HW for Mon: Read and make notes on your section of the new article your group has found for your Essay 2 research. In Packet #2, read pp. 31-39; skim pp. 49-50.
HW for Wed: Finish typing and highlighting your article summary in your Essay 2 Google Doc. Read 24-30 in Packet #2. Begin reading the article your Research Unit chose.
HW for Wed: Read pp. 8-10 and 15-18 in Packet #2.
For next Monday: Post revised midterm to blog. Find and read a new article on your research question using Google Scholar or one of the Library Databases linked on the Course OpenLab.
HW: Read pp. 3-7 and 11-14 in Articles packet #2 (the new one handed out today and also available here).
For Monday:
HW: Wednesday we will be doing a Grammar Test, so please look over the notes and exercises we’ve done so far. Also, please type and post to the blog your individual paragraphs for Part D of the Essay 2 assignment.
HW: Read pp. 66-69 in Articles packet. Finish reading and working on pp. 56-63 in Grammar Packet. Also complete p. 12 (bottom) through the top of p. 16 (on “Run-On Sentences”). Keep working on Essay 1. REMEMBER: the revised draft which I will be evaluating is due at the Midterm in 2 weeks on Wed, 10/24.
HW: For next Wed (no class Mon), read pp. 56-65 in Articles Packet. Read/do pp. 56-63 in Grammar Packet.
HW: Read pp. 49-55 in articles packet. Complete any missing blog posts. E-mail me (street.monroe@gmail.com) an update on how things are going with Essay 1 and begin revising it (revised Essay 1 is due 10/24).
Print out and bring in a draft of Essay 1. Also submit the draft online as a shared Google Doc. Also, take pictures of at least 4 pages of your notebook showing the work you’ve done in class and e-mail the photos to me.
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