R. Dollieslager's Weekly Schedule Fall 2019 English 111, M & W, 4:00 pm Thomas Nelson Community College Prof. D's email address: dollier@tncc.edu

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Page last Updated: 19 September 2019, 10:45 a.m.

Grading Criteria for all Essays and projects, and the course syllabus

Week One

• Compose three paragraphs (appx. 1 and 1/2 pages typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman) for the Pre-semester Reading Literacy Narrative diagnostic writing prompt. Use either M.S. Word or Google Docs.Save the document to Google Drive if you use Word
• Read and take notes on these articles about the impact of cell phone use during class and study times:
  • "Research: College Students More Distracted Than Ever" Campus Technology, 1/20/16
  • "Why Phones Don't Belong in School" Huffington Post, 4/12/16
  • "Texting and Tweeting in the Classroom: How Do They Impact Student Learning?" Science Daily, 4/6/15
  • "The Student Cellphone Addiction Is No Joke." Education Week, 4/16/16
  • *Note taking from cell phone articles: For each article, paraphrase the writer's thesis, and under that list the most important evidence he or she provides for making that recommendation (which is the thesis statement).

Week Two

Monday, 8/26/19
In-class activities: 1] Accessing Google Docs and Canvas to post your Reading Literacy Narrative. 2] Registration and introduction to the Little Seagull Handbook/InQuizitve lessons (class set # is 190337) and the Norton Write lessons (class set # will be provided upon purchase of the Little Seagull)

• Finish the InQuizitive lesson "Editing the Errors that Matter"
• Purchase Little Seagull Handbook with InQuizitive and Norton Write lessons

Wednesday, 8/28/19
In-class activities: Discuss cell phone articles

Homework assignment for Wednesday, 9/4/18:

Compose and post to Canvas a two-paragraph composition about your personal policy for cell phone use during class and during study. (Paragraph one) Begin with highlights from the readings which show the impact cell phone use has on college grades and course outcomes. (Paragraph 2) Then, based on class discussion about the research we read, describe what your personal cell phone use policy will be--during classes and during study.

Week Three

Wednesday 9/4/19
In-class activities: 1] Introduction to essay #1, Communicating as a Professional. "Phase One" Paraphrasing from two sources in one paragraph. 2] Introduction to Norton Write handbook lessons. Please add yourself to this class set: 193117 and work the Tutorial called Avoiding Plagiarism.

Homework assignment for Monday, 9/9/19:

• Finish the Tutorial on "Avoiding Plagiarism from Norton Write
• Complete the first part of the essay project #1, (Communicating as a Professional) which answers the age old question, "Why do I have to take all of these stinking English and speech classes in college?!"
• Purchase Little Seagull Handbook with InQuizitive and Norton Write lessons
• InQuizitive: Finish lesson #2, "Editing the Errors that Matter" if you have not already done so.

Week Four

Monday 9/9/19
In-class activities: 1] Complete "Phase One" of essay #1, (Communicating as a Professional)--documenting, revising, polishing the paragraph which paraphrases from the Adams and Weins articles. Run it through the Assistive Technologies, post it to Canvas, and use the TurnitIn plagiarism tool to ensure you have not unintentionally plagiarized. 2] Discuss and begin "Phase Two," exploring and extrapolating information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Homework assignment for Wednesday, 9/11/18:

• View Steve Piscitelli's video on SQ4R note taking
• View this Video on how to write Cornell notes
• Cornell notes format for lectures and reading.
• Complete the first draft of the "Phase Two" paragraph, exploring and extrapolating information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Note: In class, I will collect your Cornell-formatted notes for this phase of the process and will return them to you

Wednesday 9/11/19
In-class activities: Begin "Phase Three" of research on communicating as a professional, Critical Application.

Homework assignment for Monday, 9/16/19:

• Finish the second and third body paragraphs for the essay on Communicating as a Professional
• View these videos on introductions, thesis statements, and conclusions
  • The 5-pararaph essay (10 min.)
  • Introductory paragraphs video (4 min.)
  • Thesis statements video (4 min.)
  • Concluding paragraphs--what to do.
  • Concluding paragraphs--what NOT to do.

Week Five

• Draft an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph and complete the essay per the instructions in the grading rubric. Take care to use good transitions between pargraphs to weave the paragraphs togeter and unify the essay.
• View Why I hate YOU!!
• View/Read e mail ettiquette and protocols:
  • Prof. Richardson's advice. (2:30 mins.)
• Professor DeCoster's advice (10 mins.)
• E-mail Do's and Don't's poster created by Eng 111-03 Fall 2015. Follow this ettiquette and these protocols when emailing your professors and everyone.

Wednesday 9/18/19
In-class activities: 1] Discuss (graded assignment) vocab and notes from the instructions for researching and writing the Adams and Weins paragraph. 2] SQ4R for "Battle of the Ants"

Homework assignment for Thursday, 9/19/18, by midnight:

• Draft an introductory paragraph and a conclusion and weave all the paragraphs together by use of a strong thesis and good, unifying transitions. Post your essay in Canvas. Save the Paper Rater report in electronic format and post it in your essay after the w.c. section.

Homework assignment for Monday, 9/23/18:

• Take notes on " The Battle of the Ants." You will have a deep-reading, open-notes test on this selection on Monday. It is a hard test, so take good notes. Read my Canvas announcement about the notes from this selection.
• Register for your free access to the New York Times: https://libguides.tncc.edu/newyorktimes. You will have to separately register for access to both of the following. The instructions are on that previous link to the TNCC Library Guides
• New York Times in Education.
• New York Times newspaper.

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