Tuesday, November 18th

What we covered on Tuesday, November 18th:  

* Completed postwrites for Unit 4
* Went over the guidelines for the portfolio and reflective introduction 
* Discussed conferences and conference sign up

Homework for Thursday:   

* Sign up for a conference slot by emailing Miss Cole (emilyrosecole@siu.edu)

English 101 ~ Fall 2014

Conference Sign-Up Sheet

Friday, November 21st (8 slots)

11:15am Belle Toussaint

11:30am Tamia Montgomrey

11:45 am Claudius Fincher 

12:00 pm Joseph Pagano

12:15 pm  John Broderick

12:30 pm Brittany Kyles

12:45 pm Andrew Sarsany

Monday, 24 November (10)

10:15 am ___________________________________________

10:30 am Judith Moore

10:45 am ___________________________________________

11:00 am ___________________________________________

11:15am ___________________________________________

11:30am Jackson Campbell

11:45 am Danny Viscarra 

12:00 pm Richard Joosten

12:15 pm Amari Thelmon

12:30 pm Valeria Sanchez

Tuesday, 25 November (6)

3:30 pm Thomas McLees 

3:45 pm ___________________________________________

4:00 pm ___________________________________________

4:15 pm ___________________________________________

4:30 pm Michael Caulfield 

4:45 pm Ricky Riggs-Truitt 

Thursday, November 13th

What we covered on Thursday, November 13th:  

* Peer Reviewed Unit 4 papers 
* Completed Peer Review Interviews 

Homework for Tuesday:   

* Submit your final copy of your Unit 4 paper to the dropbox before class starts on Tuesday!
* Bring your working folder to class. Consult the working folder breakdown to see what should be in the folder. (Please note that you only need to include items that are linked to a blog entry. The class postwrite will be completed in class on Tuesday, and you don't need to put anything in your folder for the participation grade). 
* Think of any questions you have about the final portfolio

Thursday, November 6th

What we covered on Thursday, November 6th:  

* Working day!

Homework for Thursday:   

* Your printed copy of your full draft of your Unit 4 paper is due for Peer Review! 

Tuesday, November 3rd

Reminder!!! Those of you working on a project that is not in the Mercury Reader must show me all five of your sources in class on Thursday!

What we covered on Tuesday, November 3rd:  

* Listened to the cheating playlist and compared and contrasted each song, relating it to synthesis
* Had some free work time

Homework for Thursday:   

* Make sure you've decided on your topic!

Thursday, October 30th

What we covered on Thursday, October 30th:  

* Brief freewrite exercise on what topics you like related to civil rights
* Went over the guidelines for the Unit 4 paper
* Went over a synthesis paper and discussed what makes good synthesis  

Homework for Tuesday:   

* Read pages 303 - 307 of the A & B guide (starting with "Synthesis Writing as an Extension of Summary/Strong Response Writing" and including the sample synthesis paper in the text). 

Tuesday, October 28th

What we covered on Tuesday, October 28th:  

* Briefly discussed and reflected on our visit to the library
* Completed postwrites for Unit 3
* Talk about the Unit 4 paper and about how synthesis means analyzing a variety of sources and finding the connections between them
* Discussed how different types of writing appeal to different audiences (and how audiences react differently to different types of writing: one seeks out poetry and novels for pleasure and not for research, but seeks out articles and papers for research purposes) 
* Had a brief brainstorming session to choose topics for Unit 4 papers (at least one source from the Mercury Reader or approved list of Unit 3 articles must be used, OR you may come to me with a list of five sources by next Thursday to be approved for a different topic) 
* Learned how to access electronic feedback for Unit 2 and future papers. 

Homework for Thursday:   

* Go to the movie review website RottenTomatoes.com and find a movie that you love (or hate). Summarize the movie in 3 - 5 sentences and then quote three different movie reviews (cite with the author's last name, but you do not need to make a works cited page) and synthesize the reviewers' arguments. What did the reviewers agree and disagree on? (To do this effectively, you'll need to write at least 2 paragraphs). 

Thursday, October 23rd

Reminder: 

1)The Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival is happening this week! For 5 points of extra credit (and just for fun!) attend any of the readings and write a 1-page write-up of how you felt about it.

What we covered on Thursday, October 23rd:  

* Library day! We learned how to effectively use resources from the library.

Homework for Tuesday:  

* READ: The Allyn and Bacon Guide, Concepts 5 - 7, Pages 37-49