| Assignment #1 |
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Email the following
information to the instructor, Christy Shannon
(cshannon@daltonstate.edu):
- your name
- current work, home/cell, and message telephone
numbers
- email address
- complete mailing address
- major/program of study/career goals (or your
thoughts on this topic
- explanation of why you're taking English 1101
online
- version of MS Word (year) & Internet
ISP at home (Be sure you have MS Word and not Works -- MS Works
will make your online writing/editing difficult and is NOT
recommended.
- level of comfort with a) keyboarding/ b) using
the Internet/ c) using MS Word to format papers, edit your work, save
files, etc.
- what you hope to gain from this course and
offer to your classmates.
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In-class essays
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5%
each for a total of 15% |
| Over the
course of the semester, there will be three timed essays written in
class. The schedule page gives the dates on which these essays will be
written. Guidelines for the in-class essays can be found on the policies
page. The structure of these five-paragraph essays should follow the
instructions presented in the PowerPoint entitled “Essay Structure.”
Some essay topics will not be distributed in advance; they will be given
out the day you come to campus to write the essay. These essays must be
written in class. You are permitted to bring in outlines if you have
been given the topics in advance. Completed essay will be submitted to
the instructor via email. Revisions of these essays are required. |
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Out-of-class essays
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45% |
| There will
be three essays written outside of class. The first one is worth 10% of
your final grade, the second worth 15%, and the third worth 20%. The
third essay will include a research component. Rough drafts of each
essay must be submitted by noon on the day they are due. Failure to
submit a rough draft will result in the deduction of 25 points from your
essay grade. Students are required to peer edit essays via email and
using the track changes and add comment features on Word. Failure to
carefully peer edit another classmate’s essay will also result in the
deduction of 25 points from your essay. Final drafts of essays are due
by noon on their assigned due dates. |
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Responses to prompts posted on the message board/ participation in
online chatroom discussion via
WebCT |
10% |
| This
portion of your grade is based primarily on the amount of interaction
you have with your classmates and with the material. At several time
during the semester, everyone in the class will be logged on to
computers and participating in chatroom discussions. In addition, there
will be periodic prompts on the message board. Thoughtful and insightful
responses to these prompt will contribute to your overall grade in the
class. |
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Revision of in-class essays and short writing assignments/ grammar work |
10% |
| Revisions
of the in-class essays are due by noon on the assigned due dates. You
may use the track changes feature to revise your papers. As you revise,
you should not only correct any grammatical errors, but also add,
reorganize or improve content to produce a more developed piece of
writing. |
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Final Exam
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20% |
| The final
exam for this class will be an in-class essay given on campus at 8:00
a.m. on May 1. You will have two hours to complete the exam. Topics will
not be given in advance. |
| Extra credit |
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| The extra
credit opportunity is to create a website that uses feature of web
design to enhance one essay that you have written for this class.
Websites are due by noon on April 12. |