In-Class, Nov. 19: Haiku

HAIKU....

Today, after you have submitted your Research Essay Folder, we are doing the prompt that we neglected so far due to time constraints: "grammar haiku"!!! Go to the following link to find the old post on our class blog.


Preview:

This Friday, Nov. 21st, you are receiving your study guide for the FINAL EXAM, which will take place on Friday, Dec. 5th (last day of class!) from 9:00-9:50 a.m. in our ordinary classroom.

You will NOT be allowed to bring your study guide to the final exam; it is just meant for preparing at home. The exam will be like the mid-term exam, consisting of three parts:

1) a part with questions about what we have done in class, the answers for which are to be found on the blog, the Down Syndrome movie guide, and your homework assignments;

2) a grammar part about all the topics we covered in our mini lessons (for which the sentences will NOT be on the study guide);

3) a critical response part (essay question) to an article which I will give you after the Thanksgiving vacations, so you can prepare it entirely at home and email it to yourself, to attach it to your final exam in class.

If you miss class on Nov. 21st, you will not receive the study guide.
We will go over it in class that day, and I will answer any questions or concerns you might have.


What we will do on Nov. 21st:

1) an important course evaluation (survey) about your opinions of this course, and how to improve it;

2) study guide for final exam WORKSHOP (you are allowed to exchange questions with your partners)

3) those who went to the Writing Center and for whom the tutors have written a Conference Summary will submit their Final Research Essay Folder on Nov. 21st, in the first 10 min. of class.


On the remaining three days of class after the Thanksgiving vacations, we will do the following:

- Dec. 1st: presentations of our Readability topics (max. 5 min. each) + course evaluations

-Dec. 3rd: presentations of our Readability topics (max. 5 min. each)

- Dec. 5th: hand in the Readability Essay; finish Readability Presentations (5 min. each); conclusion of course

MEMO: There are no more make-ups for missed days or homework!!! The last EXTRA CREDIT opportunity was for missed days prior to Nov. 17th, for which you made up through extra peer editing.