W6- Well we kinda had a lost week

Students,

We will finish the movie on Monday. I regret that my illness kept us from completing our assignments.

Please contact me if you have questions/comments/concerns.

Respectfully,

Ms. Lorenzo

W6 - Thursday - Lorenzo will not be in

Students,

I will not be in today. Please begin prewriting activity related to your essay on race.

Hints:

1. When was the first time you realized race mattered.
2. Give a few examples of racial tension you have witnessed/experienced.
3. What did were your family messages about race?


Please no text/tweets/calls today. Must rest. See you Friday.

Thank you for understanding.

9/22/09 - Lorenzo will not be in - proceed with these assingments

Lorenzo's students -

Home today with cold/flu. Please excuse my absence and proceed with your existing assignments:

Reading:
WI 5&6,
S&S essay #2,

Prewriting:
Review Jungle Fever web site content:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102175/

Ms. Lorenzo.

W6 Preview

Monday - Movie
Tuesday - Movie
Wednesday - Recap of weeks 1-5 - using tools/student papers/blog
Thursday - Writing and grammar assignment

Note: Evening movie night is cancelled for the week.

Online Requests
View my Twitter - see if you have missed any tweets.
Please be patient as I work out the glitch in posting comments on course blog.

Course Journal Directive (repeat)
Inside cover - put your full name and all course online information.
Put day and date at the top of every entry.
Write course lecture under the 'housekeeping' area.
Write in pen.Write neatly.
Only course topic in Journal.Put homework notes and group activity notes in journal.

Class Behavior
Do not visit other sites or with your phone, while professor is directing the course.
Do not come in after 10:05 - you will not be allowed to enter. Classroom clock rules.
Do bring documented support when asking for an excused absence.
Do participate in group activities.
READ - READ - READ your chapters.

W-5 Preview

Monday, September 14, 2009


Monday: Journal Review/Update (small group exercise) - Pre-exam drill,

Tuesday: Mini Lecture/Journal Essay

Wednesday: Text review (small group exercise)

Thursday: ENGLISH EXAM

Note: English Exam.Learning Tools: Refer to blog directives for assignment.

Notice:
Journals will be reviewed in week five.
First posting of students grades occur Week 5.Professor will send notices to Student Services, if student receives a D letter grade for the five weeks of academic study.

W5 - Self Directed Quiz drill

W5 - Quiz (first grade post to system exercise)


SELF DIRECTED - STUDY GUIDE

Note: Classroom quiz is to be completed to earn a passing grade for the first grade posting of the semester (9/19/09)

Directive:

• Students must comment to this post after reviewing content. Grade will not be earn without this step being completed. Comment post must read, 'I have reviewed this post prior to taking the classroom quiz."
• Professor reserves the right to hold the Quiz either Weds or Thursday of the 5th week. If an excused absence is not agreed to prior to Tuesday of the first week, the student will receive a falling quiz grade.
• Bring sheets of lined paper to class for exam answers
• This is a closed text/blog/google search/journal quiz.
• Students should have reviewed all of the learning tools identified in week 4 classroom.

Study Guide/Sample Questions (as directed by student input):

1. What is a thesis statement? Where is it most commonly found?
2. What are the steps of an outline?
3. Describe Primary Research & Secondary research
4. Name two research tools you will find at a library.
5. What is the objective of the course?
6. Provide a graphic of MLA format (first page)
7. When is Chicago style research used.
8. Provide the structure of a five paragraph Essay
9. Identify two essay types reviewed during weeks 1/2/3/4
10. What are the primary themes of the essay, "Stick and Stones"?
11. List three pre-writing activities
12. Recall three vocabulary terms from first vocabulary drill.
13. Tell me something not covered in these above questions that you know you know.
    

Note: Detailed questions requested. Sampling does not mean that all these questions will be on the quiz or that the question(s) will be 100% written as it is on this post.

Week Five Preview - as it relates to quiz -overall week 4 preview will be posted later:

Monday - Overview of journal entries.
Tuesday - No quiz work
Wednesday - No quiz work
Thursday - Quiz

Note: Quiz will be performed during normal classroom period. Quiz is submitted on the instructors desk at the end of the course - no leaving early.

W4 9/08/09 - 9/10/09

Monday - Holiday
Tuesday - Turn in homework assignments, Journal Essay #3
Wednesday - Chapter reviews
Thursday - Mini Lecture/Group Exercise

W3 - Library Visit & Online Classroom 9/4/09 Friday

Hello Fellow Learners,

As assigned, today (9/4/09) students of English 950 (9:00 am & 12:00 am) are scheduled to visit the library and be online to collect research/data (activity attached to course assignment: Journal Entry #2).


Note: For those students who have been assigned individual appointments with Lorenzo today - please be on time and recognize that visits are limited to 20 minutes.

9/1/09 - No Class

9/1/09 Tuesday

Ms. Lorenzo - No Classroom period. View blog for today's activity. Read your chapters...work on Journal Entry #2, catch up on your daily housekeeping material.