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Syllabus and Schedule
- Monday / Wednesday | 2:15pm - 3:30pm
- CRN: 11060
- Tuesday / Thursday | 10:50am - 12:05pm
- CRN: 40953
- Tuesday / Thursday | 12:15pm - 1:30pm
- CRN: 11062
General Outline
- All assignments are Pass/redo.
- You cannot turn in a level's assignments until the previous level has been passed
- ALWAYS work on the next levels even if you are unable to turn them in right away.
The Levels
- Formatting
- Must be done first
- Level 1
- Mini-research #1: Write a formatted 2-page mini-research paper.
- Level 2
- Mini-Research #2: Rewrite the #1 paper with certain constraints and conditions
- Level 3
- Tracking sheet 1
- Fill in the form by summarizing a named-authored web article
- Level 4
- Tracking sheet 2
- Fill in the form by summarizing an article either from a .gov or non-profit websites
- Level 5
- Tracking sheet 3 & 4
- Fill in the form by summarizing two peer reviewed articles from EFSC databases
- Level 6
- Tracking sheet 5
- First discuss with me a theory that would work for your subject. Then, Fill in the form by summarizing a web article, a non-profit article, a journal article or an e-book concerning your theory.
- Level 7
- Compile all tracking sheets into an Annotated Bibliography
Obtaining a course grade
- Level 8: The C Grade
- Write and Pass an MLA paper based on the 5 tracking sheets
- Show up for the final; exam on final exam day
- Level 9: The B Grade
- Translate that MLA paper into an APA paper
- Show up for the final; exam on final exam day
- Level 10: The A Grade
- Create a pitch deck on PowerPoint based on the MLA paper
- Show up for the final; exam on final exam day
Submitting Assignments
- You must use Titan email
- The Contact page has my address.
Skip to A, below, if you are submitting an assignment.
Skip to B, below, if you are emailing me a question or concern.
A. Submitting an Assignment
- The ONLY information in the subject line must be the course and section number
- example
- ENC 1101 ## 202320
- Make sure the section number is correct: 01, 02, 40, 72, etc
- You must attach any assignment as a Word document DIRECTLY to the email.
- Do not use One Drive or Google docs or any other intermediary to send attachments.
- Submit only one assignment per email.
- Do NOT put any information at all in the body of the email.
- If you have a question or concern, send a separate email, see below.
- Properly label the filename of any attached file
- Use Capitalization as per the following example.
- Start the file name with your Last Name then add the name of the assignment.
- Check the course schedule or the top of each Level's page for assignment names.
- SmithMiniResearch1.docx
Submitting rewrites of assignments
- Rewrites must be labeled properly
- I will be renaming your file names when I send them back to you.
- STAMPED
- If I add the word STAMPED, it passed.
- SmithSTAMPEDMiniResearch1.docx
- Reviewed
- If I add the word Reviewed, it needs to be fixed and sent back to me.
- SmithReviewedMiniResearch1.docx
- When sending in rewrites to me, follow the above four items and then indicate the assignment is a rewrite in the filename.
- The second word in the file name must indicate if it's a rewrite.
- SmithRewriteMiniResearch1.docx
- If you have a second rewrite (or a third, or a fourth) put that number in the document title.
- SmithRewrite2MiniResearch1.docx
- Remove any words I added to your file name.
- The ONLY information in the subject line must be the course and section number
2. Asking a Question/relaying information via Email
- Put the class name and section number in the subject line, such as ENC 1101
- My emails pop to my phone, and I ignore the assignment emails until I grade papers, but I respond quickly to questions. If you use the class name in the subject line, I won't know to read it right away.
- Put the word "Question" in the subject with the course, such as ENC 1101 Question
- In the email, the first sentence must say
- what class you are in and
- exactly what the problem is or what the point of the email is.
Breaking Email Etiquette
- I want your emails to me to break typical conventions of emailing. Usually people warm up to a point by being nice or slowly working toward a point.
- In research, in each paragraph, we state and defend.
- That's how your question or concerns email should be written: State what the problem is then add to that discussion.
- However, all email communication with me is considered office hours discussion.
- Follow all typical decorum for such a context.
- The EFSC Student Code of Conduct applies to all email communication