Getting Ready for Assessment

We check yesterday's "Michelle" questions.

We check the drowning commas handout.

We talk about the SCC Departmental Assessment Essay. This will be written during class on Tuesday of next week. It will be about the reading I hand out today. You may type or hand-write (you need a bluebook if you handwrite). You will have two prompts to choose from. WHEN YOU PASS IT, you get an automatic TWO pages added to your page-count for the class in addition to the amount you write for the essay. (It will be scored by an instructor in Lincoln.)

Thinkwrite:  Think about the characteristics of effective writing. What makes one piece of communication effective and another NOT? Try to pin down some specific tools in a writer's tool box. (hint, hint)

We discuss.

Hand in your daybooks. Include the comma handout and the database handout.

Homework:

1. Read the article "Leave Your Name at the Border" by Manuel Munoz. Annotate it -- mark words, comment on meaning, write down your reactions. On Tuesday you can use your annotated copy as you write your essay.

2. Be working on your Problem/ Solution paper. Choose your sources, and add their voices to your own discussion. The ONLY draft is due Wednesday, and it should have both in-text citations and a Works Cited page. On Monday there will be time to use EasyBib for your sources (not the whole class).