tentative syllabus ENGL101 Writing Rhetorically
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LEE TORDA 310 Tillinghast Hall Bridgewater State University 508.531.2436 [email protected] www.leetorda.com Fall 2020 Open Hours for students (office hours): M 12:30-2:00 W 10:00-11:00, 3:00-4:00 Th 10:00-11:00 and by appointment. |
NOTE: All classes, student meetings, and open hours (office hours) this Fall 2020 will be held virtually.
Links to Open Hour for Students Zoom sessions: For Monday Open Hours, click here. For Wednesday Open Hours @ 10:00, click here. For Wednesday Open Hours @3:00, click here. For Thursday Open Hours, click here. Need to make an during a time that is not an office hour? appointment? Let me know you want to meet by adding yourself to my google.doc appointment calendar here: https://goo.gl/3CqLf and I will send you a zoom link for the time you sign up for. |
NOTE: If something says “READ, "WATCH,” or "LISTEN" it is due FOR THAT CLASS not for the next one. If something says “DUE” it is due FOR THAT CLASS not for the next one. If something says “IN-CLASS” you should expect to do that activity in class ON THAT DAY .
HOW DO I MEET WITH WRITING FELLOW PAT?
First, you have to sign up for regular, once a week meetings with Pat, your writing fellow. You'll meet with him for a half hour, once a week, the same time every week. If you need to sign up or you need to check to see what day/time you signed up for, click here. Each week, when it is your time to meet with Pat, click here. This is the link to your virtual Zoom space.
HOW DO I ATTEND BOOK CLUB EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTER CLASS?
There, There book club group with Nicole Bush, click here. (Nicole's group: check with Nicole because she might be moving you all to Teams).
The Other Americans with Janet Cartwright, click here.
The Underground Railroad with Cynthia Svoboda, click here.
HOW WE WILL GATHER FOR OUR VIRTUAL CLASS
Our class will meet MWF in Zoom. Click on or cut and paste the link below in order to join our zoom class no later than 11:15 on your designated days to meet with me. This link will be live and active for the entire semester.
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WEEK ONE
2 September 2020
W Introduction to the course. Overview of Book Club and ENGL 144 Academic Strategies. Getting into Groups. Overview of online class participation/in-class writing. Setting up the in-class writing google.doc.
F IN-CLASS: Questions about book club? Selecting your books. IN-CLASS: How to set up your in-class writing document. Click here for guidelines. Click here for the template for in-class writing. We will read the file below in class.
WEEK TWO
7 September 2020
**Book Club and Writing Fellow Meetings start NEXT WEEK. Make sure you’ve signed up for your writing fellow time slot by the end of this week and write it down.
M No Classes, Labor Day
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W READ: "On the Perfection of Broccoli". Available for you to read and print out here. IN-CLASS: Overview of Reader’s Notes assignment. Group practice on how to write good Reader’s Notes and posting to the class discussion board and reading weekly updates.
NOTE: THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2020 IS THE LAST DAY TO DROP OR ADD A CLASS. Also, technically, Thursday is a Monday schedule of classes, which would mean we should meet; however, I think that is dumb. So our class won't be meeting. HOWEVER, your other Monday classes might meet.
F IN-CLASS: Starting Partner Interviews.
WEEK THREE
14 September 2020
ENGL 144 officially starts this week: Book Club and Writing Fellow meetings.
M READ: Weekly Update available for you to read. IN-CLASS: Overview of Partner Profile Assignment. Meeting your partner. Developing your list of 20 questions. What makes a good question. Begin interviewing your partner. Explanation of Writing Fellows. Make sure you have your planner/schedule handy to be able to sign up for your writing fellow slot.
***NOTE: In order to be ready to start book club on Wednesday, we need to set up your book club reading journals. Plan to stay past 12:05 for roughly 20 minutes in order to get that all set up. I can answer any questions you have about Book Club at that time.
W IN-CLASS: Going over the syllabus, trying to figure out what's not working in class.
**All book clubs meet at 12:20 via Zoom. Go to your book club reading journal google.doc for the link to your book club zoom session.
F IN-CLASS: Finishing up your Partner Profile interview with your partner. Starting to draft your partner’s story. DUE: Last day to send me your syllabus/policies check-in email.
WEEK FOUR
21 September 2020
M LISTEN: To “Wonder Woman” segment of episode #508 on the This American Life podcast available here. DUE: Reader’s Notes on “Wonder Woman” POSTED to Class Discussion Board. (NOTE: you don’t need to listen to the whole hour-long podcast; click on the “Wonder Woman” link to go directly to the one segment I’m asking you to listen to).IN-CLASS: Partner Profile Workshop. Post your draft to a google.doc or other shareable format prior to class. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W LISTEN: To This American Life's podcast "The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar" available here. Do you want to read a transcript? Download it here. DUE: POSTED to Class Discussion Board, Reader’s Notes on “Bobby Dunbar.” IN-CLASS: Overview of Archival Ethnography of BSU. DUE to me: Your finished Partner Profile, see the assignment page for complete details about what and how to turn it in to me.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F LOOK AT THESE IMAGES IN THE .PDF FILE BELOW:
NOTE: THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2020 IS THE LAST DAY TO DROP OR ADD A CLASS. Also, technically, Thursday is a Monday schedule of classes, which would mean we should meet; however, I think that is dumb. So our class won't be meeting. HOWEVER, your other Monday classes might meet.
F IN-CLASS: Starting Partner Interviews.
WEEK THREE
14 September 2020
ENGL 144 officially starts this week: Book Club and Writing Fellow meetings.
M READ: Weekly Update available for you to read. IN-CLASS: Overview of Partner Profile Assignment. Meeting your partner. Developing your list of 20 questions. What makes a good question. Begin interviewing your partner. Explanation of Writing Fellows. Make sure you have your planner/schedule handy to be able to sign up for your writing fellow slot.
***NOTE: In order to be ready to start book club on Wednesday, we need to set up your book club reading journals. Plan to stay past 12:05 for roughly 20 minutes in order to get that all set up. I can answer any questions you have about Book Club at that time.
W IN-CLASS: Going over the syllabus, trying to figure out what's not working in class.
**All book clubs meet at 12:20 via Zoom. Go to your book club reading journal google.doc for the link to your book club zoom session.
F IN-CLASS: Finishing up your Partner Profile interview with your partner. Starting to draft your partner’s story. DUE: Last day to send me your syllabus/policies check-in email.
WEEK FOUR
21 September 2020
M LISTEN: To “Wonder Woman” segment of episode #508 on the This American Life podcast available here. DUE: Reader’s Notes on “Wonder Woman” POSTED to Class Discussion Board. (NOTE: you don’t need to listen to the whole hour-long podcast; click on the “Wonder Woman” link to go directly to the one segment I’m asking you to listen to).IN-CLASS: Partner Profile Workshop. Post your draft to a google.doc or other shareable format prior to class. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W LISTEN: To This American Life's podcast "The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar" available here. Do you want to read a transcript? Download it here. DUE: POSTED to Class Discussion Board, Reader’s Notes on “Bobby Dunbar.” IN-CLASS: Overview of Archival Ethnography of BSU. DUE to me: Your finished Partner Profile, see the assignment page for complete details about what and how to turn it in to me.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F LOOK AT THESE IMAGES IN THE .PDF FILE BELOW:
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The images are from the 1924 Code of Conduct for Bridgewater Normal School students (now BSU). Read these POST to Class Discussion Board: your Reader’s Notes. Make sure you read what I'm asking you to post about in the directions for the discussion board.
WEEK FIVE
28 September 2020
M Weekly Update available for you to read. WATCH: The Great BSU Scandal of 1928. POST to Class Discussion Board: your Reader’s Notes . Below, you will see two files. One is a transcript of all of the letters that got sent about the two women students, How and Ryder, who were expelled two weeks before graduation after being accused of walking on the town square with a man. You will also find a file of images of the actual letters (written in cursive). If you want to see the complete images of the letters (there are excerpts in the Powerpoint below, you can do so on the BSU library here.
WEEK FIVE
28 September 2020
M Weekly Update available for you to read. WATCH: The Great BSU Scandal of 1928. POST to Class Discussion Board: your Reader’s Notes . Below, you will see two files. One is a transcript of all of the letters that got sent about the two women students, How and Ryder, who were expelled two weeks before graduation after being accused of walking on the town square with a man. You will also find a file of images of the actual letters (written in cursive). If you want to see the complete images of the letters (there are excerpts in the Powerpoint below, you can do so on the BSU library here.
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And just to remind you. . . Don't forget the challenge I threw down over in Friday's class. The day everyone, and I mean ever single ever-loving one of you, posts your reader's notes to the discussion board 15 minutes before class time, I swear, on the grave of my dead parents, that I will bake each and every one of your slack-asses a dozen cookies, gift wrap them, and mail them to the address of your choice. And I'm not playing. I'll do it. And I'm putting it in writing. Right here. You want no nuts? No nuts for you. You want gluten free? Eat the box. You want sprinkles. Oh, I got your sprinkles. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE CLASS STARTS. Your move. Your. Move.
I'm not greasing up those cookie sheets just yet.
Also, just kidding about eating the box. I can ungluten your cookies if you need me to.
W IN-CLASS: Working on stuff for Archival Ethnography of BSU.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F READ: “Mixed Blood Stew” available for download by clicking here: Download File. DUE: Reader’s Notes Posted to Class Discussion Board on “Stew.”
WEEK SIX
5 October 2020
M CATCH UP!: No discussion board post has 18 posts to it. That means that you have many things you need to catch up on. And if you have posted everything, you have nothing due. Nice. Use this free homework time to try to make some moves and catch up. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W IN-CLASS: Work on stuff for Archival Ethnography of BSU.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F WATCH: This Ted Talk about myths about Rosa Parks. Want a transcript? Click here. POST to Class Discussion Board: your Reader’s Notes on the Rosa Parks Ted Talk.
WEEK SEVEN
12 October 2020
M Classes Canceled for Indigenous People’s Day
W READ: This article by BSU history professor, Dr Andrew Holman. NEW POLICY: Rather than having to write and post for homework, we will write and post Reader’s Notes IN-CLASS to Class Discussion Board. This will be the policy for ALL reading, listening, watching, etc assignments in class for the rest of the semester. For a further explanation to this change in policy, as well as an explanation of how to write a good set of Reader’s Notes, go to the Weekly Update.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class.
F IN-CLASS: Work on drafting your Archival Ethnography of BSU. Sign up for one-on-one zoom conferences with me for next week. Sign up here. (note: link might not be live until this week). Discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Please read the info before class so we can talk about it in class.
WEEK EIGHT
19 October 2020
M IN-CLASS: Workshop on rough draft of your Archival Ethnography of BSU. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W Class canceled for one-on-one conferences with me. NOTE: you don’t have to go to your writing fellow conference this week, but you can if you want to. Just let Patrick know what you decide (don’t forget to do that last part—don’t waste their time).
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F Class canceled for one-on conferences with me (continued).
WEEK NINE
26 October 2020
M DUE: Midterm Portfolio. See the assignment for exactly what and how to turn in your portfolio. IN-CLASS: Discussion of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project. Alumni interviewee match, emailing your alum. Weekly Update available for you to read. See the notes from today's class on what makes a great Alumni Interview Essay:
I'm not greasing up those cookie sheets just yet.
Also, just kidding about eating the box. I can ungluten your cookies if you need me to.
W IN-CLASS: Working on stuff for Archival Ethnography of BSU.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F READ: “Mixed Blood Stew” available for download by clicking here: Download File. DUE: Reader’s Notes Posted to Class Discussion Board on “Stew.”
WEEK SIX
5 October 2020
M CATCH UP!: No discussion board post has 18 posts to it. That means that you have many things you need to catch up on. And if you have posted everything, you have nothing due. Nice. Use this free homework time to try to make some moves and catch up. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W IN-CLASS: Work on stuff for Archival Ethnography of BSU.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F WATCH: This Ted Talk about myths about Rosa Parks. Want a transcript? Click here. POST to Class Discussion Board: your Reader’s Notes on the Rosa Parks Ted Talk.
WEEK SEVEN
12 October 2020
M Classes Canceled for Indigenous People’s Day
W READ: This article by BSU history professor, Dr Andrew Holman. NEW POLICY: Rather than having to write and post for homework, we will write and post Reader’s Notes IN-CLASS to Class Discussion Board. This will be the policy for ALL reading, listening, watching, etc assignments in class for the rest of the semester. For a further explanation to this change in policy, as well as an explanation of how to write a good set of Reader’s Notes, go to the Weekly Update.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class.
F IN-CLASS: Work on drafting your Archival Ethnography of BSU. Sign up for one-on-one zoom conferences with me for next week. Sign up here. (note: link might not be live until this week). Discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Please read the info before class so we can talk about it in class.
WEEK EIGHT
19 October 2020
M IN-CLASS: Workshop on rough draft of your Archival Ethnography of BSU. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W Class canceled for one-on-one conferences with me. NOTE: you don’t have to go to your writing fellow conference this week, but you can if you want to. Just let Patrick know what you decide (don’t forget to do that last part—don’t waste their time).
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F Class canceled for one-on conferences with me (continued).
WEEK NINE
26 October 2020
M DUE: Midterm Portfolio. See the assignment for exactly what and how to turn in your portfolio. IN-CLASS: Discussion of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project. Alumni interviewee match, emailing your alum. Weekly Update available for you to read. See the notes from today's class on what makes a great Alumni Interview Essay:
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W Thinking about the kinds of information you need to write a good profile. Starting to work on good questions.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F IN-CLASS: Testing our questions on our surprise guest alumni. Before the next class: Post to our Class Discussion Board, your top three questions you think we should ask our alumni. Before Monday’s Class: email (and cc me) your questions to your alum. Be on the lookout for an email from me with specific directions.
WEEK TEN
2 November 2020
M READ: “American Hunger” available for download here: Download File. POST to Class Discussion Board: Your assigned section to summarize. Your summary will count as one set of Reader’s Notes even though they are not really reader’s notes. If you turn them in you’ll get an “A” for one set of Reader’s Notes. If you don’t you will get a “U” without the opportunity to revise. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W POST to Class Discussion Board: Actual regular Reader’s Notes for “American Hunger.” IN-CLASS: discussion of the kinds of information you need to write a good profile.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F WATCH: Chimamanda Ngozie Aditchie's TED Talk "The Danger of A Single Story" available here. Want to read a transcript? Download it here. POST to Class Discussion Board: Reader’s Notes for “Danger”.
WEEK ELEVEN
9 November 2020
M IN-CLASS: Working with the information from your alumni. Make sure you’ve got any stuff they’ve sent you close by. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W CLASS CANCELED IN HONOR OF VETERAN'S DAY.
F LISTEN TO: Confessional Podcast Wihelm Verweord. POST to Class Discussion Board: Reader’s Notes for Confessional: Wilhelm.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
WEEK TWELVE
16 November 2020
M DUE: Draft of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project due in class for workshopping. Make sure your draft is available to be read by one or more of your classmates.
W Class doesn’t meet. Small Group Conferences on The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project. Weekly Update available for you to read.
Remember: LAST Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F DUE: to turn in to me, your revised draft of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project. Check the assignment page so you turn in everything correctly and to the right place. IN-CLASS: Overview of The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World. READ: "Why I Ride" by Jana Richman available for download here: Download File DUE: Reader’s Notes posted to Class Discussion Board.
WEEK THIRTEEN
23 November 2020
M IN-CLASS: Watch sample The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World finished products. In-class discussion about what makes these successful. Beginning to outline your presentation. Weekly Update available for you to read. Signing up for Midyear Symposium.
W IN-CLASS: Practicing what 20 seconds of talk looks like. In-class, starting to draft your text. Demonstration of PowerPoint. Discussion of alternate methods of producing your Pecha Kucah.
**NOTE: Classes end at 4:00 for the Thanksgiving holiday. No more Book Club.
F No classes (Thanksgiving holiday).
WEEK FOURTEEN
30 November 2020
M DUE: Draft of Script of The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World for workshopping/practicing 20 seconds. Have your script ready to be read and workshopped by your classmates. Weekly Update available for you to read. Discussion of Final Portfolios, final exam period, and Book Club group book review.
W IN-CLASS: Discussion of the power of images.
F Class will not meet. I will be available for help with your final drafts/tech/image selection for The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World during both our regular class time and the time slot directly following our class. You are not obligated to come, but I’m available to help you if you want or need it. But if you need it and don’t get help, that’s on you, my friend.
WEEK FIFTEEN
7 December 2020
NOTE: Midyear Symposium Begins synchronously and asynchronously through 17 December 2020.
M DUE: The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World. The rest of class is TBA. If we are presenting synchronously at the MYS, class will meet in that online forum. If we are presenting asynchronously, we will attend other people's talks at the MYS for a missing reader's notes/absence/book club make up opportunity. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W IN-CLASS: Work on Book Club Reflection. Work with groups on Book Club Review for presentation during the final exam period. Last Day of Classes
Our Final Exam Zoom Session: 11 December 2020 11:00-1:00. DUE: Final Portfolio, time during this session to write your final portfolio cover letter. Due, also, your small group presentation of your book club review.
Other Info that might help you:
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F IN-CLASS: Testing our questions on our surprise guest alumni. Before the next class: Post to our Class Discussion Board, your top three questions you think we should ask our alumni. Before Monday’s Class: email (and cc me) your questions to your alum. Be on the lookout for an email from me with specific directions.
WEEK TEN
2 November 2020
M READ: “American Hunger” available for download here: Download File. POST to Class Discussion Board: Your assigned section to summarize. Your summary will count as one set of Reader’s Notes even though they are not really reader’s notes. If you turn them in you’ll get an “A” for one set of Reader’s Notes. If you don’t you will get a “U” without the opportunity to revise. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W POST to Class Discussion Board: Actual regular Reader’s Notes for “American Hunger.” IN-CLASS: discussion of the kinds of information you need to write a good profile.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F WATCH: Chimamanda Ngozie Aditchie's TED Talk "The Danger of A Single Story" available here. Want to read a transcript? Download it here. POST to Class Discussion Board: Reader’s Notes for “Danger”.
WEEK ELEVEN
9 November 2020
M IN-CLASS: Working with the information from your alumni. Make sure you’ve got any stuff they’ve sent you close by. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W CLASS CANCELED IN HONOR OF VETERAN'S DAY.
F LISTEN TO: Confessional Podcast Wihelm Verweord. POST to Class Discussion Board: Reader’s Notes for Confessional: Wilhelm.
Remember: Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
WEEK TWELVE
16 November 2020
M DUE: Draft of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project due in class for workshopping. Make sure your draft is available to be read by one or more of your classmates.
W Class doesn’t meet. Small Group Conferences on The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project. Weekly Update available for you to read.
Remember: LAST Book Club follows directly after our class. Go to your Book Club Reading Journal google.doc for the zoom link to your book club meeting.
F DUE: to turn in to me, your revised draft of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project. Check the assignment page so you turn in everything correctly and to the right place. IN-CLASS: Overview of The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World. READ: "Why I Ride" by Jana Richman available for download here: Download File DUE: Reader’s Notes posted to Class Discussion Board.
WEEK THIRTEEN
23 November 2020
M IN-CLASS: Watch sample The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World finished products. In-class discussion about what makes these successful. Beginning to outline your presentation. Weekly Update available for you to read. Signing up for Midyear Symposium.
W IN-CLASS: Practicing what 20 seconds of talk looks like. In-class, starting to draft your text. Demonstration of PowerPoint. Discussion of alternate methods of producing your Pecha Kucah.
**NOTE: Classes end at 4:00 for the Thanksgiving holiday. No more Book Club.
F No classes (Thanksgiving holiday).
WEEK FOURTEEN
30 November 2020
M DUE: Draft of Script of The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World for workshopping/practicing 20 seconds. Have your script ready to be read and workshopped by your classmates. Weekly Update available for you to read. Discussion of Final Portfolios, final exam period, and Book Club group book review.
W IN-CLASS: Discussion of the power of images.
F Class will not meet. I will be available for help with your final drafts/tech/image selection for The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World during both our regular class time and the time slot directly following our class. You are not obligated to come, but I’m available to help you if you want or need it. But if you need it and don’t get help, that’s on you, my friend.
WEEK FIFTEEN
7 December 2020
NOTE: Midyear Symposium Begins synchronously and asynchronously through 17 December 2020.
M DUE: The Big Idea: BSU, Me, & The World. The rest of class is TBA. If we are presenting synchronously at the MYS, class will meet in that online forum. If we are presenting asynchronously, we will attend other people's talks at the MYS for a missing reader's notes/absence/book club make up opportunity. Weekly Update available for you to read.
W IN-CLASS: Work on Book Club Reflection. Work with groups on Book Club Review for presentation during the final exam period. Last Day of Classes
Our Final Exam Zoom Session: 11 December 2020 11:00-1:00. DUE: Final Portfolio, time during this session to write your final portfolio cover letter. Due, also, your small group presentation of your book club review.
Other Info that might help you:
- Reading Day is 10 December 2020
- Exams begin on 11 December 2020
- Last Day of exams is 17 December 2020
- For the full Fall 2020 Exam Schedule, click here.
Syllabus/Policies Check-in Assignment
Good for you. You got to the end of the syllabus. To reward you, you have the opportunity to earn one "A" for Acceptable for a reader's notes grade simply by completing the following assignment by the third week of classes.
1. Send me an email at [email protected], CC me at [email protected]
2. In the subject line, write "Syllabus Check-in Email". Write it exactly as I've written it here.
3. In the body of the email, include a greeting: "Hello LT," "Hi Professor Torda," "Hey Dr. Torda." Whatever. But have a greeting.
4. Cut and paste this sentence into the email: "I've read through the policies and syllabus for the course, and I understand how to use the website to find out information about assignments, course policies, due dates, and classroom expectations."
4. Ask me two questions about any thing on my website for our class: policies, due dates, classroom expectations, assignments. You can't tell me you have no questions. You have to ask me two.
5. Include a meme of your choosing or design that sums up how you are feeling about being in college so far.
6. Sign off on your email, "best, so & so" "see you in class, your name here" "sincerely, John Doe." Again, whatever. But sign off on your email.
Make sure I get this email by the 3rd week of classes. If you don't send it to me, you'll get a "U" for a reader's notes grade without the possibility of making it up.
Good for you. You got to the end of the syllabus. To reward you, you have the opportunity to earn one "A" for Acceptable for a reader's notes grade simply by completing the following assignment by the third week of classes.
1. Send me an email at [email protected], CC me at [email protected]
2. In the subject line, write "Syllabus Check-in Email". Write it exactly as I've written it here.
3. In the body of the email, include a greeting: "Hello LT," "Hi Professor Torda," "Hey Dr. Torda." Whatever. But have a greeting.
4. Cut and paste this sentence into the email: "I've read through the policies and syllabus for the course, and I understand how to use the website to find out information about assignments, course policies, due dates, and classroom expectations."
4. Ask me two questions about any thing on my website for our class: policies, due dates, classroom expectations, assignments. You can't tell me you have no questions. You have to ask me two.
5. Include a meme of your choosing or design that sums up how you are feeling about being in college so far.
6. Sign off on your email, "best, so & so" "see you in class, your name here" "sincerely, John Doe." Again, whatever. But sign off on your email.
Make sure I get this email by the 3rd week of classes. If you don't send it to me, you'll get a "U" for a reader's notes grade without the possibility of making it up.