No class of office hours, Wednesday, 16 November for Steve Brandon

Due to illness, there will be no class on Wednesday, 16 November; instead, complete the following assignment.

For Wednesday, 16 November, you were to have completed the pre-writing and the drafting for a five paragraph essay on one of the following topics:

1. "Human rights" is a term frequently used but seldom defined. What rights should belong to every human being? Discuss.
2. Should American students be required to learn a second language? Why or why not?
3. Robert Frost said, "We come to college to get over our littlemindedness." Discuss in
relation to your own experiences.
4. If you were awarded an expense-paid trip to any one place in the world, where would you go? Why?
5. Do you think that you have the qualifications of a good parent? Discuss.
6. If you were guaranteed a steadily improving standard of living (in terms of buying power, free time, quality of goods and services, etc.), would you be willing to give up your right to vote? Explain.

For this Friday, 18 November, pick another, separate topic from the above, and complete the pre-writing and drafting of this new essay.  Again, do NOT go beyond the drafting phase.  We will practice revision and proofreading at a particular speed on one of your essays on Friday.  

Note: you can use the topics you decide not to write on as a source of topics, and you can practice your pre-writing skills, that is, coming up with a thesis statement and three topic sentences for each topic as quickly as possible.


Steve

Class Cancelled for Wednesday, 2 November

I awoke not feeling well as all, so class is cancelled for the day.

Please, spend the time getting caught up on any backlog of work.  This will mean for some working on practicing sentence forms and examples. Others will need to work on finishing revision and proofreading of the current essay.  Others will need to work on getting the formatting just right.  Regardless, get caught up and be ready to print out an already typed copy of your essay when we meet on Friday.

Steve

Class Cancelled: Monday, 10 October

I am out of town and having car trouble. It's after 1:00 a.m., so I won't make it in for class and office hours tomorrow.

Take the time between Monday and Wednesday to get caught up on any missed assignments.  If you are caught up, you can practice pre-writing and drafting a five paragraph essay.  Pick one of these topics:

Why are so many people over the age of twenty-one entering college? Discuss.
Are elementary and high schools adequately meeting the needs of their students? Discuss

What do you hope to accomplish within the next ten years? Explain


See everyone Wednesday.

Steve

Class Canceled, Wednesday, 5 October

Class is cancelled for today, Wednesday, 5 October.  I am not feeling well.

For Friday, finish the draft of your five paragraph essay.  Also for Friday, pre-write and draft a five paragraph essay on the topic of how to help students succeed in college.  Remember to go through all the steps of pre-writing and drafting.  This essay is about taking the time to practice every step along the way.  Try using Google Documents for your pre-writing and drafting.  Keep track of any questions that crop up as you work, and we can tackle these questions on Friday.

Steve

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Steve

Class and Office Hours Cancelled for Wednesday, 7 September.

I'm sick as a dog.  Our class and my office hours are cancelled for today, Wednesday, 7 Sept.  Check the website later for your assignment due on Friday, or see below.

Due Friday, 9 Sept.

1. Write a two paragraph description of what you did over Labor Day break.  If you worked, then write a description of your work and what you did.  If you did something fun, then write a description of your activity or rest.  If you mixed fun and play, devote a paragraph to each.  In your description, use plenty of details and examples of what you did.
2. Pre-write your two paragraphs before drafting them to discover with you can say.  Use either the brainstorming or freewriting techniques we have gone over in class.
3. After you have drafted each of your paragraphs, go back over each to make sure you have a topic sentence that lets your reader know what your paragraph will be about, and make sure your paragraph stays on the focus you establish in your topic sentence.  Make sure each paragraph is developed with at least seven to ten sentences.
4. Proofread each paragraph to make sure you have used a mixture of "IC." and "IC, FANBOYS IC." sentences.  Double check to make sure you have used full independence clauses.  Make sure each independent clause has a subject phrase, a verb phrase, and can stand on its own.  Make sure each sentence has periods and commas in the correct place and starts with a capital.



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Steve

Steve Brandon's Office Hours Cancelled for Tuesday, 6 Sept.