SCHMOLL'S ENGLISH 305...WELCOME TO THE COURSE BLOG.

As an online course, the writing that we do in English 305 is substantially different from a face to face course. As such, it is imperative that you understand the course style from the start. Nearly all of your work in this course will be posted on the course blog. EACH WEEK YOU WILL HAVE THREE BLOG ASSIGNMENTS:
1. A BLOG ENTRY,
2. A READING, AND
3. A WRITING ABOUT THE READING.

Your reading and writing on the blog must be completed by the Friday (by midnight) of the week in which the reading falls. You have all week each week to complete the reading and writing for that week, but there are no late assignments accepted, so be sure to be disciplined about the work from the start.

Let me re-state that point; if you do the assigned work before or during the week it is due, you will receive full credit. If you do the work after the Friday of the week it is assigned, you will get zero credit for that week.

Grading Scale

GRADING SCALE:

Weekly Blog Entries: 10%
Writing About the Reading: 10%
Restaurant Review: 20% (DUE SEPT 24)
Tipping Point Essay Final Draft: 30% (ROUGH DRAFT DUE OCT 28) (FINAL DRAFT DUE NOV 4)
In Class Essay: 10%
Peer Revision: 10%
Participation: 10%


Friday, August 12, 2011

WEEK SEVEN WRITING ABOUT WHAT YOU READ:

ROUGH DRAFT OF TIPPING POINT ESSAY MUST BE EMAILED TO YOUR REVISERS AND TO ME BY FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH.
REVISERS, YOU MUST EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BACK TO THE AUTHOR AND TO ME BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.

WEEK SEVEN AND EIGHT WRITING ABOUT WHAT YOU READ:For this assignment, you will email me the final draft copy of your essay.
The essay should be attached as a Microsoft Word document and should be 4-5 pages in length, double spaced.
There are two essay topics to choose from.
Write a 4-5 page double spaced essay on one of the following topics:
1. How might one or more of the ideas in the book The Tipping Point apply to your chosen profession?
2. Locate a trend [social, political, cultural, other] that seems to exhibit a "tipping point" phenomenon. Provide a brief explanation of why you think this phenomenon meets Gladwell's three criteria for tipping point phenomenon: a) contagiousness b) little causes having big effects c) not gradual but dramatic change.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    HOW MANY REVISORS SHOULD WE HAVE?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    DO WE EMAIL OUR ROUGH DRAFTS TO ANYONE?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Hopefully, you got an email about this. I'll take care of the emailing of the papers. Email me if you have any questions about the process.
    dr. s

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  4. AnonymousOctober 28, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    http://www.mongryl.com/tippingpoint.html

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