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A bit of humor for your week. (Don't be this person)

FOR FRIDAY, DEC. 6 Nothing in particular is due, but you should be working on your final exam, which is due next week at exam time. We will continue presentations on Friday.

FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 (__** 1PM CLASS MEETS IN ANS 151 **__) Your unit 5 paper is due. Don't forget to add the works cited ( of the three reviews and your film) to the end of your paper) on google docs. Do NOT upload it to Blackboard. I will grade it directly from google docs. Please use the rubric to check through your paper and make sure you covered everything.

You also need to complete the Unit 5 Groupwork Assessment sheet and upload that to Blackboard by Wednesday at class time.

Your final exam is on Blackboard and is due exam week at the time scheduled for your exam:

10:00 CLASS - Monday, Dec. 9, 10:00 am in ANS 252 11:00 C;ASS- Wednesday, Dec. 10:00 am in ANS 252 1:00 CLASS - Wednesday, Dec 11, 12 noon in ANS 151

FOR MONDAY, DEC. 2 Your "paper" for unit 5 must be complete. If you are revising Unit 3, it is due as well.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20 Your Annotated Bibs are due. You need the Citation Entries of three reviews and a summary, typed directly below the citation entry, of each review for a total of three citations and three reviews for your group. Not three individually--three altogether.

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 18 NOTICE: 10 AND 11 AM: WE MEET IN THE LAB TODAY Watch your movie, Take Notes, Post your 2 reviews on the your wiki group page and put your name above your links so I know who did what. Details: Please watch your movie by Monday, taking careful and detailed notes, writing down quotes, keeping track of the time when you pause, etc, as explained in class. You MUST have your movie watched by Monday.

Also do your "research"--you need to find two written reviews of your movie. Go to IMDB.com, type the title of your movie into the search bar and then go to your movie. On your movie page, on the far right, is a "Quick Links" box, and at the bottom is a "Explore More" option--choose "explore more". There, under "Storyline" choose "Synopsis" From the "Synopsis" page, go to the long menu of links on the far left. Find "External Reviews" under "Awards and Reviews". From the many reviews, you must choose TWO that you think would be good to use as sources for your research. Once you have chosen your two reviews, go the the wiki Group Pages page, click on your group, and post the links to your two reviews there. These are due Monday as well.

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 15
 * It is very important for you to come to class Friday **; we will begin Unit 5, but there is a lot of prepping and grouping and technology to do first, and if you're not there, it will make things much more difficult for everyone. So be there!


 * ASAP, you need to go to the "Movies..." link ** on the left menu for your particular hour. There you will find a really long list of about 200 movies that I've seen. ** You need to choose 10 movies you would like to analyze. ** You need to click "Edit" and add your name to the spaces after 10 movies, choose either "Love It" or "Hate it" and rank it from 1 to 10: 1 is what you'd most like to analyze, 10 is what you'd least like to analyze. You will have to re-watch the film, so pick one you have access to. I watched all of these on Netflix, so they should be all available there.

Please also be sure to not just choose movies that you love, but movies that you hate as well. They are quite fun to analyze if you hate them, so don't hesitate. Please do this as soon as possible so I can start pairing people up. At least two people must be in each group.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 Unit 4 materials are due on Blackboard. You need your rough-rough story draft, your storyboard, your movie (saved as a movie, not a project), and the reflection. If you have not yet presented your movie to the class for feedback, you may upload everything except your movie and wait to upload that after getting a chance to revise for feedback. It was unanimously decided that we will NOT have an exam Wednesday but will finish up presentations and move on to the next unit. Your final exam, then, will be worth 50 points rather than 25.

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 11 We will be finishing up presentations. Please save your movie as a movie (for email) for presentations if you have to send it to yourself. Movie projects, if you try to upload them, turn up blank. Your completed work is due Wednesday on Blackboard.

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 8 A "rough draft" of your movie is due for presentations. Please have it available for use on the teacher's computer somehow: flashdrive, emailed to yourself, upload it to Bb homework folder--something.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6 Unit 3 is due (revised) unless you and I made other arrangements.

A thought for your weekend: FOR MONDAY, NOV. 4 Storyboards are due. It is also the last day for you to have a conference with me if you still want to revise your Unit 2/rhetorical analysis paper; I have office hours from 2-4.

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 1 have a really sketchy rough draft of your story written up and ready to put into your storyboard. I'll be checking them off for credit. Also if you want to revise your Unit 2 paper once more, you need to come see me this week or by Monday. Revisions of those will be due one week from the time we meet, so I don't want them to linger!

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 I need to need to know what your "paper" will be about, so you need a "thesis statement" of sorts. If it helps, think of it this way: if you went to see a movie and someone asked you what it was about, what the purpose was of the film, what message it contained, what would you say? That's what I need to know: what your purpose is going to be. If you're having trouble coming up with something meaningful, just keep doing more "discovery writing" about your reading/writing/language life, and something will come to you. We'll share ideas on Wednesday as well, which should help.

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 28 Nothing due. Have a great weekend.

Your midterm homework grades are on Blackboard. This grade represents all homework, class preparedness, presentations--basically everything besides papers and exams that I've assigned for you to do so far. Your total grade is out of 425 points, so to figure your grade, just divide your score by 425, which will give you a grade on a 4.0 scale.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 25 Your Unit 3 drafts for grading are due on Blackboard under Assignments. Also turn in a hard copy of your paper complete with edits. You also have an exam on Friday, but there is nothing to study for.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 Peer review worksheets are due. Bring a copy of your paper to class. Also an edited paragraph, hard copy with all changes visible, is due along with an analysis of the following (meaning a list of what the paragraph contains): grammar and punctuation sentence variety transitions strong verbs wordiness being specific word choice

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 21 Please bring a HARD COPY of your paper to class. That is all.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 18 A complete rough draft is due in class and on the wiki group page. All research must be done, all interviews completed.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 Draft 1 of Unit 3 is due (rough, not graded). Bring hard copy to class. A draft on your laptop will NOT work for the exercise we'll be doing.

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 14 Your interviews need to be completed and written up. Here is a handout on how to go about writing up your interview

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 11 Please have your interview questions written up and bring them to class, hardcopy, for me to approve. You may not conduct your interview without my approval of your questions, so this is crucial, since your interview write-up is due next Monday. If you will not be in class, please send me your questions for my approval. If you were absent on Wednesday, Oct. 9, please email me your proposal so I can get your topic approved before Friday.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9 We have begun a new unit (the handout is on the "Course Materials" page). Your proposal is due Wednesday in class, a hard copy please. I will be reading your proposals in class and giving approval in class, so it is important that you have one at that time. The proposal requires specific questions be answered, which are on the Unit 3 handout, so be sure to refer to the handout and answer all four questions in your proposal.

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 7 Nothing due. Have a good weekend.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 4 Your Unit 2 draft 3 is due for grading on Blackboard under "Assignments." Please save your document as LastFirstUnit2 (i.e. WendtMaryUnit2). You wil also have an in-class writing exam on Friday, for which you need to be prepared. I have provided you with the reading ahead of time [|here.]You may print out the article and take notes on it to have with you during the exam if you wish. Consider this "open book." Please make arrangements with me ahead of time if you will be absent

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2 Peer Review Worksheets for those in your group are due. Please get your drafts uploaded PRONTO so the others in your group have time to read your paper!

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 30 Your Unit 2 Draft 2 is due. Please post on your group page on the wiki (if you're not in a group, check your email) and bring a draft to class. Also on Friday we got a chance to look at some not-so-stellar paragraphs, but didn't have time to look at a good one, so I've got one for you here

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 Draft 1 of unit 2 is due. If you are unsure what you're to be writing, revisit the Unit 2 handout. It's on the Course Materials page. Bring your draft to class on Friday. If you were absent, you will want to read the Analysis of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos handout on the Course Materials page. Be sure to refer to the handout (also in Course Materials) when writing your draft. It gives you lots of info on what to write.
 * Also, if you are in my 10:00 or 11:00 class, your Unit 1 draft 4 revisions are due on Blackboard by class time. No late revisions will be accepted **

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 Please watch the two videos and read the two articles on the "Course Materials" page of the wiki labeled "The R Word".
 * Also, if you are in my 1pm class, your Unit 1 draft 4 revisions are due on Blackboard by class time. No late revisions will be accepted. **

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 23 10:00 AND 11:00 MEET IN 156. No homework. Just be ready to present. If you have some free time, you might want to look over the possible articles for your paper and decide what topic you'd like to do. Be sure to check your email if you were absent.

**__FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 20__** Upload at least one (minimum) advertisement/commercial/PSA from YouTube to your Group page on the wiki as instructed in class. Here is a tutorial for those of you who missed class or were just not paying attention!



__** CLASS CANCELLED FOR TODAY, MONDAY, SEPT. 16. SEE YOU WEDNESDAY. **__

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 16 No homework. But I have put up some links to some grammar websites and to my grammar blog for you to check out if you would like practice. They are at the bottom of the "Course Materials" page.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 Draft 3 (your final draft) is due on Blackboard for grading by class time. Please go to "Assignments" and "Unit 1" and upload your paper there. No need for a hard copy. Your first exam will be on Friday.

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11 Please complete the for each of your peers' papers in your group. If they are not uploaded by Tuesday morning, you are not responsible for doing the worksheet (although you still can if you have time and still want to help). Please bring the worksheets to class to get credit and to give to your peers during workshop.


 * IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you have not yet uploaded your paper to your group page, you need to do so PRONTO. Your group members need time to read and respond to your draft, so you need to get those posted right away. You end up with several zeros for homework if you do not do this. Get those up, folks! **


 * Also, make sure you upload your paper as a .doc, a .docx, an .rtf, or a .pdf. Many cannot open a .odt or a .pages **

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 Draft 2 of Unit 2 is due. Bring one copy to class and post a copy on your group page for the rest of your group to read and respond to. Also please be sure to come by for a conference, even if you weren't scheduled. I'd like to fit them all in this week!

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 Draft 1 (not 2--the schedule on the handout is wrong) of Unit 1 due. Please bring to class. If you need a page amount, think around 2-3 pages. Hand written is fine.

FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 30 Please read Gloria Anzaldua's essay "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." You will want to print this out as you will be writing your first paper in response to this essay. For Friday, please write a short summary (a substantial paragraph) of the essay and bring it to class (bringing it in hard copy or electronically is fine--just make sure you have it somehow). FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28 Be sure to join our wiki using your LAST AND FIRST name, no spaces, Cap first letter (SmithBob for example) as your username, english101 as your password, and your cmich email as your email. Then, when you have signed up, be sure to go to the conferences page and sign up for a conference next week. I added a few times slots for Wednesday as well.

If you're having trouble joining our wiki, Double check to make sure you have your username LastFirst, which is not what I told you originally. YOUR USERNAME SHOULD BE LastFirst with the exception of the new folks because I just added you as AustinSimon, ConnorNoch, CourtneyChurchill, and GeoffreyQuante. Sorry for the mix-up, folks! Wednesday will be the Diagnostic, so be sure to show up!