About the FCWR101 course 

Course syllabus and class tracking document

Syllabus 

• October 11 Word Doc version here, reflecting what we have actually DONE this semester  
• PDF version of Oct 11 syllabus - easy download here

Tracking your progress in the course

A Google Spreadsheet showing individual progress in the course is shared with you in your Google Docs

If you don't see it please mention this to your teacher  

• Click on the FAB 1 tab if you're in the 12:30 to 14:00 class Sundays and Tuesdays
• Click on the FAB 2 tab if you're in the 17:00 to 18:30 class Sundays and Tuesdays 

Posterous

If Vance has your email address he has invited you to this blog space as a contributor.  This means you can post blog entries.  You are asked to do this every two weeks, Oct 2, Oct 16 etc.

If you haven't been invited please mention this to your teacher 

Your postings here are a part of your 20% class participation mark.

We will use this blog space to comment on each other's work. Since there are 30 students enrolled in this course a lot of your feedback on your writing will come from one another (teacher will feed back on what is taught in the syllabus). 

Further information:

• See the blog: http://fcwr101.posterous.com 
• How to post: http://fcwr101.posterous.com/welcome-to-your-fcwr-101-shared-writing-space
• http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2011/03/easy-classroom-blogging-with-posterous.html  

How to CONNECT in your FCWR101 course

1. Get the textbook from the bookstore
2. Set up a binder with 15 tabbed spaces and put the syllabus in it and also your first writing sample (required in syllabus)
3. Create a GMAIL account, THEN do the next step
4. Share a writing sample with vancestev@gmail.com, THEN you will be able to do the next step
5. Look in your Google DOCUMENTS to find the Google Spreadsheet showing your progress in the course
6. When you are invited to Posterous accept the invitation, create an account, and you should be able to view the blog space http://fcwr101.posterous.com/

Submitting your homework via Google Docs

Instructions

1. Log on to Gmail

2. click on DOCUMENTS near the top left of the browser window

3. Pull down CREATE NEW and select DOCUMENT

4. Paste into there what you want to submit

5. Rename "untitled document" to the format given here 
http://fcwr101.pbworks.com/w/page/45463292/FrontPage#Oct22011AboutyourhomeworksubmittedtoGoogleDocs

6. Click on SHARE in the upper right corner of the browser window

7. Under "Add People" enter vancestev@gmail.com

8. If my picture appears in the list of "Who has access" then your work is submitted

Instructions for naming files

• Please write as a title of your document the assignment, your name, its title; for example
  Description - My Name - My favorite place 
• Please make sure your work forms ONE paragraph that is indented and has topic sentence, supporting details, conclusion 
• Please make sure your work is on time, if not it will not be marked
• If you wish to revise it after my feedback I might award it one higher mark (from C to B for example) 

Policy on work not on time

Please note in the syllabus that late work is not accepted in this course.  This is because there are so many students, it is really difficult to keep track of work that comes in late when assignments are being made every day.  

You can DO your work any time, and share it in Google Docs. This is better than not doing it.  But the teacher cannot track each student who fails to meet deadlines.  Getting work in on time is YOUR responsibility.

However, you may revise your work in Google Docs up to the moment the teacher actually marks it.  The teacher might mark it at any time after its due date.

Paragraph marking scheme

Points are deducted (roughly) as follows, from each paragraph submitted

- 5 for not having a title that gives the topic in a few words

- 3 for each paragraph missing indentation

- 5 each, for missing or poor topic sentence or conclusion sentence

- 5 for sentences in each paragraph not on topic

- 5 for sentences in each paragraph not logically organized

- 5 for incomplete or run-on sentences

- 5 for not following the genre of the assignment (opinion, contrast, etc)

- 5 for mistakes in spelling and grammar that interfere with understanding

Course assessments listed in the syllabus (what to put in your binder)

Writing assessments are written on paper, in class, on the day assigned

Note, there are classes on Thursdays on October 6 and 20, Nov 3, and Dec 1