About the FCWR101 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
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:
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
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.
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
Writing assessments are written on paper, in class, on the day assigned
About when? | Exact date to be announced | Assessment | Percent |
Week 5 | Oct 9 or 11 or later | Test Essay 1 | 10% |
Week 6 | Oct 20th | Test Essay 2 | 10% |
Week 8 | Oct 30 or Nov 1 or 3rd | Test Essay 3 | 10% |
Week 8 | Oct 30 or Nov 1 or 3rd | 1st draft of research paper with outline | 10% |
Week 10 | Nov 20 or 22 | 2nd draft of research paper (handed in with first draft |
10% |
Week 12 | Dec 4 or 6 |
Test Essay 4 |
10% |
Week 13 | Dec 13 final deadline | Submit final research paper plus all drafts together with all the above marked essays from your binder |
20% |
Week 13 | Class performance and professionalism |
Your binder and homework
|
20% |
Note, there are classes on Thursdays on October 6 and 20, Nov 3, and Dec 1