Typing homework

Please make sure all work done outside of class is typed. I am grading upwards of 90 assignments each class day. It's imperative that the work is typed.

Quoting

Just a quick reminder that you should not be quoting anything. Please put material in your own words. It's you I want to hear!

Linear?

Anyone find linear in chapter 2? After much searching, I have been unable to locate it. Must have been carried over from the Prologue. If you did find it, let me know, otherwise just give up on that word. I did double check all the other words and, don't worry, they are all there!

reminders about late work

Just a few reminders about late work (this is also in the syllabus)
1. I accept late work for assignments we have NOT gone over in class. But, anything that is turned in late (which means after the class has ended) is 25% off per day late.  After class is considered one day late. Once we've gone over the work in class, it would not be fair to the class to accept any late work.
2. I do NOT accept late work for work done completely IN class.
3. If you are going to miss class or can't  get your work printed for class, you may email it to me, but it needs to be emailed BEFORE class. Work emailed after class is LATE.
4. These policies are designed to allow for stuff to come up without too much penalization but also to make sure we are treating everyone in class fairly.
5. If you email me work, you MUST bring a hard copy to the next class to get your work graded. If you don't get the work back from me, I haven't graded it.
6. If you have any questions, as always, let me know.

What are important concepts?

As you fill out your "getting prepared" for Monday's class, you might be asking yourself: what am I supposed to do with these important concepts?

Important concepts are the concepts and/or phrases that help us to understand the ideas in a text's argument. We need to understand why they are introduced by the author (explanation) and how they help further the argument.

So, for example, as you ponder "Google" as an important concept, you need to be asking yourself two questions:
1. Why did Churchwell introduce Google in this essay? To what purpose?  And, remember, your answer should be what she argues NOT what she does.
2. How does this concept help to further the argument she is making (another way to think about this is what idea is being supported with this concept?)

Notes on Notes

Notes should include: vocab defined!, ideas (not statements about what the essay does), and questions and thoughts you bring to the reading. Notes do not have to be typed.