IMPORTANT REMINDER

If you have not already done so, PLEASE COMPLETE THE COURSE EVALUATIONS ASAP!!!!!!

Portfolio Assignment

• REVISED Personal Literacy Narrative:

Be sure HIGHLIGHT ALL CHANGES from Draft 3. AND, include ALL 4 DRAFTs of this assignment in your ePortfolio

•  NOTE: PEER REVIEW WORKSHOP FOR FRIDAY, 5/9: Bring a complete draft (or drafts) of any of the following: personal literacy narrative, cover letters, or persuasive presentation piece
• FOR Wednesday, 5/7: Bring materials to work on ePortfolio to class!!!
• e-Portfolio Prompt  (Read Carefully: Due on 5/19, BEFORE NOON)
• e-Portfolio Rubric 

GROUP RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Group Research Presentations:
April 28th, April 30th, and May 2nd in Solano Hall, Room 2003 (be prepared to present!!!)

HW 4/28 (SWA):  Write a REVIEW of each of the group's presentations (3 groups = 3 separate reviews, 1 paragraph each). Talk about each group's strengths, weaknesses, and any other questions or comments that you may have. POST ON YOUR BLOG BEFORE CLASS ON 4/30.

HW 4/30 (SWA):  Write a REVIEW of each of the group's presentations (3 groups = 3 separate reviews, 1 paragraph each). Talk about each group's strengths, weaknesses, and any other questions or comments that you may have. POST ON YOUR BLOG BEFORE CLASS ON 5/2.

HW 5/2 (SWA):  Write a REVIEW of each of the group's presentations (2 groups = 2 separate reviews, 1 paragraph each). Talk about each group's strengths, weaknesses, and any other questions or comments that you may have. POST ON YOUR BLOG BEFORE CLASS ON 5/5.

HW Fri, 4/18

Pre-Conference Task

(*Complete and bring with you to your scheduled conference; otherwise, do not bother coming!)

1.Personal Literacy Narrative: As you will revise this a FINAL time for your portfolio, reread my comments from Draft 3 and come up with a "revision plan." That is to say, write 1 paragraph on the meaningful changes (not just mechanical error corrections) that you plan on making to your final draft.

2.Group Research Project: What is your role in the group? What are/have been your struggles and successes thus far in this group project?

3.Your progress in the class: Particular questions, concerns, or thoughts that you have regarding your grade/status in English 1A
 
NOTE: CONFERENCES ARE HELD THE WEEK OF 4/21!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMPORTANT REMINDERS for Mon 4/14

• (1) FOR CLASS ON MON: come to class with a song (either an audio version - preferable - or a printed document) for a rhetorical analysis activity. If you FAIL to bring in a song, I will give you a song of my choosing (and it might not be pretty)...

• (2) Elect ONE group member from your group to E-MAIL ME your group PROBLEM and QUESTION for your research project BEFORE class on Mon

• (3) Also, do your Response paper #3 BEFORE CLASS on Mon!!!

HW, Fri 4/11

 

• RESPONSE PAPER #3 (Annotated Bibliography of 2 academic/reliable sources) DUE BEFORE CLASS on Mon, 4/14