THIS Sat, July 11, 7:30p: Words with a Purpose

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DUE MONDAY, JUNE 15

• Complete, C, p. 490, Activity 9 #4-10 and p. 492, Activity 11 #4-10·
• Applying steps in “Active Reading” handout, read “Black Men and Public Space,” C, p. 122-125.
• When you reach Step 4, handwrite responses to first two points under “Write to comprehend and remember,” C, p. 6
• Use your words for all writing tasks
• Your personal reaction should be a freewrite of at least 5 (801A) or 10 (801B) detailed sentences in length.
• Next, freewrite detailed responses to C, p. 125, Activity 12 #1-3

SLA Requirement

Summer 2009 Supplemental Learning Assistance Requirement

All students enrolled in English 801 are required to complete three activities. To receive credit, you must complete the activities I assign you and meet the specific deadlines.

These activities are designed to prepare you for and reinforce essential concepts covered in this course.

Where can I accomplish my activities? Activities may be accomplished at the WRSC on the LAC campus in D103 or at the PCC campus in the MDSC in L206. For more information, check out the Success Centers Link on the LBCC webpage: http://successcenters.lbcc.edu/

Summer 2009 (6/1/09 to 7/30/09) hours of operation and contact phone numbers are:

LAC WRSC: Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (562)938.4520

PCC MDSC: Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (562) 928.3991

Directed Learning Activities (DLA) or Workshops? You have two options in which to complete each activity I assign: a self-directed mode (as a DLA) OR a workshop. Either format will take at least an hour, so plan accordingly.

For a DLA, you study for approximately 45 minutes or more and then meet with an instructor or tutor for a 15-minute follow-up discussion of your work. DLA’s can be done any time the Centers are open. However, you must arrive at least an hour before the center closes. Because workshops are limited, you most likely will complete your assigned activities as DLAs.

If you choose to do the activity in the form of a workshop, sign up ahead of time for the workshop or drop in if there is available space. Workshops are limited to 15 students.

How Many Activities must be Accomplished and How do I verify successful completion of my activities? I will assign each student three specific activities, with specific deadlines. You must complete these three activities by the deadlines in order to earn 50 points. No points will be given if all three are not completed. On the Supplemental Learning Assistance Verification Sheet form I gave you are six boxes. The first row of boxes will be filled in with signatures and stamps to verify when you have accomplished a given activity. Only three boxes are required to be filled in.

NOTE: If you lose the form with verified activity information on it, you will have to do the activity again. The centers will not be able to verify activities after the fact.

Beyond three activities I assign, you may do as many as you would like for no credit. If you’d like, you may have them verified in the extra boxes.

Is this all I need to do at the Success Centers? While the supplemental activities are the only required ones you need to do for our class, I hope you will take advantage of the many other learning opportunities offered, like one-on-one, drop-in tutoring when you need input for reading assignments, essays, and other homework. Instructional videos, handouts, and review items are also available to enhance your reading and writing abilities. All of these services are free to you and offered when the centers are open.

My 15 minutes of fame

If you're on Facebook, click on the link to see a video of me reading my poem "The Summer Before 9th Grade":

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=94360047867


Following is a link to a tape of me being interviewed by Suzanne Lummis on KPFK in May 2009. (It's kid friendly.) Gail Wronsky is inteviewed the first 30 minutes. It's well worth the listen--she's a sublime poet and fun--but if you want to get to my interview, click on the thin blue line between the screen and the buttons and set it at 30 mins:

http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/m3u.php?mp3fil=20819


And here's a link to a photo I appeared in in the LA Times in June 2009:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-east31-2009may31,0,5763567.story

LBCC LINKS

Department of English Policy on Plagiarism: http://engl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/plagiarism04.htm

Academic Computing Centers: http://lar.lbcc.edu/openaccesslabs.html

Library Computer Research Center: http://lib.lbcc.edu/services/libcomp.html

Success Centers Home: http://successcenters.lbcc.edu/index.cfm

English Department Computer Lab (LAC): http://engl.lbcc.edu/Computer_Lab.html

Learning Academic Resources (LAR): http://lar.lbcc.edu/

Library: http://lib.lbcc.edu/

English Dept: http://engl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/

Programs and Resources for Students:

LBCC Personal Counseling: http://counseling.lbcc.edu/Personal_Counseling/index.cfm

LAR Study Skills Workshops Schedule: http://lar.lbcc.edu/studyskills.html
Videos are also available for students who can't make it to the workshops.

LAR Handouts for student success: http://lar.lbcc.edu/handouts.html

Disabled Student Program: http://dsps.lbcc.edu/

Women's and Men's Resource Center: http://wmresources.lbcc.edu/available_services.htm

Project Launch: http://projectlaunch.lbcc.edu/

EOPS: http://eops.lbcc.edu/

Transfer Academy: http://transferacademy.lbcc.edu/

Student Success Programs: http://students.lbcc.edu/studentsuccess.htm

Learning Communities: http://lc.lbcc.edu/

Student Resource Guide: http://students.lbcc.edu/documents/PDF/LBCommunityResources2005-2006.pdf

Relevant 801AB Info

Daily Routines How writers and other interesting people organize their days: http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/

Exercise Central: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0

Using Specific, Concrete Details: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/sensorydetails.html

MLA Format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Using Microsoft Word 1997-2003 to Write an MLA Paper: www.bccc.edu/887421129114724/lib/887421129114724/MLA_and_APA/Using_Microsoft_Word_to_Write_an_MLA_Paper.doc

MWord 2003 to 2007 conversion tutorial: http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/asstvid.aspx?assetid=XT100766331033&vwidth=1044&vheight=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA100744321033

The Writing Process: http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Process/writingprocess.html

The Paragraph: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_pgrph2.html

Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs: www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/parunif.html

Outline: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/02/

Dominant Impression: http://www.mindquestacademy.org/readingstrategies/MODULE_1/M1T2.htm

Expository Essay and Thesis: http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/virgil/?q=node/199

Thesis Statement: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

Introductions and Conclusions: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/introcon.html

http://www.lclark.edu/~writing/handouts/Intro.pdf

Helpful Websites

STUDENT SUCCESS:
Learning Strategies: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/index.html

Student Success Strategies: http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Student%20Success%20Strategies.htm

WRITING:
The Owl at Purdue: for help with grammar to essays to business letters: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html

Guide to Grammar, Quizzes, and More: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

List of Quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

Subjects and Predicates Powerpoint Lesson: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/activities/subj-pred_files/frame.htm

Verbs: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/activities/verbs-being_files/frame.htm

Subject and Verb Powerpoint Lesson: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/activities/verb-subjagree.ppt

Punctuation and grammar review: http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/proofread.html

Writing the Argument/Persuasion Essay:
www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html

http://my.powa.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=65

www.core.org.cn/OCW_CN/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-47RhetoricFall2002/StudyMaterials

Sample argument essay with a critique by a writing instructor:
http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/tools/sample_arg.htm

Thesis: www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/thesis.html

Research: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/research.html

Guide for writing research papers: www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/writproc.html

Sample Essay Proposal: www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~hitchckd/sampleessayproposal.htm

Helpful info. about writing essays: www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml

Writing a response paper: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/reaction.html


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