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NOTE: Before beginning assignments, click on the following link to open a
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Unit One
***It Would Be to Your Advantage to Print This
Unit Before Beginning the Assignments***
In this unit:
You will be introduced to Internet E-Mail and to the class Discussion Board where you can communicate and discuss assignments with your classmates. The class Discussion Board is like a class journal where your writings can be read by all the other students of that forum.
You will write two journal entries and send them to the class Discussion Board.
You will write an autobiographical essay.
Attention:
If you cannot meet
assignment due dates, please contact your instructor by e-mail before the due
dates. If you are behind in your assignments, no more than two essays may be
submitted in any given week unless you have made prior arrangements with your
instructor. NOTE: This does not include journal writing assignments.
You can submit as many of these at one time as you wish.
Assignment
1: 5 Points
NOTE** You MUST
set up an MCC e-mail account. You will not be on your instructor's distribution
list if you do not use MCC e-mail, and you will miss any mailings your
instructor may send out to the entire class. If you have not set up your
account yet, you need to log in to the address below and create this account
now. If you do not yet have Internet access at home, you can create this e-mail
account from MCC's library or computer lab. If you prefer to use another
e-mail account for communicating with your instructor, you still need to set up
the MCC e-mail account. You can then set it to forward any mail from your
instructor to your preferred e-mail address. Click
on the link below to set up your MCC e-mail account if you have not already
done so:
***When you are finished, return here.
Enter your e-mail account.
Type a message to your instructor telling her about yourself,
why you chose to take English 217 by
Internet etc. Also, in this message, let her know which e-mail account you will
be using for the class. This message should be 50 - 100
words.
Click on the following link to send your instructor Assignment 1.
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*It is extremely important
that you check your e-mail at least twice each week. Since this is not a
lecture course, when your instructor need to communicate with you, whether it
be tips on the current assignments, announcements, or just news for the
class, this communication will come over e-mail. |
Use the following
directions to log on to your English 217
class Discussion Board:
Click on the link below.
Then you will be asked for your MyMCC username and password that you created when you set up your MCC mail account.
Change the term to the current semester if necessary.
Click
on WebCT on the left side of the screen.
Click on Discussions on the left side of the screen.
Click on the assignment you are working on (Ex: Assignment 2).
Click on Create Message and type your entry into the message box (you can also write the entry in MS Word and copy and paste it into this box). Always be sure you are in the correct Assignment number when you write material in or copy and paste material in the Discussion Board. Do not send material to the Discussion Board as attachments. This is your first contact with the rest of the class so do your best. Be sure to fill in the "Subject" box with your Assignment name and number (for example: Smith's Assignment 2) prior to sending your entry to the Discussion Board. Always fill in the subject box like this:
Smith's Assignment 2
Write your message or copy and paste your journal entry into the "Message" box.
When you are finished, click on "Post" at the bottom of the "Message" box. Your entry has been sent.
NOTE:
From this point on, all writings need to be done in a word processing program.
Some will be pasted into your class Discussion Board, and others (each unit's
essay) will be sent to your instructor as an attachment through Internet
e-mail.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not use Microsoft Word to type your
assignments, you must save your assignments as Microsoft Word documents before
sending them as attachments (Only essay assignments will be sent as
attachments).
Click on this link to read the lecture on A Critical Decision.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a journal entry about a Critical Decision that you have made (minimum 400 words).
Save and name this document Assignment 3.
Access your English 217 class
Discussion Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment 3 Topic of your English 217 class
Discussion Board. Be
sure that you have clicked on the Assignment 3 Topic before
you click on "Post a new topic to this
conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment 3.
Assignment 4: 10 Points
Click on this link to read the lecture called Myself.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a journal entry about Whom You Are and What Your Opposite Would Be (minimum 400 words).
Save and name this document Assignment 4.
Access your English 217
class Discussion Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment 4 Topic of your English 217 class
Discussion Board. Be
sure that you have clicked on the Assignment 4 Topic before
you click on "Post a new topic to this
conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment 4.
Assignment 5: 100 Points
Click on this link to read the lecture called Autobiography.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a 700-900 word autobiography about your childhood, adolescence, goals, etc.
NOTE: Your essay needs to be700 to
900 words in length. Use your word processor's statistics feature to check the
length of your essay as you are writing it.
You can write this essay in first person (I,
me, we, our); however, DO NOT use second person (you, your) at any time in your
writings in this unit or in any of the other units unless it is in dialogue or
a direct quote.
Be sure to proofread your essay carefully and edit it for organization, sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation problems.
If you need help with editing techniques, click on this link and read the lecture on Editing and Revising.
Save and name this document (your last name's)
Assignment 5.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not use Microsoft
Word to type your assignments, you must save this assignment as a Microsoft
Word document before sending it as an attachment.
Use the following directions
to format the final, revised copy of your essay:
College essays normally do not require a separate title page.
Against the left margin of the first page of your essay, place your name, the course name and number/section number, the date, and the number of the essay on separate lines.
Double-space between lines.
Double-space after the heading and center the title of the essay on your page.
Capitalize the first and last words of the title and all other words except articles, prepositions.
Do
not underline the title or put it in quotation marks, and do not use a period
after the title.
Be
sure to format your essay according to the directions above.
When you feel you have created the
best essay you can, use the following instructions to send your essay to your
instructor.
Click on the
following link to access your instructor's e-mail address.
When asked
for a subject, type (your last name's)
Assignment 5.
If you experience problems sending attachments, you have the
option of printing your essay and sliding it under your instructor's office
door with her permission.
**IMPORTANT NOTE:
You must check with your instructor before choosing this option. This will not be an option for summer school
or winter intersession students.
If you choose, you can mail your essay addressed to your
instructor with her permission at English
Department, Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, Arizona,
85202, (your instructor's name). NOTE: Be sure to mail your work in time for
your instructor to receive it by the due date.
**IMPORTANT NOTE: You must
check with your instructor before choosing this option. This will not be an option for summer
school or winter intersession students.
NOTE: You
will be allowed to rewrite this essay one time after you have received your
graded copy back. If your revised essay is greatly improved, you can receive a
higher grade on the essay. However
your grade cannot be raised higher than one letter grade. For example, if you
received a 'C' on the first paper, the most you can receive on the rewritten
paper is a 'B.'
**Rewritten
essays must be turned in one week after the original graded essay is received.
Total Points for Unit 1: 130
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