Final Week

12/12

• Mandatory Meeting
• Turn in portfolio for final grade
• Work on departmental final exam (for dept. purposes only)
• Bring scantron/pencil
• Meeting @ H106

12/14

• Last day to submit any revised essay
• If you turn in any revised essay, grade will be posted the following Monday on jagnet
• Will check portfolio
• We will watch a film and say our goodbyes

It was a pleasure having you in class. Good luck.  Keep working hard on your drafts. This is just a step in the next chapter of your academic life.  

12/5

No class meeting 

Work on revisions 

Organize portfolio 

Organize Portfiolio

Assignment: Organize your portfolio

• Print Index Page (Under Assigned Readings) with your name and class information
• Separate portfolio into sections (notes, response papers, essays, etc.) 
• Include all work submitted throughout semester 

Write: Short Reflective Essay (1-2 Pages)

• Tell me what you have learned in class, the most important thing. (Be Specific)
• How has your writing changed
• How did you view reading and writing before, how do you view it now?
• How do you plan to use what you learned in the future?

11/28

Research Paper Due

• 4 pages
• 2-3 sources (JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Books, Journals)
• One source can be from the following (The New Yorker, NPR, The Atlantic)
• Include parenthetical citations
• Works Cited page
• Provide heading / Double Spaced / 12 pt font / New Times Roman
• Must have thesis, must have argument, topic sentences
• Must provide academic research

If you have not completed your research abstract (summary), click on the comments section below. Tell me your topic, some information related to your sources. I want to be able to guide your research but I can't do that unless I know what you are going to write about.

More TSI Dates

I am extremely proud of everyone, regardless if you passed or not!!  For those that want another crack at it. Here you go.  Lets get to work, review, study, lets hustle this test!!

Set up  your testing date:

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Note: It looks like it's easier to sign up for it at TSTC

11/21

ORGANIZE AND BRING YOUR PORTFOLIO

• Print out the Index Page in the assigned readings
• Include it in your portfolio

Assignment:  Write one page abstract of subject you want to discuss for your research paper

• ·         Include topics that you want to discuss
• ·         Bring me 3 ACADEMIC sources that are related to your topic
• ·         Use the library
• ·         2 source must come from JSTOR/EBSCOhost/Books/Journal Articles
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• Read your sources, print them out, and have them ready for next class period

• ·         Do not use Wikipedia, or general internet sources
• ·         I will allow you to use NPR, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Vice as 1 of your sources
• ·         I will check sources and collect abstract next class period

11/16

Assignment: Organize Portfolio

• Include all of your assignments, papers, notes, articles
• Organize them in sections
• Bring your folder
• I will provide Index page (under assigned readings). Print it out.

I will be conferencing with each one of you and let you know where you stand on your grades

• Several of you didn't turn in your Gender Studies assignment/ and or haven't completed it. I will be discussing your options.
• Take the time that I give you in class to workshop your essay! It's your grade on the line.