Welcome to Week 15 of our course. This is the last week of the Fall 2024 semester. For Section 1104, Wednesday is the final day of Zoom classes. This week, we will finish our reading of The House on Mango Street. There is a final discussion board this week. The final quiz will be available from 9:00 Monday, December 16 through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, December 18. Once the quiz has closed, it will not be reopened.
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Welcome to Week 14 of our online class. This week will begin our reading of the short novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. There are two more weeks of class. The last day of class is Saturday, December 14th. For Section 1104, the last Zoom meeting is Wednesday, December 11th. There is no discussion this week. There is no quiz this week.
Click here to access the course syllabus for Section 0505 Click here to access the course syllabus for Section 1104
This is a Zero Textbook Cost course, which uses OER (Open Educational Resources) in lieu of a textbook. All required materials can be accessed in the Weekly folders.
Section 1104: This is a synchronous section of ENG 201. Students are required to attend two Zoom meetings per week. Students are requested to be on camera during weekly Zoom meetings. You are free to use artificial or blurred backgrounds. Section 0505: This is an asynchronous section of ENG 201. There are no weekly Zoom meetings for this course. Aside from the Zoom meetings, these two sections are identical. In both sections, you are responsible for completing all the tasks on each weekly page. The tasks are varied and include reading, listening, viewing, and discussing activities. Each week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. From time to time, you will be directed or linked back to the Brightspace platform to take quizzes or submit essays. Your grades will still be recorded in the Brightspace grade center. Be sure to check on your progress during the semester. Professor Conway can always be reached by email a cconway@bmcc.cuny.edu
Discussion boards are the main forums for interaction in an online course. During semester, there will be seven discussion boards. They will take place on the odd-numbered weeks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. For each discussion, you most submit an original post of at least 150 words and a response to a colleague of at least 75 words. The weekly discussions can be accessed in two ways: through the main menu (above) or the page for the week in which the discussion takes place (side menu). Discussion Board Etiquette Please respond in full sentences in correct English (not in texting language). Please use upper and lower case. Disagreement with the opinions of others is fine–even encouraged—but please show respect for fellow classmates in your responses. Grading Details Class participation via the discussion board makes up a significant percentage of your overall grade (15%). To receive full credit (100%) for each discussion board: – Submit your first post by Friday of each week at the latest. This is worth 80% of the weekly grade. – Respond to the post of one other student by Sunday. This is worth 20% of the weekly grade. – Make sure your first post is at least 150 words in length. – Make sure your response to another student is at least 75 words. Comments such as “Nice post” or “I agree” are friendly but will not receive credit. – Make sure you post in the week in which the discussion was assigned. For example, post your Week 3 response during Week 3. A few other notes about discussion board grading – The highest grade an original post can receive if it is submitted on the weekend is 75% – Posts submitted as attachments will not be opened. – Discussion boards cannot be […]
Click here to create an account with Commonlit. This is a zero textbook course (ZTC), and many of the assignments will come from this interactive website. Please create your student account right away so that you do not miss any assignments. Your class code is: YALLV8M3
The High Cost of Plagiarism Plagiarism will be dealt with firmly. A student who plagiarizes will receive a permanent grade of zero (0) for the essay or discussion in question. All essays will be submitted through Turnitin, which features plagiarism detection capability. Suspected plagiarism, even if it passes the Turnitin detection function, will be turned over to the Student Life Manager for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity. If you hope to pass this class, do not plagiarize. Every student is required to view the short plagiarism video in order to have a complete understanding of what plagiarism is. This will preclude the excuse that anyone has “accidentally” plagiarized.
“It’s possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things—a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman’s earring—with immense, even startling power.” Apply this idea expressed by Raymond Carver in the Activity 1 reading to a story or poem we have read in this course (not a work by Carver). Include a quote from the story or poem that illustrates the power of “commonplace but precise language.” To submit your Week 13 post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 13” (example: John Hart Discussion 13). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 13 Discussion” (or whichever week is current). Never choose anything in the box that reads “Category Sticky.” Click for screenshot. 5. To add media (optional), click the “add media“ button in between the title box and the text box. Do not add the image directly to the media library. To get the image to show in the tile preview, go to “featured image > add featured image, in the lower right-hand side.” Click for screenshot. 6. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 7. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your […]
Essay Due Dates Essay 1: Due Sunday, Sun. Sunday, September 22 (See Week 2 for details). Essay 2: Due Sunday, October 13 (See Week 5 for details). Essay 3: Due Sunday, October 27 (See Week 6 for details). Essay 4: Due Sunday, November 24 (See Week 10 for details). Deadlines for revisions will be posted as essays are submitted.
