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.
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Welcome to Week 13 of our online course. This week we will be reading “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by American writer Flannery O’Connor, along with her essay about the theological pinnings of her approach to writing.
Welcome to Week 11 of our online course. This week we will finish reading Oedipus the King and enlarge our discussion of the play. Be sure to complete Quiz 7 by midnight, Sunday, Nov. 23rd.
Welcome to Week 10 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to interesting class conversations as we examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about self-determination and fate. There is no quiz this week.
Welcome to Week 9 of our course. This week we will continue our exploration of fairy tales and then pause to review the requirements for the final research paper. There is no quiz this week.
Welcome to Week 7. This week we will continue our segment on poetry, exploring lyric, dramatic, and narrative poems. There is no class on Monday. We will meet on Wednesday. While Friday follows a Monday schedule, we will not be having class as I am unable to attend. Quiz 6 on Poetry is due Sunday, October 26. J
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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.
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.
Quiz 1: Tues 8/26 – Sunday, 8/31 Course Info (See Short Week for details). Quiz 2: Monday, 9/1 – Sunday 9/7 Thesis Statements (See Week 1 for details). Quiz 3: Monday, 9/8 – Sunday, 9/14 Formatting and Incorporating Quotations (See Week 2 for details). Quiz 4: Monday, 9/15 – Sunday, 9/21 Sentence Structure See Week 3 for details. Quiz 5: Monday 9/22 – Sunday, 9/28 Figurative Language See Week 4 for details. Quiz 6: Monday 10/6 – Sunday 10/12 Poetry (See Week 6 for details). Quiz 7: Monday 10/20 – Sunday 11/2 Ancient Greek Theater (See Week 8 for details). Midterm – Monday 10/27 – Sunday 11/2 See Week 9 for details Final Quiz – Monday, 12/15 – Thursday 12/18 Note: Quizzes cannot be made up. Students have an entire week in which to complete each quiz.
Essay Due Dates Essay 1: Due Sunday, Sunday, September 21 (See Week 2 for details). Essay 2: Due Sunday, October 12 (See Week 6 for details). Essay 3: Due Sunday, November 2 (See Week 7 for details). Essay 4: Due Sunday, November 23 (See Week 12 for details). Deadlines for revisions will be posted as essays are submitted.
How to View Instructor Comments on Written Work It is very important that you review instructor comments on your graded essays. This way you can correct errors and do better on future essays. To see your grades, navigate back to your Brightspace course and follow these steps: On the Brightspace homepage, click “Assessment” on the blue navigation bar at the top of the screen. On the dropdown menu, click “Grades.” Click the name of the essay you want to see. When the essay appears, look on the right of your screen. Click the icon that looks like a pencil on a piece of paper. My comments and a link to the grading rubric will appear. See the screenshot for an illustrated directions. How to Check Quiz Answers On the Brightspace homepage, click “Activities” on the blue navigation bar at the top of the screen. Choose the quiz you want to check on from the list of quizzes. Click on “Attempt.”
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A Message from the Writing Center The Writing Center supports writing across the curriculum by working with students and faculty to maximize the effectiveness of writing projects and student awareness of best practices. We work with all students who have writing projects, including those from the Social Sciences, Critical Thinking, and Writing Intensive courses. If you need help with your essays, please do take advantage of this free service. The Center offers many workshops that address various types of writing assignments that are relevant to this course. Or download the schedule here. Email: writingcenter@bmcc.cuny.edu Telephone: 212 220-1384 Make an appointment at http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/writingcenter/ or walk into the office in room S-510 on the Main Campus or call (212) 220-1384 during our business hours to make an appointment. How To Access Online Tutoring? 1. Students can use their current BMCC username and password to log in to Upswing from any internet enabled device from the Online Tutoring website (https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/students/lrc/online-tutoring/): 2. To access online tutoring: Step 1: Go to https://bmcc.upswing.io/ and click on Log in Now. Step 2: Enter your BMCC Username and Password. Step 3: Select Meet with a Tutor. Step 4: Search for the subject or class you need help with. Step 5: Schedule a session with a certified BMCC tutor. Step 6: Click Go to Room on the tutoring section of your profile and get to it! Click here to Access In-Person Tutoring Schedule. Click here for Orientation Sessions.
Help with Sentence Structure Run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments are the most common errors in essays. Please review the quick guide below for correcting these mistakes in sentence structure. For correcting run-on sentences and comma splices, review this PDF file. Try these sentence structure exercises. Scroll down to see them. For correcting sentence fragments, click this link for a short video. Sentence Structure and Grammar Exercises Click this link to access the OWL at Purdue Writing Center “Sentence Structure” Page. On the navigation panel on the left of the screen, you can choose from a number of lessons and practice exercises.
