This course is a 6-week intensive, in-person course, which runs from Tuesday, May 30, through Tuesday, July 11. Be aware that you will be completing the equivalent of a 16-week course in six short weeks. Our class meets from 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. in Room 1203 in the Fiterman building. […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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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 […]
Essay Due Dates Paragraph Writing Assignment due: Sunday, June 4 (See Week 1 for details and submission link). Essay First Draft due: Sunday, June 11 (See Week 2 for details and submission link). Essay Second Draft due: Wednesday, June 21 (See Week 3 for details and submission link). Essay Final Draft […]
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 Blackboard course and follow these steps: Navigate to Essay […]
BMCC Grading System A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F 93 – 100 90 – 92 87 – 89 83 – 86 80 – 82 77 – 79 73 – 76 70 – 72 67 – 69 63 – 66 60 – 62
All quizzes (except for final) must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday of each week. Quiz 1: Thesis Statements – Due Sunday, 6/4 Quiz 2: Literary Terms – Due Sunday, 6/11 Quiz 3: Format – Due Sunday 6/18 Quiz 4: Ancient Greek Theater – Due 8/14 Final Quiz: Due […]
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 […]
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. For correcting sentence fragments, click this link for a short video. Sentence […]
