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Session 13 12/14 | **FINAL EXAM WEEK (12/14 - 12/16)** Help with the Final Exam -- due Wed. 12/16 (11:59 pm) |
Session 12 12/1 | **WEEK 12 (12/3-12/11)** Pls. send your completed Full Draft / Milestone #2 as an attachment to eng101.lagcc@gmail.com This guide will let you start reviewing for Final Exam Essay which must be written between MON. 12/14 (NOON) and WED. 12/16 (11:59 pm)Similar to the Essay Map for the Midterm, this handout can help you think about the 'shape' of your Final ExamThis is the last chapter from a novel on The World's Fair -- the main character is a 10-year-old boy who visits the Fair with his family. You can use this reading for the Final Exam question on the World's FairOn Google Forms, GRADED DUE FRI. 12/11Links to a 'World's Fair' in 2010 -- The Shanghai Expo: |
Session 11 11/24 | **WEEK 11 (11/24 - 12/3)** Pls. send your completed Full Draft / Milestone #2 as an attachment to eng101.lagcc@gmail.com This short guide will help you organize your writing for Essay #3. This is another example of a completed Essay 3 for you to look at to understand what a finished draft looks like.Work through these questions to analyze a 2nd sample short research paper on the World's Fair. This is the main reading for this week -- on how different authors -- mostly scientists -- respond to the question of how the Internet affects their attention span, memory and thinking?GRADED DUE TUE. 12/3 |
Session 10 11/17 | **WEEK 10 (11/17-11/24)** Pls. send your completed Milestone #1 as an attachment to eng101.lagcc@gmail.com This is an example of a completed Essay 3 for you to look at to understand what a finished draft looks like. BY LOOKING AT P. 1 ONLY AND THE WORKS CITED PAGE, THIS SAMPLE PAPER CAN ALSO HELP YOU COMPLETE MILESTONE #1, WHICH IS DUE THIS WEEK.GRADED DUE TUE. 11/24 (11:59 pm)View this short video to understand Nicholas Carr's main argument about the effects of the Internet (and social media) on the way we think and rememberThis is the main reading for this week -- on how using the Internet is affecting our attention span and memoryGRADED DUE TUE. 11/24 (11:59 pm) |
Session 9 11/10 | **WEEK 9 (11/10 - 11/17)** On Google Forms, GRADED DUE TUE. 11/17 (11:59 pm)These are in the Course Pack pp. 175-185. Choose one that fits your topic for Essay 3. The Screencast walks you through these materials.This PDF shows you some ideas on writing better introductions for Research Papers, which will help you understand Essay 3, Milestone #1.The Screencast walks you through this material.Pls. send your completed Milestone #1 as an attachment to eng101.lagcc@gmail.com Use 2 of these photos as part of your Essay #3 -- Exploring a New York World's FairSuburbia and Consumerism (Use these 2 sources for Topic 2 on Essay 3.) This animated film shows off some of the problems of American suburbia and a consumer lifestyle on which it is based.This is the main reading for this week -- on another exhibit in the 1939 New York World's Fair, called Democracity (inside the 600-foot wide Perisphere) which showed how future American cities would be designed -- with people living in suburbs and driving in cars on highways to work. This short article points out some of the problem with American suburbia. You can use this if you write on Topic 2 for Essay 3.On Google Forms, GRADED DUE TUE. 11/17 (11:59 pm) |