College application essays, note cards, research paper rough draft

I've graded about half of the college application or introduction to work essays and I will have the rest done before grades are turned in on Thursday. If you did not get full credit, you may revise it for a higher grade. There is a revision folder for it in Turnitin.com.

You should have turned in 20 note cards last week and an additional 20 note cards by Thursday of this week. I will accept them on Friday, but those won't be reflected in the midterm grades. See my update on Schoology for more information.

Next week you should begin writing your rough draft. The rough draft is due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29 on Turnitin. If you have some sort of computer meltdown at home that weekend, I will accept it by the end of class on Monday, Oct. 30. After that, rough drafts will not be accepted and you will not be allowed to turn in a final draft. If you don't turn in a final draft, you will not be allowed to present in March. You will also most likely fail the fall semester.

Therefore, the rough draft is the most important deadline you need to meet this semester, followed by the final draft on Dec.  4. It will take me two or three weeks to grade your rough drafts. During this time, we will return to the ERWC book and complete the Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page module.

Senior Project Letter of Intent

It's September. You should have chosen a topic for your Senior Project research paper and have a rough idea of what you will do for a 20-hour project. (This may evolve as you gain more knowledge.)

Your Letter of Intent is due on Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8. See the Senior Project Survival Guide (school website, Students, Senior Project) or the box at right or the Pathfinder book in class.

The class code for Turnitin is 1609406. The password (enrollment key) is period3.