Follow up and To Do Before Class on 9/13/2010

Hello all,


Hope you had a fun and restful Labor Day weekend. Also, thank you for completing your Brief Assignment One -- all of those who turned in work will receive feedback and grades over the next week via Raider Writer.

Now, moving forward ... although we did not meet this week, we will need to complete some reading for the course for discussion next class (Monday, 9/13/2010).

To make this simple, I’m going to simply list below what you should have done from last week (what would have been due if we had had class this week on Monday, 9/6/2010) and then what you should have prepared for class discussion on Monday, 9/13/2010. You will need to have all of this completed by our next class meeting. Please bring all books and materials to class on Monday, 9/13/2010:

For Week 2 (if we had met for class on Monday, 9/6/2010; all of this should have done last week and of course, then, should be completed by class time Monday, 9/13/2010):

By now, you should have:

• Purchased your textbook (“First Year Writing”)

• Logged into Bedford Student Center and completed the pre-semester diagnostic

• Completed Brief Assignment number one and uploaded to Raider Writer

• Read the “Course Policies” in your “First Year Writing” textbook

• Read the Bedford “Top Twenty” on the E-Handbook Site

TO DO THIS WEEK - For Week 3 (complete/read by class time on Monday, 9/13/2010):


• Read in Textbook - Ch. 1 Summary and Paraphrase p. 5-32


• Read E-Handbook Ch. 1 & 2; 14 f(2) & (3) (ON BEDFORD E-HANDBOOK SITE)


• Read DiYanni “Developing a College Vocabulary” (available from the BEDFORD E-HANDBOOK website – INSTRUCTION/CODE FOR ACCESSING THIS INFORMATION IS ATTACHED HERE: HOW TO LOCATE READINGS FOR WEEK 2/3 in BEDFORD AND POSTED ON HTTP://TRAUTHWRITING.BLOGSPOT.COM

Again, in order to be prepared for our next class, you’ll need to complete the items above and bring all materials to class. If you have any questions, please email me or consult a classmate. Please make sure to read through ALL attached material before emailing to ask for codes, etc. I am also available for office hours this week on Thursday from 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. in ENGL 424.

Thanks, and see you all next week (Monday, 9/13/2010).

- E. Trauth