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Tutorials

Technology 101 | Welcome New Freshman | Writing Tips FAQ  

Grammar

Nouns and Pronouns | Verbs | Commas | Possessive Case | Semicolons and Colons | Subject Verb Agreement | Run On_Fused_Fragmented Sentences | Misc Grammar

Sample Grammar Exam | The Very, Very, Large GrammarWriting Handout 

Grammar Girl Podcast | Shitty First Drafts Writing Blog | Purdue OWL | Dr. Kinsella's Punctuation Course

Writing

Process Analysis | Annotation | Citation | Developing A Thesis | Outlines | Paragraphs | Rough Drafts | Critical Thinking, Logical Fallacies, and Bias | Argumentation

Handouts

Banned Source List | In-Text Citation Cheat Sheet | Library Presentation | MLA 7 Guide | Peer Review Day | Final Paper Secondary Source Bibliography Spring 2012

Assignments

Class Leadership | Citation Practice | Potential Grammar Exam Questions Assignment | Process Analysis Paper | Reflections On Writing Paper | Argumentation Paper | Term Paper Spring 2012 | Presentations Spring 2012

Announcements

• 5-6: Stop Clubbing, Baby Seals http://eng101wwend.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/53406055/stopclubbing.jpg 

• 5-5: Thinking about transferring? Here are some tips from Hack College http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2012/04/05/transferring-to-a-university-from-a-community-college.html 

• 5-2: Ever feel the need to text Professor Wend a question? Well, now you can at his Google Voice #609 488-4483 Please mention who you are in the text!
  

• 4-26: The TEC Library is pleased to announce its end of term extended hours.  On these dates Tuesday (5/1), Wednesday (5/2), Thursday (5/3), Monday (5/7), Tuesday (5/8) and Wednesday (5/9) the TEC Library will open at 7 am and stay open until 10 pm.  

• 4-25: The presentations page is now updated.

• 4-25: REMEMBER-You should be sending me a brief summary of what your term paper topic will be along with your argumentation paper (just put it in the body if you want...do NOT put it in the argumentation paper). 

• 4-22: Adderall and Ritalin prescriptions to our troops have gone up 1,000% http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/why-are-we-drugging-our-soldiers.htm?_r=1 

• 4-21: Argumentation related-The term "breaking news" is meaningless http://mobile.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/04/cable_tv_and_the_internet_have_destroyed_the_meaning_of_breaking_news_.html 

• 4-20: Your term paper page is updated. 
  

• 4-16: Students doing the "food issues" topic, are you following the "pink smile" debate? http://www.app.com/article/20120409/NJLIFE07/304090024 

• 4-15: This week is LGBT Awareness week at BCC http://staff.bcc.edu/student_activities/PDF/LGBT2012Schedule.pdf 

• 4-14: If you are interested in taking eng102 with me online, I am teaching 102-173 in the fall...
  

• 4-14: When sending me a paper, please start a new email. Do not just reply to quiz/citation practice/etc.  

• 4-14: Remember-The book drive is still going on until Wednesday. Look for the box at the first floor of Laurel Hall, by Public Safety and my office in Parker, and my the coffee shop in Academic.  

• 4-14: Monday/Tuesday we will group by "issue" first to discuss argumentation paper topics.  

• 4-8: A few potential secondary sources for the "Food Issues" http://www.alternet.org/food/154752/owning_pigs_a_felony_in_michigan_big_ag-inspired_law_targets_small_farms + http://www.alternet.org/food/154855/Monsanto_Threatens_to_Sue_Vermont_if_Legislators_Pass_a_Bill_Requiring_GMO_Food_to_Be_Labeled/ 

• 4-8: Four study tips from HackCollege http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2012/4/7/4-unique-study-tips.html 

• 4-5: Encyclopedia Britannica is shutting down its print version http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/encyclopedia_britannica_to_shut_down_print_operations/ 

• 4-4: Dress For Success is coming up next week http://staff.bcc.edu/careerservices/?pg=dressforsuccess 

• 3-31: Your run on sentence quiz has been graded. The answers are various answers, no error, fused, fused, comma splice, no error, no error, no error, sentence, fragment.
  

• 3-30: Your second grammar refresher has been graded. The answers were her/she/him, her, they/his, subject, subject, object, who, me, and the final two had a few potentially correct variations.  

• 3-28: My 102 classes for next semester are 102-103 (Pemberton TT 8am-920am) and 102-308 (Mt. Laurel 930am-1050am). My LIT207 (English Literature I is lit207-300 (M 8am-1030am Mt. Laurel). There is also a summer version of the class.  

• 3-24: Do any of you use your Google Docs accounts to collaborate on notes? http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/3/31/use-google-docs-to-tag-team-class-note-taking.html 

• 3-23: Your subject/verb agreement quiz has been graded. The answers were: believes, is, is, is, vary, is, makes, has, is plays. Students who scored below a 7/10 will receive an email.  
• 3-20: Six writing tips from John Steinbeck http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/6-writing-tips-from-john-steinbeck/254351/ 
• 3-18: Purdue OWL on MLA formatting for papers http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ 
• 3-15: Your semicolons/colon quiz has been graded. The answers were: comma, comma, semicolon, semicolon, comma, comma, colon, semicolon, comma, comma. As we discussed in class, I will be emailing students who scored below a 7/10. 
  
• 3-15: Students writing their paper about The Case For Short Words will be interested in this article about Strunk & White http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2011/11/03/going-short/ 
• 3-11: Did you know that Google has a search engine education page with lesson plans? https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/ 
• 3-10: Here is the article by the AHA's president about Wikipedia: http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2012/1202/Scholarly-Authority-in-a-Wikified-World.cfm
• 3-10: How to Cite a Tweet http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_a_tweet 
• 3-10: The Growing Allure of Community Colleges http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/27/younger-wealthier-students-pick-community-college-bringing-expectations 
• 3-5: I have updated the due dates for the citation practice essay. 
• 2-25: Some weekend reading about Wikipedia http://www.dighist.org/2012/01/wikipedia-and-its-place-in-the-field-of-history/ 
• 2-23: Punctuation Saves Lives http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-saves-lives/ 
• 2-20: A favor-When submitting rough drafts, please start a new email. Do not reply to a previous quiz.  
• 2-19: If you are interested, I am teaching lit207-400 (English Literature I) this summer.  
• 2-15: A preview of next week's lecture on semicolons http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon 
• 2-15: Folks, I think I have solved the issues I had with the .pages format. If you have a Mac, feel free to submit your first paper in that format and I will see if I have fixed this problem.  
• 2-10: I have added the library assessment we will be completing to our syllabus. 
• 2-10: The second annual Dress for Success Fashion Show is taking place on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Mt. Laurel campus. Twenty students (10 men and 10 women) will be chosen to model professional business attire. These models will receive free business makeovers, including one professional suit along with a haircut and style. If you are interested in becoming one of the 20 student models, please complete this application by March 1, 2012 : http://staff.bcc.edu/careerservices/?pg=dress 
• 2-6: I have edited our process analysis paper rubric to add a bit of clarity to a few aspects. A few students questioned prompted this; hopefully this is helpful for everyone.  
• 2-5: Extension reminders and our tentative final exam week meeting day/time are now on the syllabus.  

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