Click here to download the assignment handout for the process essay.
Click here to download a formatting instructions for the process essay.
These handouts are in Microsoft Word format. If you have trouble accessing them from home, you will be able to open them from the computer lab on campus.
Friday, March 3, the rough draft of the process paper is due. This should be uploaded to MyCompLab.
Friday, March 10, the final draft of the process paper is due. This should be uploaded to MyCompLab as well as printed out in hard copy form.
Friday, March 10, rough drafts of the research paper outline and the research paper works cited page are also due. These will not be uploaded. They will be submitted in hard copy form only.
I will be out of town for a conference March 8-11. You will still be able to spend class time working in the computer lab, however.
I will leave a box sitting in front of my office door (113 Academic Support). Assignments due by Friday, March 10 may be left there at any point during the week of March 6-10.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Works Cited Pages
Most of the samples you will need to follow for you works cited pages are in your research guide. There are also samples in the Harbrace handbook and in MyCompLab. Remember to follow the MLA samples in all cases.
Click the links below for a few more samples that will be useful.
Citing sources from Ebsco and Newsbank
Citing radio broadcasts from Newsbank
Click the links below for a few more samples that will be useful.
Citing sources from Ebsco and Newsbank
Citing radio broadcasts from Newsbank
Monday, January 23, 2006
Katrina Aid for JC Students
The Financial Aid Office is currently accepting applications for Federal Hurricane Disaster Relief. The application requires a detailed statement of any losses resulting from the hurricane and documentation to substantiate all claims. Students must have completed a 2005-2006 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to apply. Contact the Financial Aid Office for the application.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Spring 2006
Welcome to the spring semester, 2006. Our class schedules are back to normal now, and I hope most of your homes and lives are back to normal (or at least getting close).
I hope to use this blog more this semester than I did in the "Katrina fall," so check here regularly for class notes and tips and general annoucements.
For now, click the links below to get your class syllabus.
Composition 2
World Literature
I hope to use this blog more this semester than I did in the "Katrina fall," so check here regularly for class notes and tips and general annoucements.
For now, click the links below to get your class syllabus.
Composition 2
World Literature
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Welcome!
Welcome to JCJC if you are a new student. Welcome back if you've been around a while. Class announcements and helpful tips will be posted on this page from time to time, so keep checking back.
For now, we just need to make sure everyone has accessed the course syllabus.
Composition 1
World Literature
I look forward to working with each of you. Drop by my office or call or email any time if you have questions or feel like you need a little extra help. I'll be glad to see you.
For now, we just need to make sure everyone has accessed the course syllabus.
Composition 1
World Literature
I look forward to working with each of you. Drop by my office or call or email any time if you have questions or feel like you need a little extra help. I'll be glad to see you.
Monday, April 18, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
Poetry Links
The next assignment in comp 2 is a poetry response paper. For this, you need to pick out either a contemporary poem or song lyrics that you like and think you can make a point about.
Here are some links to places that places that provide good, contemporary poetry online:
Poetry Daily
Academy of American Poets
Poetry Magazine
Poetry 180
The Internet Poetry Archive
Browse around until you find something you like, then print it out and bring it to class. Enjoy!
Here are some links to places that places that provide good, contemporary poetry online:
Poetry Daily
Academy of American Poets
Poetry Magazine
Poetry 180
The Internet Poetry Archive
Browse around until you find something you like, then print it out and bring it to class. Enjoy!
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Lead-in Verbs
Remember to vary your lead-ins to your sources. Also remember to always attribute information to your sources both in the wording of your sentences and in the parenthetical citations. Never stick quotes in a paper without telling where they came from. Although the citations are necessary, they are not enough. You must also blend the quotes into the paper by using proper transitions or introductions.
For a list of lead-in verbs, look on page 591 in the Harbrace book. You can also find suggested lead-in verbs here or here. These will help you properly attribute your information to your sources without repeating "says, says, says" over and over or "according to, according to, according to."
For a list of lead-in verbs, look on page 591 in the Harbrace book. You can also find suggested lead-in verbs here or here. These will help you properly attribute your information to your sources without repeating "says, says, says" over and over or "according to, according to, according to."
Monday, March 28, 2005
Research Checklist
Research papers are due April 11 for Monday/Wednesday/Friday classes and April 12 for Tuesday/Thursday classes.
Before turning in the paper, go through this checklist to be sure everything is in order.
Before turning in the paper, go through this checklist to be sure everything is in order.
Conferences
All comp 2 students need to have an individual conference with me during the week of April 4-8. The conferences will take place in my office, 113 Academic Support.
Bring a copy of your completed research paper rough draft with you along with your sources and your corrected works cited page. Be prepared to ask specific questions about your paper.
Appointment schedules will be posted outside my office door after Wednesday, March 30.
Failure to attend the conference will count as one absence from class.
Bring a copy of your completed research paper rough draft with you along with your sources and your corrected works cited page. Be prepared to ask specific questions about your paper.
Appointment schedules will be posted outside my office door after Wednesday, March 30.
Failure to attend the conference will count as one absence from class.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Typing Outlines
If you want to avoid that thing Microsoft Word does when it messes up your outlines as you are typing them by trying to format them for you, follow these steps:
1) Go toTools.
2) Click AutoCorrect.
3) Click AutoFormat as you type.
4) Click off the check mark next to automatic numbered lists.
5) Click OK.
That should do it. If it doesn't, go back into AutoCorrect and turn off ten or twelve more things while you yell at the computer. :)
1) Go toTools.
2) Click AutoCorrect.
3) Click AutoFormat as you type.
4) Click off the check mark next to automatic numbered lists.
5) Click OK.
That should do it. If it doesn't, go back into AutoCorrect and turn off ten or twelve more things while you yell at the computer. :)
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Citing Radio Transcripts
Here's a sample MLA citation for a transcript of a radio broadcast found in Newsbank.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Acceptable Paraphrases
Corning Community College offers tips on correct paraphrasing.
Paraphrasing is one of the most likely places that accidental plagiarsim might occur. Be very careful to learn how to correctly use your sources.
Paraphrasing is one of the most likely places that accidental plagiarsim might occur. Be very careful to learn how to correctly use your sources.
Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism.org has a good handout on various types of plagiarism.
Remember that plagiarism can be either intentional or unintentional. While deliberate plagiarism is a greater crime, even accidental plagiarism is a big problem and can cause anything from failure in school to legal trouble.
Remember that plagiarism can be either intentional or unintentional. While deliberate plagiarism is a greater crime, even accidental plagiarism is a big problem and can cause anything from failure in school to legal trouble.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Citing Sources from Ebsco and Newsbank
If you've lost your copy of the Ebsco handout, it is posted online here.
All other samples should be in your research book. Make sure you stick to the MLA chapters, however. If you are looking in the APA chapters, you will do the whole thing incorrectly.
If you have a source that you cannot find in your textbook, ask me about it. I'll look it up for you in the MLA Handbook.
Never, ever try to make it up or guess. As many papers as I've done in MLA format myself, I still ALWAYS look up how to cite it before I put it on a works cited page. That's what the book is for. You aren't expected to memorize citation formats. You're just expected to follow the examples in the book.
All other samples should be in your research book. Make sure you stick to the MLA chapters, however. If you are looking in the APA chapters, you will do the whole thing incorrectly.
If you have a source that you cannot find in your textbook, ask me about it. I'll look it up for you in the MLA Handbook.
Never, ever try to make it up or guess. As many papers as I've done in MLA format myself, I still ALWAYS look up how to cite it before I put it on a works cited page. That's what the book is for. You aren't expected to memorize citation formats. You're just expected to follow the examples in the book.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Opposing Viewpoints
Comp 2 students--
Our library subscribes to a series of books called Opposing Viewpoints. The books divide general topics, like gun control and civil rights, into a compilation of articles on opposite sides of the issue. Students often use these books for research papers. In fact, they are so popular that it's often difficult to actually find them on the shelf during research paper season.
Now the Opposing Viewpoints company is providing many of the same articles online, and we have access to those articles through MELO.
To get to the Opposing Viewpoints articles, go to this page and type in the same password that gets you into Magnolia and NewsBank. Hit proceed, then at the bottom of the next page, click on Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
Because we are doing current events topics, you may not find an Opposing Viewpoints subject that directly corresponds to your research paper. However, you might find some articles you can use anyway as background information. It's worth a look.
Our library subscribes to a series of books called Opposing Viewpoints. The books divide general topics, like gun control and civil rights, into a compilation of articles on opposite sides of the issue. Students often use these books for research papers. In fact, they are so popular that it's often difficult to actually find them on the shelf during research paper season.
Now the Opposing Viewpoints company is providing many of the same articles online, and we have access to those articles through MELO.
To get to the Opposing Viewpoints articles, go to this page and type in the same password that gets you into Magnolia and NewsBank. Hit proceed, then at the bottom of the next page, click on Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
Because we are doing current events topics, you may not find an Opposing Viewpoints subject that directly corresponds to your research paper. However, you might find some articles you can use anyway as background information. It's worth a look.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Google News
Comp. 2 students--
Because we are doing current event topics for the research papers, a good idea for keeping up to date with your topic is to go to Google News and sign up for News Alerts.
Because we are doing current event topics for the research papers, a good idea for keeping up to date with your topic is to go to Google News and sign up for News Alerts.
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