Summer 1A 2016

1. EWRT 1A: Class 1

2. Agenda
The Course Description
and Details
• What is a Hybrid Class?
• Syllabus
• Green Sheet
• Website
• Kaizena
Writing
The Argument essay

3. What is a Hybrid Class?
 A hybrid class meets both in the classroom
and electronically. For this course, it means
that we will meet twice a week for 2 hours
and 15 minutes, and that you will complete
the remaining four hours and thirty minutes
of this five unit course on your own, via
presentations on the website. We will not
meet together; rather, you will simply go to
the online presentations and work through
them on your own. I will answer questions
by email.
 This work must be completed and posted
on our class website before our next live
class.

4. The Green Sheet:
What you will find here
 Course Requirements
 Assignments and
values
 Participation
 Required Materials
 Books
 Computer Access
 One Bluebook
 Class Policies
 Plagiarism
 Conduct and Courtesy
 The Class Website
 How to sign up for an
account
 How to post your
homework.

5. Texts and Required Materials:
 Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R.
Cooper, The St. Martin’s Guide
to Writing 8th Edition
 Suzanne Collins. The Hunger
Games.
 A large blue book for in-class
essay #1.

6. Requirements:
 Active participation in class discussions and regular
attendance. You will earn real points for your participation in
activities.
 Regular participation on the online portion of this class
(50%).
 Keeping up-to-date on the assignments and reading.
 Formal writing: One in-class essay, Three out of class
essays.
 A series of homework posts to the class website
 Reading quizzes, and in-class assignments.

7. Grading

8. Class Policies

9. Writing Submissions
 Kaizena allows me to respond to your essay with both voice and written comments
and to insert helpful links.
 Create your account. Go to Kaizena.com or simply use the link on our class website
home page. Click “Sign up.” Choose “Student.” Enter your group code (you can find
this on the right side of the website or in the slideshow directions for how to use
Kaizena.
 Files are added to Conversations in Kaizena. To add a file to a conversation, click the
"Add File" button.
 Next, choose to add a file from Google Drive or to upload a file from your
computer. Use the box that pops up to find your file. When you find your file, click it;
next, click "Select" (for a Google Docs file) or open (for an uploaded file). The file will
be added to your conversation.
 If you experience formatting errors when you upload a Word file, try saving the file as
a PDF, and uploading it again.
 Once I have graded your paper, you can access it by going to the “conversations” link
in Kaizena.
 Click on the highlighted sections of the paper to find both audio and written comments
concerning your essay or links to materials that will help you improve your writing.
All out of class essays are to be submitted to me electronically
before the due date.

10. Attendance:
Success in this course depends on regular attendance
and active participation. Participation points will be part of
our daily activities. If you are not in class, you cannot earn
these points. You should save absences for emergencies,
work conflicts, weddings, jury duty, or any other issues
that might arise in your life.
It is your responsibility to talk to me your absences or
other conflicts. Work done in class cannot be made up.
Also, please arrive on time, as you will not be able to
make up work completed before you arrive, including
quizzes.

11.  Late Work: I do not accept
late work. You may receive
an extension if you have an
unavoidable and excusable
reason, with documentation
from a medical professional
or another legal authority.
Because of the short
summer schedule, you
cannot afford to get behind.

12. Conduct, Courtesy, and Electronic Devices:
 Please speak freely and candidly; however, while your thoughts and
ideas are important to me and to the dynamics of the class, you must
also respect others and their opinions. Courtesy will allow each
person to have the opportunity to express his or her ideas in a
comfortable environment.
 Courtesy includes but is not limited to politely listening to others when
they contribute to class discussions or while they give presentations,
not slamming the classroom door or walking in front of classmates
giving presentations if you do arrive late, and maintaining a positive
learning environment for your fellow classmates. To help maintain a
positive learning environment, please focus on the work assigned,
turn off all cell phones and IPods before class, and do not text-
message in class. If your behavior becomes disruptive to the learning
environment of the class, you may be asked to leave and/or be
marked absent.

13. Academic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism includes quoting or paraphrasing
material without documentation and copying from
other students or professionals. Intentional
plagiarism is a grave offense; the resulting
response will be distasteful. Depending upon the
severity, instances of plagiarism may result in a
failing grade for the paper or the course and
possible administrative action. All assignments will
be scanned and scrutinized for academic
dishonesty. Please refer to your handbook for
more information regarding plagiarism.

14. The Syllabus

15. Syllabus
 The syllabus is a tentative schedule.
 It may be revised during the quarter.
 Use it to determine how to prepare for class.
Week and
Days
 
Homework due
before the next
class  
Project Title
What we
will do 
in class 

16. Our class website is https://palmoreewrt1as.wordpress.com/In
order to do the homework, you must establish an account. To make
your own FREE Word Press account, go to Wordpress.com. The
system will walk you through the steps to set up your own user-
friendly Word Press blog. Alternatively, you can sign into our website
through Facebook.
If you prefer not to use your own name, you may use a pseudonym.
Just make sure you sign in with YOUR Word Press username before
you post on our class page so you get credit for your work. Please
email me your username once you have established which
account you shall use for the quarter.
If you cannot establish your website and username, please see me
as soon as possible, and I will help you with the process. Much of our
work will take place online, so establishing this connection is
mandatory.
http://ewrt1ashungergames.wordpress.com/

17. www.wordpress.com
Click Here

18. Name your blog here
Then
Click
here!
Then follow the rest of the simple steps to create your own blog and
username. Remember, you post your homework on our class
webpage—not on yours!

19. Fill in your
email,
username
and
password
Then click here

21. To activate your account, simply go to your email and click
the link that wordpress will send you

22. One last detail: You can download the iOS
or Android app if you plan to use the
website on your phone!

23.  Class presentations
 The online presentation
portion of the class.
 Essay Assignments
 The Green Sheet
 The Syllabus (The Daily Plan)
• Some Reading Assignments
• Writing Tips
• Helpful Links
• Your Daily Homework Assignment
(which is where you post your
homework.)

24. Posting Online Course Work
and Homework
 On the front page of the website, you will find the
course work and homework post after each class.
 Below that post on the right, are the words “Leave a
comment.”
 Copy and paste your work into the box.
 Click there and a comment box will open. Post your
work in the comment box and click “Post Comment.”

25. Online Course Work
 This class is held 50% live and 50% online. This means
you will be responsible to cover half of the classes in
this course on your own.
 You will have written work associated with each online
lesson.
 To get credit for the online lesson, you must post your
work before the live class meets the next time.

26. Homework
There is writing homework
everyday in this class. This is both
to help you think about your
reading and to help you produce
ideas for your essays.
In order to earn an A on your
homework, you must do the
following:
• Complete all of the posts.
• Post them on time.
• Be thoughtful in your responses.

27. Suggestions
 Your homework for this class is worth 150 points because it requires
significant work. Take this part of the course very seriously. It is easy
to skip a few assignments, and then a few more, but failing the
homework section of this class will be detrimental to your grade.
 Make a word document for your homework. Write the assigned work
there. Date it and record the post #. Revise and edit before you post.
Post your homework in a timely manner. This will keep you on track
by reminding you of how many you have done or missed.
 At the end of the quarter, I will ask you to assess your work, so make
sure you stay on top of what you have accomplished!

28. Is this class
too hard?
Is this class
History 10?
Will I be the
teacher’s
favorite?

30. You are headed into the woods for several
weeks. The possibility that you will encounter
carnivores, bad water, rough terrain, weather,
insects, and poison ivy is very real. You are
wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and tennis shoes. You
have an empty daypack. From the lists on the
next slides, choose which additional items you
would take with you on your trip. Note in detail
why you would choose these items.

31.  Group 1 (Choose 2)
 Blanket (one wool double)
 Sleeping Bag (one single,
nylon and down)
 Two extra pair of socks
(wool)
 A rain coat (yellow)
 Reflective heat jacket
 Hiking boots (water proof)
 Group 2 (Choose 1)
 Waterproof matches (one
box of 20)
 An empty container/bottle
(One gallon-plastic)
 Rope (25 feet)
 Tarp (8x10)
 Iodine Tablets (one jar of 20)

32.  Group 3 (Choose 1)
 Bow & Arrows (6)
 Small Knife (6” blade)
 A large heavy sword (2.5
feet, 10 lbs.)
 A hammer (common
household type)
 A fishing line & hook (100
feet of line and 3 hooks)
 Group 4 (Choose 1)
 A box of crackers (16 oz.)
 A package of beef jerky (16
oz.)
 A bottle of water (one
gallon)
 A package of cheese (16
oz.)
 A bag of apples (10 small
apples)

33.  After you finish choosing your items, get into groups of
three or four and discuss your choices. Explain your
reasons for choosing your supplies to the other people
in your group. It will behoove you to argue vigorously
so you all understand the benefits of each item. When
you have all settled on your final lists, make a list for
yourself of what each person in your group is taking
with him or her.

34. Write an essay arguing for the supplies you have chosen
to take with you into the wild. Present the issue to
readers, and develop an argument for the purpose of
confirming, challenging, or changing your readers’ views
on which supplies are the most important for survival.
Your final essay should be around 500 words. You don’t
need outside sources for this essay.
Essay #1: The argument essay: an in-
class writing exam

35. Introduction and
Thesis
 Focus your presentation of the issue: Your introduction
should explain to the reader both the situation you face and
why you have limited resources.
 Thesis: Compose a thesis that makes your position
unambiguous, appropriately qualified, and clearly arguable.
(Your thesis will likely be near the end of your introduction).

36. Body Paragraphs
 Paragraph one: topic sentence supporting your first item.
 Give reasons for your choice and support them with examples,
scenarios, or anecdotes.
 Paragraph two: topic sentence supporting your second item.
 Give reasons for your choice and support them with
examples, scenarios, or anecdotes.
 Additional Paragraphs: Repeat using the same or similar
strategies

37. Counterargument:
 Write a counterargument that addresses why you wouldn’t take the
items the other people in your group think are very important. You
should address specific tools others in your group chose to take. You
may do this in each body paragraph as you argue for your choice, or
you may do it as a separate paragraph after you finish arguing for
your tools.
 For example, you might start by writing, “while some people might
prefer a sleeping bag, I found it to be a poor choice compared to the
blanket.” Then you can explain why.

38. Conclusion:
 If your adventure is over, describe how it ended and how you have
recovered, suffered, or benefitted from it.
OR
 If the adventure is ongoing, consider predicting your future in the
wild.
 What are you chances of success?
 What do you see as your biggest challenge?
 How might you fail?

39. Homework
 Buy/Order: The Hunger Games and
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing.
 Establish Gmail account
 Make your Word Press Website
username
 Post #1: Your essay outline with a
thesis
 Bring a hard copy of your outline, a
pen, and a blue book to our next
face to face class and be prepared
to take in-class essay test #1.