class 1

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
Outlining
 Thesis
 Topic Sentences
 Counterargument
The Online Class

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 once a week for 2 hours and 15
minutes, and that you will complete the
remaining 2 hours and 15 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. These presentations must be
completed in a timely manner each week.

4.  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.)

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Your grades will be
available via canvas

10. Class Policies

11. 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.

12. 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.

13.  Late Work: I do not accept
late work. I do, however,
extend an opportunity to
revise one essay for a better
grade. If you miss an essay
due date, you may submit that
essay when the revisions are
due. This does disqualify you
from revising another essay.
Revised essays receive no
feedback.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. The Syllabus

17. 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
 Project Title
What we
will do 
in class 
Online Class! You must complete the online class each
week in addition to our face to face meeting and
homework!

18. Our class website is
https://palmoreewrt1athehungergameshybrid.wordpress.com/
You may sign on directly using this URL or you may access the website
through our canvas site.
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.
https://palmoreewrt1athehungergameshybrid.wordpress.com/

19. www.wordpress.com
Click Here

20. 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!

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

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

24. Homework
There is writing homework for
each class meeting, the face to
face and the online portion. 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
• See the assignments sheet for grading
details.

25. Homework is due:
 Tuesday’s Class
 Face to face class homework is due before 9:30 am on
Fridays.
 Online Homework is due before 7:30 am on Mondays.
 Thursday’s Class
 Face to face class homework is due before 9:30 am on
Sundays.
 Online Homework is due before 7:30 am on
Wednesdays.

26. 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.”

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.
 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.

40. When you finish your homework for class #1:
 Do your online class: presentation
2
 Finish the in-class work
 Do and post the homework on the
front of the website, under
homework slide #2
 The homework from the live
class is due 72 hours after our
class ends. The work from the
hybrid class is due 24 hours
before our next face to face
class.