Download Week 11 - Mt. Hood Community College

WR080.01
Winter 2011
Course Outline & Schedule: Weeks 7-11
Week 7
Tuesday, Feb. 15th
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The social and political affects of climate change on developing countries—a reading
(“Extended Forecast: Bloodshed”) + a summary and reading response.
Diagramming sentences
Assigned today: GtG sentence diagramming, 2.3, p. 15-16 (Write 10 sentences of your own
with a subject/verb pattern and then diagram them); due Thursday, Feb. 17th.
Thursday, Feb. 17th
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Covered in class today: diagramming sentences; discussion of how climate change can
cascade into social and political violence
Assigned today: GtG sentence diagramming, 2.6, p. 15-16 (2 parts—Diagram 8 sentences +
write 10 sentences of your own with a subject/verb/direct object pattern and then diagram
them); due Tuesday, Feb. 22nd.
Due today: GtG sentence diagramming, 2.3, p. 15-16 (Write 10 sentences of your own with
a subject/verb pattern and then diagram them).
Week 8
Tuesday, Feb. 22nd
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Covered in class: Climate Change—a general (short) reading on what it is + reading
response
o We read “Common Misconceptions about Climate Change” in order to put myths and
misinformation to rest .
o We then previewed “The World’s Most Serious Environmental Problem Is Global
Warming.”
o Diagramming Sentences: subject/verb/indirect object/direct object sentence pattern.
Assigned today: Summarize “T he World’s Most Serious Environmental Problem Is Global
Warming”; due Tuesday, Mar. 1st
Assigned today: GtG sentence diagramming, 2.9, p. 19-20 (2 parts—Diagram 8 sentences +
write 10 sentences of your own with a subject/verb/indirect object/direct object sentence
pattern and then diagram them); due Thursday, Feb. 24th.
Due today: GtG sentence diagramming, 2.6, p. 15-16 (2 parts—Diagram 8 sentences + write
10 sentences of your own with a subject/verb/direct object pattern and then diagram
them)
Thursday, Feb. 24th
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Campus closed; no class.
Week 9
Tuesday, Mar. 1st
Mt. Hood Community College, Mary Kelly-KIein, Instructor
WR080.01
Winter 2011
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In class today: Schedule appointments for conferences + library lesson on (1) how to find
books, including e-books, through the library’s online catalog, and (2) the ABCs of websites.
Assigned today: Complete a reading response assignment for “T he World’s Most Serious
Environmental Problem Is Global Warming.”
Assigned today: Complete the worksheet you received in the library today.
Due today: Summary of “The World’s Most Serious Environmental Problem Is Global
Warming.”
Due today: GtG sentence diagramming, 2.9, p. 19-20 (2 parts—Diagram 8 sentences + write
10 sentences of your own with a subject/verb/indirect object/direct object pattern and
then diagram them).
Thursday, Mar. 3rd
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In class today: Library Lesson
Assigned today:
Due today: Reading response assignment for “T he World’s Most Serious Environmental
Problem Is Global Warming.”
Week 10
Tuesday, Mar. 8th
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In class today: Sustainability—one short reading that can be used as a way for you to write
an argument in favor of a specific solution
Assigned today:
Due today: Library lesson (ABCs of websites) & get caught up!
Thursday, Mar. 10th (last class!)
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In class today: Discussion of what makes a good argument
Sentence diagramming review
Assigned today: Relax and rest up for the final exam, which will be on Thursday, Mar. 17th
from noon to 2:00 p.m.
Due today: ABCs of two websites--
Week 11 (Finals Week)
 No regular classes are held during finals week
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Mar. 17th, Final Exam, Noon to 1:45, AC3333 (the computer lab above the
library): Sentence diagramming; one reaction response, one critical
reading response, and one reflective response based on a short reading on
some aspect of the green economy.
Mt. Hood Community College, Mary Kelly-KIein, Instructor