ENG 005 Reading Improvement II
Northern Virginia Community College
Assignments Schedule

 


Getting Started!
Task #1Student Information
     Fill out the student information questionnaire.
Task #2:  Set up e-mail account
     You will need an e-mail account in this class for communicating with me and your classmates.  If you already have an e-mail account you wish to use for this class, please send me a message telling me so. Use my address:           
 
                       nmctaggart@nvcc.edu

     If you do not, click on Directions and follow them to get a free account.  When you have an account, send me a message telling me so.   Use my address:
                  nmctaggart@nvcc.edu

 

Task #3:  Introduce yourself to the class by creating a homepage for this class.  Create your Personal Homepage using the Web Course in a Box software provided on my electronic syllabus.  I gave you your user name and password in class.  Enter them in the boxes when requested. Click on the Help/Utilities Icon for directions.  Then click on Create/Edit your Homepage.  Be sure this is online by Jan. 26th before class!
  • Under the Current Biography section, be sure to include your occupation, your college curriculum, career goals, something you have read recently that was significant,and something about your past writing experiences. You may include other information, such as something you believe in strongly or any other information that will help other students to know a little about you. Be sure to space in five spaces between paragraphs for easier reading. Be sure to include a correct email address, so the teacher and other students can easily get in touch with you. If at any time during the semester your email address changes, be sure to key in your new one on your Web page.
  • Under the Special Interests section be sure to include your interests and hobbies, likes and dislikes, travels, and anything else you would like to share.  Be sure to space in five spaces between paragraphs for easier reading.  You may leave the Learning Links section blank at this point.  Also remember that whatever you put on the Web does become public information so include what is appropriate information for this literature/composition course. Have fun with this!

Task #4:  Find a study partner or study group. 
       Go to the homepages of the students in the class and read them.  Find two students that you think you'd like to work with.  You may choose to correspond by e-mail or in person, but you will have assignments to do together, so find two people you think you'd be comfortable working with.  Then e-mail each of them.  In your note, introduce yourself and ask about their availability to be your study partner.  When you have found one or two, e-mail me with the name or names.


Task #5:  Read "Gumption" by Langston Hughes.
       Read it carefully and come to class on January 26th prepared to take a test on it.  You may test out of some of the tasks in the literature unit if you demonstrate your knowledge and skills in those areas on this test.

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Last Revised:  01/19/00
Contact:  Nancy McTaggart, Northern Virginia Community College