ENGLISH 305 COURSE INFORMATION

As an online course, the writing that we do in English 305 is substantially different from a face to face course. As such, it is imperative that you understand the course style from the start. Nearly all of your work in this course will be posted on the course blog.
EACH WEEK YOU WILL HAVE THREE BLOG ASSIGNMENTS:
1. A BLOG ENTRY,
2. A READING, AND
3. A WRITING ABOUT THE READING. Your reading and writing on the blog must be completed by the Friday (by midnight) of the week in which the reading falls. You have all week each week to complete the reading and writing for that week, but there are no late assignments accepted, so be sure to be disciplined about the work from the start. Let me re-state that point; if you do the assigned work before or during the week it is due, you will receive full credit. If you do the work after the Friday of the week it is assigned, you will get zero credit for that week.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

TIPPING POINT REVISION INSTRUCTIONS

SCHMOLL/ENGLISH 305/ESSAY #3: Tipping Point:

There are two essay topics to choose from.

Write a 3 page double spaced essay on one of the following topics:
1. How might one or more of the ideas in the book The Tipping Point apply to your chosen academic major or profession?

2. Locate a trend [social, political, cultural, other] that is not in the book but seems to exhibit a "tipping point" phenomenon. Provide a brief explanation of why you think this phenomenon meets Gladwell's criteria for a tipping point phenomenon.


FOUR STEPS TO THIS PROJECT:

1. Rough Draft is due to your reviser and to me on March 13
               

            The person revising your paper is ___________________.

Email your paper to     ________________________            
     
                                                and to bschmoll@csub.edu

2. Revised Rough Draft due to the original author and me on March 16

3. Final Draft is due to me March 19

4. Final Draft is also due to Turnitin.com by the night of March 19



REMEMBER, THIS IS PEER REVISION (not editing)…

You are looking for coherence of the argument, paragraph coherence, logical reasoning in the essay, use of examples or quotes from the book. In essence, give this essay a critical, HIGHLY CRITICAL, set of eyes.


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