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DAILY WORK
Note: bulleted items are due on the date immediately above them.
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Read and sign the Student Contract (see Handouts section of class web page)
- Complete the Contact Information survey.
- Read and mark the following handouts (located in Readings section of our Canvas site. They are all part of the large “First Three Weeks Readings” document):
- "How to Really Read this Book"—Frechie, Halbert, McCormick
- "A Special Note on Taking Separate Notes on Readings Rather Than Marking Text"--Halbert
- "First They Changed My Name"—Caffilene Allen
- "The Sanctuary of School"—Lynda Barry
- "The First Major Turning Point" –Malcolm X
- "'I Just Wana Be Average'"—Mike Rose
- Chapters VI and VII of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.
- "Theme for English B"—Langston Hughes
- "The Conversion of the Jews"—Philip Roth
- "Honor Bound"—Joseph Steffan
- REMEMBER: this first reading check will be your first major impression on Dr. Halbert
- Be prepared to have your photograph taken.
- Last day to add 15-week course without professor’s signature.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
- Freewriting activity for Paper #1. Post a copy on the Discussion Board in the "Paper 1: Freewriting" section.
- Bring your reading packet to class.
- Read and mark "The Comma” in Hacker (A Pocket Style Manual) 54-61. If these page numbers do not line up with your edition, read your edition's statements on comma usage with coordinating conjunctions (and & but) and comma usage with introductory elements/phrase/clauses.
- Read and mark "MLA Format; sample research paper" (Hacker 176-186) and skim the sample essay to visually see how a paper should look in this course.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Thursday, September 11, 2025
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED and printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED and printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
- Last day to drop a course before withdrawal period starts.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- NO CLASS: We do not meet on Wednesdays.
- Withdrawal without signature period begins for 15-week courses.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
- NO CLASS. Required conferences. Bring a REVISED and printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft 2" forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
- Final draft of Paper #1 due. See checklist for details. Post a copy in the “Paper #1: Final Draft (Graded)” assignment (for up to 200 points) and a copy in the “Paper #1: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” slot (for five points).
Thursday, September 25, 2025
- Read and mark Paulo Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" (located in the Readings section of our Canvas web site).
- WARNING: This reading is incredibly difficult. You will need to budget at least two hours to this document. Use a dictionary and write questions you have about the text in the margins along with your other comments.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
- Read and mark "How to Integrate a Quote into a Paper" from the Handouts Section.
- Read and mark " How to Deal with Titles" from the Handouts Section.
- Read and mark the entire “Research” section in A Pocket Style Manual (87-106): core concepts include “Finding Appropriate Sources,” Avoiding Plagiarism,” and “Evaluating Sources. “Please put a Post-it book tab next to the ellipsis mark, brackets, long quotations, and signal phrases.
- Read and mark “Integrating Sources” and “Integrating Literary Quotations” in A Pocket Style Manual (116-132).
- Read and mark "Quotation Marks") in A Pocket Style Manual (70-73). Place a Post-it book tab next to "quotation within a quotation" and "blended quotation."
- Skim and Mark “MLA Documentation Style” in A Pocket Style Manual (132-176). Put a Post-It book tab on page 134 (“List of MA in-text citation models” and “list of MLA Works Cited Models”). Place a Post-it book tab next "One Selection from an Anthology," " Work from a Web Site," and "A Database."
- You may wish to start Paper #2.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
- First draft of Paper #2 due. Bring a printed copy (for five points) and post a copy in the "Paper #2: Draft 1" forum (for another five points).
- Bring your copy of Freire and A Pocket Style Manual to class.
- Set up your conference with me using Starfish/My Success Network on the MC3 Portal. Make sure you pick a conference at Pottstown Campus, not Blue Bell.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Tuesday, October 14, 2022
- NO CLASS: Required conferences. Bring a REVISED printed second draft and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft 2” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Thursday, October 16, 2022
- Read and selection from Lies My Teacher Told Me by Loewen (located in the Readings section of our Canvas web site).
- Read and mark the selection from Limbo by Lubrano (located in the Readings section of our Canvas web site).
Tuesday, October 21, 2022
- Final draft of Paper #2 due. See checklist for details. Post a copy in the “Paper #2: Final Draft (Graded)” assignment (for up to 200 points) and a copy in the “Paper #2: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” slot (for five points).
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
- Library Orientation Day. Absences count double. Location to be announced.
- Research Paper prewriting due. Post a copy in the "Research Paper: Prewriting" forum and bring a printed copy to class (five points total).
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
- NO CLASS: We do not meet on Wednesdays.
- Withdrawal without signature period ends today for 15-week courses.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
- Withdrawal with faculty signature begins for 15-week courses.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
- NO CLASS: Dr. Halbert will be involved in election events all day.
- Please vote if you are registered, regardless of your party affiliation.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
- Meet in Library for research. Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
- Annotated Bibliography due by 5PM today. Submit to “Annotated Bibliography (Graded)” (for up to 50 points) and post to "Research Bank" on the discussion board (for five points).
- Make sure your Annotated Bibliography contains all three sections and looks like the sample annotated bibliography.
- Two-minute Presentations (10 points).
- Today is Veteran’s Day: take a moment to reflect on those who serve(d).
Thursday, November 13, 2025
- First Draft of Research Paper Due. Bring a printed copy (for five points) and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 1" forum (for five more. Minimum of TWO pages required.
- Withdrawal with faculty signature ends for 15-week courses. After today, you will need to apply for a WEX from the administration.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a REVISED printed and complete draft (with works cited) and post a copy to the discussion board in the “Research Paper: Conference Draft” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a REVISED printed and complete draft (with works cited) and post a copy to the discussion board in the “Research Paper: Conference Draft” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
- NO CLASS. Student Conferences. Bring a REVISED printed and complete draft (with works cited) and post a copy to the discussion board in the “Research Paper: Conference Draft” forum. Five points for posting, 10 points for attending conference with a printed copy.
- Everyone who attends today will get two extra credit points.
- If you are going to travel this day, please let Dr. Halbert know in advance: he will only take off 3 points instead of five for the absence if you let him know by 5PM on Monday, November 24th.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
- Third draft of Research Paper due. Bring a printed copy (for five points) and post a copy to the "Research Paper: Draft 3" forum (for five more). A complete draft plus a works cited page is expected, and this copy should be revised based on your conference.
Thursday, December 4, 2025
- Final draft of Research Paper Due. Post a copy in the “Research Paper: Final Draft (Graded)” assignment (for 300 possible points) and in the “Research Paper: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” slot (for 5 points). Both are required.
- Our last class meeting.
- It is always a good idea to attend and arrive on time to any final course meeting in college.
Thursday, December 11, 2025
- OPTIONAL Major Paper Rewrite due by 9AM today. Please post a copy in the “Major Paper Rewrite Option” assignment slot. Review the expectations before attempting.
End of Semester Reminders:
- Attend the final meeting of all your classes.
- Check your Montco email and Canvas announcements every day until Dr. Halbert says the grades are posted.
- Don’t email Dr. Halbert to see if the grades are done: he will announce when he is done.
- Do check your gradebook on Canvas during exam week to see individual assignment grades as they are entered.
- If there is a problem with a graded assignment, please email Dr. Halbert immediately.
- Faculty have until 11:59 PM on December 17th to get their grades in, but if they submit them sooner, they do not have to look at any work you try to submit late. Bear that in mind with your other professors.
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