WELCOME TO ENGLISH 109H!

I'm Dr. Mary Bell, and I'm your instructor for this course. I will conduct course communication via this blog. Please check daily! mebell@email.arizona.edu

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Dropbox is open for your final reflection essay

The d2l dropbox is now open for your final reflection essay. It will close tomorrow (Friday Dec 11) at 5:30PM.  
If you are also submitting a rewrite of one of your first two essays for a better grade, upload the rewrite to the appropriate dropbox folder for that assignment. I have the settings arranged so that your rewrite will appear in addition to your original paper, so that I can compare them and regrade the assignment. 

I should have your final grade for the course posted by late Tuesday Dec. 15. 


Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Extra Credit Holiday Activity (10 points)

Join two phrases together to form a complex sentence, using proper punctuation, conjunctions, or subordination. Make 5 sentences. (10 points extra credit if they are all correct!)

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Up on the Housetop
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Deck the Halls
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
Silent Night
I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Baby It’s Cold Outside
It’s a Marshmallow World
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
I heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Example:

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus:Jolly Old St. Nicholas!!

Monday, December 7, 2015

Conference slots Tuesday and Wednesday

Here is the link to sign up for a conference slot on Tuesday or Wednesday (these are optional). 

Checklist for your reflective essay



Things to pay attention to in your essay:


  1. Do not just list what you did this semester, or even what you learned. (Why not?) Write about HOW and WHY your activities contributed to your learning. 
  2. Please take some time to study how to join clauses together!! Review the semi-colon versus the comma, especially. 

Online course evaluation link

Here is the link to the online course evaluations. Please take 15 minutes to complete this evaluation.
https://tce.oirps.arizona.edu/TCEOnline