5 Domains
The domain related to ideas that have a logical order and flow is
Organization
What part of a paragraph should contain the answer to a prompt?
The topic sentence or claim
A topic sentence can also be called
A claim (in informational and persuasive writing)
The type of pronouns that should not be used in formal writing are
Personal pronouns (I, me, my, we, you, yours...)
*unless it is in a direct quote for evidence
According to the Due Dates policy, when does an assignment start to be penalized for being late?
Due dates are applied on a rolling two week basis
EX: Week 1 assignment submitted in Week 3 is capped at 90%
Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization fall under the domain of
Conventions
True or False: In an informational essay, I can use my own ideas as my evidence
False: evidence should be cited from other sources
True or False: Evidence needs to be cited if it is a direct quote or if it is paraphrased (put in your own words)
True! Anything you got from a source must be cited
"My evidence proves that my claim is correct" is fine to use in formal writing
Incorrect: avoid personal pronouns!
Where can Mrs C's office hours/VO schedule be found?
Under the Teacher button
In the course announcements
In her email signature
A topic sentence which establishes a clear central idea for a paragraph meets this domain
Focus
True or false: Explanation of the evidence means to summarize the evidence
False: The explanation should tie back to the topic sentence/claim and state HOW it supports it. Do not restate or summarize the evidence
The ACECES paragraph template helps us to meet this domain of writing
Organization
True or false: contractions can be used in formal writing
False: try to avoid contractions and write out the words instead (ex: don't = do not)
*unless it is in a direct quote for evidence
Where are the Live Lab materials and Live Lab plans found in English Comp?
Under Course Resources on the Course Resources page
A paragraph/essay which does not contain good supporting evidence will not do well in this domain
Content
The "S" in ACECES stands for
Synthesize or Summarize
The C in the ACECES template stands for
Cite evidence
"In this paragraph, you will read about..." is fine to have in the topic sentence
No- do not refer to the essay within the essay! And do not address the reader
A red squiggly line under a word typed on an assignment means
The word is misspelled and should be corrected
A variety of sentence structures and good use of vocabulary in a paragraph meets this domain
Style
In a multi-paragraph essay, this part of the ACECES paragraph template should contain the transition to the next paragraph
Synthesis or summary should restate the ideas in the paragraph and include a transition sentence to the next topic
The longest part of an ACECES paragraph should be
Explanation
Which describes a formal tone?
Subjective
Objective
Objective
AI is OK to use for most of the English Comp assignments
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Human intelligence before artificial intelligence