Course Overview
Writing Types
Grading
Plagiarism and Technology
General Information
100
This is the goal of the course.
What is familiarizing students with writing and the writing process?
100
These are the four types of writing that we will be covering this year.
What are Expository, Research, Persuasive, and Narrative?
100
What are the five categories of grades?
What are Long-term writing, short-term writing, social and civic, speaking and listening, and a mid-term assessment?
100
This is the website we will use for most of the work in this class.
What is Google Classroom?
100
This is the room we are in.
What is C218?
200
These are the six-tenets of the classroom.
What are Honesty, Enthusiasm, Kindness, Open mindedness, Responsibility, and Accountability?
200
This type of writing is categorized by convincing someone of your argument?
What is persuasive writing?
200
This type of writing can be accomplished in two to three class periods.
What is short-term writing?
200
This device is allowed, but may be confiscated if it becomes a distraction.
What is a cellphone?
200
This is the room that we may sometimes be in.
What is Room C204 (Ms. Murphy's room)?
300
This tenet involves recognizing good things in others and yourself.
What is Kindness?
300
Which type of writing is used to tell a story?
What is Narrative writing?
300
True or false: There will be homework every night in this class.
What is false?
300
This is the website we will use to turn in long-term assignments.
What is turnitin.com?
300
These are the materials needed for this class.
What is nothing, except maybe a pen or pencil.
400
This is the "mid-term" for the class.
What is an assessment and reflection geared towards developing a final writing portfolio?
400
What are the 5 steps to the writing process (as outlined in the syllabus)?
What are brainstorming, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing?
400
This is how social and civic grades will be assessed.
What are through peer editing, class behavior, and accountability of work?
400
List three different ways you can get in touch with Ms. Murphy after hours.
What are Email, Remind, and Google Classroom?
400
These are the names of Ms. Murphy's two cats.
Who are Sydney and Loki?
500
This tenet empowers students to make the most of this class.
What is Responsibility?
500
This is how we will practice working with the writing of others.
What are conferences, peer review, and/or writers' workshop?
500
True or False: you will be expected to share your work.
What is true?
500
Starkid shared his WAC research paper with Michelle Obama, and she used it for reference. What is this called, and what happens?
What is plagiarism? Both Starkid and Michelle get a 0 on the research paper (yikes!) and a call home.
500
This is when the syllabus must be signed and returned.
What is next class?
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