Syllabus Questions
How many units is this class?
3 units
How many essays do you guys have in total?
(+100 for each essay you can name)
4 Essays
Essay #1 = Personal Narrative
Essay #2 = Persuasive Essay
Essay #3 = Research Paper
Essay #4 = Rhetorical Analysis/Final Exam
Who were the main people from Serial?
Adnan Syed, Jay and Sarah Koenig
What font size + font style do you use for MLA formatting?
12 pt. font size + Times New Roman style
Where is the smallest bone in our body found?
(Bonus 100 if you know the name of it)
In the ear
(It's called the stapes)
How long is the grace period that Professor Szklarek gives you guys for assignments?
2-day grace period
What concepts were talked about for your first essay?
Grit
Growth mindset
Fixed mindset
Teacher influence
Effort shock
What was an outside source that Professor Szklarek gave for Essay #2?
(+ another 200 points if you name both)
Elizabeth Loftus Annotations
Why Science Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts
What is the correct order of:
Professor name
Due date
Student's name
Course name
(Extra 200 if students can also state how they wrote it for Essay #2)
Student's name (ex. Adanesne Montano)
Professor's name (ex. Professor Szklarek)
Course name (ex. English C1000)
Due date (ex. 27 April 2026)
How many continents are there?
(Bonus 200 if you can name them)
7 continents
(Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America)
What days + time + what room do we meet for class?
Mondays + Wednesdays
at 12:10pm - 1:35pm
E3-411
What are you writing about for Essay #2?
(in the most simplistic way of describing the content)
The case of Hae Min Lee's murder/the podcast Serial
What did the State say was Adnan's motive for killing Hae?
"The motive the State supplied, the basis for the whole thing, was that after Hae broke up with Adnan, he couldn’t accept it. He was so wounded by her, and so furious, that he decided to kill her." (Serial)
How do you cite a podcast, for your work cited page, using MLA formatting? (write out answer on whiteboard)
hint (a citation for a podcast needs all of these):
Last name
First name
season
Sponsor
episode
role
"Title of the Episode"
URL (serialpodcat.org/season-one)
Title of Program
Accessed Date (make up a date)
The order of these things is the only thing that needs to be fixed
(Extra 300 if they correctly state how to cite episode 1 of Serial for a work cited page)
Last Name, First Name, role. “Title of the Episode.” Title of Program, season, episode, Sponsor, Date, URL. Accessed Date.
(Koenig, Sarah, host. “The Alibi.” Serial, season 1, episode 1, WBEZ, serialpodcast.org/season-one. Accessed 23 Apr. 2016.)
What is the complimentary color of purple?
(Bonus 300 if you can name all the complimentary color combos)
Yellow
(Red + Green
Orange + Blue
Yellow + Purple)
How much extra credit can you get total from coming to SI/tutoring?
10 points extra credit
What is the formula for a good thesis?
Topic + Your Claim (opinion of the topic) + Rationale (reasons for your opinion on the topic) = Thesis
When did Hae Min Lee disappear?
(Month, Day, Year)
January 13, 1999
Write out how a Work Cited page should look.
(On the white board)
Must include:
"Work Cited"
an example of a citation
Student last name + page number (at top right)
What is the first movie that Disney ever released?
(Extra 400 points if you can say what year it was released and a movie that Disney released within 10 years of their first movie)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1937
Movie options: Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942), Victory Through Air Power (1943), The Three Caballeros (1944), Make Mine Music (1946), Song of the South (1946), and Fun and Fancy Free (1947))
When are Szklarek's office hours?
(Days + Times + Location)
Mondays + Wednesdays
10:15am - 11:45am
E3-466
What is AXES? And what does each letter mean?
AXES is a way to help you write paragraphs.
A = assertion
X = example
E = explanation
S = significance
Was Adnan innocent or guilty?
(Plead your case, good support/evidence gives you the points. Opposing team(s) can counter with any evidence that they may think of.)
Good supporting evidence = 500 points
Go up the board and draw out what correct MLA formatting looks like.
+ what font and what font size
(Write it out as if it was for Essay #2)
Must include:
Student's last name + Page numbers
Student's name
Professor's name
Course name
Correct due date
Title
Indented paragraph
Work Cited page (group still gets points if this isn't added, BUT it is an important part of an essay)
Name 3 sources that Professor Szklarek has assigned throughout this semester.
(Extra 500 if you name all 6)
1. Brainology (Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn)
2. The Significance of Grit
3. "How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading"
4. How The Karate Kid Ruined the Modern World
5. Elizabeth Loftus Annotations
6. "Why Science Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts" Annotations