Evaluations DUE TODAY 5/4

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5/8

Portfolios Due

• Organize your portfolio
• Include all work submitted during the semester
• Complete Final Reflective Essay found under Portfolio Assignment ENGL100 Final Exam Reflection Essay
• Under Assigned Readings/Portfolio Assignment
• Download/Fill Out/Print Index with your name and class information
• Include this in your portfolio

Final Date For Essay/s Submission is 5/12

• All revised or incomplete essays are due on this date

5/3

Final Essay's due

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• Mandatory Meeting
• Bring Green Scantron and #2 pencil

Note: Last day for any essay submissions is on 5/12

5/1

I will be distributing grade sheets today

• Come and pick up your graded essays and papers.
• FINAL ESSAY due 5/3

Course Evaluations Due by 4/30

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4/26

We will not be meeting on Monday 4/24 as I have jury duty

Assignment: Write a 1 page abstract on what will be your final research essay

• Check the essay options under the assigned readings page titled FINAL RESEARCH OPTIONS
• Tell me what you're planning to write about
• Come up with a thesis sentence and opening paragraph

Provide:

• 2 sources from JSTOR & EBSCOhost that will be related to your essay
• These sources should be the same sources your planning to use for your final paper

Group In Class Activity

Answer the following questions using JSTOR and EBSCOhost.  Use the Research Resources tab, or the South Texas College website to access the database system/s.

1.       Using JSTOR key word [Americo Paredes]. Find an article written for Western Folklore in the Winter-Spring of 2005, vol. 64.

·         What is the author/s name?

·         What is the title of the article?

2.       Using EBSCOhost key words [borderlands] [gender] [chicano]. Find article titled Migrant Longing, Courtship, and Gendered Identity in The U.S.-Mexico Boderlands. Using the abstract, tell me what the article is about.

3.       Using JSTOR key word [Chasing Amy] find article written by Bert Cardullo in the Spring of 1998.

·         What is the name of the article?

·         Who is Holden named after according to Cardullo? (will have to read some of the article)

4.       When searching EBSCOhost key words [border] [gender] [chicano] [colonia]. What are your search results?

5.       Using JSTOR key words [Cisneros] [Never Marry A Mexican] how many total search results are available? What is the first article that is mentioned and who wrote it?