New Assignments

TWO READING AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS DUE NEXT MONDAY, 10/6/14, BY CLASSTIME, VIA TURNITIN

1.
Detailed, *DETAILED* summary or outline of this paper by James Pryor on how to write a philosophy paper: http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html 

To ensure proper formatting and all the required information, you MUST use this template:
http://philosophy302.blogspot.com/2013/08/assignment-template.html 

2.
Detailed summary or outline of the HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, pp. 99-151.

To ensure proper formatting and all the required information, you MUST use this template:
http://philosophy302.blogspot.com/2013/08/assignment-template.html 

Some announcements:

- Written work not properly formatted will be penalized. Please use the template, which has all the required information.
- Written work with major grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors will be penalized also. Students need to carefully proofread their work. Please visit the writing center for help with your writing. See the flyer from the Writing Lab here and the message from the director:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/alosdemdx3rsmd4/Fall%202014%20Lab%20Workshops%20.pdf?dl=0 

I hope the new year is shaping up well for everyone. I'd like to introduce you to some new changes in the Morehouse English Multimedia Writing Skills Lab that will offer more guidance and direction for all of our students. (Forgive me, this email may be a bit long.)

1. We will be hosting one hour long intensive workshops for students in the lab, covering some of the most popular problems we see in student writing. I will be teaching these workshops once a week on Thursdays 12-1PM and Fridays 11-12PM alternatively. I have attached a schedule of events. Please encourage your students to attend these workshops. I will also give students letter of completion as proof of participation.

2. Our tutors are not yet in the lab--we are waiting for funding to be addressed--but I will send out an email when the tutors have arrived and their current schedules.

3. This semester, we will also have English faculty members occasionally volunteering in the lab. I will list the hours for the next few weeks and send updates as the weeks progress. Students who have current tutorial needs are welcome to meet with these faculty members (or myself) during the designated times.

4. Please encourage your students to come to the lab well before a paper is due. Our tutors are amazing and talented, but they are not miracle workers. The day the paper is due is not enough time to get the feedback (and make revisions) they may need.

5. Have them bring their assignment sheets. We need to have a clear understanding of the assignment in order to direct the students int he best way possible.

6. If you are sending students to the lab because of specific issues in their writing, please send us a bulleted list of these issues. The tutors can then narrowly focus on these main problems.

Thank you so much for all you do. We look forward to working with all of you to help our students communicate more effectively.

Faculty Volunteer Times:

Tuesday 8/26 11AM-12PM

Wednesday 8/27 12PM-2PM

Tuesday 9/2 10AM-12PM

Best,

Natasha Walker

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Natasha Walker
Morehouse College
Department of English
Morehouse English Multimedia Writing Skills Lab
Brawley 202C

Office Number: 404-215-2726
Email Address: nwalker1@morehouse.edu
Twitter: @profnwalker