APELC Class Notes
Objectives: APELCers 1) completed a critical reading assessment, and 2) assessed their thinking, reading, and writing skills.
First and third period, you completed the multiple-choice section of the practice exam today and you calculated your overall scores. As I suspected, there were plenty of fours and threes, with some a handful of scores on the top and bottom ends of the scale. If you’re disappointed in your score, I encourage you to think more positively: This was the first full exam you’ve completed and the testing session wasn’t authentic as it was spread out over the week. We will continue to prepare throughout the fourth quarter; I have every faith that you’ll do as well as you’ve prepared and you’re intended to do.
Your four page (minimum) worldview drafts/outlines are due Monday, March 22. I expect a paragraph outline, essentially, again, an encyclopedia article of your own creation from your various sources of topical paragraphs that explain content and ideas, written with complete sentences and punctuated appropriately. Focus on worldview facts and your evaluations; include narrative elements if you’re able.
You should include a rudimentary Works Cited page with your draft, and I’d like to you to group your citations by type (Books, Articles, et cetera) so I can check them quicker. For quotation and citation purposes, as I’ve mentioned repeatedly, you’ll find no better free resource than the MLA Formatting and Style Guide at the Purdue OWL. Know and use the following pages in particular:
Final drafts due and presentations begin Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23. Details for content and sign-up for presentations will be available when we return.
On a last, more serious note before you go into the break, I was stunned to discover so few students were familiar with Pearl Jam, who, along with Nirvana and Soundgarden, formed the (popular) triumvirate of grunge rock in the early 1990s. This is your cultural heritage; here’s work from all three:
Have a restful but productive break.
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How can you be unfamiliar with those bands…? That confuses me.
Isn’t it sad, kid?