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This is where you come to find your English lessons for Vance's Academic Composition classes

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During the first week in this class you were expected to set up

• your Google account
• and HCT email

Then you wrote a "good" paragraph

In the second week you were supposed to introduce yourself and write a simple statement about how students could best learn in Academic Composition class, despite being so sleepy. You were also supposed to complete a handout on topic sentences.

Each of these assignments has a mark.  You will find your marks in the sidebar (click on your class)

Academic Comp classes schedule Dec 11-15

Your current week's work

Week 4 Dec 4 to Dec 8

Welcome back!  Your teachers missed you last week :-)

This week you will learn how to describe a process

You will also learn

• basic formatting in Word 

Last week you went to adventure training.  This week you will write about it, including a paragraph where you describe how to do something you learned.  You will illustrate your essay with pictures or references to further information you find on the Internet.  Finally you will print your work as a Word document.

The essay will be at least 200 words and in three or four paragraphs:

1. Explain in general about adventure training
2. Explain in general your experience there
3. Describe how someone else might do something you learned how to do there 
1. Find on the Internet a website that shows pictures of what you are trying to explain
2. Illustrate your work with 2 to 5 pictures from the Internet
3. Attribute the photos and references (show exactly where you got them) 

Components in this assignment:

1. Model paragraph (FIND the process markers in the process paragraphs)
1. How to check your SCUBA equipment - Download sample Word document
2. http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/process.html 
2. Directions for how to proceed with this assignment - Download these directions
3. A worksheet to help you write steps to your process and topic sentences - Download the worksheet 
4. A template for formatting in Word - Download the instructions in Word
5. Marking for this assignment 

Essay test #1 during class time Dec 11 and 12 

Classes on Sunday December 11 and Monday Dec 12 will take essay test #1 in class.

This test will be done in pen or pencil, on paper, in class.

You will be asked to write an essay of at least 100 words, two paragraphs, similar to those you have written so far in Academic Composition 

You will be marked on:

1. Paragraph format (indent 5 spaces)
2. Correct grammar and capitalization
3. Spelling (you can use a dictionary, but not computers) 
4. Good topic sentences
5. Appropriate paragraphs for the subject assigned 
6. Each paragraph at least 3 sentences (topic sentence, support details, and or conclusion)