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ENG 110 - College Writing II - Spring 2010

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Bethany Andrees
Kevin Bozzella
Kevin Dhillon
Meghan Dougherty
Louis Galbo
Emily Hartung
Danielle Harvey
Meghan Henchen

Nikki Hyde
Liz Jay
Mark Jones
Lauren O'Hara
Lenny Pfohl
Brent Rickan
Davia Skipp
Alexa Wisel

Assignments

Submit all of them as email. Not an email attachment. You don't have to open Word. Just type it in a text editor (not a word processor) and save it, often. Then copy and paste it into an email to me.

last updated: May 4

l = late

What does an l mean? I compare the date due below with the date of your email to me.

An asterisk next to your y means that we discussed your essay in class.

		BA	KB	KD	MD	LG	EH	DH	MH	NH	LJ	MJ	LO	LP	BR	DS	AW

writing sample	Jan 21 / 28	y	n	n	n	y	y	n	y	y	l	y	y	y	y	y	n
possible research topics	Jan 21 / 27	y	l	y	n	y	y	n	y	y	l	y	y	y	y	y	n
research topics proposed	Jan 26 / 28	y	n	y	n	y	y	n	y	y	y	l	y	y	y	y	n
your research topic approved	Jan 28	y	n	y	l	y	y	y	y	y	y	l	y	y	y	y	l
possible essay 1 thesis statements	Feb 2	y	n	y	n	y	y	y	y	y	n	l	y	y	l	y	y
essay 1 thesis statement approved	Feb 4	y	n	y	n	y	y	y	y	y	n	y	y	y	?	y	n
essay 1 first draft	Feb 16	y*	y*	y*	l*	y*	y	y	y*	y*	y	y*	l*	y*	l	l*	y
essay 1 draft returned	Feb 18	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	n	y	y	y	y	y	y
essay 1 final draft	Feb 25	y	n	y	n	y	n	y	n	y	n	n	n	n	n	y	n
possible essay 2 thesis statements	Feb 18	y	n	n	n	y	n	y	n	n	n	n	n	y	n	y	n
essay 2 thesis statement approved	Feb 20	y	n	n	n	y	n	y	n	n	n	n	n	y	n	y	n
essay 2 first draft	Mar 2	y*	l	l	y	l*	l*	y*	n	y*	y	n	l*	y*	n	l*	n
essay 2 first draft returned	Mar 4	y	n	n	n	y	n	y	n	y	n	n	y	y	n	y	n
essay 2 final draft	Mar 16	y
possible essay 3 thesis statements	Mar 4	y	y	n	y	y	y	n	y	n	n	n	y	y	n	y	n
essay 3 thesis statements approved	Mar 5	y	y	n	y	y	y	n	y	n	n	n	y	n	n	y	n
essay 3 draft	Mar 18	l*	l	l	l*	l*	l*	n	n	y	y	n	l	l	n	l*	n
essay 3 draft returned	Mar 23
essay 3 final draft	Mar 30
		BA	KB	KD	MD	LG	EH	DH	MH	NH	LJ	MJ	LO	LP	BR	DS	AW
essay 4 thesis statements	Mar 23	y	n	n	n	y	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	n	n	n	n
essay 4 thesis statement approved	Mar 25	y	n	y	n	y	n	n	y	y	n	n	y	y	n	y	n
essay 4 draft	Apr 8	y	y*	y	n	y	y	n	y	y	y	n	y	y	n	y	n
essay 4 draft returned	Apr 13
essay 4 final draft	Apr 20
works cited (first min. 10 sources)	Feb 18	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	n	n	n	n	y	n
works cited (all min. 20 sources)	Mar 25	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	n	n	n	n	n	n
due dates
attendance		3	14	13	10	2	4	20	3	6	19	16	6	3	13	5	16

Rhetorical situations

By the end of the day on this Thursday, January 28, I want to be able to complete this table for all of you.

name	title	< 15-word description	background audience	purpose	foreground audience	purpose	analytical framework
Bethany	stress
Kevin B	drug war, sports
Alley
Kevin D	Use of Illegal substances within sports today	How can the use of illegal substances in sports be eliminated.	Coaching staff of teams, and players of each league.	To prevent the use of illegal substances to enhance performance within any sport.	General Managers and owners of each sport.	To prevent the use of illegal substances to enhance performance within any sport.	View previous events of this nature and find out which conclusions were made and how to make the conclusion more efficient. Also, find a way to make the consequences harsher and have for teams to have frequent tests on their players.
Meghan D
Louis	NFL Coaches	what makes a winning NFL head coach?	the football fans	?	Buddy Nix and Russ Brandon, the Buffalo Bills general managers	to determine if this candidate will be a winning head coach or not	statistics
Emily	Americans Push for Speedy Haitian Adoptions	Solving the debate over fast tracking Haitian adoption processes in the aftermath of the recent earthquake.	Haitian government	aiding in the adoptions through faster processes	United States Department of State	The Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, will use this information to argue why expediting adoptions of orphans from Haiti should occur in a quick manner. Public hearing in Washington, D.C. before the U.S. Department of State to shorten timetable for adoptions from Haiti.	Psychological framework; individual waiting for the child they are in the process of adopting/wanting to speed up the process of receiving their child. Political System; Public Hearing in Washington, D.C. Social/ Political System; Haitian Adoption System
Danielle					Medaille's VP for student affairs
Meghan H	the war between men and women	what women think of men and why they think what they think	men think everything is a game to them and they never take anything seriously.	How can men solve this problem? - what do they have to do in order to solve this problem - will women ever except men even if they try to fix the problem	other young women or any women who have had problems with men	i will be talking about the reason why i am doing this is because men never really understand women, their ways, and why we think what we do about them.
Nikki	How can divorce affect the child?	Divorce can negatively affect the way a child speaks, thinks and acts.	Psychologists, teachers	To gain an understanding of the child's actions and behavior as well as how to address it.	The children dealing with divorce	Gain an understanding of what is happening and find a way to cope	Psychological Is there anything here that could be changed for the better or is this alright?
Liz		to educate to the audience on traveling abroad to another country, either China or Germany. In this I would be describing information about this country and program.	student's parents rivial colleges	deciding if they would allow their student to go they would have to compare their program to Medaille's if they wanted students to be interested.	students interested in traveling abroad and those considering attending at Medaille College	These students would find out what the country's pop culture is and persuade them to want to go there
Mark	Looking for A Woman	The different woman men view when looking for a woman in today's society, with so much freedom.	Women	To explain the thoughts and views that men towards women	Men		Sociology
Lauren	animal cruelty	to have more people in our communities acknowledge the fact that animal cruelty is a problem and find ways to solve the problem.	people who might be cruel to animals	the purpose that the audience would have is to either support or reject the decision to toughen laws when these crimes happen. their purpose is also to become informed and to be able to make wise decisions.	everyone else
Lenny	Mike Vick	mike vick dog fighting scandal mike vick was arrested about a year and half ago for having illegal dog fighting taking place at his house and he had multiple dogs there that were being abused.	fans and players that played or will play with him,family, , and coaches		sponsors	whether to sign him for sponsoring them or to not sponsor him after the dog fighting scandal. Because it could hurt the sponsor since many people dont respect him after what he did.	some questions the auduiences might have. Why did he take part in the dog fighting ? What do his potential coaches think of it? does it affect how soceirty and people view him as a person now? What does Philadelphia think of him? Will it affect his playing time? How do his sponsors and family memebrs cope with the ordeal?
Brent		the trouble in Haiti	United States government		people who can help
Davia	Technology: The Good And The Bad	Technology: The Good And The Bad with the RFID chips just being one of the sub topics with in my major topic.	people that are making this technology	If there is a flaw in their technology they can come up with different ideas to make their products better.	the people who are using this technology	Some people dont know the full backround on the object that they are using. They have a right to know exactly what they are dfealing with and whether to still buy or use it.	economy or technology
Alexa

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name	title	< 15-word description	definition essay thesis statement	compare / contrast essay thesis statement	process essay thesis statement	cause / effect essay thesis statement
Bethany	Why the death penalty is morally right	The death penalty is morally right when used in cases involving murder, rape, torture, etc.	The death penalty is morally right when used in cases involving
Kevin B
Alley
Kevin D	Use of Illegal substances within sports today	How can the use of illegal substances in sports be eliminated.	The use of illegal substances has become predominant in the lifestyle of many professional athletes which is hazardous to their health and unethical.
Meghan D
Louis	NFL Coaches	what makes a winning NFL head coach?	no infallible criteria will guarantee success when hiring an NFL head coach
Emily	Americans Push for Speedy Haitian Adoptions	Solving the debate over fast tracking Haitian adoption processes in the aftermath of the recent earthquake.	A mass of Haitian children remain orphaned after an earthquake devastated their country on January 12, 2010. Although the aftermath has prompted many Americans to pursue adoption from Haiti, they face slow-moving processes. United States Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, hopes to shorten timetables for Haitian adoptions through a public hearing before the U.S. Department of State.
Danielle			Cheerleading is a sport in so many different ways, so why at Medaille College is it considered a club?
Meghan H	The war between men and women	what women think of men and why they think what they think	The war between men and women has been going on for years and to this day men still do not understand the ways of women.
Nikki	How can divorce affect the child?	Divorce can negatively affect the way a child speaks, thinks and acts.	Divorce places children in the middle of a "war" that is not theirs to fight.
Liz		to educate to the audience on traveling abroad to Italy. In this I would be describing information about this country and program.
Mark		The different woman men view when looking for a woman in today's society, with so much freedom.	Finding a good woman these days isn't always easy, especially in an era when members of the female gender appear self-centered and "empowered" to sex-ploit the male population.
Lauren		to have more people in our communities acknowledge the fact that animal cruelty is a problem and find ways to solve the problem.	Our rights as citizens are protected by the government as well as the countless laws and regulations. Although human rights are strongly protected, the issue of animal cruelty is often overlooked in our society. In general, our society has a lower standard in consideration and care for animals, even though we are scarily alike.
Lenny		mike vick was arrested about a year and half ago for having illegal dog fighting taking place at his house and he had multiple dogs there that were being abused.	"Mike Vick is accused of illegal dog fighting in his rural home in Virgina" is what the article on April 25, 2007 said. That day was a signification turning point in Mike Vicks life. The NFL superstar lost everything he worked for like sponsors, money, the fame, and the respect of the whole world.
Brent		the trouble in Haiti
Davia	Technology: The Good And The Bad	Technology: The Good And The Bad with the RFID chips just being one of the sub topics with in my major topic.	Radio Frequency Identification Chips can be benificial for multiple specific tracking items but it can be very dangerous and risky if it implanted in humans.
Alexa			Tourists travel the world to learn and experience the cultures and way of life of other cities. Although attracting tourists to Buffalo New York isn’t always easy, sights such as Niagara Falls and Frank Lloyd Wrights architecture play an important role in its history. While many Americans would choose to visit more populated areas such as Las Vegas or New York City, Tourists are unaware of the great highlights and happenings of our city Buffalo.

Conferences

If none of these times is free for you, please let me know and we'll schedule another.

Conference 1

dates?? - to discuss your short essay 1

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in 85 Humboldt (photo on right of the front). You enter from the back; it's the fourth house down the line after Public Safety. I'll be in the 1st floor meeting room, just inside the back door, or in my 2nd floor office.


Wednesday, ??
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12 PM
12:30 PM

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11:30 AM
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11:30 AM
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Oral Presentations

how to report: the case page has more info

Oral Presentation

Thursday, April 22







Tuesday, April 27







Thursday, April 29

Final Presentations

how to report: the case page has more info

tentative location: Lecture Hall

note | This schedule has no room for make-ups. If you can't make your time, switch with someone else.

Tuesday, April ??	name
2:30 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:15
3:15 - 3:30
3:30 - 3:45
Thursday, April ??
2:30 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:15
3:15 - 3:30
3:30 - 3:45

modified: April 17, 2010
by Douglas Anderson
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