What you need in the header for your journal posts

• Today’s date• The day of the week• The time of the entry• Where you are writing the

post• Subject of your post

In-class Journal 8/27/12

Tell me in at least 100 words about an experience that caused you to learn something about yourself. Answer the following questions about this experience:

• Why did the experience or incident occur?

• What events led up to it?• How was it resolved?• What were its short- and long-term

outcomes?• What is its significance now? 

Quiz

1. When, and where, are my office hours?

2. What do you have to use when you call my voicemail?

3. How many participation points do you get if you just come to class on time and stay the entire period?

4. How many participation points do you get if you come in late or leave early?

5. What is my email address?

1. When, and where, are my office hours?

1. When, and where, are my office hours?

Tuesdays and Fridays: 9:00-10:00am in M504

2. What do you have to use when you call my voicemail?

2. What do you have to use when you call my voicemail?

Your cell phone

3. How many participation points do you get if you just come to class on time and stay the entire period?

3. How many participation points do you get if you just come to class on time and stay the entire period?

5

4. How many participation points do you get if you come in late or leave early?

4. How many participation points do you get if you come in late or leave early?

2

5. What is my email address?

5. What is my email address?

jacksja1@matc.edu

In the Computer Lab today, 8/27/12

Go to the “Introductions” discussion and post at least 300 words telling us about yourself.

• Where were you born?• Where did you go to school?• Married, single, or have a partner?• Any children? If so, their ages• What is your major or certificate/degree

you’re going for• Any hobbies or other things that you do

for fun• Any unusual places you’ve been to• What are three things on your “bucket

list”?

Homework for Tuesday, the 28th

Read pages 141-147 in The College Writer. On page 147, answer in your journal questions 1-6 under “Reading for Better Writing.”