Change of the Assignments

My dear students:

I am really sorry that I could not fulfill the schedule that we set for this week due to my sore throat. Please note that 11/28's assignment will be moved to 12/05, and the original 12/05's assignment will be deleted. What you need to do for this week's assignment is to read the article on pp. 121-122 and answer the comprehension questons that follow the article. Please post your answers on your blog. We will discuss the article and the questions next week. See you!

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句子與句子之間要空一格

My dear students:

Just a reminder. Please leave a single-space between two sentences. Most of you do not follow this formal rule in writing. When you revise your assigments, do not forget to revise this mechanic part.


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Finalize Your Assignment 1

My dear students:

First of all, I want to say sorry that I could not meet you face-to-face today due to my illness. Hope you were all doing well and enjoyed your unexpected break this afternoon.

Thanks to the Internet, I can still communicate with your through our "Composition Class Blog". As you can see, when you access to my teaching website (http://home.kimo.com.tw/pingyard), you can find out there is a new link (http://www.ntust06.blogspot.com) which is entittled "Discussion for Your Assignments". This new blog will be used to post your assignments after I have read and given comments on them. For you to be familiar to the way I comment on your assignments, I need to explain my "color coding system". Basically, there are four colors that I would use to highlight and comment on your artices: red, green, blue, and purple. I use color red to indicate that there are word-level errors in your sentences. Color red also point you to your mechanic errors like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and proofreading. I use color green to indicate there are phrasal or sentence-level errors in your articles and I use color blue to indicate there are beyond sentence-level errors which we call discoursal errors. I use color purple to make overall comments on your articles. In the following, I will summarize what I just said in a listing way.

Red: word-level and mechanic erros
Green: phrasal or sentence-level erros
Blue: Errors beyond sentence-level (discoursal errors)
Purple: The overall comments on your article

You can start to finalize your Assignment 1 by considering the comments that your peers and I have given. Hope the explanation in the above is clear enough to carry out the work.

Take care and see you next week!!


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Evaluation Guidelines for Your Assignments

Excellent VG Good S Weak Unaccceptable

Content
The piece is engaging
and alive

It contains valuable info.
and insights

Writer shows good
understanding of topic

Details are clear and
helpful

Voices of narrator is honest
and convincing

Reader Awareness

The piece has clear
organization

Writer relates topic to reader's
knowledge

Effective lead, engaging the reader

Satisfying ending

Clear transitions and signposts

Style

Language is clear and precise

Sentences are varied and effective

Uncessary words are eliminated

Style is consistent and appropriate

Mechanics

Grammar

Spelling

Punctuation

Proofreading

Process

Presentation (double-spacing,
legibility)

Effective revision

Peer responses and self-
evaluation

Paper is on time

Your Strength:

Possible Improvement:

Grade: