Professor Sabir's Posse

This checklist can serve as the table of contents. Put a check next to the items to show inclusion in the portfolio. Use as the second page to the portfolio, after the cover sheet. Where there are questions for the section, students can post the answers to the narrative there.

Number the pages with a header.


Name ______________________________
Date ______________________________
Class including class code and semester ____________________
Address _______________________________________
Phone number __________________________________
Email address__________________________________

Class code: 40018 Lec 01:30-3:20 AM TTh Sabir meets in A 200 at COA

English 201B Preparation for Composition and Reading (meets concurrently with English 201A)
Class code: 40022 Lec 01:30-3:20 AM TTh Sabir meets in A 200 at COA
Class Meetings: August 21-Dec. 6; Holidays: 9/3; 11/12; 11/22-25

Final Exam: Dec. 11, 12-2 p.m. at East Ocean Restaurant, 1713 Webster Street  Alameda, CA 94501

(510) 865-3381

(Portfolios due via e-mail by Tuesday, Dec. 18 12 noon. Email to coasabirenglish201@gmail.com)

1. Portfolio Essay 1 ________________

2. Portfolio Essay 2  __________________

3. Stewart Pidd Hates English _______________

Quizzes: List scores for all completed:
Punctuating Sentences Quiz A______ Quiz B______; MLA Style Title Quiz ________; MLA Style Format _________; Pronoun AGR ________; Pronoun Case _______; Quotations and Ellipsis Marks Quiz _______; Possessive Nouns and Pronouns ________; Parallel Structure ________; Subject-Verb AGR_______

Essay Exams
Essay Exam 1: Pronoun Case______; Essay Exam 2: Possessives; Essay Exam 3: Parallel Structure __________

For each essay exam, note which errors were chosen and whether or not you had to revise the essay. If you did, what corrections did you make, and why?

Grammar Exams
Grammar Exam 1: Score: ________. Analyze your score. What type of errors did you make?


Grammar Exam 1: Score: ________. Analyze your score. What type of errors did you make?

Other Pidd Essays: Sentence Punctuation ________; Pronoun AGR _________; POV _____; Be-Verb ________; Subject-Verb AGR________.

List scores for all. Analyze your errors. How many revisions? Why?


Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary Essay Portfolio

Essay: Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis__________
First Draft (peer review)__________
Final Draft Grade ______________
Revisions ______________ (how many?)
Narratives_____________ (how many?
Cyber-Assignments_________(how many?)


Nathan McCall's My Rap Against Rap Essay__________


Holler if You Hear Me Essay Portfolio

Essay: Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis__________
First Draft (peer review)__________
Final Draft Grade ______________
Revisions ______________ (how many?)
Narratives_____________ (how many?
Cyber-Assignments_________(how many?)


Book Report Essay Portfolio

Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis___________
Final draft grade__________
Revisions__________________
Narratives________________ (how many?)

Book Report presentation___________
Peer comments (how many?)_________________

Grade is an “A”for all presentations or “-0-“ for opting out. The presentation is a quarter of the grade for this assignment

Abstract___________
Self-reflection__________
Feedback_____________


Social Entrepreneur Essay Portfolio

Planning _____________
On-line Frontline World (on-line responses 3) Post them here

List of sources (5) minimum in MLA format (post here) _____________

Essay: Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis__________
First Draft (peer review via email)__________
Final Draft Grade due with portfolio______________
Early draft due Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012____________
Final Draft with Portfolio______________


SE Presentation Tuesday, Dec. 11, 12-2 PM at the East Ocean Restaurant
http://www.eastoceanseafoodrestaurant.com/

Abstract for classmates _____________ (Bring to class.) 

For guidelines for writing an abstract here is a link: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/abstracts/
An abstract is a concise or brief summary of the key ideas you plan to present.

The presentation is a quarter of the grade.

Other Essays & Cyber Assignments:
Letter to Students Response_________
Farai Chideya's "On Respect"_________
Adler: "How to Mark a Book"_________

Cyber-Freewrite Assignments: The Rose that Grew from Concrete__________ (how many?)
Tupac Songs Freewrites________ (how many?)
Library Orientation Response________

Cyber-Assignments not connected to essays or other assignments___________(how many?)

Extra Credit: Students can turn in a graded essay from another course if the other teacher doesn’t mind. It has to use research and MLA style documentation, so certain courses are not applicable.


Grade Justification

What grade have you earned this semester? Give a salient argument with evidence proving your case. Don't forget a Works Cited page (smile).

Anything else? ____________________________________________________________________
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Teacher research

Can I use your work in presentations and publications? Would you like to be anonymous? If I plan on using your essays or work in a book, I will let you know and share any proceeds.

Yes, I agree.
No, do not use my work.

Final Grade

Portfolio checklist _____________
Portfolio Essay 1_______________
Portfolio Essay 2_______________
Portfolio Grade_________

Course Grade_________