Weekly Assignments

Week

Texts: *English for Careers, Business, Professional, and Technical, Ninth Edition, by Leila Smith
*American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition or most current edition

Optional: How 10 by Clark & Clark. (No assignments are given from this book. It is just a fabulous office reference manual that supplements the reference manual in your textbook.)

*You must use these textbooks to complete the course.

Week 1
08/27 - 09/02

Place a copy in your notebook.

COURSE INTRODUCTION  - Get organized and familiar with the site and the textbook.

1. Go to the course website and read the Instructor Welcome and look at all links. Print all information and place in your notebook. (More about notebook later.)
2. At the home page of the English 105 site click on Student – Student Discussion Forum. Take a moment to learn how to write and access a message. Then send a short paragraph introducing yourself to Professor Taylor. Do this no later than the end of this week, and Professor Taylor will write back to you. You may also respond to other students’ messages.
3. Read the inside left cover of text to learn what the textbook icons mean.
4. Read and study Contents, pages v-x.
5. Locate text’s Appendixes A-E, pages 333-415.
6. Locate and study Index, pages 417-426.
7. Tab textbook as discussed in course introduction.
8. Read Dear Student, page xi-xiii.
9. Complete and grade Replay (i), page xiv.
10. Go to Pretest link and take the Pretest, or take the Pretest on page xv.
11. Grade the Pretest with the answers shown on this link. Based upon the number of questions you answer correctly, see if you are in just the right class!
12. Go to the Pretest link for an explanation of each answer.

Each week please use the following plan for studying English 105-Business English. 

1. Read the chapter introduction at the beginning of each chapter.
2. Take the chapter pretest located on the website and grade. Place the completed and graded pretest in your notebook.
3. View the PowerPoint presentation for the assigned chapter.
4. Read the assigned chapter. 
5. You will be reading and working your way through each assigned chapter. Therefore, read the Reads, complete the Recaps and Replays as you come to them, and grade your Recaps and Replays with answers shown in Appendix E, page 385. Mark your answers using blue or black pen. Write neatly. Write in your book.
6. Read the short lecture located on the web site.
7. Complete and grade the Read and Replays in the text. Correct your errors using red pen.
8. Study the Checkpoint in the text.
9. Proofreading for Careers: Print the proofreading exercises for all chapters. These are located on the website. Use red pen or pencil and proofreading marks shown on back cover of text to mark errors. Grade your proofreading by comparing your copy with Proofreading Answer Key on course website. Place corrected proofreading exercises for each chapter in your notebook. Type final proofreading document, print, proofread again, and place in your notebook.
10. Take the Practice Quiz in your text and grade using the Practice Quiz Key on the course website.
11. Take Real Quizzes A and B on-line. You will be asked to set up your password first. Keep this information in your notebook or close to your computer. If you need help setting up your passwords, please call our Distance Learning staff at 714.241.6216, Ext. 0, Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
12. FOLLOW THIS PLAN EACH WEEK AS YOU WORK TOWARD SUCCESS IN ENGLISH 105!
    A note from Professor Taylor: I have chosen to ask you to learn to use editing symbols and build the skill of proofreading and editing. Since you only have so much time, I chose to eliminate the spelling test section of the class.

***CHAPTER 1 – Word Power, Enlarge Your Business Vocabulary
Added Note: Go to Proofreading Link and print proofreading marks. Use this and the inside back cover of your book and practice writing the proofreading symbols. Just copy the symbols as shown in your textbook. Then use these symbols to mark the proofreading exercises you print from this site. Always use red pen to mark errors.

***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 2
09/03 - 09/09

***CHAPTER 1 – Word Power, Enlarge Your Business Vocabulary
Added Note: Go to Proofreading Link and print proofreading marks. Use this and the inside back cover of your book and practice writing the proofreading symbols. Just copy the symbols as shown in your textbook. Then use these symbols to mark the proofreading exercises you print from this site. Always use red pen to mark errors.

***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 3
09/10 - 09/16

***CHAPTER 2 – Weather or Knot, Choose the Right Words, ***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Keep practicing writing proofreader's marks. Practice makes perfect!

Week 4
09/17 - 09/23

Please keep your American Heritage Dictionary at your workstation or desk. You will use it often. Go to http://www.dictionary.com/ and listen to the words pronounced.

Week 5
09/24 - 09/30

CHAPTER 4 – Grammar for Grownups, Identify Tools of the Trade, ***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one. 

Week 6
10/01 - 10/07

CHAPTER 5 – Apples, Tigers, and Swahili, Tell Who, Whom, or What--Nouns
READ Mini Reference Manual, COMPLETE Replays, pages 370-384. Copy and place in your notebook.
***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 7
10/08 - 10/14

Week 8
10/15 - 10/21

CHAPTER 7 – Looking for the Action? Then Find the Verbs!***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 9
10/22 - 10/28

The end of this week is the last day to make up and submit Real Quizzes 1-7. No exceptions.

MIDTERM EXAM - Chapters 1-7

TEST TAKING TIPS: DO STUDY FOR THE MIDTERM.
DON’T LET PROCRASTINATION GET THE BEST OF YOU.

• STUDY ALL REAL QUIZZES. 
• STUDY ALL PRACTICE QUIZZES. 
• STUDY WITH CONFIDENCE. 
• STUDY SAMPLE SENTENCES IN CHAPTERS. 
• STUDY WITH A CLASSMATE. 
• STUDY PROOFREADING SYMBOLS. 

REMINDER: ABSOLUTELY NO LATE MIDTERMS ARE GIVEN. IF YOU HAVE AN EXTREME CONFLICT, CONTACT PROFESSOR TAYLOR TO ARRANGE TO TAKE THE MIDTERM THE WEEK BEFORE.

MIDTERM – 50 questions. 15 bonus questions. Bring your dictionary, notebook, and red pen to the test. You may not take the test unless you have a dictionary, completed notebook, and a red pen.

Midterm Exam

You may take both A and B tests, but you only have to take Midterm A. 

Week 10
10/29 - 11/04

CHAPTER 8 – Words That Describe, Describe with Adjectives and Adverbs, ***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 11
11/05 - 11/11

CHAPTER 9 – The Taming of the Apostrophe, Avoid Apostrophe Catastrophe, ***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 12
11/12 - 11/18

CHAPTER 10 – Secret Life of a Sentence Revealed, Say No to Blunders and Gaffes, ***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 13
11/19 - 11/25

Chapter 11 Special Assignment Due Date

This week before midnight

CHAPTER 11 - The Pauses That Refresh, Use Commas, Exclamation Marks, Periods, Question Marks
Complete the Special Assignment, pages 249-250. Follow these steps:

First insert commas and end-of-sentence punctuation in the 35 sentences; think of the rule before inserting the comma. Some apostrophes are also needed. Write C beside four-five sentences that don't require commas or apostrophes. 

The second step is to TYPE each sentence with commas and apostrophes shown, or TYPE "C" in front of correct sentences. 

The third step is to e-mail this typed document to me by the end of this week. Use Your Name, Special Assignment 11, and date in the e-mail subject line. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ARE ACCEPTED.
THIS SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT IS REQUIRED TO PASS THE CLASS!

0-2 errors = A            3 errors = B             4 errors = C
NOTE: Absolutely NO LATE E-MAILS ACCEPTED.

Week 14
11/26 - 12/02

TWO CHAPTERS THIS WEEK

CHAPTER 12 – Punctuation Potpourri, Use ! . ? , as well as (; : " - _ ' )
***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

CHAPTER 14 – Take Your Show on the Road, Use Today's Vocabulary, "Grammar for Grownups," Formatting, and Presentation Techniques,
***Follow the 12 steps shown in week one.

Week 15
12/03 - 12/09

Monday begin reviewing for Final Exam. The final exam has 100 questions, two proofreading documents, and 25 bonus questions. Each bonus question you answer correctly adds ½ point to your test score.

YOU MAY NOT TAKE THE TEST UNLESS YOU BRING YOUR DICTIONARY, NOTEBOOK, RED PEN, AND TEXTBOOK.

The final exam covers Chapters 1-12 and 14. You may use your dictionary. No late final exams will be given. Please make arrangements with me if you need to take the exam early. THIS MEANS NO MAKE-UP EXAM IS GIVEN AFTER THE FINAL EXAM DATE.
DO STUDY FOR THE FINAL EXAM. DON'T LET PROCRASTINATION GET THE BEST OF YOU.

• STUDY ALL PRETESTS. 
• STUDY ALL REAL QUIZZES 1-12 and 14. 
• STUDY ALL PRACTICE QUIZZES. 
• STUDY WITH CONFIDENCE. 
• STUDY SAMPLE SENTENCES IN CHAPTERS. 
• STUDY WITH A CLASSMATE OR STUDY GROUP. 
• STUDY PROOFREADING SYMBOLS. 
• BE CONFIDENT IN YOUR ENGLISH SKILLS. YOU HAVE WORKED HARD TO MASTER THEM. YOU ARE READY TO SHOW YOUR STANDARD ENGLISH SKILLS. THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO SHOW OFF!!! 

Continue studying for final exam. Complete your notebook, proofreading, special assignments, and extra credit projects. 

Make sure your notebook is ready for grading.

Proctored Students:

Proctored students must have their final exam, textbooks, and notebooks postmarked and sent to Distance Learning attention Professor Marg Taylor no later than the end of this week. Professor Taylor recommends mailing via Return Receipt Requested so the package is received and signed for by a Distance Learning staff member.

Week 16
12/10 - 12/16

FINAL EXAM
Final grading is done by Professor Taylor.