Important Announcements from Your Instructor
_Please read the following announcements regarding this
group project in Creative Writing and Campus Journalism.
February 18, 2012
Saturday
Hi folks,
By February 23 (Thursday), I will be checking your websites to see if you have posted your write-ups in the following sections: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays. Let me reiterate that there must be six (6) pieces of creative write-ups in each of these sections since there are six members in your group.
The poems that you will be posting in your website must be the poems that you have started writing LAST CLASS SESSION (February 17). Make sure that you keep the papers (scratch) WITH my signature on it for verification purposes.
The short stories you have submitted before should also be posted in your website, that is, you don’t need to write a new one. Well, if you wish, you can add another short story and post it in ‘Other Writings’ section. That is not a requirement but you’ll receive bonus points for extra works like that.
As for the ‘Essay’ section, what you need to post is your critique essay so it would not be difficult for you to write a new one. If you want to add more essays, that’s better. Again, bonus points will be given to those who will have additional write-ups in any category.
And also, do not be surprised if some of your writings will be edited. I will do the editing online after you post your articles.
Let me also remind you that you need to submit a portfolio which is equivalent to your pre-final exam (in this case, a magazine or newspaper style) with all the writings that you have.
Below are the criteria that I will be using to determine your final exam grade:
60% Presentation of websites to be judged by the college faculty
15% Online publication of Poems, Short Stories, and Critique Essays by February 23
15% Online publication of Autobiographies, News, and Other Writings by March 8
10% Evaluation from other groups
Good luck!
Sincerely yours,
Marlon B. Raquel
Course Instructor
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February 4, 2012 Saturday
Dear RAQ Ur World Ladies,
Greetings of peace and prosperity!
It is with great joy seeing you build this website of your own. As you know, you are required to submit a portfolio as your requirements for the Pre-final Period and an online version of your works for the Final Period which are equivalent to 60% of your grade. Please be reminded that no written examinations will be conducted in this class except for the Midterm Examination as reflected in our Course Syllabus. It is, therefore, important that you will give your utmost effort in this endeavor as this will greatly affect your grades. This is a group project so I expect all members of the group to actively participate in any of the exercises or activities you will do for the rest of the semester.
There are several things I want to remind you for this work.
1. First, the website must have six (6) standard links for the following: Autobiographies, Essays, News, Poems, Short Stories, and Other Writings. You can add more if you wish to, like Gallery, Blogs, Links, etc.
2. Second, each link must have information on it. For example, when I click 'Autobiographies' I should be able to view and read the contents of your autobiographies. Under no circumstance that a certain link is empty or is not working. This will lead to deduction of points.
3. Third, your group has six (6) members, therefore, it is imperative that readers around the world should be able to read six autobiographies, six essays, six news articles, six poems, six short stories, and six other forms of writings. Of course, if you want to add more write-ups, you can do that but that is not a requirement.
4. Fourth, your website will be judged by a panel of college professors from the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Computer Studies (DCS) after you present it with them through a PowerPoint Presentation preferably at the Audio-Visual Room on March 9, 2012 (Friday).
5. Fifth, you can choose any topic (Environment, Religion, Politics, Education, Sexuality, Family, Love and Relationships, etc) for your write-ups.
6. Lastly, DO NOT DELETE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM YOUR WEBSITE.
It may be quite hard for some of you to experiment on new things like this but all of us, including me, must do extraordinary things if we want to improve ourselves. Take this as a challenge. I do not want you to leave the four corners of The Fisher Valley College one year from now without taking any challenges as students. I graduated valedictorian in my high school years but I never had the chance to learn computer and the internet. I am not ashamed to admit that I was a computer illiterate then. When I entered the University of the Philippines, I was so confused, shocked, and in other times, depressed, with all those voluminous readings and requirements that demanded computer skills and internet knowledge in addition to printed materials. I say this to encourage you to give your best shot in everything that you do.
Let these gentle reminders serve as your guide as you work as a team on your website in our Creative Writing and Campus Journalism course. Please do not hesitate to discuss with me any issues you have as this will greatly help towards the attainment of our goals.
Will you indeed rock our world by sharing your thoughts and emotions to your virtual friends through this website? Let's see.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Marlon B. Raquel
Course Instructor
February 18, 2012
Saturday
Hi folks,
By February 23 (Thursday), I will be checking your websites to see if you have posted your write-ups in the following sections: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays. Let me reiterate that there must be six (6) pieces of creative write-ups in each of these sections since there are six members in your group.
The poems that you will be posting in your website must be the poems that you have started writing LAST CLASS SESSION (February 17). Make sure that you keep the papers (scratch) WITH my signature on it for verification purposes.
The short stories you have submitted before should also be posted in your website, that is, you don’t need to write a new one. Well, if you wish, you can add another short story and post it in ‘Other Writings’ section. That is not a requirement but you’ll receive bonus points for extra works like that.
As for the ‘Essay’ section, what you need to post is your critique essay so it would not be difficult for you to write a new one. If you want to add more essays, that’s better. Again, bonus points will be given to those who will have additional write-ups in any category.
And also, do not be surprised if some of your writings will be edited. I will do the editing online after you post your articles.
Let me also remind you that you need to submit a portfolio which is equivalent to your pre-final exam (in this case, a magazine or newspaper style) with all the writings that you have.
Below are the criteria that I will be using to determine your final exam grade:
60% Presentation of websites to be judged by the college faculty
15% Online publication of Poems, Short Stories, and Critique Essays by February 23
15% Online publication of Autobiographies, News, and Other Writings by March 8
10% Evaluation from other groups
Good luck!
Sincerely yours,
Marlon B. Raquel
Course Instructor
===============================================================================================
February 4, 2012 Saturday
Dear RAQ Ur World Ladies,
Greetings of peace and prosperity!
It is with great joy seeing you build this website of your own. As you know, you are required to submit a portfolio as your requirements for the Pre-final Period and an online version of your works for the Final Period which are equivalent to 60% of your grade. Please be reminded that no written examinations will be conducted in this class except for the Midterm Examination as reflected in our Course Syllabus. It is, therefore, important that you will give your utmost effort in this endeavor as this will greatly affect your grades. This is a group project so I expect all members of the group to actively participate in any of the exercises or activities you will do for the rest of the semester.
There are several things I want to remind you for this work.
1. First, the website must have six (6) standard links for the following: Autobiographies, Essays, News, Poems, Short Stories, and Other Writings. You can add more if you wish to, like Gallery, Blogs, Links, etc.
2. Second, each link must have information on it. For example, when I click 'Autobiographies' I should be able to view and read the contents of your autobiographies. Under no circumstance that a certain link is empty or is not working. This will lead to deduction of points.
3. Third, your group has six (6) members, therefore, it is imperative that readers around the world should be able to read six autobiographies, six essays, six news articles, six poems, six short stories, and six other forms of writings. Of course, if you want to add more write-ups, you can do that but that is not a requirement.
4. Fourth, your website will be judged by a panel of college professors from the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Computer Studies (DCS) after you present it with them through a PowerPoint Presentation preferably at the Audio-Visual Room on March 9, 2012 (Friday).
5. Fifth, you can choose any topic (Environment, Religion, Politics, Education, Sexuality, Family, Love and Relationships, etc) for your write-ups.
6. Lastly, DO NOT DELETE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM YOUR WEBSITE.
It may be quite hard for some of you to experiment on new things like this but all of us, including me, must do extraordinary things if we want to improve ourselves. Take this as a challenge. I do not want you to leave the four corners of The Fisher Valley College one year from now without taking any challenges as students. I graduated valedictorian in my high school years but I never had the chance to learn computer and the internet. I am not ashamed to admit that I was a computer illiterate then. When I entered the University of the Philippines, I was so confused, shocked, and in other times, depressed, with all those voluminous readings and requirements that demanded computer skills and internet knowledge in addition to printed materials. I say this to encourage you to give your best shot in everything that you do.
Let these gentle reminders serve as your guide as you work as a team on your website in our Creative Writing and Campus Journalism course. Please do not hesitate to discuss with me any issues you have as this will greatly help towards the attainment of our goals.
Will you indeed rock our world by sharing your thoughts and emotions to your virtual friends through this website? Let's see.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Marlon B. Raquel
Course Instructor