Tom, CO # 2, Composition - Wayne Schiefelbein, September 3

First, the attendance was taken and papers that the instructor had reviewed were handed back to the students.  Mr. Schiefelbein did not actually give a score or provide corrections, but placed highlight marks on the paper where he judged that there were errors.  It was the students' job to find the errors and make corrections.

Next the class reviewed email etiquette.  First, to make his  job easier, Mr. Schiefelbein wanted the students to get an email address that had their names embedded within.  Then he began the review.  'hru' for 'how are you?' is OK for fellow students, but not for the teacher.  Keep the Subject line brief, and use it to tell the recipient what is being sent.

The salutation could be of one of the forms:

• Dear Wayne,
• Wayne,
• Dear Dr. Kennell:
• but not 'Dear Mr. Wayne'

The content for class could be 'Here is my journal (essay, homework, ...).'

Then you might type 'Thank you.', followed by 'Sincerely' or 'Best wishes.', followed by your full name.

The next part of the lesson was Vocabulary.  The instructor reviewed the words polygamy, polygamous, monogamy, frantic and frantically.  The words were broken into their component parts, and their parts of speech were shared.

Mr. Schiefelbien then reviewed the simple structure of an essay.  The thesis should be the last sentence of the first paragraph.  The first statement of subsequent paragraphs should then introduce the purpose of that paragraph.  The last paragraph should wrap up and summarize.  He would like each paragraph in the body to consist of five or so sentences.