When are you available for optional ZOOM sessions, should you need help with course content? While there will be 1-2 sessions on the same topic, you would only attend one of the available sessions. For those unable to attend, recordings will be available after the final session on the given topic. I will use this information to select times that work for most people. We try to work around your daily schedues. Slight variations in that will occur during test weeks. Days/evenings during the week are typically best for ZOOM sessions. We will use alternative days when tests are scheduled. Please provide the earliest time that you are available on Mondays? Latest time? The same for Tuesdays? Wednesdays? And lastly, Thursdays, how do those work for you? Time options? Please also explain any scheduling quirks that you have – rotating schedule, etc. Thank you for all of this help!! I will use this information to plan ZOOM sessions on a regular weekly schedule. Again, ZOOM sessions are entirely OPTIONAL and recordings will be posted for those who do not attend.

Critical thinking helps a reader analyze and synthesize.

When students revise their work, they focus on grammar and mechanics.

The thesis statement is the first sentence of the essay.

Synthesis is another word for analysis. 

Each body paragraph needs to have a topic sentence.

When you write an effective conclusion, you restate the thesis statement and summarize the body paragraphs of the essay.

The two formats we used to write essays this semester are MLA and APA.

Meeting the deadlines of our teamwork project showed personal responsibility.

An explicit thesis statement is open-ended.