English 101

Pierce College - Fall 2021

Week 1 : Welcome and Class Orientation

Hello class, and welcome to YOU, the student class member.

Week 1 Outline:

We are in Week 1 – "Syllabus Week".

So: we will be settling in for the 5-week long haul for this semester.

Feel free to wander around all the Modules, Pages, and Files that are available to you so far.

Each week, a new module will publish by 8:30 am on the first instruction day of each class week, Monday,

Most of the reading and writing assignments are posted in advance, so you have time to review and prep before you commit to writing your masterpieces.

This week's "To-Do" Things:

A few things you should do this week:

1. Ensure you have access to this course!

(You are probably online reading his now, so a pretty fair chance you are okay so far.)

1. Download the PDF copy of the syllabus --> Will post by Sun. 09.05.21 (linked here: __when posted__ ).

You should try to maintain copies of important files like the syllabus and writing assignments.

If internet access is down, you can still work locally off your computing system or mobile device.

1. Go to the files folder and see the readings arranged by week.

We have three short one-page readings this week: X----, Y---, and Z----.

1. Review the copy found on file for our first book reading:

Frederick Douglass – Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

This is also found as an online version located here:

http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/dougnarrhp.html

and here:

www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Douglass/Narrative/Douglass_Narrative.pdf

This book is not yet assigned, but will be the first "book-length text" that we will read for class as a class.

Those of you who like to get a head-start, or like in your instructor's case, are a little bit slower readers, may want to take a look.

Any copy of the Frederick Douglass narrative is acceptable for your use in class, providing it has all the chapters and materials as found in the copies provided to you here in the Files folder.

Some of you may wish to read online, or download an eBook version for your convenience.

That's all for now!

Welcome to the class!

Prof. George Constantin

You can call me:

"Professor"

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"Professor Constantin"

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"Professor George"

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"Prof George"

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"Prof C"

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"Prof"

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"Constantin"

Prof. George Constantin

Department of English

Pierce College