After you have read Turkle’s article, as soon as you click “Take Quiz” below, you will have 2 hours to:
- read the essay prompt directions,
- read the second article (in a downloadable Adobe PDF format),
- write an original and single-spaced essay integrating both articles, and submit it.
You will only have ONE ATTEMPT to submit this work, so make sure to keep your screen open the entire exam time. If you experience any issues at all, submit time-stamped proof and an issue description to Daniela.sow@gcccd.edu right away.
This timed essay is worth 50 points and is due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday evening, 6/2. This essay exam will no longer be available to access after this deadline, so make sure to begin your essay well before 10 p.m. on Sunday evening, 6/2! You’ll get access to both articles in a downloadable Adobe PDF format, so it would help if you have this feature available on the computer/laptop you on which you are composing your essay.
ENGLISH 120 SLOs
Students will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of important rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, genre, and context.
- Identify and analyze rhetorical and organizational strategies from a variety of texts and employ appropriate strategies to compose thesis-driven essays.
- Construct logically developed essays that synthesize, integrate, and contextualize multiple outside sources (through quotations, paraphrasing, and summary) with their own voice, analysis, or position, using appropriate documentation.
Important! ABSOLUTELY NO CHEATING. THIS EXAM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY YOU AND YOU ONLY, INCLUDING CRITICALLY READING TURKLE’S ARTICLE BEFOREHAND. IF YOU KNOW OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASS/ANYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THIS EXAM ALREADY, DO NOT INTERACT WITH THEM ABOUT THE FINAL EXAM. CHEATING ON THE FINAL EXAM WILL EARN YOU AN “F” (A ZERO) ON THE EXAM, POTENTIALLY AN “F” IN THE ENTIRE COURSE, AND THE INCIDENT WILL BE REPORTED AND WILL GO ON YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD.
Be confident! Remember that you have developed all the skills you need already from the other assignments all semester long! The other essays have prepared you for this final. The purpose of the final exam is to assess the skills you have developed , so you should be exiting this course hopefully being proud of yourself and what you can do as a critical reader, thinker, and writer!
After you have read Turkle’s article, as soon as you click “Take Quiz” below, you will have 2 hours to:
- read the essay prompt directions,
- read the second article (in a downloadable Adobe PDF format),
- write an original and single-spaced essay integrating both articles, and submit it.
You will only have ONE ATTEMPT to submit this work, so make sure to keep your screen open the entire exam time. If you experience any issues at all, submit time-stamped proof and an issue description to Daniela.sow@gcccd.edu right away.
This timed essay is worth 50 points and is due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday evening, 6/2. This essay exam will no longer be available to access after this deadline, so make sure to begin your essay well before 10 p.m. on Sunday evening, 6/2! You’ll get access to both articles in a downloadable Adobe PDF format, so it would help if you have this feature available on the computer/laptop you on which you are composing your essay.
ENGLISH 120 SLOs
Students will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of important rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, genre, and context.
- Identify and analyze rhetorical and organizational strategies from a variety of texts and employ appropriate strategies to compose thesis-driven essays.
- Construct logically developed essays that synthesize, integrate, and contextualize multiple outside sources (through quotations, paraphrasing, and summary) with their own voice, analysis, or position, using appropriate documentation.
Important! ABSOLUTELY NO CHEATING. THIS EXAM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY YOU AND YOU ONLY, INCLUDING CRITICALLY READING TURKLE’S ARTICLE BEFOREHAND. IF YOU KNOW OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASS/ANYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THIS EXAM ALREADY, DO NOT INTERACT WITH THEM ABOUT THE FINAL EXAM. CHEATING ON THE FINAL EXAM WILL EARN YOU AN “F” (A ZERO) ON THE EXAM, POTENTIALLY AN “F” IN THE ENTIRE COURSE, AND THE INCIDENT WILL BE REPORTED AND WILL GO ON YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD.
Be confident! Remember that you have developed all the skills you need already from the other assignments all semester long! The other essays have prepared you for this final. The purpose of the final exam is to assess the skills you have developed , so you should be exiting this course hopefully being proud of yourself and what you can do as a critical reader, thinker, and writer!
