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CLAS 1313 / ENGL 1611
Fr. COTTER: Fahy 231 - (761) 9137 or 9458
cottereu@shu.edu
Welcome to The Classical Studies Dept. Roots of English course.
I. Your first move: SEND ME AN E-MAIL MESSAGE (click
my address above)
with the following information (i.e.,
copy the block of 9 items below into Lotus Notes,
Fill the form out in LotusNotes, then Send to me via E Mail
NAME:
(Last name first)
ADDRESS
(home & school, if needed):
TEL.
(home & school):
E-MAIL ADDRESS(ES):
(Include any other(s) you have, besides SHU)
YEAR (fr,
soph, etc):
MAJOR:
MINOR, if
any:
COMPUTER ACCESS:
(Campus machine, ‘Home’ Modem): If your ‘own’,
laptop? desktop?:
LANGUAGES (studied,
and/or spoken)
II. GET THESE BOOKS & RESOURCES:
TEXTS:
AYERS, D.
ENGLISH WORDS FROM LATIN AND
GREEK ELEMENTS
(SHU
Bookstore - look under both CLAS and ENGL)
DICTIONARY (Hardcover, a paperback
not
suitable):
American Heritage, 3rd ed.
AHD (best)
Webster's Collegiate, New World,
WCNW , or similar.
Be
sure yours gives
the ETYMOLOGY of the words.
(See Ayers' Text, p.16)
(NOTE: The AHD entries are on the Web
"indirectly" at Dictionary.com)
Download
immediately
Prof. Cotter's "Roots of English"
(ROE)
Computer Program
on the WWW at:
ROOTS OF ENGLISH: An
Etymological Dictionary:
Follow the detailed Instructions
(after you click on the above) to Download the Program:.
When asked
Where you want to save the file, save it to the
Desktop.
(On aCampus Connection the download should take 5 or
so minutes. By Modem,
it will take closer to 20-25 minutes.)
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The
JOURNAL: This is a record you will keep of English vocabulary related
to
the roots studied and Web sites visited. This Notebook should have a record of
each class you attend, and should reflect in neat, coherent and logical fashion
your use of the ROE Dictionary at home (on your own computer after
downloading)
to discover examples not found in the
Text,
and your own and others' contributions
in class, from the Web and elsewhere.
CLASS ATTENDANCE, and FULL PARTICIPATION
through E-Mail
& Internet assignments (especially the
"100%
Paperless Project"- see the
Syllabus,
bottom of the page) are essential for this project, which is a significant
part of the Class Participation grade, and a sine qua non
for a Final
grade.
Perfect or near-perfect attendance will raise the grade one level.
Frequent absences will lower it.
FINAL GRADE is determined by your Participation, Completion of the
"100% Paperless Project" (see
Syllabus),
Quiz Average, Mid-Term
and Final Examinations.
Perfect or near-perfect attendance
will have significant (positive) results.
CLASS MEETINGS (28):
Go to the
SYLLABUS
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