English 191 Achievements Spring 08

Achievements

Achievement is My Middle Name: Earn all achievements.

Ultimate Perfectionist: Turn in a paper without making any of the 20 most common errors.

Write Place Right Now: Take all four of your drafts to the Write Place for editing.

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Collaborate with at least one other student on a paper.

Rave Reviewer: Make 100 or more helpful comments on a classmate's draft.

Forum Swarmer: Make 100 or more quality posts on the forums.

Bloggorhea: Make 100 or more quality blog posts or comments on other people's blogs.

Not Today's Society: Write all four papers without ever using the phrase "in today's society."

Word Counter: Turn in a paper with exactly 1,000 words, excluding heading/works cited.

Sesquipedalian: Write a forum or blog post using at least 30 words from this list. Must be used in context and make sense.

Front Row Fan: Sit on the front row for three consecutive classes.

• Morshed Alam
• William Carlstrom
• Crystal Greeley
• Karen Field
• Caitlin Meyer

Front Page News: Have a letter published in the SCSU Chronicle.

Metaphor Mastery: Include three or more original metaphors or similes in any of your papers.

Master of Citations: Hand in a Works Cited page that is 100% correctly formatted.

Research Renegade: Hand in a research paper with at least 6 peer-reviewed, academic journal articles in your works cited page.

Goody Good Morning: Say "Good morning, Dr. Barton" on three consecutive classes when you walk in (or Dr. Barton walks in).

• William Carlstrom

Neither Here nor There: Respond to the roll call in six different languages (on separate days; can't be the same as someone else's that day).

• William Carlstrom

Eminent Elocutionist: Read a paper out loud with full energy, enthusiasm, and skill.

Dr. Hill Interrogator: Ask Dr. Fred Hill three questions about the library or conducting research.

Make a Donution: Bring a box of donuts and share them after class.

Cookie Crazed: Bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies and share them with the class.

Smells Like School Spirit: Wear three different official SCSU clothing items to class on the same day.

• Ryan Satteberg

Grammar Gurus (Class Achievement): Get 10/10 on every round of "Who Wants to be a Grammarian?"

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