University of Puerto Rico at Ponce

English Department
ENGL 4021 M03 MINUTES
Meeting Date: January 21, 2021

Call to Order:
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A regular meeting of the Course ENGL 4021 M03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held
remotely via Google Meet video conference on January 21, 2021. The meeting convened at 9:00 a.m.,
Professor LeCompte presiding and Liz M. Torres Torres, secretary. All students attended except:

1. Jonathan Fraticelli
2. Wilmarie González
3. Adamaris Maldonado
4. Eduardo Ramírez
5. Génesis Suriel

Approval of Minutes: 4th

Minutes of the January 19, 2021 meeting were approved as distributed to members of the course.

Matters Discussed:

1. Professor Le Compte presented the agenda and started the class with a free writing exercise
answering the question “If you could eliminate a species of insect from the face of the earth, which
one would it be? Why?”. She stated that this exercise along future ones must be stored.

tohave 2. After completing the exercise, the topic “Free Writing” was discussed.
dagent Technical document are written in Actin
3. Minutes were explained, and an example was shown. Three students were selected as
secretaries for the next minute. Before that, the following components of a minute were discussed:
a) Call to Order
b) Approval of Minutes
c) Matters Discussed and any other necessary section
d) Adjournment
e) Secretary’s Signature
did not know
4. The professor asked students to write down any word that they didn’t knew the meaning of,
because later on they would be part of a vocabulary section that will be presented in a portfolio.
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edagent 5. At the end of the class, two assignments were left:
a) Check the material in Moodle
an b) Buy a wooden mouse trap for the next class

Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 10:27 a.m.

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Liz M. Torres Torres, Secretary
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Date of Approval
 University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
English Department
ENGL 4021 M03 MINUTES
Meeting Date: January 28th, 2021

Call to Order:

A regular meeting of the Course ENGL 4021 M03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held
remotely via Google Meet video conference on January 28th, 2021. The meeting convened at 9:12am,
Professor LeCompte presiding and Ángela S. Silva Ortiz, secretary. All students attended except:
Omayrelis Rolón Santiago.

Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the meeting held on January 26th, 2021 were approved after corrections.

pre Matters Discussed:

1. Professor LeCompte shared the agenda of the meeting with the class and postponed the
Free Writing exercise before proceeding with the minutes of the previous class.
a. The professor reviewed the topics of parallel writing and first, second and third
O person. She also explained word sounds and pronunciation.
2. Professor LeCompte proceeded to answer questions the students had regarding the special
assignments (found on Moodle).
a. Trip Report
Oi. The professor briefly explained the structure of the report (memo) and
informed the students that she would explain this structure later in the course.
b. Portfolio
i. Professor LeCompte discussed the platforms (Weebly and Wix) she had
O chosen to make the portfolio and advised the students to explore the platforms
so she can answer the student’s questions more specifically.
c. Progress Report
onlyrequired four
Oi. Professor LeCompte clarified that instead of ten hours of community
service, only four were required. She explained that the progress report is a
group project and that the students have two options for community service:
1. Mini Garden at home
2. Agroecological Farm
3. Professor LeCompte discussed the characteristics of technical writing and, due to being
short on time, the postponed the assignment with the Mouse Trap for next class, February
2nd,2021. she
4. Students volunteered to be secretaries:
a. February 2, 2021: Adamaris Maldonado Irizarry and Rafael López Rivera
b. February 4, 2021: Génesis Suriel Jaquez and Aryam Torres Torres

Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 10:30am.

Submitted by:

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Ángela S. Silva Ortiz, Secretary Date of Approval
 University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
English Department
ENGL 4021 M03 Minutes
Meeting Date: January 26, 2021

Call to Order:

A regular meeting of the Course ENGL 4021 M03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held
remotely via Google Meet video conference on January 26, 2021. The meeting convened at 9:03am,
Professor LeCompte presiding and Alberto C. Pagán, secretary. All the students were present.

Approval of Minutes:
aftercorrections
Minutes of the January 26, 2021 meeting were approved as distributed to members of the course.

Matters Discussed:
the following question for the freewritingexercise
1. Professor Le Compte assigned a question in order to be able to carry out the free writing
exercise, whose question was the following: “If you could sit on this bench and chat for one
hour with anyone from the past or present who would be?” This she wasthis
assigned
exercise assigned to all to all
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students, but only Josecarlos Santiago and María Paz Ruiz shared their free writing.

2. The professor described the instructions for how the minutes should be placed in the portfolio.

3. The professor presented the list of students in the Videoconference section inMoodle
moodle, to have
a reference to place those absent in the minutes and to know the members of the different
groups of the work known as a progress report.

4. Rosenid Quiñones, Estefania Santos and Liz Torres, presented their minutes for the work of
secretaries on January 21, 2021. The professor was in charge of correcting every minutes,
emphasizing pronunciation, grammar and write in active voice.
writing
5. The professor provided brief information on how to make the trip report and the importance of
being able to obtain official evidence, such as: a certificate, an official attendance list or a
certification of the conference you attended.
Moodle course
6. The professor assigned each student to completely review the course moodle, specifically the
trip report, progress report and portfolio, in order to bring questions for our next meeting,
which is on January 28, 2021.

7. The professor reminded the students to bring the mousetrap by January 28, 2021.

Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 10:31am.

Submitted by:

January 28
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Alberto C. Pagán, Secretary Date of Approval
 University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
English Department
ENGL 4021 M03 MINUTES
Meeting Date: February 11, 2021

Call to Order:

A regular meeting of the Course ENGL 4021 M03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held
remotely via Google Meet video conference on February 11th, 2021. The meeting started at 9:00am,
Professor LeCompte presiding, secretary and Alex A. Garcia Baez. All students attended.

Approval of Minutes:

Minutes of February 9th, 2021 meeting waseapproved after correction.

Matters Discussed:

1. Professor Le Compte started showing the agenda for the meeting class.
The agenda was:
a) Quiz number two (9:15am – 9:30am)
b) Discussed chapter two of the book: Pocket Guide to Technical
Communication.
c) Documentary.
Assigned watching thedocumentary
2. Students took a quiz about chapter number two. It consisted inof
two questions.
3. The professor discussed the topics of chapter two of the book: Pocket Guide to technical
communication. The topics of this chapter discussed were:
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a) Structure Rule 1, 2, and 3
b) ABC Format andInere
they rules.
c) Page design rules 1,2,3 and 4 Thismaterial
She emphasizes in the ABC Format for the test, and the correct use of types of fonts. It will be in
the next test.

4. Le Compte assigned for the next class on February 16th, 2021 to watch the documentary “The
Future of Food” and answer the guide questions that will guide the discussion of the
documentary. It is posted in the academic platform (Moodle).

Adjournment: The meeting ended at 10:29a.m.

Submitted by:

_______________________ _____________________________
Alex A Garcia Baez, Secretary
February 16,2021
Date of Approval
 University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
English Department
ENGL 4021 M03 MINUTES
Meeting Date: January 21st, 2021

Call to Order:

A regular meeting of the Course ENGL 4021 M03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held
remotely via Google Meet video conference on January 21st, 2021. The meeting convened at 9:00am,
Professor LeCompte presiding and Estefania Santos Mas, secretary. All students attended except:
r Rivera, Adamaris Maldonado Irizarry, Eduardo Ramirez
Jonathan Fraticelli Rodriguez, Rafael Lopez r
Andujar and Genesis Suriel Jaquez.

Approval of Minutes:

Minutes of the January 19th, 2021 meeting were approved as distributed to members of the course.

Matters Discussed: needs tobe in thirdperson

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1. Professor LeCompte began the class discussing the importance of writing fluency, and gave us
our first free writing exercise. Topic of the day: “If you could eliminate a species of insect from
the face of the earth, which one would be? Why?” and
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2. The professor discussed our first technical document, the Minutes, and explained the main
components.
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3. Professor LeCompte also presented one of the projects we will be working throughout the
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semester, the Portfolio. She highlighted the following sections:
a. Free writing.
b. Minutes.
c. Vocabulary.
Assignments:

1. Professor LeCompte assigned us to review all the opened Moodle sections.

2. The professor also asked us to buy a wooden mouse trap.

students
for Thursday January 28202
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 10:27 am.

Submitted by:

______________________________________ January 26 2021

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Estefania Santos Mas, Secretary Date of Approval