GE117 ||Composition 1
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NOTE || Effective Week 3:
Inclass Exercises are based on the current week's lecture. If you are absent from class and turn in
the paperwork late, it will earn only half credit.

Late Assignments start at a lower grade point.
If 1 week late, the grading begins at 89 points (B).
If 2 weeks late, the grading begins at 79 pts (C).
If 3 weeks late, the grading begins at 69 pts (D).

 
   
Top 10 Essay Guidelines  
   
week 1
     journal example Sei Shonogan
     journal example Sylvia Plath
     journal example Susan Mitchell
 
     inclass exercise 1: Free-Writing and Mapping
 
     assignment 1: Free-Writing
 
week 2
     essay example: informal voice
     essay example: formal voice
 
     inclass exercise 2: Passive vs Active Verbs
     inclass exercise 2.2: Finding a Limited Subject
 
     assignment 2: Audience & Tone
 
week 3
    Topic Sentence Examples || Paragraph Developments
     inclass exercise 3 (part 1): Topic Sentences
     inclass exercise 3 (part 2): Paragraph Development
 
     paragraph examples: Childhood Autobiographies
     assignment 3: Autobiographical Paragraph
 
week 4
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    Ask
 
    Yahoo!
    Yahoo! Directory
 
    Google      
    Google Book Search
    Google Directory
    GoogleGuide
 
    Dictionary
 
    Houstin Online Library
    ITT-Tech Virtual Library
 
    inclass exercise 4: Revision of Autobiographical Paragraph         checklist
 
    assignment 4: Research
 
week 5
    Moving from Broad Topic to Limited Subject to Thesis
    Thesis Statement & Intro Paragraph Examples
 
    Grade Rubric for Autobiographical Paragraph
    Creating Headers in Word2007 and Word2003
 
    inclass exercise 5: Construct a Plausable Thesis Statement
 
week 6
     assignment 6: Declaring your Audience, Thesis, & Annotated Bibliography
     inclass exercise 6: Patterns of Development: Casual Analysis
 
     Final Project Overview
 
    Plagiarism Learning Center
 
week7
     inclass exercise 7: Descriptive Writing & Illustration
 
     assignment 7: Preliminary Draft of Research Paper
 
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week 8
     inclass exercise 8: Parallelism
 
     inclass exercise 8.02: Define Your Objective