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Week 1 06/07 |
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Basic Introduction: Syllabus
General Essay Guidelines, Pre-writing techniques and Journal styles
Student example of free-writing exercise
FW 1: What is your writing style?
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Tuesday: |
Listing Pre-Write Technique
• Video example of Martha Graham's Lamentations
Mapping/Grouping/Clustering
Essay Writing Modes
Discuss “Prose Forms: Journals” p 99
Discuss Joan Didion, “On Keeping a Notebook” p 100
Rhetorical Elements
Appeals in Writing: logos, pathos, ethos
FW 2: Freewrite, Las Dos Fridas
Reading Journals: An on-going Assignment |
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Formal vs. Informal Voice
Kinky Friedman, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" / Texas Monthly
Wikipedia.org "Smoking Ban"
Discuss Virginia Woolf, “My Father: Leslie Stephen” p 137
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Thursday: |
Autobiographical Writing
Video example of Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia
Narrative Pattern introduced
Discuss John Updike, "On the Beer Can" p 607
Image of a Schmoo.
Reading Guidelines — demo
• Assignment 1: Narrative, due Monday 06-14 |
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Week 2 06/14 |
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Narrative Essay Pattern: 'I' Voice, Style, Audience
Discuss E. B. White, “Once More to the Lake” p 93 |
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Description Essay Pattern introduced
Discuss Sylvia Plath, “Metaphors” supplemental
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FW 3: Freewrite, Guernica |
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Description Essay Pattern • Organizing information
Discuss N. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” p 182 |
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Exemplification Essay Pattern introduced
Discuss Caroline Bird, "College is a Waste of Time and Money" p 467
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Creating a Thesis Statement |
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Thursday: |
Exemplification Essay Pattern
Discuss Brent Staples, “Black Men and Public Space” p 396
Introduction to Signal Phrases
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• demo: signal phrases |
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Introduction to In-Text Citations |
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• demo: in-text citations |
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• Assignment 2: Description/Exemplification, due Wednesday 06-23 |
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Week 3 06/21 |
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Combining Patterns
Discuss Isabel Allende, “The Amazon Queen” supplemental handout
Process Essay Pattern introduced
Discuss Arthur Miller, "Get it Right: Privatize Executions" supplemental |
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Tuesday: |
Process Essay Pattern
Discuss Peter Elbow, "Desperation Writing" supplemental handout
Recent Process Essay Examples:
How to Spot Counterfeit Money
10 things you can do to stop extinctions
• Assignment 3: Process Essay Pattern, topic list, final version due Wednesday 06-30
• Final Project Outlined
Gathering Evidence, Preliminary Research |
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Wednesday: |
Review for Midterm
Cause and Effect Pattern
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Statistical Information Example:
Many Americans Fear Growing Health Costs
• Assignment 3: Process Essay Pattern requirements, final version due Wednesday 06-30
Preliminary Casual Research
• discuss SF Writer, Chapter 21: “Doing Research” p 231-235 |
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Thursday: |
Midterm
Introductions and Conclusions
Summary-Paraphrase-Quote-Analysis
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• Declare topic for Final Paper > Monday 06-28 |
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Week 4 06/28 |
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Monday: |
Library Orientation/Select three articles for research
Declare topic for Final Project at close of class |
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Tuesday: |
Cause and Effect Pattern, review
• Discuss Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, “On the Fear of Death” p 276
• Discuss SF Writer, Chap. 24: “Using Sources Responsibly” p 257-263
Plagiarism/Citations
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MLA Standard Guidelines
• Creating a Thesis Statement (review)
• Formal declaration of Thesis, due Thursday, July 01
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• review demo |
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• Discuss SF Writer, Chap. 3: “Making a Point” p 24-26
• Based on evidence begin preliminary draft of Final Project.
• Continue collecting evidence on chosen topic.
Definition Pattern introduced
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Discuss Chris Buice, “ ‘Everyone Welcome’ — ,” supplemental |
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Discuss Lauren Slater, “On Love” p 243
Discuss Harry Frankfurt, “On B.S.” supplemental
Analysis of Evidence
• Discuss SF Writer, Chap. 17: “Reading and Responding Critically” p 173-177
• Discuss SF Writer, Chapter 19: “Visual Arguments” p 210-215
Last day to drop course with a ‘W’
• Assignment 4: Definition Pattern, due Tuesday, July 06 |
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Thursday: |
Signal Phrases, In-Text Citations (Review), Work Cited Page
Building a Formal Research Paper Example
• Assignment 5: Introduction to final project, due Thursday, July 08
• Assignment 6: Tentative Work Cited Page due Thursday, July 08
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Week 5 07/05 |
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school holiday/no classes
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Comparison/Contrast Essay Pattern introduced
Discuss E. S. Maduro, “Excuse Me While I Explode” p 255 |
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Comparison/Contrast Essay Pattern
John Berger, "Francis Bacon and Walt Disney"
• In-class reading |
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Classification/Division Essay Pattern introduced
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• demo |
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Works Cited page exercise |
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Combining Patterns, part 2 |
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Week 6 07/12 |
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Monday: |
Combining Patterns, part 3
Discuss Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth" supplemental
Review for Final Exam
• Final Project due |
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Tuesday: |
Class will meet at scheduled time for Final Exam. |
