Week One || 06.07.10
Mon:
Go over syllabus
Prewriting Techniques:
     Free-writing introduced; Journals
     Student Example of Free-write
Free-write Exercise: First Impressions & Observations:
      Frida Kahlo's Las Dos Fridas
      or Autorretrato con espinas (Self-Portrait with Thorns)

          .: demo

Tues:
Essay Writing Modes
> Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook" handout
Brainstorming: Mapping, Outlines
Mapping—Student Examples
Reading Journal Or Reading Responses (An On-going Assignment)

          .: demo

Wednesday:
Listing
Video example of Martha Graham's Lamentations
Introduction paragraphs
Formal vs. Informal Voice
> Kinky Friedman, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" / Texas Monthly
>"Smoking Ban" / Wikipedia.org

          .: demo

Thursday:
Guidelines for Reading     .: demo
Autobiographical Writing     .: demo
Narration Essay Pattern Introduced
> John Updike "Beer Can"  .: an example of the perfect paragraph
Exercise 1: Formal/informal letters due Monday 06.14.10

Friday:
Narration Essay Pattern
Conflict Types
> Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter” p 97
Exercise 2: Autobiographical Narrative due Monday 06.14.10

Week Two || 06.14.10

Monday:
Narration Essay Pattern: 'I' Voice, Style, Audience
          .: demo
> E. B. White, “Once More to the Lake” p 183

Description Essay Pattern overview
          .: demo

Tuesday:
Description Essay Pattern • Organizing information
> Isabel Allende, “The Amazon Queen” handout
Exercise 3: Description Essay Pattern (in-class)

Wednesday:
> Suzanne Berne "Ground Zero" p 167
> Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"
> N. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” handout

Thursday:
Exemplification (Illustration) Essay Pattern
          .: demo
> Brent Staples, “Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power—” p 236

Friday:
Process Essay Pattern
          .: demo
> Bread Making
> Arthur Miller, “Get it Right: Privatize Executions” p 299
Introduction to Library Databases: SIRS
         Essay 1: Process or Exemplification Essay Pattern, due 06.23.10
Gathering Evidence • In-text Citations Overview
          .: demo

Week Three || 06.21.10

Monday:
Signal Phrases
           .: demo
Final project outlined: Seven page essay, with MLA Work Cited Page , due 07.02.10
       Choose topic of interest for final essay, due 06.22.10.
Cause / Effect Essay Pattern
          .: demo

Tuesday:
Cause / Effect Essay Pattern
> Robin Lakoff, “The Power of Words in Wartime” p 363
         Essay 2: Cause / Effect Essay due 06.28.10
Creating a Thesis Statement Based on Supportive Evidence
          .: demo
Declaration of Thesis due Friday 06.25.10.

Wednesday:
Citations and Plagiarism Defined • Works Cited Page Overview
          .: demo
> In-Text Citations Variations, p 518-527, sections: 1-4, 6, 23
Library Orientation: School Databases || Begin Preliminary Research
Begin Constructing Final Project

Thursday:
Comparison / Contrast Essay Pattern

Friday:
> Deborah Tannen, “Sex, Lies, and Conversation” p 436
> E. S. Maduro, “Excuse Me While I Explode” supplemental
> Gwendolyn Brooks, “Sadie and Maud” p 443
MLA Changes • Guidelines for Works Cited Page Entries
          .: demo
         Formal Thesis for Final Project due || Continue Research

Week Four || 06.28.10

Monday:
Midterm: Essay 3: In-Class Comparison/Contrast
         Preliminary Work Cited due
Division / Classification Pattern
          .: demo

Tuesday:
Division / Classification Pattern
Definition Essay Pattern
          .: demo

Wednesday:
Definition Essay Pattern
> José Antonio Burciaga, “Tortillas” p 524
> Harry Frankfurt, “On B.S.”
> Lauren Slater, “On Love” supplemental

Thursday:
> Chris Buice, "'Everyone Welcome'—Even Now" supplemental
> Stephanie Ericsson, “The Ways We Lie” p 485
Essay 4: Definition or Division/Classification Essay due 07.06.10

Friday:
Final Paper turned in early for extra credit
Simple Sentence vs Complex Sentence > Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner
          .: demo
How to Use a Semicolon

Monday:
School Holiday

Tuesday:
Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of "W"
Combining patterns

          .: Final Paper due || essay rubric

Wednesday:
Combining patterns
> Virginia Woolf, “The Death of the Moth” handout

Thursday:
Final Departmental Exam