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Week 1 |
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Mon-June 9 |
Basic Introduction |
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General Essay Guidelines for MLA Papers |
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Using Microsoft Word: page headers, paragraph settings, margins |
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Prewriting: Journal Writing, Commonplace Books, Zuihitsu, Listing |
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• demo: Pre-writing Techniques |
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• demo: Walt Whitman's locus communis |
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(from an exhibition at: The Library of Congress) |
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Prewriting (FreeWrite Sessions): Brainstorming, Mapping (Clustering) |
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• see Rules for Writers (RfW) pp. 14-17 |
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• demo: Student FreeWrite Example |
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• demo: Brainstorming, Clustering, Mapping |
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Weekly Quiz 1: Syllabus and Essay Guidelines |
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In-Class Exercise 1 |
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Tues-June 10 |
Essay Writing Modes and Elements; see RfW pp. 6-9 |
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• see Rules for Writers (RfW) pp. 6-9 |
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• demo |
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Crafting the Perfect Paragraph-part 1 • Tone • Audience • Formality |
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• demo || Image of a Schmoo. |
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Types of Narrative Voice: Personal, Academic, Stream of Consciousness |
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In-Class Reading: Mortimer Adler, “How to Mark A Book,” supplemental |
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• see RfW p. 14 “Reading and Annotating Texts” |
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In-Class Exercise 2 |
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Wed–June 11 |
Narration Mode • Nexus pp. 93-94, 96-97 |
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Guidelines for Reading; review RfW p. 14 “Reading and Annotating Texts” |
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• demo |
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In-Class Reading: E. B. White, “Once More to the Lake,” supplemental |
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• demo-White's strategy |
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• demo-Literary Devices |
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Phillip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance (1983) supplemental |
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In-Class Exercise 3 |
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Thur–June 12 |
Academic Paragraph Construction-part 2 |
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• demo: Basic Introduction Paragraphs |
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• demo: Introduction Paragraph Examples |
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Assignment 1: Narration / Description Mode |
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Week 2 |
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Mon–June 16 |
Description Mode • Nexus pp. 47-49, 51 |
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In-Class Reading: Isabel Allende, “The Amazon Queen,” supplemental |
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• demo |
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In-Class Exercise 4 |
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Tues–June 17 |
Assignment 1: Narration / Description Mode due |
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Comparison/Contrast Mode • Nexus pp. 283-286 |
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Thesis Statements: RfW pp. 18, 26-30 |
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• demo |
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Deborah Tannen “Sex, Lies, and Conversation” p. 309 |
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Transitions: RfW pp. 64-66 |
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In-Class Exercise 5 |
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Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode |
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Wed–June 18 |
Gathering Evidence: Nexus pp. 34 -41 |
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Library Database Orientation 1: |
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Newspapers and Current Topics > CQ Researcher |
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Signal Phrases and In-text Notations: Nexus p. 41-42 “Introducing Your Sources” |
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Presentation of Evidence with MLA Guidelines |
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• see Rules for Writers, p. 495 |
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Weekly Quiz 2: Presentation of Academic Evidence |
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Thur–June 19 |
Cause / Effect Mode • Nexus pp. 371-375 |
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Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode due |
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In-Class Reading: Joan Didion, “On Keeping a Notebook,” supplemental |
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• demo |
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In-Class Exercise 6 |
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Pre-Grammar test |
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Week 3 |
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Mon–June 23 |
Cause / Effect Mode |
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Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause / Effect Mode |
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Group Project Overview • Rubric |
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PowerPoint Template for Presentation || PDF file Template |
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Tues–June 24 |
Cause / Effect Mode • Group Project |
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• demo-Synthesizing Material |
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Wed–June 25 |
Cause / Effect Mode • Group Project |
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Thurs–June 26 |
Cause / Effect Mode • Group Presentations |
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Final Assignment Expectations |
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Argumentative Papers Overview |
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In-Class Reading: Nexus “Argument,” pp. 411-414, “Opening Views and Rebuttal,” pp. 418-420 |
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Emotional Appeals: Rules for Writers,pp. 108-110 |
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In-Class Exercise 7 |
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Week 4 |
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Mon–June 30 |
Last day to drop course with a grade of "W" |
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Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause / Effect Mode due |
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> Bring two to three articles on chosen topic to class. |
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Defining your topic • Definition Mode |
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• demo |
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Lauren Slater, “On Love,” supplemental |
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• demo |
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In-Class Reading: Nexus, pp. 323-326,330 |
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In-Class Exercise 8: Building an Introduction Definition Paragraph |
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Presenting Both Pro and Con • Student Example |
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Tues–July 1 |
Finalized Draft Introduction page due |
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Bring two to three articles for use in class. |
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Individual student-teacher conferences. |
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Wed–July 2 |
Illustration (Exemplification) Mode |
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In-Class Reading: Nexus pp. 138-141, 142: “Illustration Essentials: Reading,” |
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In-Class Reading: Brent Staples, “Black Men and Public Space,” p 371 |
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In-Class Exercise 9: Building Body Paragraphs |
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Works Cited page expectations: See Rules for Writers, sample paper p. 593 |
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Thurs–July 3 |
Final Assignment due tonight at mdnight |
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Composition Notebook Due |
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In-Class Reading: Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter,” p 132 |
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Conclusion Paragraphs: Nexus pp. 24-25 |
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In-Class Exercise 10: Building Conclusions |
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Week 5 |
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Mon–July 7 |
Combining Modes |
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In-Class Reading: Virginia Woolf, “The Death of the Moth” supplemental |
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Sentence Structure Issues: Simple Sentence to Complex Sentence |
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• demo-Ernest Heminway and William Faulkner |
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• demo-Using semicolons |
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Tues–July 8 |
Exit Post-Grammar Exam |
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