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Week 1 |
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06.06 Monday: |
Basic Introduction |
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"Responding to Reading" pp. 20-24 • Reading Guidelines—demo with Adler Article |
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Mortimer Adler, “How to Mark a Book”—supplemental in class |
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English 1301 Axioms • Writing About Writing<a sample excerpt from Gary Provost, author |
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Writing Modes Introduced • Purpose Defined |
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.: demo |
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Example Exit Ticket |
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Prewriting Techniques Overview: |
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1. Freewriting (p. 387-391)—Student Example |
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2. Journals (p. 395) and Commonplace books |
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3. Mapping (pp.373, 390-391) / Clustering—Student Examples |
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4. Brainstorming (p. 386) |
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Reading Journal Guidelines |
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Exit Ticket: Demonstrate Freewrite Skills |
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06.07 Tuesday: |
Narration Mode Overview |
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.: demo |
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E. B. White “Once More to the Lake”—supplemental |
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Reading Journal: White's Narration |
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Types of Narration (POV) |
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.: demo |
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E.B. White and Narrative Voice |
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.: demo-White's strategy |
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Freytag's Plot Formula |
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Exit Ticket: Stream of Consciousness |
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Assignment 1: Narration/Description Mode |
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06.08 Wednesday: |
Tone • Audience • Formality |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 4: “Recalling an Experience,” pp. 58-59, 67, 69-71 |
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Russell Baker, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti,” pp. 60-63 |
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Reading Journal: Baker's Tone |
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Description Mode Overview |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 5: “Observing a Scene,” pp. 78-79, 87 “Observing a Scene,” 89 |
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Eric Liu, “The Chinatown Idea,” pp. 80-83 |
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Reading Journal: Liu's Descriptions |
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06.09 Thursday: |
MLA Academic Papers: Using Microsoft Word: page headers, paragraph settings, margins |
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Academic Paragraph Construction • Introductions and Body Paragraphs |
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.: demo-Introduction paragraphs |
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MLA Paragraph Formula • Deductive Closure |
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.: demo |
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Exit Ticket: Describe Yourself and Goals |
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Elements of Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, pp. 44-45 |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 20: "Strategies for Stating a Thesis and Planning," pp. 398-403 |
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How to Write Music Reviews |
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.: demo |
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Assignment 1: Narration/Description Mode due before midnight. |
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Week 2 |
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06.13 Monday: |
Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance (1983) |
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Exit Ticket: Describing Music |
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Thesis Statements |
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.: demo |
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Comparison/Contrast Mode Overview |
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Chapter 7: "Comparing and Contrasting" pp. pp. 116-117, 125-130 |
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.: demo |
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Exit Ticket-part 1: Comparison/Contrast Visual Analysis: Warm-up Exercise |
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Reality Television versus Reality |
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Exit Ticket-part 2: Venn Diagram |
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Establishing Ethos: Signal Phrases and PDF documents |
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Library Database Orientation-part 1 |
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Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode |
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06.14 Tuesday: |
Presentation of Evidence with MLA Guidelines |
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Signal Phrases and In-Text Notations |
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Plagiarism Defined–part 1 |
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Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter,” pp. 496-499 |
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Reading Journal: Cisnero's Comparisons and Contrasts |
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Writing Workshop: Bring Articles and Drafts of Paper for Conversations with Instructor |
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Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode due before midnight. |
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Grammar Pretest should be completed before this date. |
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06.15 Wednesday: |
Cause/Effect Mode (pp. 136-7, 145-8, 455) |
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.: demo-Cause/Effect Mode |
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Chapter 8: "Explaining Cause and Effects," pp. 136-7, 145-8, 455 |
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Chapter 3: "Critical Thinking Process," pp. 40-44 |
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Plagiarism Defined-part 2 |
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.: demo |
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Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook"—supplemental |
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Reading Journal: Didion's Cause & Effects Strategy |
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Library Database Orientation-part 2 |
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Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause/Effect Paper |
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06.16 Thursday: |
Cause/Effect Mode • Group Project—In Class Work • Group Exit Ticket |
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Presentation Template |
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Individual Presentation Rubric |
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Signposting |
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Week 3 |
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06.20 Monday: |
Cause/Effect Mode • Group Project—In Class Work • Group Exit Ticket |
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• Group Paper Template |
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• Individual Contribution Template |
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06.21 Tuesday: |
Cause/Effect Mode • Group Project wrap-up of Assignment 3 • Group Exit Ticket |
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06.22 Wednesday: |
Group Fifteen Minute Presentations |
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Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause/Effect Paper due before midnight. |
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06.23 Thursday: |
Toulmin Argument Model Overview |
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Aristotelian Argument Model |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 9: "Taking a Stand," pp. 156-157 |
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Syllogisms and Construction of Arguments |
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• demo |
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Assignment 4: Argumentative Paper Overview |
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Suzan Shown Harjo, “Last Rites for Indian Dead,” pp. 158-161 |
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Reading Journal: Harjo's Argument Style |
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Week 4 |
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06.27 Monday: |
Writing Workshop: Bring articles and drafts to class. |
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Formal Outline of Argumentative Paper due in class for discussion with instructor. |
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Exit Ticket: Construct a Syllogism Draft for your Introduction Paragraph |
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06.28 Tuesday: |
Writing Workshop: Formal draft of Argumentative paper due for discussion with instructor. |
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Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of “W” |
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06.29 Wednesday: |
Writing Workshop: Bring articles and drafts to class for discussions with instructor. |
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06.30 Thursday: |
Definition Mode Overview, pp. 441-442 |
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.: demo |
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.: demo-definition of love |
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Lauren Slater, “On Love”—supplemental |
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Exit Ticket: Who is your Ideal Partner? |
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Assignment 4: Argumentative Paper due before midnight. |
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Week 5 |
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07.04 Monday: |
School Holiday—no classes |
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07.05 Tuesday: |
Successful Communication in the Work Environment |
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Chapter 17: "Writing in the Workplace," pp. 352-355, 364-366 |
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Chapter 17: "Writing in the Workplace," pp. 356-364 |
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Resumes and Application Letters |
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.: basic resume construction |
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.: demo-bad cover letter |
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Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Media |
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Pitfalls of Sarcasm —supplemental |
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Emily Dickinson, “I am Nobody”(260)—supplemental |
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07.06 Wednesday: |
Basic Overview of Literary Analysis |
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.: demo |
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Combining Modes |
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Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth," —supplemental |
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Virginia Woolf and the Combination of Modes |
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.: demo: Various Moth Species |
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Reading Journal: Woolf's Themes and Strategies |
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07.07 Thursday: |
Final Exam |
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