Class Schedule: DATES TOPICS Week 1 Class introduction and Materials: 8/31/15 to 9/4/15 Course Guidelines Can I Become An “How Strategy: The Writing Process, Analytic Analytical Reader?” (Steps to Writing, and Reading Writing Well p. 180-182) Assigned: Reading 1 In-class activities: journals and Is Academic Writing?” “What writing strategies/grammar by L. Lennie Irvin (Handout) Week 2 Strategy: Description Materials: 9/8/15 to 9/11/15 Paper 1- College/Career Essay Santa Ana” Assigned: “The journals and (The by In-class activities: Norton Sampler) writing strategies; Goal Setting Activity Joan Didion Due: Close Reading 1 by Annie Dillard (Steps to Writing Well p. 328) Week 3 Strategy: Narration Materials: Dad” by “Shooting 9/14/15 to journals and Vowell (Bedford p. 152) activities: 9/18/15 writing strategies Excerpts from on Writing Workshop 1: peer and self- Mango Street by Sandra editing Cisneros Week 4 Strategy: Research Using Databases and the 9/21/15 to Paper 2- Documented Essay Internet (Steps Assigned: to Writing 9/25/15 p. 374) In-class activities: Well Research/Library/Database Activity/Evaluating Web Sources Due: Paper 1-College/Career Essay Week 5 Strategy: Documented Essay Materials: 9/28/15 to Continue research Preparing an Annotated Assigned: 10/2/15 Works Bibliography, Distinguishing In-class activities: Cited/Annotated Paraphrase from Summary, Bibliography journals and writing Avoiding Plagiarism and strategies; Avoiding Plagiarism and Incorporating Source Material Using Citations (Steps to Writing Well p. Writing Workshop 2: peer and techniques Week 6 Strategy: Documented Essay Materials: 10/5/15 to Assigned: Revision Web/database/print sources 10/9/15 In-class activities: Writing conferences on topic of choice Due: Paper 2 Documented Essay –
Class Schedule: DATES TOPICS Week 1 8/31/15 to 9/4/15 Class introduction and Course Guidelines Strategy: The Writing Process, Analytic Writing, and Reading Assigned: Reading 1 In-class activities: journals and writing strategies/grammar Materials: “How Can I Become An Analytical Reader?” (Steps to Writing Well p. 180-182) “What Is Academic Writing?” by L. Lennie Irvin (Handout) Week 2 9/8/15 to 9/11/15 Strategy: Description Assigned: Paper 1- College/Career Essay In-class activities: journals and writing strategies; Goal Setting Activity Due: Close Reading 1 Materials: “The Santa Ana” (The Norton Sampler) by Joan Didion by Annie Dillard (Steps to Writing Well p. 328) Week 3 9/14/15 to 9/18/15 Strategy: Narration activities: journals and writing strategies Writing Workshop 1: peer and Materials: “Shooting Dad” by Vowell (Bedford p. 152) Excerpts from on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Week 4 9/21/15 to 9/25/15 Strategy: Research Assigned: Paper 2- Documented Essay In-class activities: Research/Library/Database Activity/Evaluating Web Sources Due: Paper 1-College/Career Essay Using Databases and the Internet (Steps to Writing Well p. 374) Week 5 9/28/15 to 10/2/15 Strategy: Documented Essay Assigned: Continue research In-class activities: Works Cited/Annotated Bibliography journals and writing strategies; Avoiding Plagiarism and Using Citations Writing Workshop 2: peer and self- editing techniques Materials: Preparing an Annotated Bibliography, Distinguishing Paraphrase from Summary, Avoiding Plagiarism and Incorporating Source Material (Steps to Writing Well p. Week 6 10/5/15 to 10/9/15 Strategy: Documented Essay Assigned: Revision In-class activities: Writing conferences Due: Paper 2 – Documented Essay Materials: Web/database/print sources on topic of choice
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