Fall 2004 Ms. Walsh
| M Aug 23 |
Freewriting Introduce syllabus |
| W Aug 25 | The College Writer
(CW) Ch. 1&10 Directions for first essay assignment syllabus and Writing Criteria |
| M Aug 30 |
CW Ch. 2,3, & 4 Bring a typed/double-spaced draft of your first essay to class. Peer-review of drafts + work on revisions |
| W Sept 1 |
CW Ch. 5,6, & 7 Bring a typed/double-spaced revision of your first draft to class. Final review. Submit for grading. |
| M Sept 6 | Labor Day--no class |
| W Sept 8 |
CW Ch. 8 + all of the Ch. 8 video clips Get drafts back. Writing Criteria Rating Grid |
| M Sept 13 |
CCSU Writing
Criteria: a more thorough look (Bring your paper copy of the WC.) Writing Criteria Rating Guide How to do CD-ROM exercises |
| W Sept 15 | Submit Personal
Reflection revisions 2nd writing assignment: the expository essay Instruction on agreement CW 626.2 & 651-654 + CD-ROM exercises |
| M Sept 20 | Instruction
on types of sentences CW p. 650 + CD-ROM exercises |
| W Sept 22 |
Bring the typed, double-spaced paper copy of your expository essay
to work on in class. CW Commas pp. 575-579 + videos and exercises on CD-ROM CW Ch 27 pp. 399-404 on taking an essay test Georgia Regents Test website |
| M Sept 27 | Bring
the final paper copy of your draft (expository essay) to submit in class.
Practice Georgia Regents' Essay Test in class (Essay #3) |
| W Sept 29 | Get
back expository essays. CW Semicolons p. 580 + exercise on CD-ROM CW Apostrophes pp. 591-592 + exercise and video on CD-ROM |
| M Oct 4 | Get back Practice Regents Essays Last day to submit Expository Essay revisions Preview of topics on grammar test |
| W Oct 6 | In class grammar test |
| M Oct 11 | Midterm grades will be posted Introduction to research-based argument assignment CW Ch. 31 "Writing the Research Paper" (cover through p. 252 by next Monday) |
| W Oct 13 | Library Orientations All classes will be held in L-200 (immediately to your right at the entrance) *Submit topics. |
| Thurs Oct 14 | LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT ACADEMIC PENALTY |
| M Oct 18 | CW finish Ch. 31 through p. 252 CW Ch. 32 "Primary, Library, and Internet Research" Directions for Research-based argument (counts as essays four and five) Approve topics for research-based argument paper. Create a working thesis statement (in class). |
| W Oct 20 | CW Ch. 17 "Strategies for Argumentation and
Persuasion" * Submit working thesis for approval. |
| M Oct 25 | CW Ch. 18 "Taking a Position" Start working on Position Paper, Essay #4 |
| W Oct 27 | CW Ch. 19 "Persuading Readers to Act" CW Review Ch 31 pp. 465-476 Your research should be mostly finished by this point, and you should be drafting. |
| M Nov 1 | *Position Paper is due Film: A Lesson Before Dying |
| W Nov 3 | End A Lesson Before Dying Guest: Mary Ellen Doyle, Ernest Gaines' biographer Essay #5: Summary and Response |
| M Nov 8 | Possibility of Jury Duty *Introduction for research-based argument is due. CW Ch. 33 "MLA Documentation Form" CW Review Ch 31 pp 453-464 |
| W Nov 10 | Possibility of Jury Duty CW Ch. 20 "Arguing Against a Claim" Work on Annotated Bibliography in class. *Summary/Response is due. |
| M Nov 15 | CW CH.
21 "Proposing a Solution" *Preliminary Annotated Bibliography is due. |
| W Nov 17 | *Developing section of research-based argument
is due (hard copy + Turn-It-In). Directions on using turnitin.com |
| M Nov 22 |
*Research-based Argument
is due (Essays # 6&7). (hard copy + Turn-It-In) MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech, CW pp.290-293 Assignment: Essay #8 Summary/Response |
| W Nov 24 | no class Thanksgiving Break |
| M Nov 29 | *Final version of annotated bibliography is due. film: MLK: The Man and the Dream |
| W Dec 1 | *Essay #8 is due. Discuss MLK's Nobel Lecture (See Final Exam for link). |
| M Dec 6 | Film: Jimmy Carter: To the White House and Beyond |
| W Dec 8 | Discuss Carter's Nobel Lecture and prep for exam |
| Final Exam | 4:30 class Tues. Dec 14 3:30-5:30 3:00 class Wed. Dec. 15 3:30-5:30 |
İFlo Walsh, 2004
CW p. 19 & 461 on Summarizing
Readings
due today:
The Emancipation Proclamation at http://www.illuminingtalks.org/political/abraham_lincoln/emancipation_proclaimation
a Selection of Jim Crow Laws http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm
MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.htm
Assignments below do not
yet apply
to Fall 2003.
Please ignore.
Reading your
electronically evaluated paper
Show websites from : http://ctl.clayton.edu/learningstyles.htm
Kiersey Temperament Sorter
user name: p_copyrighted password: honorable
Learning Disabilities
Resource Center Multiple Intelligence
Inventory (no
password)
Directions for Compare/Contrast Essay
Compare/Contrast essay is due.
Introduction
to fiction
CW Ch. 25 "Writing About Literature and the Arts" pp. 374-388
How to analyze conflict
in a story
How to write a complex
analysis
How to write a
character analysis
How to write a synthesis