2 3 Lecture Topics Strategies for Analyzing Text “What Am I Looking For?” Peer Review Process “Why is Peer Review Valuable?” Giving and Receiving Feedback In-Class Activities Quiz – 75 Plus Readings Discussion and Analysis of Readings Conduct Peer Review of Rough Drafts Essay #1 Grammar Corner The Importance of Proofreading Adjectives and Adverbs Revise Narrative Essay with Peer Review Feedback Little Seagull Handbook Adjectives and Adverbs p.308 75 Readings Plus Narration May Angelou “Grandmother’s Victory” Langston Hughes’s “Salvation” Martin Ginsberg “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings Rough Draft Essay #1 Narrative Essay
3 10 Characteristics of Descriptive Essay Discussion of Assignment Requirements for Essay #1: Descriptive Essay (Rough draft due September 10) Activities Individually Read “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White 75 Readings Plus Individually take quiz “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White Grammar Corner Verbs (Tenses, Forms, Active and Passive) Subject-Verb Agreement Figurative Language With a Partner – complete the activity sheets (analysis of key passages with sensory details, themes, simile, metaphor and personification worksheets) The Little Seagull Handbook W-4 (Developing Paragraphs), Describing (p.23) S4 Verbs (Tenses, Forms, Active and Passive) (p.260) Subject –Verb Agreement (p.273) Precise Words p. 291 (Be and do, figurative language) 75 Readings Plus Description Baldwin “Fifth Avenue, Uptown” Judith Cofer: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood Complete Rough draft of Essay #2: Descriptive Essay Final Draft #1 Narrative Essay
4 September 17 Lecture Topic Process Analysis Activities Editing Exercises Peer Review of Rough Draft: Descriptive Essay using Peer Review Rubric Response Essay Grammar Corner Wordiness and Repetition Run on Sentences and Comma Splices The Little Seagull Handbook W-3f (Revising, Editing and Proofreading) 75 Readings Plus Process Analysis “Process Analysis” pages 84-85 Dane Ackerman “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” Peter Elbow “Desperation Writing” Richard Marius “Writing Drafts” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings draft of Essay #2: Descriptive Essay
5 September 24 Lecture Topic Characteristics of a Definition Essay Structure and Steps for Developing a Definition Essay Activities Quiz – 75 Plus Readings Assignment Essay #3 Definition Essay Grammar Corner Shifts (Tense, Point of View) Parallelism The Little Seagull Handbook Defining p.22-23 S-7 Parallelism p. 256 Shifts (Tense, Point of View) p. 287 75 Readings Plus Definition “Definition” pg 114-114 Jo Goodwin Parker’s “What is Poverty” Ellen Goodman’s “The Company Man” Gloria Naylor “Meanings of a Word” Joseph Epstein “The Green-Eyed Monster: Envy is Nothing to Be Jealous Of” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings Final draft of Essay #2: Descriptive Essay
6 October 1 Activities Quiz – 75 Plus Readings Share with Class – Definition Essay Discuss and Analyze Readings Response Grammar Corner Appropriate Words (Formal and informal, Jargon and Cliches) The Little Seagull Handbook Comparing and Contrasting p. 21 Appropriate Words p.289 75 Readings Plus Comparison and Contrast Bruce Catton “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” Mar Twain’s “Two Views of Mississippi” Suzanne Britt “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” Bharati Mukherjee “Two Ways to Belong in America” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings Draft Due Essay #3 Definition Essay
7 October 8 Lecture Intro to Comparison and Contrast Activities Quiz – 75 Plus Readings Discuss and Analyze Readings Response Essay Assign Comparison and Contrast Grammar Corner Unnecessary Words (really, very ) Wordy phrases and Redundancies The Little Seagull Handbook Unnecessary p.306 75 Readings Plus and Effect Barbara Dafoe “Where Have All the Parents Gone” Phillip Meyer “If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger Would You? Probably” K.C. Cole “The Arrow of Time” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings 8 October 15 Lecture Topic Cause and Effect In-Class Activities Quiz – 75 Plus Readings Discuss and Analyze Readings Peer Review – Drafts of Comparison and Contrast Essay Response Essay Grammar Corner Editing for Clarity Exercise Commas and Semicolons Comma Fun The Little Seagull Handbook P-1 Commas and Semicolons (p. 75 Readings Plus Argument Janet Kornblum “Tapping into Text Messaging” Michael Rubinkam “Texting in Class is Rampant” Rough Draft Essay #4: Comparison and Contrast Essay
11 November 5 Lecture Persuasive Strategies In-Class Activities Peer Review of Argument Essay Response Essay Grammar Corner Quotation Mark Editing Exercise The Little Seagull Handbook P-4 Quotation Marks p.333-337 75 Readings Plus Persuasion Jonathan Swift “A Modest Proposal” Martin Luther King Jr “I Have a Dream” Naomi Shihab Nye “To Any Would-Be Terrorists” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings Draft Essay #5 Argument Essay 12 November 12 Lecture Analysis of Persuasive Strategies in Readings In-Class Activities Quiz – 75 Plus Readings Discuss and Analyze Readings Grammar Corner Based on Global Issues in Class Papers 75 Readings Plus Persuasion Judy “Why I Want a Wife” Medicine Grizzlybear Lake “An Indian Father’s Plea” Be Prepared for Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings
13 November 19 Lecture Analysis of Persuasive Strategies in Readings In-Class Activities Discuss and Analyze Readings Response Essay Grammar Corner Based on Global Issues in Class Papers 75 Readings Plus Persuasion Jonathan Safran Foer “Let Them Eat Dog” John Stuart Mill “On Liberty” Final Draft Essay #5 Argument Essay 14 November 26 Thanksgiving Break – No Class 15 December 3 Lecture Strategies for Giving Presentations Activities Practice: Presentation: Argument Peer Feedback Response Essay Grammar Corner Based on Global Issues in Class Papers The Little Seagull Handbook W-6 Giving Presentations p.37-42 Prepare for Presentation Argument Essay 16 December 10 Exam Week/Schedule Presentation on Argument Essay