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
Week 7 10/13/15 to 10/16/15 (Columbus Day Holiday on 10/12/15) Strategy: Division/Analysis Assigned: Paper 3 - Division/Analysis or Classification In-class activities: journals and writing strategies Materials: “What is Really in a Hot Dog?” by the Staff of SixWise.com (Steps to Writing Well p.270) Week 8 10/19/15 to 10/23/15 Strategy: Classification In-class activities: journals and writing strategies Writing Workshop 3: peer and techniques Materials: “The Plot Against People” by Russell Baker (Steps to Writing Well p.268) “The Ways We Lie” (50 Essays p.120) Week 9 10/26/15 to 10/30/15 END OF 1st QUARTER Strategy: Revision/Reflection on Journals In-class activities: journals and writing strategies Due: Due: 1st Quarter Journals and Paper 3- Division/Analysis or Classification Materials: Student Journals, including initial Goal Setting Activity from Week 2 Week 10 11/4/15 to 11/6/15 (short week—student holidays on 11/2 and 11/3) Strategy: Definition Assigned: Paper 4 – Definition or Example In-class activities: journals and writing strategies Materials: “The Munchausen Mystery” by Don R. Lipitt (Steps to Writing Well p. 257) Week 11 11/9/15 to 11/113/15 Strategy: Example In-class activities: journals and writing strategies Materials: “So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?” Lisa Wilson Strick (Steps to Writing Well p. 205) Week 12 11/16/15 to 11/20/15 Strategy: Finish Definition and Example Modes Writing Workshop 4 Due: 4--Definition and Example Materials: Sample student essay (Steps to Writing Well p. 203) Week 13 11/23/15 and 11/24/15 (short Holiday) Strategy: Process Analysis activities: types and strategies of effective process analyses Assigned: Paper 5: Speeches/Technical Writing Materials: Informative Process Essay: “To Bid the World Farewell” by Jessica Mitford (Steps to Writing Well p. 218) Directional Process Essay: “Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself” by Katy Piotrowski (224)
Week 14 11/30/15 to 12/4/15 Strategy: Process Analysis In-class activities: strategies of effective speeches Due: Paper 5--Speeches and Technical Writing Assigned: Close Reading 2 Materials: TED: “The Danger of Silence” by Clint Smith “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (50 Essays p. 172) Week 15 12/7/15 to 12/11/15 Strategy: Comparison and Contrast Assigned: Paper/Unit 6: Webtext portfolio In-class activities: peer and self-editing Due: Close Reading 2 Materials: Point by point: “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” by Bruce Catton (Steps to Writing Well 239) The Block: “Two Ways of Viewing the Same River” Samuel Clemens (Steps to Writing Well p. 243) Week 16 12/14/15 to 12/18/15 (then WINTER BREAK) Strategy: Cause and Effect In class activities: work on webtext Materials: “Some Lessons from the Assembly Line” by Andrew Braaksma (Steps to Writing Well p. 283) Week 17 1/4/16 to 1/8/16 Strategies: Culmination of Modes of Writing Materials: “Writing Essays Using Multiple Strategies” (Steps to Writing Well p. 357) Wix.com or Weebly.com Week 18 1/11/16 to 1/15/16 Strategy: Create and Organize Webtext In class activities: journals and webtext Materials: Wix.com or Weebly.com Week 19 1/19/16 to 1/22/16 Strategy: Create and Organize Webtext In activities: journals and peer and self-edit webtext (Gallery Walk) Due: 2nd Quarter Journals and Webtext draft for Gallery Walk (Writing Workshop 6) Materials: Wix.com or Weebly.com Week 20 1/25/16 to 1/28/16 Strategy: Reflections and Goal Setting Due: Paper 6: Webtext final draft And Reflections Materials: Wix.com or Weebly.com This schedule is subject to change. Please see Blackboard announcements for any updates.