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Session |
Description of Activities |
What’s Due or Needed |
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1 |
Introduction to course Diagnostic Essay Purpose Audience, tone and diction Introduction to Project 1: Descriptive Paragraphs Descriptive writing MLA format |
Paper, pen or pencil Textbooks |
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2 |
Discussion of "Graduation" Introduction to Project 2: Illustrative Essay Choosing and narrowing a topic Prewriting Developing a thesis Organization and outlines Introduction to peer editing Peer edit Project 1 |
Read McGraw 14-18, 20, 22-23, 43-53 Read Hacker 3-15 Rough Draft of Project 1 |
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3 |
Discussion of “The Trouble with Television”
and “TV or Not TV” Topic sentences, transitional words and phrases Introductions, transitions and conclusions Sentence variety |
Read handouts Read Hacker 24-36, 13-23, 97-122 PROJECT 1 DUE |
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4 |
Introduction to Project 3: Critical Response Essay Critical reading and thinking Analysis and Synthesis Annotating, note-taking, and summarizing Discussion of "How to Mark a Book" Grammar and punctuation Drafting, revising and proofreading Peer edit Project 2 |
Read Hacker 17-24 Read McGraw 1-13, 59-64 Rough Draft of Project 2 |
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5 |
Rhetoric and rhetorical stance Induction vs. reduction Logical fallacies and rhetorical errors Discussion of "Crazy Salad," "Being a Man," and "Sex, Lies and Conversation" |
Read Hacker 44-46 Read McGraw 35-37, 125-132, 135-139, 149-155 PROJECT 2 DUE |
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6 |
Avoiding plagiarism and incorporating quotes MLA parenthetical and bibliographical citations Introduction to Project 4: Process Analysis Essay Discussion of "Natural Selection," "The Age of Simulation" and "Building Fences" Peer edit Proj. 3 |
Read Hacker 325-350 Read McGraw 13-14, 23-24, 459-463, 499-508, 563-565 Rough Draft of Project 3 |
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7 |
Introduction to the libraryClass meets in campus library
Sign in at Reference Desk |
PROJECT 3 DUE |
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8 |
Introduction to Project 5: Comparison-contrast Essay Discussion of "Gospel of Wealth" and "United Shareholders of America" Building paragraphs Grammar and punctuation review Peer edit Proj. 4 |
Read handouts Bring Hacker Rough Draft of Project 4 |
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9 |
Revision and reorganization Strengthening sentences Sentence structure excercises |
Read Hacker 125-160 PROJECT 4 DUE |
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10 |
Writing across the curriculum Introduction to APA format MLA vs. APA Other manuscript formats |
See Hacker 363-401 |
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11 |
Writing about Literature Peer edit Proj. 5 In-class revision of Proj. 5 TEQ |
Read handout Rough Draft of Project 5 |
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12 |
Business Writing | PROJECT 5 DUE |