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General Note: I will assign some chapters or pages from
the Handbook as background reading as we go along or look for similar
topics in the Handbook on your own by checking the index in the back
of the book for special topics. You should consult the chapters on grammar
and punctuation as you feel the need or if I indicate you need review in
those areas. I encourage all students to take advantage of the college
Tutorial Services in the Library. |
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Date |
Module |
Reading Assignments |
Lecture Topics / Class Activities |
Comments |
Ex. # |
| Aug 28 |
1-1 |
|
Review Syllabus. Begin Ex. # 1 |
Paragraph Building |
1 |
| |
1-2 |
Strategy: Ch. 1 pp. 1-11 |
Intro. to the Essay; Essay
structural models |
Sentence Revision & Variation |
2 |
|
1-3 |
Strategy: Ch.
3 pp. 21-40 Strategy: Ch. 5. pp. 61-93
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Developing the Essay;
Cohesion and Transition
Intro. to Narration;
Listen to Andy Griffith, Bill Cosby, and Arlo Guthrie |
Thesis Placement
Exercise; Identifying Transition Phrases; for Ex. 4 use Rafer Johnson’s
essay on p. 82-85 in Strategy. |
3
4 |
| Sept. 4 |
2-1 |
Strategy: Ch.
2 pp. 13-19
Strategy: Ch. 4 |
Pre-Writing:
Generating Ideas; Clustering, Brainstorming, Free-writing, and branching;
Workshop: Ex. 1, 2, Essay 1 |
Take Home
Proofreading & Grammar Review Pre-tests—return next class; |
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2-2 |
|
Writing a Summary discuss
essay; structural analysis |
Summarize a short essay
(handout) |
5 |
| |
2-3 |
|
Freewriting Practice |
Use to develop some aspect of
your Narrative essay or to explore an idea for Essay #2 using description as
your strategy |
6 |
| Sept. 11 |
3-1 |
Longman: pp. 1-6; 849-62
Longman: pp. 9-13 (Achebe)
"Dead Men’s Path" |
Intro. to Short Fiction;
Critical Reading
Passive/Active Voice--switching |
Grade & Review take home quizzes
in class (see Handbook index under "active and passive voice") |
7 |
| |
3-2 |
Longman: pp. 53-63
(Borges) "The Garden of Forking Paths" |
Group discussion of Short Story;
Workshop |
Turn in Ex. 1-4; plus
Narrative Essay Due Review Actives/Passives |
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3-3 |
Strategy: Ch. 6 pp.
95-124 |
Intro. to Description Essay #2 |
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| Sept. 18 |
4-1 |
Longman: pp. 399-418
(James) "The Real Thing" |
Example of Key Term
Definition |
Definitions of Key Terms |
8 |
| |
4-2 |
Longman: pp. 799-808
(Updike) "Separating" |
Group discussion of Short Story; |
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4-3 |
Strategy: Ch. 8 pp.
163-200) |
Using the Process Mode |
Descriptive Essay Due |
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| Sept. 25 |
5-1 |
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Process Ex. Due |
9 |
| |
5-2 |
|
Group discussion of Short Story;
Intro. to Logical Fallacies |
Short Story Questions Due—Set 1 |
10 |
| |
5-3 |
Strategy: Ch. 7 pp.
125-162; Ch. 12 pp. 305-338 |
Using Example, Division, &
Classification Modes in writing; Logical Fallacies Cont. |
Logical Fallacies |
11 |
| Oct.2 |
6-1 |
|
Logical Argument Construction |
Creating Logical Arguments |
12 |
| |
6-2 |
Longman: pp. 64-75
(Camus) "The Guest"; 14-20 (Anderson) "Hands" |
Group discussion of Short Story; |
Identifying Rhetorical Figures |
13 |
| |
6-3 |
Strategy: Ch. 9 (201-231) |
Writing and using Definition
mode; |
Classification Essay Due;
Amplification & Embellishment |
14 |
| Oct. 9 |
7-1 |
Strategy: Ch. 10
(233-267) |
Comparison & Contrast; More on
essay structural models;
Intro. to Erasmus exercise |
Generating alternative
words & phrases for sentences |
15 |
| |
7-2 |
Longman: pp. 122-132
(Cheever) "The Swimmer"; pp. 156-159 (Chopin) "The Storm"; and "The Story
of an Hour" p. 157. |
Group discussion of Short Story; |
Definition Ex. Due |
16 |
| |
7-3 |
Strategy: pp. Ch. 11
(269-304) |
Cause and Effect Essay |
|
17 |
| Oct. 16 |
8-1 |
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Cause and Effect Continued;
|
Proofreading Quiz—Take
Home |
18 |
| |
8-2 |
Longman: pp. 133-147,
+151
(Chekhov) "The Lady with the Pet Dog); |
Group discussion of Short Story;
Using Active & Passive Voice;
(Exercises 18 thru 21 can be used for Essay #5) |
Comparison & Contrast Essay
Due Short Story Questions Due—Set 2
Transforming Active & Passive |
19
20 |
| |
8-3 |
Strategy: Ch. 13
(339-380) |
Introduction to Argument &
Persuasion |
|
21 |
| Oct. 23 |
9-1 |
pp. 429-434, + 464 (Joyce)
"Araby" |
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9-2 |
Longman: pp. 843-46
(Woolf) "A Haunted House; 370-76 (Hemingway) "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" |
Group discussion of Short Story; |
Cause and Effect Essay #5 Due
Short Story Questions Due—Set 3 |
22 |
| |
9-3 |
Handbook: see pp. 115,
786, 133-35, 122-23, 135, 533-37. |
Writing an Evaluation Essay |
Response: Thesis and
Introduction |
23 |
| Oct. 30 |
10-1 |
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Response: Outline |
24 |
| |
10-2 |
Longman: pp. 599-627, +
(Melville) "Bartleby the Scrivener" |
Group discussion of Short Story; |
Response: Conclusion; |
25 |
| |
10-3 |
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|
| Nov. 6 |
11-1 |
Longman: p.590; "The
Necklace" (De Maupassant) |
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26 |
| |
11-2 |
p. 738 - (Silko) "The Man to
Send Rain Clouds |
Group discussion of Short Story;
Intro. to Critical Theory |
Evaluation Essay #6 Due
Short Story Questions Due—Set 4 |
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11-3 |
|
Beginning your term paper;
Discuss Topics |
Generating ideas |
25 |
| Nov. 13 |
12-1 |
|
Discussion on Plagiarism |
Expanding your term paper ideas
– step one |
26 |
| |
12-2 |
|
Group discussion of Short Story;
Discussion of MLA format |
Term Paper— Expand your Key
Ideas – step two |
27 |
| |
12-3 |
|
Developing Thesis and Title for
your term paper |
Develop Introduction & Key topic
sentences for term paper |
28 |
| Nov. 20 |
13-1 |
Last Day to Withdraw with a "W"
grade is 11/22. |
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Organizational Plan |
29
30 |
| |
13-2 |
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Group discussion of Short Story;
Discussion of Writing a Paper Abstract |
Paper conferences as needed |
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13-3 |
|
Paper Writing Workshop |
Abstract Writing workshop |
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| Nov. 27 |
|
Thanksgiving
Holiday |
College Closed |
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| Dec. 4 |
14-1 |
|
Paper Writing Workshop |
Term Paper Rough Draft—Workshop
in class; |
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14-2 |
|
Proofreading Quiz 2—in class |
Paper conferences as needed |
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14-3 |
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Possible short film based on
Kate Chopin’s story: "The Story of an Hour" |
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| Dec. 11 |
15-1 |
|
Film about 1 or 2 of our short
stories: "The Swimmer" or another. |
Term Papers Due; Portfolios Due |
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15-2 |
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Hand Out Take Home Final Exam; |
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Finals Week May 3-May 8 |
| Dec. 18 |
Sat. |
Final Exam Due on or before
12/18 by 9:00 a.m. (If the class wants to plan to have a class party on
this morning, let me know. You plan the party and I will arrange for a
movie.) |
Final Extra
Credit Presentations—if any Return Portfolios and Term Papers |
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