Monday, June 30, 2008

Day 10 (of 21)

Today in class

  • Turned in 1st draft of Essay 5 (annotated bibliography) and discussed these drafts.
  • Went to the LCC library to continue research for Essay 5
  • Received graded Essay 3. Worked on editing logs.
Homework for Tuesday 7/1

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Day 9 (of 21)

Today in class

  • Worked in small groups to proofread the final draft of Essay 3.
  • Turned in Essay 3.
  • Wrote and shared about this question: What are the characteristics of good writing?
  • Lecture by Mr Turner about Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills
  • Discussed topics for Essay 5
  • Went to the LCC library to research Essay 5
Homework for Monday 6/30
  • Essay 5 (Annotated Bibliography): Two entries due.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Day 8 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Read five examples of 25-minute essays and why some were better than the others.
  • Wrote Essay 2 in class.
  • Commented on 2nd Drafts of Essay 3 in small groups.
  • Received the Instructions for Essay 5 (Annotated bibliography). Went to the library to find a topic for Essay 7 (research paper to be published on Wikipedia). Topics had to be chosen from Wikipedia's list of requested topics.
  • Had individual conferences with Andrew and Mr. Turner about Essay 3.
Homework for Thursday 6/26
  • Revise Essay 3. Final draft is due.
  • Have your topic for Essays 5 & 7.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Day 7 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Read the article "In My Day" in the Langan text. Answered questions 1 and 4 in the "Structure and Technique" section. Submitted.
  • Discussed and commented on Drafts of Essay 3 in a large group.
  • Scored the in-class essays written yesterday.
Homework for Wednesday 6/25

Monday, June 23, 2008

Day 6 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Read the article "A Hanging" in the Langan text. Answered questions 1 and 2 in the "Structure and Technique" section. Submitted.
  • Turned in first Drafts of Essay 3
  • Scored the in-class essays written on 6/19.
  • Talked about unity. Read the essay on p. 141 of Langan and identified sentences that needed to be taken out to improve unity.
  • Spent time coming up with a thesis and outline for a sample writing prompt.
  • Wrote 25-minute in-class essay as practice for Essay 2.
  • Received packets of Drafts of Essay 3 and of the in-class essays written today
Homework for Tuesday 6/24
  • Read all the drafts of Essay 3. On each draft, write (directly on each draft) things you liked about it and things that could be done to improve it. Be ready to share your comments in class.
  • Read all the in-class essays in the packet you received at the end of class today. Score each one on a 0 to 5 scale. See pp 5-7 in the handout you received today for explanation of the criteria for scoring. This is prep for Essay 2.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Day 5 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Read the article "The Ambivalence of Abortion" in the Langan text. Answered questions 1 and 4 in the "Structure and Technique" section. Submitted.
  • Proofread final drafts of Essay 1. Made corrections if needed. Submitted
  • Practiced converting questions from writing assignments into thesis statements.
  • Wrote 25-minute in-class essay as practice for Essay 2.
  • Discussed Essay 3
Homework for Monday 6/23
  • First Draft of Essay 3 (compare and contrast Wikipedia articles about your high school and another high school).
  • Read all the in-class essays in the packet you received at the end of class today. Score each one on a 0 to 6 scale. See pp 5-7 in the handout you received today for explanation of the criteria for scoring. This is prep for Essay 2.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Day 4 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Read the article "I Became Her Target" by Roger Wilkins in the Langan text. Answered questions 1 and 4 in the "Structure and Technique" section. Submit.
  • Discussed comparison, narration, and description.
  • Submit rewrite of summary of Wikipedia article.
  • Whole-class workshop of the drafts of the analysis of the Wikipedia articles about your high school.
  • Discuss Criteria for Final Draft of Essay 1
  • In small groups, discussed 2nd drafts of wikipedia article summary.
Homework for Thurs 6/19
  • Complete Final Draft of Essay 1. Bring two copies to class.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Day 3 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Discussed the Alex Haley article that we read in class yesterday.
  • Read the article "Shame" by Dick Gregory in the Langan text. Answered two questions about the article.
  • Submitted a one-page (about 250 words) analysis of the wikipedia article about your school.
  • Whole-class workshop of the drafts of the summary of the Wikipedia articles about your high school.
Homework for Wed 6/18
  • Respond to Wikipedia analysis drafts of your classmates, noting things you liked and things that could be added/taken out/changed to make the draft better. Refer to the handout "Responding to Drafts of Essay 1" for quidance.
  • Rewrite and revise the Wikipedia article summary about your school. Refer to the feedback from the class to help you revise.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Day 2 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Submit a one-page (about 250 words) summary of the wikipedia article about your school. Refer to Langan 349-350 for guidance. Type. Double-space.
  • Turn in two run-on sentences of your own. Analyze and discuss these sentences in class.
  • Turn in a paragraph (topic of your choice) of 5 to 6 sentences. Two of the "sentences" should be fragments. Analyze and discuss these paragraphs in class. Do an activity to practice writing and practice applying what we have learned about run-ons and fragments.
  • Discuss how to respond to drafts of your peers (handout). Practice responding to one draft in class.
  • Discuss analysis of Wikipedia article about your school (handout).
  • Discuss the four main steps to writing strong papers.
Homework for Tues 6/17

  • Respond to drafts of your classmates. Refer to the handout "Responding to Drafts of Essay 1" for quidance.
  • Write an analysis of the Wikipedia article about your school. Refer to page 2 of the handout "Responding to Drafts of Essay 1" for instructions.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Day 1 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Intros: Who is in the class? Who is Mr Turner? Who is Andrew Gorospe?
  • Pretest: Read "Thank You" by Alex Haley on pp. 728-229 of Langan. Write a one-paragraph summary of the article. The summary should be double-spaced and one page (about 250 words).
  • Pretest: Did the following exercises in the Langan text: 429, 444 review test 3, 453 review test 1, 458 review test 2, 468-469 review test 2, 475, 507-508 review test, 515 review test 1.
  • Received copy of Course syllabus/outline and discuss.
  • Received copies of Langan and Clouse books
  • Discussed the four goals of effective writing.
  • Received copy of wikipedia article about your high school.
Homework for Mon 6/16
  • Read pp 349-350 Langan
  • Read wikipedia article about your high school.
  • Write a one-page (about 250 words) summary of the wikipedia article about your school. Refer to Langan 349-350 for guidance. Type. Double-space.
  • Look through 432-444 in Langan and 126-128 in Clouse. Write two run-on sentences of your own. Don't copy examples from the book.
  • Look through 418-431 in Langan and 121-125 in Clouse. Write a paragraph (topic of your choice) of 5 to 6 sentences. Two of the "sentences" should be fragments.