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DATES and THEMES
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ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES
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Module 1: The Writing Process
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Week 1
Selecting Topics,
Generating Ideas
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
Web Readings:
How
do I know who my audience is?
Point
of View in Academic Writing
Getting
Started
Developing
an Outline
Outlines
Organizing
Your Thoughts
Paragraph
Development and Patterns
Paragraph
Development
Paragraph
Coherence
Paragraph
Homework: (150 words)
Writing Assignments on Pages xxvi and Page 8 due Friday by Midnight
Saipan time!
Whole Class Conference:
Students Must attend Face to Face
Conference! Meet in Room |
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Week 2
Topic Sentences,
Supporting Details,
Moving to Essays
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
Web Readings:
Be
in Control
Writing
the Topic Sentence
One
paragraph to each topic
Introductions
and Conclusions
A
Proper Introduction
Body
Paragraphs
Organizational
plan
Organizing
Essay Structure
Homework:
Writing Assignments on Pages 38 and Page 54 due Friday by Midnight
Saipan time!
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Week 3
Achieving Coherence and Revising
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 8 and Chapter 9
Web Readings:
Reviewing
Drafts with MS Word
Paragraph
Coherence
Considering
Structure
Principles
of Organizations
A Few
Matters of Form
Outlining
Editing
and Rewriting Process
Steps
in Editing Your Papers
Revising
- A Writer's Checklist
Analyzing
Your Work
Revising
for Cohesion and Coherence
The
Five-Paragraph Essay
Homework:
Writing Assignments on Pages 66 and 88
Whole Class Conference:
Students Must attend Face to Face
Conference! Meet in Room
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Module 2: Methods of Development
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Week 4
Descriptive Essays
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 10 Description
Web Readings:
The Five
Paragraph Essay
How
can I proofread better?
Seven
Strategies for Revising
Non-Sexist
Language
Be
Concrete
Be
Emphatic
Narrative
& Descriptive
Essay: #1 Essay: (all
essays are 500 words in length)
Descriptive
Assignment Hand Out
Descriptive Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time! |
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Week 5
Narrative Accounts
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 11 Narration
Web Readings:
Thesis
Sentence- Advice for Beginners
Why
and How to Revise
Questions
for Self or Peer Review
The
Personal Essay
Write
Beautifully
Linguistic
Devices
Essay:
Narration
Assignment Hand Out
Narration Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Week 6
February 23 to February 27
Individual Conferences
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Text Book Readings:
First Conference- Sign up for Conferencing
Web Readings:
Developing
a Thesis
Proofreading
Essays for a
Literature Class
Tips
For Revision
Conference:
Students Must attend Face to Face
Conference!
Sign up on the Conference Schedule
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Week 7
March 1 to March 5
Process Essay
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 12 Process
Web Readings:
Will
This Thesis Sentence Make the Grade
Is
Your Paper Ready?: A Checklist
Writing
A Thesis Statement
Five
Editing Principles
The
Process Essay
Essay:
Process Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Week 8
Compare and Contrast Essay
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 13 Comparison and Contrast
Web Readings:
Developing
a Thesis Statement
Developing
Objectivity
Contrast
Essays
Comparison
& Contrast
Essay:
Compare
and Contrast Assignment Hand Out
Process Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Week 9
Individual Conferences
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Text Book Readings:
Second Conference- Sign up for Conferencing
Web Readings:
Writing
or Revising a Thesis Statement
Proofreading
Your Paper
Editing
and Proofreading Strategies
Proofreading
your Writing
Conference:
Students Must attend Face to Face
Conference!
Sign up on the Conference Schedule
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Week 10
Classification Essay
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 14 Classification
Web Readings:
Thesis
& Purpose Statements
Higher
& Lower Order Concern
Classification
& Analysis
Essay:
Process Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Week 11
Cause and Effect Essay
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 15 Cause and Effect
Web Readings:
Developing
a Thesis
Constructing
the Thesis- A Writer's Clinic
Writing
Up a Statement of the Problem
Developing
Your Argument- Evidence
Understanding
Formal Logic
Essay:
Cause&
Effect Assignment Hand Out
Process Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Week 12
Persuasive Essay
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Text Book Readings:
Chapter 17 Persuasion
Web Readings:
Editing
and Rewriting Process
Developing
Your Argument- Arrangement
Constructing
an Informed Argument
Persuasive
Essays
Fallacies
of Argument
Avoiding
Logical Fallacies
Essay:
Persuasion
Essay Hand Out
Persuasion Essay due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Module 3:The Research Paper
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Week 13
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Text Book Readings:
Chapters 29 and Chapter 30
Web Readings:
Writing
Up a Statement of the Problem
Persuasion
& Logic in Argumentative Writing
What
is a research paper?Types
of Research Papers
Essay:
First Dratf of Research Proposal due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
Research
Paper Hand Out
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Week 14
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First Revison of Research Paper
Focuss of class is revising
Rough Draft of your Research
Paper
Web Readings:
A
Classical Argument
Argument
in Academic Writing
Essay:
Second Dratf of Research Proposal due Friday by Midnight Saipan time!
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Week 15
May 3 to May 7
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Second Revison of Research Paper
Focuss of class is revising the current Draft of
your Research Paper
Persuasion
& Logic in Argumentative Writing
What
is a research paper?
Types
of Research Papers |
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Week 16
May 10 to 15
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Final Exam Week
Research Paper due Monday at
Midnight Saipan Time.
Grades Posted on Web Site
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