|
Date |
Due Today |
In Class |
|
Aug. 30 |
|
Intro, syllabus, writing sample |
|
Sept. 1 |
Zinsser, pp. 39+ |
What makes good writing? |
|
Sept. 3 |
Read pages 1 to 11. |
The writing process |
|
Sept. 6 |
LABOR DAY – NO CLASS |
|
|
Sept. 8 |
Description, pp.
98-102; |
Description |
|
Sept. 10 |
Narration, pp.
137-141; Paley, pp. 169+ |
Narration |
|
Sept. 13 |
Illustration, pp.
178-182; Staples, pp. 183+ |
Illustration |
|
Sept. 15 |
Comparison/Contrast,
pp. 218-222; |
Comparison/Contrast |
|
Sept. 17 |
Definition, pp.
254-258; |
Definition |
|
Sept. 20 |
Classification,
pp. 294-298; Viorst, pp. 299+ |
Classification |
|
Sept. 22 |
Process Analysis,
pp. 338-341; Simon, pp. 342+ |
Process Analysis |
|
Sept. 24 |
Cause and Effect,
pp. 382-386 King, pp. 387+ |
Cause and Effect |
|
Sept. 27 |
Baker, pp. 12+ Vonnegut, pp. 20+ Tam, pp. 28+. |
Begin process for Essay #1:
Prewriting |
|
Sept. 29 |
Orwell, pp. 157+ |
Analyze essays; create thesis,
outline essay. |
|
Oct. 1 |
Sen, pp. 200+ Pollitt, pp. 229+ |
Analyze essays, begin rough
draft |
|
Oct. 4 |
|
Rough draft due |
|
Oct. 6 |
|
Conferences |
|
Oct. 8 |
|
Conferences |
|
Oct. 11 |
SSAY #1 DUE |
|
|
Oct. 13 |
|
|
|
Oct. 15 |
BREAK – NO CLASS |
|
|
Oct. 18 |
King, pp. |
Analyze Essays Discuss Paragraph structure |
|
Oct. 20 |
Quindlan, pp. 485+ Ingrassia, pp. 245+ |
|
|
Oct. 22 |
Ehrenreich, pp. 191+ Roiphe, pp. 393+ Brady, pp. 456+ |
|
|
Oct. 25 |
|
|
|
Oct. 27 |
|
Conferences |
|
Oct. 29 |
|
Conferences |
|
Nov. 1 |
|
|
|
Nov. 3 |
ESSAY #2 DUE |
|
|
Nov. 5 |
Marable, pp. 429+ |
Analyze Essays. Begin Sentences. |
|
Nov. 8 |
Ivins, pp. 490+ |
|
|
Nov. 10 |
Bosman, pp. 498+ Spitzer, pp. 473+ |
|
|
Nov. 12 |
|
|
|
Nov. 15 |
|
|
|
Nov. 17 |
|
Conferences |
|
Nov. 19 |
|
Conferences |
|
Nov. 22 |
ESSAY #3 DUE |
|
|
Nov. 23 – Tues. |
Follow Friday Schedule |
|
|
Nov. 26 |
TG BREAK – NO CLASS |
|
|
Nov. 29 |
NO CLASS |
|
|
Dec. 1 |
|
How to take an exam |
|
Dec. 3 |
|
|
|
Dec. 6 |
|
|
|
Dec. 8 |
|
In Class Writing |
|
Dec. 10 |
|
In Class Writing |