College Writing
Aug 10th, 2011 by kschutte
May 14: Class Evaluation
May 15: Final Exam
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May 7-8: Presentations
May 9: 1/2 Day
May 10-11: Presentations
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April 30: Plan presentation
May 1: Shakespeare
May 2-4: Plan presentation
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April 23: Research
April 24: NO SCHOOL
HW: Annotated Bib due tomorrow
April 25: Annotated Bib due at the end of the period
April 26: Research/Collect images
April 27: Comma Quiz; Begin planning presentation
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April 16: BR; brainstorm human rights; look at possible resources
HW: Work on draft; choose three best intros
April 17: BR (Thoughtful Tuesday); begin researching human rights issues; choose topic by Thursday
HW: Final CC essay due Friday
April 18: Trails Post-Test; go over Photo Essay assignment
HW: Final CC essay due Friday; comma packet p. 1 & 2
April 19: Thoughtful Thursday (TED Talk); Researching time
HW: Final CC essay due Friday
April 20: Final CC essay due
HW: Annotated Bib due Wednesday
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April 10: BR; Trails; Drafting time
HW: Draft due tomorrow
April 11: Peer Revision; comma packet
HW: Comma packet p. 1 & 2
April 12: Thoughtful Thursday; comma answers; Trails; Self-editing
April 13: Look at sample drafts; Trails; comma answers; Sentence Combining 2; brainstorm human rights issues
HW: Comma packet p. 3 & 4; Sentence combining
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Mar. 20: Watch Steve Jobs' Stanford Speech (2005) and My Life, taking notes on anything you consider meaningful. These notes will be used in your next paper.
Mar. 21: Continue My Life
Mar. 22: Finish My Life
Mar. 23: Finish My Life; Thoughtful Thursday ("Nature is Over" - TIME Magazine. Write a one-page response. What is the author's main point, and how does he support it? What is your reaction or response?)
HW: Read Ch 13
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Mar. 12: Guided Editing
Mar. 13: Finish Position Paper - Due tomorrow!
Mar. 14: Sentence Fragment and Run-On practice
Mar. 15: Watch visiting author speak
Mar. 16: Watch The Last Lecture (2007) and take notes on anything you consider meaningful. These notes will be used in your next paper.
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Mar. 5: BR; Pretest; Outlining Conferences/Drafting time
HW: Draft due Wednesday
Mar. 6: Conferences/Drafting time
HW: Draft due Wednesday at end of period
Mar. 7: Peer Review
HW: Final essay due Monday
Mar. 8: BR (Thoughtful Thursday); Punctuating Titles; Revision
HW: Final essay due Wednesday
Mar. 9: Revision; Self-Editing Checklist
HW: Final essay due Wednesday
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Feb. 27: BR; Peer Revision of summary on Google Docs (Proofread for Expected Grammar Skills); Research time
HW: Article 2 Summary due Tuesday; grammar p. 189-190 ex. 6
Feb. 28: BR; Peer Revision of summary on Google Docs; making a claim
HW: Grammar p. 192 ex. 7; claim (thesis) due Wednesday
Feb. 29: BR; Outlining - Point vs. Point or Subject vs. Subject?
HW: Grammar p. 193-195 ex. 8 & Review A
Mar. 1: BR (Paradox of Choice TED Talk); Outlining - Point vs. Point or Subject vs. Subject
HW: Draft due Tuesday with Works Cited Page; Pronoun Practice; Grammar Quiz Friday
Mar. 2: Grammar Quiz; outlining conferences
HW: Draft due Tuesday with Works Cited Page
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Feb. 21: BR; Go over Ex. 2 p. 180; Introduce Position Paper
HW: Read grammar p. 180-181. Complete Ex. 3 & 4 p. 180 & 181.
Feb. 22: BR; Go over TRAILS questions; Pronoun Practice; Choose topic for position paper
HW: Read p. 183-186. Complete Ex. Review D p. 186. Article 1 summary due Monday
Feb. 23: BR; Write a one-page response to RSA video
Feb. 24: BR - What do you know about pronouns? Grammar Girl Who vs. Whom; Go over TRAILS questions; Research time
HW: Article 1 summary due Monday (Article 2 due Tuesday)
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Feb. 13: BR; Ch 7 Pretest; Block Letter Format; Drafting Time
HW: Draft due Tuesday
Feb. 14: BR; Peer Review via Google Docs
HW: Finish Peer Review
Feb. 15: BR; Revision
HW: Memorize Pronoun Lists (Quiz Thursday)
Feb. 16: BR; Proofread for Expected Grammar Skills; Revision due at end of period with works cited page.
HW: Read grammar p. 177-180. Complete p. 180 ex. 2. Final letter due Thursday at end of period.
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Feb. 6: BR; Pretest on Researching; Research time
Feb. 7: BR; Ch 6 Retest; Research time
Feb. 8: BR; Research time
HW: Annotated Bib due tomorrow
Feb. 9: Annotated Bib due
Feb. 10: Research time
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Jan. 30: BR; Sit vs. Set/Lay vs. Lie; Letter to Me; Report out - Problems in College
HW: Read p. 301-302; p. 306-308, completing #1, 3, & 4 on p. 308)
Jan. 31: BR; Go over pretest; Choose topics; Problem-Solution Writing organizer; Research tips
HW: Research
Feb. 1: BR; Active/Passive Voice; Brainstorm questions for guest speaker; Research
HW: Research
Feb. 2: Guest Speaker
HW: Research; Organizer due Friday
Feb. 3: BR; Ch 6 Retest; Organizer due; Drafting time
HW: Letter draft due Monday on Google Docs
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Jan. 23: Peer Review
HW: Final Draft due Tuesday
Jan. 24: Intro to Summary Writing
Jan. 25: One-sentence summaries
Jan. 26: Thoughtful Thursday (Sunscreen); Adding thesis statement and attributive tags
HW: 200-word summary
Jan. 27: Concision and works cited page
HW: 100-word summary with works cited page
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Jan. 16: NO SCHOOL
Jan. 17: BR; HVLV Requiz; Subject/Verb Agreement practice (Ch 5); This I Believe essay expectations and freewriting; Brainstorm Evidence
Jan. 18: Read examples of TIB essays with journal responses; Review Ch 5
Jan. 19: Begin crafting your own TIB essay; Review Ch 5
Jan. 20: S/V Agreement Quiz; Drafting time
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Jan. 9: HVLV Verb Quiz; Set up Google accounts and Collaborize Classroom accounts
HW: Sentence Combination with Prep Phrases
Jan. 10: BR; SV Agr Pretest; Descriptive Writing
HW: Forum "Differences Between High School and College"
Jan. 11: Descriptive Writing
Jan. 12: The Danger of the Single Story; Review MEL-Con Writing
Jan. 13: BR; SV Agr Notes (CH 5); The Act of Giving Thanks
HW: Read Ch 1 in College Writer
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Jan. 5: Intro to Course (Syllabus); Value of Letters TIB essay with short response:
Paragraph 1 - What is her main idea? How do you know?
Paragraph 2 - To what extent do you agree or disagree with her main idea?
Jan. 6: Class Data Collection; Verb Notes; Weak Verb Practice; Was War
HW: Memorize Helping/Linking Verbs for Monday; Class Data Collection; Bellringer Revision
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