Week 2: Compare/ Contrast Essay

M: Bios due.
Review Writing Process
Use Compare/ contrast handout  and write your own essay

T: Send C/C Essay by midnight to peer partner for comments.

W &T: On Wednesday and Thursday read and comment upon your peer partner's essay. Exchange your draft with your partners to receive peer comments -- use this edit sheet.

You must contribute a draft to your group to participate in this activity. You will not receive  FB points if I have not received a copy of your draft, and when finished, a copy of your feedback.

Return essay with your comments to author by Friday midnight.   You must also send me a copy of your feedback, so that I can award you FB points.  I will only award FB points to those who submit FB by the appropriate time. 

If you do not receive an essay to read by Wed. evening, please contact me, so that I may find someone with whom you can exchange drafts. Moreover, if you receive an essay on Friday or thereafter, you are not required to offer feedback on it, as FB days are Wed. through Friday and no any other time.

Giving and receiving feedback are valuable learning assets that will enable you to increase your learning in an efficient and rewarding manner.  Those who partake in the process as prescribed benefit in ways too numerous to mention.

Submit TJE#1 to instructor by 6:00 p.m. Friday evening on Blackboard or through email.

Week 3: The Thesis Exercise

M: TJE due. C/C essay due. Review thesis handout. Complete thesis practice. HW: Read Chapter 3 in LA.

T: Send your completed thesis practice to your email partners. Do NOT submit it to me.  Instead copy it into your word processor. Do the exercises and send it to your group members for comments.

W & R: Read and give feedback to group members thesis statements. Offer feedback.

Begin reading Nine Parts Desire.

Complete -- Preview Sheet on the novel. Send it to me.

F: On Friday, Return feedback to partners. Be sure to send a copy of your feedback to me, so that you can receive your feedback (FB) points, then rewrite your own thesis statements based on feedback.

TJE due by 6:00 p.m. Friday.

Week 4:Process Analysis (1/23-27)

M: read process analysis handout;
Click here to write a short response to what's important to a How-to piece;
write your own "how to" essay explaining some sort of process that you have experience with -- but be creative, read handout to find out more
review model process essay and its critique

T: send your process paper to your peer partners by Tuesday -- if you do not sumit an essay for perusal you will not receive the benefit of FB, nor the points accordeded to it. If your peer group does not receive your paper by 6:00 on Wed., they are not obligated to offer FB as you have failed to meet the requirements of the class.
W & T: read and give feedback to group  members

 

  T: Send your completed Process Essay to your groups. Offer feedback.
W &R Read and give feedback to group  members
F: On Friday, Return feedback to partners. Be sure to send a copy of your feedback to me, so that you can receive your feedback (FB) points, then rewrite your own essay based on feedback.
TJE due
Continue reading Nine Parts Of Desire

 

Week 5: Punctuation Help

M: Process and TJE due. Library Orientation. Meet in Library Foyer. If you can, attend one of the library orientations--they will be offered on Feb. 2nd at 10:30 and 12:30.  HW:  Read 298 -327 in Beacon. Review punctuation handout. T: Write a one page handout explaining the one punctuation device that causes you the most problem.  See examples Semi-Colons and Commas Send your handout to your FB groupW  and R: Peer edit handout.

Read about Transitions.

F:  Return handout and rewrite it. Purchase English 101 Supplemental Booklet in BookstoreRead Portfolio  handout.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE --From this point on,  the items listed below are ideal dates and time--DO NOT try to live by these times, as they may change as we progress in class.  Some assignments may be discarded and others may be added. Moreover, the times are  NOT accurate, so please do not tell me they are incorrect, as I already know that!

Week 6: Cause and Effect 

		Handout due on Monday Read Using MLA an
		Mon, Tues, Wed. Oct. 21In-class essay -- Portfolio due -- one revised TJE and revised c/c or process essay, along with in-class essay
		Be sure to read through the English 101 Supplemental Handout that you were to purchase at the beginning of the quarter.

Week 7: MLA Work/ Cause and Effect M: Read cause/effect handout; write an essay about the causes or effects of naming (how names and/or labeling influences our lives).  Review MLA citations, embedding quotations send cause and effect to partners read and give feedback to group  members.; edit sheet read elements of fiction write a progress report of Lone Ranger and Tonto due on Thursday.  Review MLA citations, embedding quotations Progress report due on Lone Ranger and Tonto Give written progress report to instructor. It should include: Do you like the book? Who is your favorite character? Why? Other comments?-- At minumum this is one paragraph. Read and do -- Complete MLA Exercise -- send to teacher Week 8-- The Gender Wars Monday: C/E due--MLA practice due. Review Using MLA Find two articles on gender and language. HW: Finish reading Lone Ranger and Tonto review Model gender essay and teacher comments brainstorm gender and media-- do actual field research for gender, media and language essay i.e., surveys and interviews survey at least ten people with at least ten questions...if you want me to I will look at your questions before you ask them--if you want to pair or team up with others, the better your results will be arrange to interview two different stakeholders read  Gender handout about assignment Thesis statement to partners and teacher  use at least one outside sources from the library and one from the Internet to support your point (two minimum) read and give feedback to group members' Thesis statements on  Thursday Write research essay, due by Tuesday  Read the information about compiling a book review; Friday: All other rewritten work due Since this is the final week to turn in revisions (all seminar, journal and research papers can be revised with the possibility of earning an addition five points for substantial revision),

Week 9: Gender Essay 

	M: Read Introductions
	Write a persuasive research paper  discussing gender, media and language
	T: gender essay to partners Peer edit gender research  use research edit sheet.
	T: BR: What could have been better due
	W: Read Conclusions.
	R: What I like about my novel due.
	Read and do  Conjunctions
	R: BR: Summary due
	Complete Lone Ranger and Tonto discussion questions with a partner -- you choose one -- due by next Thursday.
	More about the fiction from NPR F: TJE due final. Rewrite gender essay.
	Week 10: Book Review Week  Gender essay due for teacher edit-complete with Works Cited.  Compile Book Review -- Read sample book reviews.   BR - to group on Tuesday on Wed  peer edit; do semi-colons BR edit sheet; R: Discussion questions due. return BR to author on Friday  rewrite BR over weekend. F: Final BR due

Discussion Board (DB)