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Theological
Rationale for Composition & Rhetoric
x
Introduction
and writing diagnostic
Rhetoric
& Rhetorical Modes Explained,
RW 9-10
Guidelines
for Critical Reading, RW 1-7
Words:
Our Important Tools, RW 612-18
Considering
Rhetorical Situations, EW 27-29
How
to Mark a Book (Handout)
In-class
reading strategy practice: Imagination (Handout)
x
Labor
Day - No Class
Exploring
Ideas, EW 30-35
Drafting,
EW 35-39
Revising
& Editing, EW 55-61
Simplicity,
RW 14-17
Collecting
Strategies: Brainstorm/List/Freewrite/Cluster
Purpose
& Audience, Review of EW 27-28 (see above)
How
to Write a Narration, RW 265-68
What
Is a Thesis? RW 113-14
The
Thesis, RW 114-17
In-class
thesis practice
Distribute
& discuss Narrative/Descriptive Prompt
x
Thesis
Statement for Narrative Essay due
How
to Write a Description, RW 292-95
My
Wood, RW 178-81
Constructing
Paragraphs, EW 40-53
Lessons
from the Past, RW 223-24
I
Am Tired of Fighting, RW 226
In-class
practice of opening paragraphs and thesis statements
Opening
Paragraph with Thesis for Narrative Essay due
How
to Say Nothing in 500 Words, RW 52-63
Take
This Fish and Look at It, RW 174-77
Editing:
Sentence Fragments, EW 259-63
Editing:
Review Outline, EW 38-39
Outline
of Narrative Essay due
Hell,
RW 307-09
Salvation,
RW, 76-78
Editing:
Comma Splices & Fused Sentences, EW 253-59
MLA
Essay Format
x
First
Draft of Narrative Essay due
Introduction
to Reader Response
In-class
Reader response exercises
Revising
& Editing, EW 54-61
Concluding
Paragraphs, EW 53-54
Those
Winter Sundays, RW 291
A
Worn Path, RW 311-18
In-class
work on Narrative Essays
x
Final
Draft of Narrative Essay due (w/Read Response/1st Draft)
Introduction
to Expository Essay
How
to Write Process Analysis, RW 322-24
How
to Write Clearly, RW 170-73
How
to Write with Examples, RW 363-65
The
View from Eighty, RW 146-51
Some
of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend, Colby, RW 339-43
In-class
discussion: Examples
How
to Write a Definition, RW 383-86
To
Be a Jew (Handout)
Captains
Uncourageous (Handout)
Editing:
Transitional Expressions & Repetition, EW 50-52, 57,
191
x
Collecting
Activity (brainstorm/list/freewrite/cluster) due
How
to Write a Comparison or Contrast, RW 445-47
That
Lean and Hungry Look, RW 451-53
Grant
& Lee: a Study in Contrasts, RW 460-63
Editing:
Coordination & Subordination, EW 172-76
Thesis
Statement for Expository Essay due
How
to Write a Division & Classification, RW 473-75
Thinking
as a Hobby, RW 475-81
In-class
work on Expository Essay
x
Opening
Paragraph w/ Thesis for Expository Essay due
The
Plot against People (Handout)
English
101, RW 490-91
Editing:
Conciseness, EW 186-88, 225
Flex
Day
Mid
Semester Break
x
Outline
of Expository Essay due
How
to Write a Causal Analysis, RW 492-95
Why
I Went to the Woods, RW 508-13
Design,
RW 521
Editing:
Modifier Displacement, EW 240-42
In-class
work on Expository Essay
First
Draft of Expository Essay due
Peer
Reader Response
x
In-class
work on Expository Essay
Final
Draft Expository essay due (w/Read Response/1st Draft)
Introduction
to Argumentation, RW 545-46
Writing
Argument (1), EW 62-88
Writing
Argument (2), EW 62-88
x
Video:
Logos, Ethos, & Pathos
Obstacles
to Clear Thinking, RW 546-54
Editing:
Shifts in Sentences, EW 180-83
Ideas
for Searching the Web, using indexes and abstracts
ProQuest
and general search sources
Decide
topic for Argument Essay--bring 4 outside sources to class
MLA
Documentation, EW 365-411
Begin
to Craft a Thesis Statement for Your Argument Essay
x
Thesis
Statement for Argument essay due
Where
Was God? RW 349-51
What
Did Carl Sagan See at the Moment of His Death? RW 352-54
No
Class: Research & Writing Day
Outline
of Argument Essay due
Outside
Sources due (proof by photocopies, printouts, books)
Review
MLA Works Cited page, EW 409-11
In-class
work on citation for Argument Essay
x
First
draft of Argument Essay due
Reader
Response
In-class
revision of Argument Essay
Final
Draft Argument Essay due (w/ Read Response/1st Draft)
Introduction
to literary Analysis
Writing
about Literature, EW 465-74
Intro
to Mark as Story (Handout)
Assign
reading of Mark's Gospel over Break
x
Thanksgiving
Break - No Class
x
Review
Intro to Mark as Story
Discuss
responses to reading over Break
Mark
1-8
Mark
8-16
x
In-class
work on Literary Analysis
Thesis
Statement and Outline due for in-class conf. w teacher
First
Draft of Literary Analysis due
Reader
response
In-class
revision of Literary Analysis
x
No
Final - Final
Draft Literary Analysis due 12.00 Noon today |