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Writing Support: If you would like assistance with any writing assignments, I encourage you to visit The Writing Center in room 251 of the Arts & Sciences Building. Peer Writing Assistants are available to help you work on your writing at any stage of the writing process. You may schedule appointments by calling The Writing Center at 483-1907, or you may drop in during the open hours, posted on the door. Click on the link above for more information.
Notes on due dates |
Text Reading: have assigned reading done before class
starts, Tuesdays
10:10 a.m.
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| Online Activities: We will be doing activities in the Blackboard discussion board and chat
that help you prepare for essays, discuss your writing, explore the reading and so on. I will post instructions for these activities before class Tuesday mornings. These activities must be completed before the week is over, usually Saturday midnight. (see below) Chats will be scheduled based on when you are available. More on this later. |
| Assignments due: As with online activities, I will post
all assignments for essays, online activities letters and writing exercises before class
Tuesday morning when we meet. Consequently, assignments that you send to me will be due by Saturday midnight (unless otherwise noted).
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Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
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- Writing sample (Again, click on the assignment titles to read the assignment pages.)
- Online activities/letters
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 1 "College Writing" 3-8
- Ch. 3, College Journals 23-34 (I'm not assigning a journal for our class, but this chapter has some good ideas for using writing to explore your thoughts.)
- Ch. 5 "The Working Writer" 47-56
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Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 4 "The Elements of Composition: Writing for a Purpose" 35-39
- Ch. 7 "Strategies for Starting" 65-70
- Ch. 8 "Exploring Identity" 73-86
- Essay 1: Why Are You the Writer You Are?
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- Online activities/writing exercises
- Prewriting e-mailed to instructor as TXT or RTF file and
- Draft of #1 in RTF format uploaded into the Blackboard Discussion Board for peer/audience feedback
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Audience Response session
- Essay 1: Why Are You the Writer You Are?--save all prewriting and drafts for portfolio--turn in at Blackboard in RTF format in the Blackboard drop box with
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 10 "Explaining Things" 101-11
- CC Ch. 1 "Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture" 1-27
- "Advertising" 47-50
- Lasn 51-55
- Calfee 97-109
- Pozner 119-27
- Essay 2--The Cult of Advertising
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- Online activities/writing exercises
- Prewriting for essay 2
- Draft of essay 2 for peer/audience feedback
Class time: No f2f class this week--all work will be done online
- WW Ch. 4 "The Elements of Composition: Voice" 43-45
- Ch. 12 "Strategies for Revision" 121-37
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- Online activities/writing exercises
- Audience Response Session
- Essay 2--save all prewriting and drafts for portfolio--turn in at Blackboard in RTF format with
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 14 "Openings and Closings" 151-59
- CC "Popular Music" 242-43
- Campbell 244-56
- Burns 278-83
- one other article of your choice from chapter 4 or another article on popular music from another source
- Essay 3: Popular Music: Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll--or More?
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Prewriting and
- Draft of #3 for peer/ audience feedback
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- Virtual lecture, academic essays, Part 3
- WW Ch. 13 "Focused Revision" 139-49
- Ch. 15 "Working Paragraphs" 161-67
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- Online activities/writing exercises
- Audience Response Session
- ESSAY 3--save all prewriting and drafts for portfolio--turn in at Blackboard in RTF format with
Spring Break 3/8-3/13
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 18 "Conducting Library Research" 186-90
- Ch. 19 "Conducting Internet Research" 190-97
- Ch. 20 "Conducting Field Research (Interviews)" 199-200
- CC Ehrenreich 160-62
- Kubey and Csikszentmihalyi, 163-171
- Pollack 520-29
- Essay 4--Television and Movies: Friends or Foes?
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Prewriting and
- Draft of #4 for peer/ audience feedback
- WW Ch. 22 "Using Sources" 208-16
- Ch. 56 "MLA Documentation" 427-65
- Virtual lecture--Using MLA Parenthetic Citation and Works Cited
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Audience Response Session
- ESSAY 4--save all prewriting and drafts for portfolio--turn in at Blackboard in RTF format with
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 21 "Evaluating Research Sources," 201-207
- Evaluating Sources of Information
- CC choose an article from the subject/chapter you're considering for Essay 5
- LCC Library online database--choose another article that is on the same topic
- Essay 5--Sports, Cyberculture? Or Reconsidering Advertising, TV, Movies or Music? You Choose
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Prewriting and
- Draft of #5 for peer/audience feedback
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Ch. 16 "Working Sentences" 169-78
- Ch. 27 "Concise Sentences" 243-48
- Ch 30 The Right Word 253-262
- Ch. 31 Unbiased Language 262-266
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Audience Response Session
- ESSAY 5--save all prewriting and drafts for portfolio--turn in at Blackboard in RTF format with
Week 13 -- 4/12-4/17 Portfolio preparation
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
- WW Review chapters on revising, 12 and 13
- Submission of Portfolios
Week 14 -- 4/19-4/24 Portfolio preparation and submission
Class time: Tuesday, 10:10 a.m.-12:00 noon, A&S 477A and online
In-person essay/submission of portfolio: Thursday, 10:10 a.m.-12 noon, OC 217
- Review WW chapters on editing, 24-26
- Review virtual lecture--Using MLA Parenthetic Citation and Works Cited
- Review Submission of Portfolios
- Tips on the reflective essay
- Online activities/writing exercises
- Write reflective in-person essay and turn in portfolio
Week 15 -- 4/26-5/1 No Class, portfolios being read by other WRIT 121 instructors
Week 16 -- 5/3-5/8 Portfolios graded and returned on 5/6/04, 10:10 a.m., A&S 477A
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