Summer Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

June 15

Syllabus; Introductions; First Freewrite; Short Essay #1 Assignment Review;

Homework (HW): read Ch. 2 of the text (RCWW)

T

Discuss readings;)

Showing vs. telling language

What makes a good college paper?

HW:  Short Essay#1 (SE#1)

W

Short Essay #1 Due

dialogue

HW: Major Essay (ME#1)

R

ME#1 workshop

Descriptive writing

Revision technique: pointing

F

ME#1 workshop

Revision technique: fleshing-out skeletons

Week 2

6/ 22

ME#1due

SE#2 assigned

Rhetorical Triangle

HW: readings packet

T

Discss readings

Analyzing Arguments

Workshop SE#2

W

SE#2 due

ME#2 assigned

What makes a strong argument?

R

ME#2 workshop

Basic  sentence structures

Sentence combining

F

ME#2 workshop

Evaluative arguments

Week 3

6/29

ME#2 due

SE#3 assigned

HW: read ch 8 RCWW

T

SE#3 workshop

Basic proposal structure (direct structured arguments)

W

SE#3 due

Business letter format

ME#3 assigned

R

ME#3 workshopped

Paragraph structures

Portfolio assigned

Week 4

7/6

ME#3 workshop

Thesis statements

powerful constructions

T

ME#3workshop if  needed?

Supporting an argument

W

ME#3due

Transitions

Portfolio workshop

SE#4 assigned

R

SE#4workshop

Portfolio workshop

Paragraph cohesion

F

SE#4 due

Portfolio workshop

What makes a strong argument (good college paper)?

Portfolio Workshops

Week 5

7/14 Portfolio Workshops

paragraph placement

sentence variety

T

Portfolio Workshop

Reworking intros—grabbing the reader’s attention

W

Portfolio Workshop

Concise sentences

R

Portfolio Workshop

Grammar final

F

Portfolio Due

Awards Ceremony