English 201 Fall 2011 - Texts and Contexts by Robinson and Tucker

Week 1 8/22 Syllabus Review In class writing Introduction to assignments Review of student skills

8/24 Summary writing strategies Annotation handout Chapter 1 – Read and annotate handout in class

Week 2 8/29 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Understanding Assignments = 2 paragraphs – 1st paragraph is a summary, the 2nd is your response.

Chapter 1 – exercises in summary writing p 6 - 10 Summary #1 - Read and annotate: Anne Lamott's essay "Shitty First Drafts" Proofreading Workbook – Identifying Subjects and Verbs p. 432 – 437 Exercises 1.A – 1.E

8/31 In class work: Rough draft writing of Summary #1 Sentence Combining – p. 40 in text – Recognizing Verb Forms Shaping Sentence with Adjectives and Verb Forms Exercises Proofreading Workbook – Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs p. 437 – 444 Exercises 2.A – 2.D

Week 3 9/5 Labor Day Holiday – No Class

9/7 Homework due today - Read and respond = 2 paragraphs: 1st paragraph is a summary; the 2nd is your response. Click on hyperlink: (Ctrl and Enter) Reading Aloud DUE First Draft Peer Review Workshop: Summary #1 Anne Lamott's essay - Bring three copies of draft to share

In Class Work: Using Quotations – p. 35 – 37 Shaping Sentences with Prepositional Phrases – p. 48 – 52 Proofreading Workbook – Past Tense and Past Participles p. 444-449 Exercises – 3.A – 3.E

English 201 Fall 2011 - Texts and Contexts by Robinson and Tucker

Week 4 Two Homework responses due today - Summarize and respond to: 9/12 Thesis Statements and Writing Introductions DUE Second Draft Peer Review Proofreading Workshop Anne Lamott’s essay - Bring three TYPED copies In Class Work: Chapter 2 – The Shape of Texts – Thesis Statements p. 53 – 56 annotate Paraphrasing – p. 37 – 40 Sentence Combining – Joining Ideas to Show Basic Logical Relationships p127- 131 Exercises Proofreading Workbook – Present Perfect Verb Tense p. 449-453 Exercises 4.A – 4.C

9/14 COMPUTER LAB - Meet at 10:00 – lab room # will be announced in class. Bring draft of Summary #1 on flash drive or stored online at Dropbox.com Participation is required.

Week 5 Two Homework Responses due today - Summarize and respond to: 9/19 P.I.E. Paragraph Development & Planning Paragraphs PPT PIE Paragraphs DUE Summary # 1 Final Draft Packet – include ALL drafts In Class Work: Annotate Summary #2 – Jane Brody "Fatigue" p.14 Chapter 2 – The Shape of Texts – Introductions p. 56-59 annotate Proofreading Workshop – Past Perfect Verb Tense p. 453-458 Exercises 5.A-5.D

9/21 In Class Work: Write rough drafts of Summary 2 – "Fatigue" in class Chapter 2 – The Shape of Texts – Paragraphs – p. 59 – 61 Exercise Proofreading Workshop – Comma Splice Errors – p. 458-460 Exercises 6.A – 6. B English 201 Fall 2011 - Texts and Contexts by Robinson and Tucker

Week 6 9/26 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Writing Topic Sentences DUE First Draft Peer Review of Summary #2 – “Fatigue" In Class Work: Chapter 2 – Topic Sentences and the Organization Process Annotate p. 61 – 67 Sentence Combining – Subordinating Conjunctions – p131-137 Proofreading Workshop –Recognizing Punctuation Fragments – p. 460-466 Exercises 7.A – 7. C

9/28 DUE Second Draft Peer Review of Summary #2 – Bring three typed copies In Class Work: Chapter 2 – Conclusions – Annotate p. 67 – 69 Sentence Combining – Transition Words p138 - 142 Proofreading Workshop – Pronouns – p. 466-470 Exercises 8.A – 8.C

Week 7 10/3 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Conclusions COMPUTER LAB - Meet at 10:00 – lab room # will be announced Bring draft of Summary #2 on flash drive or stored online at Dropbox.com

10/5 DUE – Final Draft Packet of Summary #2 “Fatigue” In Class Work: Annotate Summary #3 p. 17-20 Myths of Violence in the Old West” Sentence Combining -Joining Ideas to Show Contrast and Concession p. 237-245 Exercises Proofreading Workshop – Pronouns – p. 470-474 Exercise 8.D – 8.F

Week 8 10/10 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Procrastination DUE - First draft peer review Summary #3 – bring three copies In Class Work: Sentence Combining – Shaping Sentences to Show Relationships: Appositives p320 – 324 Punctuating Noun Phrases in Sentences Exercises

DUE Second draft peer reviews 10/12 In Class Work: Sentence Combining – Shaping Sentences to Show Relationships: Creating Noun Phrase Modifiers Exercises – p324 – 330 Proofreading Workshop – Using A and An – p. 475 – 476 Exercise 9.A English 201 Fall 2011 - Texts and Contexts by Robinson and Tucker

Week 9 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Effective Reading 10/17 COMPUTER LAB - Meet at 10:00 – lab room # will be announced Bring draft of Summary #3 on flash drive or stored online

10/19 DUE – Final Draft Packet Summary #3 “Myths of Violence…” In Class Work: Introduction to Men’s and Women’s Talk Report p. 25 In Class Work: Annotate the two essays: “His Talk, Her Talk” by Joyce Maynard, p 26, and “Man to Man, Woman to Woman” by Mark Sherman and Adelaide Haas, p.28 Sentence Combining – Shaping Sentences to Show Relationships – Adjective Clauses and Exercises p. 330 - 332 Proofreading Workshop – Noun Plurals – p. 476 – 477 Exercises 10.A – 10.B

Week 10 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Revision – Cultivating a 10/24 Critical Eye In Class Work: DUE First Draft Peer Review Workshop of Men and Women’s Talk Report – bring three copies Sentence Combining – Shaping Sentences to Show Relationships – Special Rules for Adjective Clauses Exercise 1 – p. 332 - 333 Proofreading Workshop – Non-countable Nouns p. 478 – read the page in the text and do this online exercise: Countable/Non-countable Nouns

10/26 In Class Work: DUE Second Draft Peer Review Workshop – bring three typed copies of Talk Report Sentence Combining – Shaping Sentences to Show Relationships – Special Rules for Adjective Clauses Exercise 2 – p. 334 - 339 Proofreading Workshop: Dropped Contractions of IS and ARE p 479-481 Exercises 12.A – 12.B

Week 11 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Inference 10/31 COMPUTER LAB - Meet at 10:00 – lab room # will be announced Bring draft of Talk Report on flash drive or stored online

11/2 DUE Final Draft Men’s and Women’s Talk Report In Class Work: Chapter 3 – Learning by Sorting it Out p.73 – Inferences –Exercises P 74-75 Introduction to Kid’s TV Essay Assignment – p. 80 Do Pre-Reading exercise on p. 81 in small groups Annotate: John J. O’Connor “What are TV Ads Selling to Children?” p 81 and “Females and Minorities in TV Ads in 1987” p 83 Sentence Combining to Show Relationships: Verbal Phrases p. 404 Proofreading Workshop: Forming Direct Questions p. 481-484 Exercises 13.A – 13.D English 201 Fall 2011 - Texts and Contexts by Robinson and Tucker

Week 12 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Essay Structure 11/7 In Class Work: Pre-Writing Questions on p.86 Rough Draft Writing Kids TV Essay in groups Sentence Combining to Show Relationships: Parallelism 414 Proofreading Workshop: Forming Indirect Questions p. 485 – 486 Exercise 14.A

11/9 In Class Work: DUE First Draft Peer Review Workshop – Bring three copies of drafts Proofreading Workshop: Apostrophes to Show Possession p.486-490 Exercises 15.A-15.C

Week 13 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Tightening Up Your 11/14 Writing In Class Work: Second Draft Peer Review Workshop – Bring three typed copies of your essay draft Proofreading Workshop: Homophones p. 490-493 Exercises 16.A-16.C 11/16 In Class Work: Plagiarism Workshop Proofreading Workshop – Homophones cont. p. 494-495 Exercises 16.D – 16.E

Week 14

11/21/23 Thanksgiving Week Holiday NO CLASS

Week 15 Homework due today - Read and respond to: Getting Feedback 11/28 COMPUTER LAB – be sure to have drafts available on flash drive, or through Dropbox.com online storage

11/30 DUE – Writing Journals In Class Work: Proofreading Peer Review Workshop Proofreading Workshop – Capitalization p496-501 Exercises 17.A – 17.C

Week 16 12/5 LAST CLASS: Final Draft Packet of Essay Due