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English 90 Course Description
Dr. Kleinman
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Spring 2006
CCSF
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CLASSROOM Cyberia (Arts Ext 265)
OFFICE--Batmale
524, Thursdays 6-7 and by appt.
PHONE--452-5082
EMAIL
(preferred)—ckleinma@ccsf.edu
WEB--http://fog.ccsf.edu/~ckleinma
(Use it!)
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It is your responsibility to contact me,
preferably in person at the office, as soon as you need my help. Contact,
however, cannot make up for an absence. |
You will
need to use my web page's "course" link to English 90;
our online 90 syllabus is loaded w/ writing, reading, and lab
resources coordinated w/ your course assignments. You should also bookmark the
lab page. |
TEXTS
Susan Anker’s
Real Essays, 1st Ed.
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You should also
have a
college-level dictionary and thesaurus, as well as disks--or email--for saving
word processed essays and exercises. After all, as an English 90 student you
are required to use the
Learning Assistance Center or
Cyberia’s tutorial/learning resources, or the grammar/composition
workshops, an average of one hour per week. In other words, you should be the
beneficiary of a minimum of sixteen hours of English 90 lab work by week 16.
GOALS
- To become a
stronger
reader,
writer, and
thinker . . .
- To become a more
authoritative college student in general . . .
- To embrace the
portfolio method and the creative potential of
revision . . .
- To engage in
these acts with colleagues . . .
- To use reference
tools and
stop guessing how and where to punctuate . . .
- To be better
prepared for all future courses . . .
ASSESSMENT
20%--Participation, homework, quizzes,
exams
40%--Pre-Portfolio Essays
40%--Portfolio
Remember, your
course description and calendar are always online by way of my homepage’s course
link, so there is no excuse for not knowing your English 90 responsibilities.
LAB AND TEXT PRACTICES
Again, as an
English 90 student, you are required by the college to use the
Learning Assistance Center’s resources for at least one hour each week, so
be sure to sign in as an English 90 student and have your lab time documented.
In other words, you will not pass this course if you do not fulfill the lab
requirement. Lab time may take the form of meeting with an actual Writing
Lab or Reading Lab tutor, joining a weekly reading group, attending a grammar or or composition
strategy workshop, using a Cyberia or LAC computer to plan or improve an essay, using a
composition or
Internet grammar or punctuation program in Cyberia, or using the
Reading
Lab’s electronic resources. Note--if you are in a Reading
course, you may not count your
Reading course lab hours as your English 90 lab hours. Reading course students
must also complete their reading lab responsibility for English 9 before
devoting reading lab hours to English 90. In other words, if you’re in 9 and
90, use the other lab resources to earn English 90 lab credit; then, after
you’ve completed your English 9 lab hours, you may use the reading lab toward
your English 90 lab requirement.
Each exercise in
Real Essays is called a “practice.” The odd-numbered problems are
answered in the back of the book, so use the answers to check your progress.
You should always make the written practice activities a part of your reading;
otherwise, you may not absorb the material. In general, you will become a
stronger reader, writer, and thinker the more you actively combine those
activities. As can be seen on the calendar, specific practice exercises have
already been assigned as homework, but you should experiment with the unassigned
practices as well. Remember, you will rip yourself off if you jump right
into the written homework without examining its accompanying reading.
During the semester, though, it is extremely likely
that in-class writing, sometimes in the form of a quiz, will take place.
Do not expect to make-up in-class tasks; if you know about an impending
absence, make arrangements with me in advance.
ESSAYS AND
PORTFOLIO
During the first three-fourths of
the class, you will compose essays in and out of class; some of your
writing will be timed in Cyberia, and some will be spread out over weeks.
All of the essays will relate to what we are reading, and all of the essays must be
written and turned in on time in order for you to pass the class.
During the final month of the course our class will take the form of a
portfolio workshop, during which you will be working on your final essay
and revising some old writing. A portfolio is simply a
representative sampling of your work and will feature a major revision of
a graded out-of-class essay, a graded in-class writing (unrevised), and a
new, ungraded argumentative essay based on an assignment that other
English 90 classes will be using. Your portfolio will also include a cover
letter, as well as any other work that might enhance your
portfolio representation of yourself as a college writer, all beautifully
typed. Not submitting a portfolio = not passing the course.
NOTE--The English 90 portfolio is in place of a final, but it will be
assessed by other English 90 portfolio professors. If you earn at
least a "C" in the course and your portfolio is strong enough, you will be
given the chance to "skip" English 92!
OTHER POLICIES
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Plagiarism, the act of passing off someone else’s work as your own, will
result in failing the course and/or being removed from the college. Due to
time constraints and Internet accessibility, the temptation to plagiarize is a
great one. If you feel this temptation or are confused about whether you are
committing plagiarism, see me before it inhales you into a life of corruption,
just as you may see me to talk through any writing and reading issue.
- An absence is an
absence. It is your responsibility to exchange email addresses with 1 or 2
classmates to stay informed of class happenings and notes, and it is your
responsibility to contact me in advance about any impending absences.
You will be allowed two (2) absences; three
(3) lates or early exits will equal an absence. Perfect attendance
should help your grade.
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Turn off your
cell phones and pagers; “vibrate” if you must. Each time your device
makes noise, you will write a 300-word essay explaining why that disruption
occurred.
- No eating or
gum chewing in class, but bottled water might be okay.
Course
Calendar
(scroll down)
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Note that
the dates listed are due dates for the
tasks listed next to them. Have those tasks completed before entering the
classroom.
- Required written
work is made clear in the DUE column.
- Please bring
Anker’s Real Essays (RE), a notebook, and a dictionary to every
class.
- In-class writing
will not always be announced; do not expect a make-up if you are absent.
- When we need to
adjust the calendar or add homework, we shall do so.
- Ask questions if
you’re confused about the expectations.
ESSAY
FORMAT
USING
MLA
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1”
text margin all
around
Page one doubles as your title
page.
½” header margin
Costanza 1
Frank Costanza
Dr. Kleinman
21 September 2005
Be-Bop Kasha: Coltrane in My Gut
This paragraph contains your MLA format directions.
Tap the tab key to begin a ¶; do not use the space bar. Use
File--Page Setup to set 1” margins all around your essay. Center
your title; do not underline it. Align your entire essay to the left.
Double-space the entire essay via Format--¶ to adjust the line space;
never single-space. Use
View--Header/Footer to “run” a header with your last name and the page
number. Hit the space one time after typing your last name and then
click the # sign button to make Word count the page #s for you; do not
type in a number. Let Word count for you. Set the margins for 1” and the
header for .5”. Your last page will state Works Cited 1’’ from the
top-center. (If there is enough room after your closing paragraph, you
may use that page’s remaining space to alphabetically list your works
cited.) Please use a plain font such as 12-point Times; don't be
fancy shmancy, or even just fancy. For another view, go to The Lab
Page or
http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/English/labpage/cyberiapdfs/MLAformat.pdf
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COURSE CALENDAR OF DUE DATES
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Due Dates
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Real
Essays
Reading Due
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Real Essays
Practice to Submit
[exercise #
(pages)]
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Suggested
Lab Activities
Cyberia, Writing Lab, Writing
Success Project, Academic Computer Lab, Library's Media Room,
Reading Lab, Writing Workshops
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Writing Due
[outlines,
drafts, in-class writing, revisions]
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1/19
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- Hello
- Syllabus
- Cyberia, the
labs, and
The Lab
Page
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words 529-64 (in
class)
- RE
xv-xxxv & A1-index (in class)
- Anker’s
Diagnostic Test
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BUY
REAL
ESSAYS.
DO
YOU
HAVE
A
GOOD
DICTIONARY?
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Ask a tutor for a workshop schedule and to tell you three skills you
could learning by going to the
Writing Lab.
Skills
1
2
3
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The Lab
Page --go to "grammar
and mechanics" and register yourself into Exercise Central;
try a multiple choice fragment exercise.
Cyberia--go
to the Writing Guides folder and explore the Real Essays Writing
Guide software, especially for sentence-level help
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The start of
Anker’s Diagnostic
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1/26
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practice 1
(550-51)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Ask a tutor for a handout about essay planning, organization, and/or
outlining. If the tutor has time, ask for the handout to be explained.
Simply
locate the Reading Lab, Media Room, ACL, and the grammar workshop
location.
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Cyberia--Log
back into Anker’s
Diagnostic; ask the faculty “coach” for help w/ your test report.
Remember your login and password.
The Lab Page – Go to
the Grammar and Mechanics link and find the Guide to Grammar’s
PowerPoint show on fragments and sentence basics.
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Greene
summary
and response form
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2/2
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practice 1
(35-36)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Review summary rules and strategies with a tutor.
Writing
Lab—Does the Writing Lab have any thesis statement handouts?
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Web/Cyberia--Use
the
Cyberia Activity Form to explore thesis statements.
Try
this topic sentence link too!
Cyberia--
Try the “building” program in Cyberia's Reading Skills folder
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Winn
summary
and response form
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2/9
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IC Writing Greene/Winn
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practice 3
(362-63)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Reading
Lab—Bring your green sheet and student ID & try the Jamestown
Comp. Skills Main Idea, Vocab, or
Org.
SIGN UP FOR A READING GROUP!
Workshop
I should attend (see the schedule of grammar and composition strategy
workshops) =
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Cyberia--
explore the Real Essays Writing Guide’s illustration read/write
activities and explore The Electronic
Bedford Handbook's
section on the writing process.
The Lab
Page—Find two helpful “fragment” links on the
Cyberia Activity Form.
What about
Grammar Bytes?
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In-Class Essay
on Greene and Winn
(no make-ups)
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2/16
Stamped lab
sheet(s) due
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practice 1
(377-78)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Ask a tutor for an introduction to MLA quote integration, signal
phrases, parenthetical page references, and Works Cited. Imagine that
you have to quote lines—w/o plagiarizing--from this week’s assigned
essays.
Reading
Lab—Continue with Main Idea, Vocabulary, and/or Organization.
Workshop
I should attend =
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The Lab
Page—Compare the run-on tasks in Grammar Bytes, Sentence Sense, and
Hacker’s Grammar Exer’s.
Cyberia—Ask
the faculty coach for help starting with WriteOutLoud. In that program,
type in an argumentatively strong passage of 3-5 sentences and weak
passage of 3-5 sentences from this week’s two assigned essays. Use
WriteOutLoud to hear the strengths and weaknesses.
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Response to the car-phone debate
(Fill this
out!)
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2/23
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practice 2
(570-71)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Reading
Lab—Ask for an activity that might enhance the way you read arguments or
identify significant details.
Workshop
I should attend =
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The Lab
Page—Go to the “grammar” link and strengthen your comma control at
Sentence Sense and Exercise Central
Cyberia—Use
the Writing Guide to review verb tense and forms.
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Response to the childhood
competition debate
(Fill this
out!)
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3/2
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practice 2
(391-92)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Meet with a tutor to strengthen your outlining strategies. Is your
thesis strong enough to give direction to your outline? Can you
visualize meaningfully organized thesis-support paragraphs? Where are
you referencing the readings?
Reading
Lab—Ask for an activity that might enhance the way you read arguments or
identify significant details.
Workshop
I should attend =
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Lab
Page—Review the sample MLA research paper at the “research” link; it’s
at dianahacker.com and is about cellphones and driving.
Lab
Page—Learn from the Guide Grammar’s PowerPoint show on “agreement.”
Cyberia—Use
the Writing Guide’s sentence-level help to review fragment and run-on
avoidance. Try Inspiration
to outline your argument!
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Cellphone or
Competition Argument Outline Due
for Workshop; your outline should be typed as a Microsoft Word document and
saved on a disk.
(Note—Just the
outline is due; the more you invest in your working thesis and outline, the
stronger your essay should be.)
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3/9
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-
parallelism 485-94
- Review
either the cellphone or competition essays, depending on YOUR argument’s
topic and thesis
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causation 224-41
- review
intro/conclusion/draft
71-84
- MLA
quotation and documentation 300-42, especially 315-17
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practice 2
(488-89)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Meet with a tutor to transform your outline into a strong essay
draft for this week’s workshop
Workshop
I should attend =
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Cyberia—Use
Inspiration to better visualize your outline.
Cyberia—Use
WriteOutLoud to hear your essay draft.
The Lab
Page—At the “Planning and Composing” link try Hacker's Writing
Exercises.
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Cellphone or
Competition Argument Essay Draft Due
for Workshop; your essay should be typed as a Microsoft Word document and
saved on a disk (and/or emailed as an attachment).
Here's a workshop guide.
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3/16
Stamped lab
sheet(s) due
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practice 2
(466-67)
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Stronger, MLA-Enhanced
Cellphone
or Competition Argument Essay Revision Due for Another Workshop
Barry
Summary and Response Sheet
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3/23
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practice 4
(477-78)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Reading
Lab—Try Inferences in the Jamestown Comprehension Skills; try something
new in the lab
Workshop
I should attend =
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The Lab
Page—try modifier exercises in the Guide to Grammar and Writing and in
Exercise Central
Cyberia--Explore
modifiers and cause-and-effect in the Writing Guide software
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TURN IN REVISED
Cellphone
or Competition Argument Essay for
a grade--with
your drafts and outlines.
Beck
Summary and Response Sheet
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3/30
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practice 6
(481-82)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Reading
Lab—Have you tried a Critical Reading Activity?
Writing
Lab—Review your graded writing w/ a tutor.
Workshop
I should attend =
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Cyberia—Use
Inspiration to create a diagram or map of Barry or Beck’s argument.
The Lab
Page—Earn lab credit doing the
Townsend Press
online reading tasks; set up an account and check your scores.
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OUTLINE of Co-authored writing
using Barry and Beck and profiles of Larry and Farrah
Here's your Inspiration map/outline to
work through your ideas. And here's a Word
version of that Inspiration document.
These materials are also in the
Cyberia Assignment Folder: Kleinman > English 90> Larry and Farrah.
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4/6
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Meet with grammar tutor or visit the Grammar Room to clarify a
grammar or punctuation are of confusion.
Workshop
I should attend =
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Cyberia--
Review the four most common sentence structure errors, as listed in the
Writing Guide
The Lab
Page—Use Cyberia Activity Form to practice subordination! Check out the new Cyberia home page!
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Please jump to tonight's lesson.
DRAFT OF Co-authored writing
using Barry and Beck and profiles of Larry and Farrah.
The revision will be submitted after spring break.
Decide whether or not
you and your co-author will revise together or separately.
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4/20
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Discuss cover letter and portfolio revision possibilities w/ a tutor
Workshop
I should attend =
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Cyberia—Use
Inspiration to map your argument for “The Athlete’s Club” project. First save these on your computer or disk; do not just open them.
Inspiration Map 1 or
Inspiration Map 2
Map 1 Word version
Map 2 Word version
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TURN IN
Co-authored writing using Barry and Beck
and profiles of Larry and Farrah
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“The Athlete’s
Club” Summary and Response Sheets
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4/27
Stamped lab
sheet(s) due
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practice 4
(499-500)
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Meet w/ a tutor to improve your “Athlete’s Club” outline.
Workshop
I should attend =
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Cyberia—Use
Inspiration to map and outline your eventual essay draft about “The Athlete’s Club”
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“The Athlete’s
Club” outline of your eventual argument. Remember to first save on your computer and then open:
Inspiration Map 1 or
Inspiration Map 2
Map 1 Word version
Map 2 Word version
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5/4
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Choose what you
need to practice in Real Essays.
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Discuss your “Athlete’s Club” argument’s organization and support
with a tutor. Review your use of MLA style as well.
Workshop
I should attend =
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The Lab
Page--Explore sentence variety at Exercise Central.
Cyberia—Use
The Electronic
Bedford Handbook to
improve sentence clarity and MLA quotation and citation.
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“The Athlete’s
Club” essay draft for workshopping.
Your other two
portfolio essays and cover letter in progress should also be workshopped in
class.
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5/11
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- Final
workshop for cover letter and portfolio essays, including
“The Athlete’s Club”
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Discuss your “Athlete’s Club” argument and other portfolio works
with a tutor. Review your use of MLA style as well.
Workshop
I should attend =
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The Lab
Page--Review Hacker's Guide to Research and Documentation.
Which
resources will best enhance your portfolio revisions and cover letter?
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WORKSHOP ALL
PORTFOLIO MATERIALS: ESSAYS AND COVER LETTER
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5/18
Stamped lab
sheet(s) due
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- Final
portfolio editing
- Portfolio
w/ drafts and previously graded essays due by end of class
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The LAC
(R207)
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Cyberia/Web
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Writing
Lab—Meet with a tutor to refine your portfolio.
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Which
resources will best enhance your portfolio revisions and cover letter?
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Revised
Portfolio at end of class (drafts and graded versions included)
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5/25
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Final Exam Period
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retrieve portfolio at Batmale
524
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Portfolio
returned
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