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Writing Calendar – Fall 2011

*Reading Selections and Reflective Writing TBA in class. Lectures, Writing Workshops & Fishbowl Discussions are Major Components of thisClass.

*Note- Lessons and Due Dates are Subject to Change.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9

8/30

Introductions:-Syllabus

-Personal- Topic: Identity

* How do you see

yourself as a writer (journal response)

9/6

ReadingSelection-

Discussion

Theme

9/13

Pre-Writing:Brainstorming

Clustering/Outlining

Imagery-

Creating avivid portrait

in the reader’s

mind.

9/20

Thesis _________ 

EssayComponents:

Introductions,Body

Paragraphsand

Conclusions

9/27

MakingInferences/

ConcreteExamples

and Support _________ 

Fishbowl

10/4

ExtractingQuotes/

IncorporatingQuotes/Giving

credit to theauthor using

In-TextCitation

 ____________ 

Thesis

10/11

Writing Workshops

10/18

Writing Workshops _________ 

Developing

AnArgument

 _________ 

Thesis

10/25

ArgumentativeEssay 3-4 pages

with Sources

 ____________ 

Compare/ Contrast

Characters,Themes, Essays.

Research, Authors,

etc.

9/1

Why Write?

 ________________ 

 Diagnostic Essay In Class Writing 

Responding in your Journal- Intro to

Online Articles and

Reading Selections

9/8

  Revisions?

What is a Narrative

Essay?

ThesisPurpose

Audience

 ________ Fishbowl

9/15

Descriptive

Essay Due

2 pages

 __________ 

What is a

Thesis?

Introduction

to Academic

Essay Rubrics

9/22

Why useTransitional

Phrases?

 _________ What is a

TopicSentence?

 ___________ Organization,

Flow,

Language Use& Mechanics

9/29

Writing 

Workshops

10/6

Expository

Essay Due

2-3 page with

Parenthetical

Citation&

Quotes.

10/13

Constructing

Arguments

Supporting

Arguments

 __________ Writing 

Workshop

10/20

SocraticSeminar 

 ________ 

Fishbowl

 _________ 

Evaluating

Sources

10/27

Lecture &Fishbowl

 _________ 

Constructing aCompare/Contrast

Essay

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Writing Calendar – Fall 2011

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Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17

11/1

 ___________ Outlining &

Essay Rubric

 ____________ Brainstorming

 ____________ Divided Pattern

/AlternatingPattern- What

works best for 

you?

11/8

Election Day- No

Class

 ________________ MLA- Format

ParentheticalCitation, Works

Cited & AnnotatedBibliography

Intro to Research

Paper, Presentation& Support Groups

11/15

Research

Topic

DiscussionSocratic

Seminar &Writing

Groups

11/22

Research Topics

Confirmed

 _____________ Support Groups

Meet _____________ 

AnnotatedBibliography

Review&

ConferencingChecklist

11/29

Conferencing

Annotated

Bibliography

Due/ Outline

Due

 ___________ 

Support

Groups Meet

12/6

Research

Paper Due

5-6pgs/Biblio

8 sources+ in

text citation

 __________ 

In class -Oral

Presentations

Begin

12/13

Last Week of 

Classes

Oral

Presentations

12/20

Finals Week 

Last Lecture / LessonSemester Wrap-Up

Revised Research

Paper Due Today

****2 Copies

*Reflective JournalDistribution

11/3

Midterm

Exam

In-Class

11/10

Class will be held in

the Library

Introduction toDatabases/Research/

Evaluating Sources/

ResearchTechniques

11/17

Discussions:

Outline /

AnnotatedBibliography

/

Editing for Grammar 

and SentenceStructure

11/24

 No Classes

Thanksgiving 

12/1

Conferencing

Annotated

Bibliography

Due/ Outline

Due

 ___________ 

Support

Groups Meet

12/8

Oral

Presentations

12/15

Oral

Presentations

Research

Paper

Feedback Revision Date

12/19

 __________ 

Reflective

Journal Due

12/22

 

* Revised ResearchPaper Distribution

*Note- Lessons and Due Dates are Subject to Change.

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Writing Calendar – Fall 2011

*Reading Selections and Reflective Writing TBA in class. Lectures, Writing Workshops & Fishbowl Discussions are Major Components of thisClass.

*Note- Lessons and Due Dates are Subject to Change.