ENL Composition 3 - 4 Quarter at a Glance
Class time/day: T/Th 2:10P -3:30P Instructor: Priscila Martins-Read Room: AA5 223 Office: HHL 114 (360) 992-2389 E-mail : pmartins-read@clark.edu Website: http://web.clark.edu/martpe Materials: Textbook: Great Essays by Keith S. Folse, A. Muchmore-Vokoun & E. Vestry Solomon (L 3, and Great Essays, (L4) A Dictionary of American English – English - English only, please! A binder to organize class notes and assignments and a floppy disc or thumb drive for assignments
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Introductions and In class writing. How much do you know about paragraph writing? Plan for the quarter |
Unit 1 Review of different types of Paragraphs/essays Recognizing good paragraphs /essays |
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Continue with Unit 1, - Main ideas, topic sentences, concluding sentences, hooks and titles. Study vocabulary from this unit. Do as many of the exercises in unit 1 as you think you need to do in order to really understand this material. Bring questions to class for discussion. Homework: find 1 picture that you like a lot and pretend you need to write 3 different kinds of paragraphs/ essays about it – one a definition, one a process, and one a narrative. Write topic sentences, outlines and titles for each one. Bring them to class on Thursday. |
Start Unit 2 Homework: Choose one of your paragraphs/essays started on Tuesday and finish it. Level 3:Make sure you have a total of at least 7 sentences, plus your title. Level 4:Develop one of your outlines into a 5 paragraph essay. Bring to class.
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Unit 2: Continue to do exercises from the text and bring questions to class. Homework: Study vocabulary from these chapters. Revise your last essay. Quiz for last week’s material |
Unit3: Comparison Essays. Making your sentences strong, clear and easy to follow. In class writing. Paragraphs for level 3, essays for level 4 |
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Unit 3 Continue to do exercises from the text and bring questions to class. Homework: Choose a topic to compare (Level 3) Bring to class today. |
Finish Unit 3: Unity in your paragraph / essay – making your sentences/paragraphs fit well together. Transitions Homework: Revise and turn in your compare- contrast paragraph or essay. |
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Unit 4 Cause-effect- Continue to do exercises from the text and bring questions to class. Quiz for last week’s material Homework: be prepared to explain cause/effect to your classmates. Choose a topic you understand well to write about. |
Unit 4 Cause-effect- Working with good logic. Order in your paragraph / essay. Homework: Bring your cause-effect paragraph/ essay to class |
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Unit 4: Continue to do exercises from the text and bring questions to class. Quiz for last week’s material Homework: Continue to edit, improve your cause-effect paper |
Unit 4: Using your senses, adjectives and adverbs for great descriptions - Using words wisely – what is their connotation? Homework: Bring your cause-effect paragraph / essay to class for peer review. |
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Unit 5: Argumentative essays. Homework: Read the newspaper, or watch the news. Pick a topic you feel strongly about and be prepared to share your opinion of it in class. Continue to do exercises from the text and bring questions to class. |
Unit 5: Making your opinion count – making it strong and defending it well. Homework: Turn in your cause-effect paragraph/ argument essay. |
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Unit 5: Argumentative essays. In class writing: Is life in 2000 better than life in 1800? Why? Defend your ideas Homework: Continue to work on your argumentative paragraph/ essay |
Unit 5: Argumentative essays. Homework: Bring your Argument essay for peer review. |
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9. / 10 |
Unit 5: Argumentative essays No extra Homework: Check all of your previous assignments to see if all have been turned in. |
Review of the material. Last quiz of the quarter Last day to turn in any paragraphs/ essays, week 10! |
Please note: his schedule is subject to change depending on how fast (or slowly) the group can progress. I will tell you any change that might be necessary during the course.