ENL Composition 3 Quarter at a Glance

Class time/day: T/Th 2:00P -3:20P Instructor: Priscila Martins-Read  Room: JSH 115 Office: AA5 205 (360) 992-2389  E-mail : pmartins-read@clark.edu Website: http://web.clark.edu/martpe   Materials: The Compact Reader, Short Essays by Method and Theme. by Jane E AAron. A Dictionary of American English – English - English only, please! A binder to organize class notes and assignments (your portfolio) and a floppy disc or thumb drive for assignments. Office Hours: M/W/F, from 10:00- 10:30 AM, and on T/Th, from 3:30- 4:15 in BHL 101. Other times by appointment.

Week

 

Portfolio Timeline

1.

  1. Introductions and In class writing.

  2. How much do you know about paragraph writing? Plan for the quarter.  Recognizing good paragraphs

  3. Main ideas, topic sentences, concluding sentences, hooks and titles  

  4. Rubrics

  5. Parts of Chapters 1, 2, and 3 (skim /scan all 3)

 Include your In Class Writing Assignment.

2.

  1. Chapters 2 and 3, especially 3 on Tuesday.

  2. Descriptions - read "The Box Man" pages 7 - 11

  3. Using your senses, adjectives and adverbs for great descriptions - Using words wisely – what is their connotation?

  4. Read pages 66 -77

  

3.

  1. Discuss pages 66 - 77
  2. Thursday: Peer review of draft one of your descriptive paragraph and
  3. Narration : Read pages 90 - 108
 First Draft of Description: Use one of the in class writing assignments and develop it more. This will be your first descriptive paragraph.

Tips for Good Descriptive Paragraphs

4.

  1. Unity in your paragraph. Making your sentences sentences fit well within your paragraph. Transitions
  2. In class writing.
  

Include In Class Writing Assignment

Tips for Good Narrative Paragraphs

5.
  1. Read the essays included in chapter 6 - (pages 111- 138)
  2. Using examples clearly - more practice with transitions, main ideas and conclusions
  3. http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
  4. one more list of transition words: Signal Words
  5. Use this video to practice transitions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpfvkeo0KBc
Turn in first draft of Narrative on Tuesday: Tell me a story about an event/ situation that taught you a lesson

Second Draft of Description

How to Use Examples in Paragraphs

6.

  1.  Tips for Good Process Analysis Paragraphs

  2. Readings for this week's materials are o Electronic Reserve at the Clark College Library

  3. Discuss how to access the materials on reserve at http://clark-eres.lib.pdx.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=545  I'll give you the password in class.

 Portfolio check on Thursday. Please bring yours to class.

Think about something simple that you know how to do. Come prepared to teach someone to do it on Tuesday!

7.

  1. Bring your paragraph to class for peer review
  2. Read "How to Say Nothing in Five Hundred Words"
  3. "E-mail: What You Should -And Shouldn't - Say"
Write a paragraph with advice about how to improve your time management skills. (use the material we discussed in class as a basis for your paragraph)

Tips for good Summaries

8.

  1. Division and Classification
  2. Discuss the readings assigned for this week

 

 

 Read the essays from chapter 8 this week.

Write a paragraph explaining  one of the topics your culture that we discussed in class today: types of friends, or types of neighbors, or social classes. Remember, choose just one!

9.

  1. Bring your paragraph for peer review on Tuesday
  2. Expanding your paragraph into essays
  3. In Class writing assignment on Thursday
 Organize your portfolio

Tips for good Introductions, These Statements and Conclusions
10.
  1. Review - Catch up
  2. No extra Homework: Check all of your previous assignments to see if all have been turned in.

Final: meet with me individually

 Portfolio / Grades Meetings with you

Please note: this 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.