Friday, June 05, 2009

English 70 Lesson Last Day

Complete Feedback Forms

Handout Class anthology.

    1. Andrea
    2. Susan O.

  1. Return of Essays
    1. First week of Summer Quarter.
    2. Available in the Conference Room of English Department
  2. Grades due Next Friday, posted online under schedule that day

  3. You can sign up for 75, but you may be dropped. Have a back up plan.

  4. My schedule: 101x2, Creative Writing; Winter 102x3; Spring 70x2, Creative Writing

  5. Also, you can ask anytime, about anything.
  6. You can say hi to me on campus. Say your name and I'll say mine.
  7. You can say hi to each other.
  8. "Students from whom nothing is ever demanded which they cannot do, never does all they can." –John Stuart Mill

  9. Elisa Mena (and on and on).

  10. You can make it. Each quarter is a test, a challenge. Sometimes the test is academic, sometimes it's at home, sometimes it's work, sometimes it the system. You will be tested, pushed, pulled, crushed. That's how you become a different, stronger person. You are rewriting your life. Revising. Re-seeing what could be.

  11. Final Revised essays due Monday at noon in front of my office. No late work accepted.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Two Days to Go

Two Days to Go

English 70 Spring 09

  1. 930
    1. Malinda, Emi, Matt, Rosa, Travis, Daniel
    2. Yesi, Julie, Josh, Aubri, Yolanda
    3. Nereyda, Khoshboo, Andrea, Jorge
    4. Susan, Juan, Estela, Jennifer
  2. 1030
    1. Roger, Luisa, Ruby
    2. Hannah, Gustavo, Betty
    3. Veronica, Delaine, Karina
    4. Susan, Ismael, Merna

If time: Revision note

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

3 Days to Go

English 70 three days to go

  1. Complete peer editing for introduction to class collection.
  2. Who am I still missing?
  3. New deadline for revised essay: Monday, 12 pm. There will be a box outside my door in the English Department. (Come in, turn right and I'm the first door on the right). It might take until then for the collection to be printed. If so, I'll have them there for you to pick up as you drop off your revised essay.

Final Drafts of Introduction due Thursday.

Monday, June 01, 2009

Day 43

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 43, Wednesday

  1. Introduction:
  • Section 1—How This Started
  • Section 2—Mission, What We Were Looking For, Theme
  • Section 3—Two Lessons—One example.
  • Section 4—The Run Down: Facts and Synopsis

2. Outlines

  • Section 4: 13-19
  • Sample from Auster
  • Sample from Mott, Barajas
  • A look at the writers and the stories. Demographics etc.
    • Gender
    • Age
    • Where you are from.
    • Where you live.
    • Former jobs
    • Current job
    • Career goals

Monday 6.1

  • Work on sections 3 and 4
  • Sample essays


     

Tuesday 6.2

  • Rough Draft of Intro essay due: Peer edit


     

Wednesday 6.3

  • What/How to revise
  • Sample Essays
  • Prism bonus points due


 

Thursday 6.4

  • Final Draft of Intro essay due


 

Friday 6.5

  • Final day of class
  • Revised essay due.


 

We may meet once during finals week to distribute anthologies.

It's up to you and the print shop.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Day 40

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 40 Spring 09


 

Starting next week: Bring every essay every day.


 

Today: Work on outline of 1 and 2 and your own version of it.

Hand in piece for anthology.


 

Monday 6.1

Work on sections 3 and 4

Sample essays


 

Tuesday 6.2

Rough Draft of Intro essay due: Peer edit


 

Wednesday 6.3

What/How to revise

Sample Essays

Prism bonus points due


 

Thursday 6.4

Final Draft of Intro essay due


 

Friday 6.5

Final day of class

Revised essay due.


 

We may meet once during finals week to distribute anthologies.

It's up to you and the print shop.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Day 39

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 39 Spring 09

  1. Complete OR of Essay 3
    1. Returned Friday/Monday
  2. Portfolio Revision Worksheet
    1. Due Tuesday
  3. Also, bring your best essay on a disk or email me by THIS Friday.
  4. Read ITMFWG intro as a class.
  5. H/W:
    1. Number the paragraphs in the intro.
      1. Section 1 (1-5)
      2. Section 2 (6-9)
      3. Section 3 (10-12)
      4. Section 4 (13-19)
    2. Outline the introduction
      1. Summarize each paragraph in a sentence or two.
      2. Tip: What is the purpose of this paragraph?
        What would be a good title for the paragraph?


 

Tomorrow, we'll work on Section 1 and 2 together.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Day 37

Lesson Plan Day 37 Spring 09

  1. Final Draft 5/27


 

  1. There are a few more options for bonus points
    1. Friday May 22nd, 7pm Scott Klepach reading from his novel.
    2. YVCC Drama production "The Clean House" next weekend.
    3. Submission of pieces to Prism. Up to three. (Due by next Friday)
  2. Sentence Variety.
    1. What is your main idea?
      1. Make it a short sentence.
    2. Long sentences= descriptions. Consider a long description of a person or a place.
  3. Sentence Variety (445)
    1. Read 445 aloud.
    2. Practice Creating Sentence Variety—Some of this will be homework
      1. Start sentences with adverbs
        1. Practice 1, 2
        2. In your essay.
      2. Join ideas with an –ing verb
        1. Practice 4, 5
        2. In your own essay.
      3. Join ideas with a past participle
        1. Practice 7, 8
        2. In your own essays
      4. Join ideas using an appositive
        1. Practice 10, 11
        2. In your own essays
      5. Chapter review

Chapter Test?

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Lesson Plan Day 36 Spring 09

Final Draft 5/27

  1. There are a few more options for bonus points
    1. Friday May 22nd, 7pm Scott Klepach reading from his novel.
    2. YVCC Drama production "The Clean House" next weekend.
    3. Submission of pieces to Prism. Up to three. (Due by next Friday)
  2. Complete peer review.
  3. Complete peer review review.
  4. Sentence Variety.
    1. What is your main idea?
      1. Make it a short sentence.
    2. Long sentences= descriptions. Consider a long description of a person or a place.
  5. Sentence Variety (445)
    1. Read 445 aloud.
    2. Practice Creating Sentence Variety—Some of this will be homework
      1. Start sentences with adverbs
        1. Practice 1, 2
        2. In your essay.
      2. Join ideas with an –ing verb
        1. Practice 4, 5
        2. In your own essay.
      3. Join ideas with a past participle
        1. Practice 7, 8
        2. In your own essays
      4. Join ideas using an appositive
        1. Practice 10, 11
        2. In your own essays

Friday, May 15, 2009

Lesson Plan Day 32 Spring 09

  1. New Due Date—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/27
  2. Eulogy Tips Handout
  3. Hand in Capitalization Practice (581) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Apostrophes (558) Practice 1, 2, 4 and Chapter Review
  4. Hand in Spelling (525), Practice 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
  5. Test over Caps, Apostrophes and Spelling
    1. Correct in class
  6. Practice in groups of four
    1. Two interview, Two observe and give feedback on the following:
      1. Prep—list of questions for me about love.
      2. Rapport—Help me relax and feel safe.
      3. Questions—Start with broad ones, use verbal cues, save toughest for end, close with open ended.
      4. Listening—Don't fill pauses, don't over talk.
      5. Follow-up—Re-interview.


  7. Homework: Rough drafts due Monday. Bring four copies.
  8. Next week, we'll work on Sentence Variety.
  9. Grades, so far
    1. For an S (75)
      1. 70% on Prewriting
      2. Average of 4.0 on Essays
      3. Absent 4 or fewer classes
    2. There are two more essays to go.
      1. Love and Death
      2. An "Introduction" to our collection of stories.
    3. There are a few more options for bonus points

Friday May 22nd, 7pm Scott Klepach reading from his novel.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Day 31

Lesson Plan Day 31 Spring 09

  1. New Due Date—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/27
  2. Love/Death Stories
    1. Read sample stories.
    2. Look for sentence fluency
      1. Short long.
      2. Intentional fragments
      3. Varied sentence openings
  3. Getting the most from your interview:
  4. Handout "Getting the Most From Your Interview"
    1. Prep
    2. Rapport
    3. Questions
    4. Listening
    5. Follow-up


 

  1. Practice on me.
    1. Prep—list of questions for me about love.
    2. Rapport—Help me relax and feel safe.
    3. Questions—Start with broad ones, use verbal cues, save toughest for end, close with open ended.
    4. Listening—Don't fill pauses, don't over talk.
    5. Follow-up—Re-interview.


       

  2. Eulogy Tips Handout
  3. Hand in Capitalization Practice (581) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Apostrophes (558) Practice 1, 2, 4 and Chapter Review
  4. Homework: Spelling (525), Practice 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
  5. Test over Caps, Apostrophes and Spelling tomorrow in class.


     

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Day 30

Lesson Plan Day 30 Spring 09

  1. Love/Death Stories
    1. Read sample stories
    2. Look for sentence fluency
      1. Short long.
      2. Intentional fragments
      3. Varied sentence openings
  2. Run-ons (306-320)
    1. Practice 1, 2
      1. Chapter Test?

Homework: Capitalization Practice (581) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Apostrophes (558) Practice 1, 2, 4 and Chapter Review

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Day 29

Lesson Plan Day 29 Spring 09

  1. I'll let you know where you are by the end of the week grade wise.
  2. Essay Topic 3: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
    2. Eulogy lists
      1. Types of deaths
    3. Due Dates—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/26
  3. Love Stories
    1. Read sample story
    2. Look for sentence fluency
  4. RW Basic Sentence
    1. Chapter Test 1-10
  5. Fragments (287-305)
    1. Practice 1, 7, 8 and the chapter review
    2. Chapter Test 1-9
    3. Practice 11
  6. Homework: Run-ons (306-320)
    1. Practice 1, 2

Monday, May 11, 2009

Day 28

Lesson Plan Day 28 Spring 09

  1. Essays back
    1. Improved scores and High scores
      1. Higher/lower scores doesn't mean what they normally would.
    2. Consider adding dialogue (voice, right?)
    3. Come see me to discuss essays.
    4. 24 hour rule
  2. I'll let you know where you are by the end of the week grade wise.
  3. Essay Topic 3: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
      1. Types of Love
    2. Eulogy lists?
      1. Types of deaths
    3. Due Dates—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/26
  4. Hand back verb tense, commonly confused words, quotation marks
  5. RW Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, and Chapter Review
    1. Try the chapter test
  6. Quizzes on Love and Death, not good. This is important for two reasons
    1. You'll write better essays (and get better grades) if you do the reading. Reading and writing are the same thing.
    2. In English 101 and 102 and all other classes require a great deal of reading. You need to develop good habits now to do well in the future.
  7. Homework: Fragments (287-305)

Practice 1, 7, 8 and the chapter review

Friday, May 08, 2009

Day 27

Lesson Plan Day 27 Spring 09

  1. Essays back by Monday
  2. Signing up for Summer quarter, you're taking your chances.
  3. Signing up for Fall quarter, I'll let you know where you are next week.
  4. Sam Green Friday
  5. Essay Topic 2: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
      1. Types of Love
    2. Eulogy lists? (1030?)
      1. Types of deaths
    3. Due Dates—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/26
  6. Graded on Sentence Fluency and Conventions
  7. Homework: Read RW Basic Sentence Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, and Chapter Review
  8. Quiz Love

Quiz Death

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Day 26

Lesson Plan Day 26 Spring 09

  1. Complete reading essays (930 class)
    1. Essays back by Monday
  2. Signing up for Summer quarter, you're taking your chances.
  3. Signing up for Fall quarter, I'll let you know where you are next week.
  4. Cisneros?
  5. Sam Green Friday
  6. Essay Topic 2: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
      1. Types of Love
    2. Eulogy lists? (1030?)
      1. Types of deaths
  7. Graded on Sentence Fluency and Conventions
  8. Homework: Read rest of Death chapter

Quiz tomorrow over Love and Death

Monday, May 04, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 23 Spring 2009

  1. Grade sample essay: Word Choice
    1. 6-5
    2. 4-3
    3. 2-1
  2. Sample Essay Voice
    1. 6-5
    2. 4-3
    3. 2-1
  3. Try a conclusion (page 82 in your book)
    1. Where are those people now?
    2. What happened to you since?
    3. Have you answered all of our questions?
    4. What did you learn?
  4. Title (page 84)
  5. Quotation marks (566)
    1. Practice 1
  6. Consistent Verb tense (360)
    1. Practice 13
  7. Commonly confused words (514-522)
    1. Practice 1
  8. Homework: Two copies of final draft.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Day 20

English 70 Spring 09 Lesson Plan Day 20

  1. Intros and conclusions for more "academic" essays.
  2. Outline, intros and conclusions for narrative essays.
  3. Work on your rough drafts. Try to get one clean page.
  4. Exchange with a partner and write three questions you have about their story.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Day 19

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 19 Spring 2009

  1. Essays back
  2. Getting essays back
    1. Two types of comments.
    2. Yancey Yore/William Peckman
    3. This is part of our job.
    4. High expectations are important in college
      1. You are here by choice and at a cost.
      2. Your diploma has to mean certain things.
    5. Time to review comments and ask questions.
    6. The 24 hour rule.
    7. SAVE EVERTHING
      1. IT'S NOT WHERE YOU START, IT'S WHERE YOU FINISH!
      2. You will have a chance at the end of the quarter to improve your score for one of your essays by revising based on my comments and based on what you've learned.
    8. Your options if you don't like your grade:
      1. Work Harder.
      2. Change your habits/attitudes.
      3. Real Writing review.
      4. Read more closely.
      5. More drafts .
      6. Writing Center.
      7. See Me.


     

    1. Graded on Ideas and Content and Organization
    2. Grammar a big issue—but was not graded.
    3. Average: 4.1 for 930 and 4.3 for 1030 classes
    4. Theme/Thesis statements need work
    5. Intros and conclusions need work
    6. Titles
    7. Don't be afraid to be creative writers. Don't be afraid to let go a bit.


       

  3. For Wednesday: Four copies of rough draft of Stranger/Family.
  4. So far
    1. Sample essays
    2. Described traits
    3. Freewriting
    4. Five w's
    5. Five senses
  5. Stand back from it: What's the main idea? What's the moral of the story?
  6. Word choice notes
  7. Review Homework: "Word Choice" in Real Writing page 503-512
    1. Practice 1, 2 and chapter review

Tomorrow in class: Theme statements, intros and conclusions and writing time.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Day 18

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 18 Spring 2009

  1. Strangers-- Mr. Bill example
    1. Word choice
    2. Voice
  2. Review types of prewriting
    1. Freewrite
    2. List
    3. Research/read
    4. Discussion
    5. Cluster/map
    6. Questions


     

  3. Strangers list
    1. Doctors/Nurses
  4. Freewrite about one of these.
  5. Discussion at table
  6. Family Photo
    1. Caption example
    2. Five w's
    3. Five senses
  7. Discussion at table
  8. Homework: "Word Choice" in Real Writing page 503-512

Do: Practice 1, 2 and chapter review

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 17 Spring 2009

  1. Strangers Quiz
  2. Correct quiz
  3. Families--(The Wednesday Before Christmas, Revenge, Plate of Peas)

    1. Word choice
    2. Voice
  4. Review types of prewriting

    1. Freewrite
    2. List
    3. Research/read
    4. Discussion
    5. Cluster/map
    6. Questions


  5. Strangers list

    1. customers

      1. Mr. Bill
    2. co-workers
    3. camps
    4. teams
    5. on the street
    6. hikes
    7. trips
    8. vacations
    9. stores
    10. bus/plane/train
    11. coaches
    12. church leaders
    13. teachers
  6. Freewrite about one of these.

Family Photo?

Caption example

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 16



  1. What stories do you remember from yesterday?
  2. Essay Topic
  3. Word Choice and Voice H/O and explain


  1. Pick 2 of your favorite stories from ITMFWG "Family"
    1. Look for word choice—lively verbs, specific modifiers/adverbs/adjectives
    2. Which writer would you like to meet?
    3. Which writer takes the biggest risk?
    4. Which writer has the most style?


  1. Homework: complete reading "Strangers" section. Quiz tomorrow.
  2. Bring family photo to class on Thursday

Monday, April 20, 2009

Day 15

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 15, Wednesday

  1. What specifics do you remember from Friday?
  2. Hand back homework.
  3. Essays back in about a week.
  4. Continue OR of our first essays.
  5. Introduce Essay Two
    1. Topic
    2. Grading
    3. Schedule?
      1. Quiz on Strangers Wednesday
      2. Prewriting for Strangers/Family
      3. Outline of essay
      4. Draft one due next Wednesday.
        1. Peer Edit credit for students participating
      5. Draft 2 due Monday May 4th

For homework: Read ITMFWG 153-172 for Tuesday and 173 to end of Strangers by Wednesday

Essay 2 Topic Families and Strangers

Topic 2: Families and Strangers—VOICE AND WORD CHOICE


 

For this assignment, we will be working on Voice and Word Choice.


 

Additional requirements:

Your story should focus on revealing a main point.

Your story should focus on 3-4 major events.

Each major event should be supported with details that bring it to life.

Your story should use dialogue.


 

2-3 pages


 

OPTION ONE: STRANGERS


 

(From Process of Discovery)


 

Writing about a person who has influenced you.


 

We have all been influenced by many, many people in our lives. Just about everything about us—the way we talk, dress, think, believe—has been influence by parents, other relatives, peers or friends. It pretty easy to see how people this close to us affect our lives.


It's also interesting to think about how our lives have been influenced by people we didn't know well. We have all been affected by strangers or by people we barely knew. What I'd like you to do is write a paper about one of these people. Let's get away, for the moment, from people the rest of us would expect to influence your life—parents, siblings, relatives, clergy, coaches—to explore some of the more surprising influences.


 

For example:


 

A person you knew for a very short time, who walked in and out of your life, but you've never forgotten.


 

A person you never have met but have observed closely, perhaps a co-worker or someone in a class you took once.


 

After extensive freewriting, focus in on the person you're going to write about. You want to work toward a paper that will do at least three things:

Describe the person and the circumstances by which you came to know him or her.


 

MAIN POINT: Show specifically how this person influenced you: Is it the way you dress, the way you eat, the way you think, the way you believe?


 

Analyze how this change in yourself has been for the better or for the worse. Some role models are positive, some negative; what has this one been for you?

OPTION TWO—Captioning your family


 

Write a caption for a family photo. In short, you will tell the story of the photograph—both what is seen and what is unseen by the viewer.


 

TIPS:


 

  • Tell a specific story about the circumstances surrounding the photo.


 

  • Identify the people in the photograph with their full names. Make certain you spell their names correctly.


 

  • Describe what is happening in the photo by providing the context for when the photo was taken. What are the circumstances here? What is going on that you can't see by looking in the pictures?


 

  • Be creative and honest.


 

  • Study the photograph yourself as you are writing the caption. What information do you have about the people in the photograph that no one else has? What is going on in this photograph that can't be seen?


 

  • MAIN POINT: What do you want the reader to know/understand by the end of the story?


 

  • How have you supported this point?


 

Friday, April 17, 2009

Day 14

Lesson Plan Day 14 Friday

  1. Hand In Final Draft of Essay One
  2. O/R Yes/No?
  3. Yes= +.5
  4. No= -.5
  5. Essays returned within one week and one day.
  6. Homework: Read ITMFWG "Families"

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Day 13

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 13, Spring 09

  1. Hand back and review Chapter 9 review


     

  2. Complete peer review process


     

  3. If time, complete the "Story Maps" for each essay.


     

  4. Hand back all of it to the writer so they have notes to work with.


     

  5. Peer Review, Review


     

  6. How the paper should look.


     

  7. Grade sample essay?


 

  1. Homework: Work on final drafts. Due Friday. Bring two copies.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Day 12

Lesson Plan Day 12

  1. Hand in homework, Chapter 9 review
  2. Explain Peer Editing process
    1. Students learn from each other.
    2. Students learn by teaching.
    3. Kind honesty.
    4. Thick skin.
  3. Write two questions you'd like answered by your peers.
    1. Choose who goes first
    2. Hand out essays
    3. Read aloud
    4. Complete peer editing forms first
    5. Have a CONVERSATION (that's why there's four of you)
    6. Finally, writer asks questions not answered.
    7. Repeat
  4. Homework:
    1. Complete peer editing form for remaining essays.
    2. Work on final drafts. Due Friday. Bring two copies.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Day 11

Lesson Plan Day 11

  1. Explain Peer Editing process
    1. Role Play?
      1. Write two questions you'd like answered by your peers.
      2. Choose who goes first
      3. Hand out essays
      4. Read aloud
      5. Complete peer editing forms first
      6. Have a CONVERSATION (that's why there's four of you)
      7. Finally, writer asks questions not answered.
      8. Repeat
  2. Homework
    1. Read RW Chapter 9
      1. Read 107-120

Do Chapter Review (We will hand this in at the beginning of class tomorrow).

Monday, April 13, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 10

Log in.

  1. If you are working on Animal essay—probably use "Events" as paragraphs.
  2. If you are working on "Object" you might choose "Reasons" as paragraphs? If so, use "Order of Importance" to organize.
  3. Work on essay.
  4. Ask me questions.

Rough Draft Due: Tuesday. Bring 4 copies. 2-3 pages.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Meet in C210 (Deccio second floor) on Monday.
Bring a thumb drive.

Day 9

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 9

  1. Chapter 6 Organization
    1. Animal: Probably chronologically
    2. Object: Maybe "Order of importance" for your reasons


       

  2. Real Writing Chapter 4
    1. Basics of a good Thesis Statement
      1. Fits the size of the assignment:
      2. Single Main Point
      3. Specific
      4. It is something you can show, explain, or prove
      5. It is a forceful statement written with confidence
    2. Practice 1
    3. Practice 2
    4. Read 43-45
    5. Practice 4
    6. Read 48
    7. Practice 5
    8. Read 49
    9. Read 50
    10. Read 53-54


 

  1. So far: Thesis statement and early plan
    1. Does it interest me?
    2. Can I say something about it?
    3. Is it specific?


       

  2. Go a bit further (Ideas and Content handout)
    1. Is the main idea of the story clear to me?
    2. Is it an original idea, or an original way of seeing something?
    3. Will it interest my audience?
    4. Can I see what the organization should be?


 

  1. Discussion
    1. Read your thesis statements to each other and then explain what you're going to write about—three minutes.
    2. What do your peers sound most interested in?
    3. Now, others ask you questions and you WRITE THEM DOWN AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
      1. These may be things you have overlooked that we need.


       

  2. Homework

    Rough Draft Due Monday?

Thursday, April 09, 2009

English 70 Spring 09 Lesson Plan Day 8

Bonus Points: Tonight at Kendall and Tomorrow at Writing Center—7pm for both—one full page of notes due the next day.

Generating Ideas
Listing

Freewriting
Animals/Objects
Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes

Five Senses

Questioning
Five W's + How
Animals
Objects

Discussion
At your tables

The Next Step in the writing process:
Plan
Story map
4 Questions to ask of your topic
Does it interest me?
Can I say something about it?
Is it specific?
AND—
What is the main point?

Homework:

Plus: A theme sentence for an animal essay and a theme statement for an object essay—what is the moral of the story?
English 70 Spring 09 Lesson Plan Day 8

Bonus Points: Tonight at Kendall and Tomorrow at Writing Center—7pm for both—one full page of notes due the next day.

Generating Ideas
Listing

Freewriting
Animals/Objects
Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes

Five Senses

Questioning
Five W's + How
Animals
Objects

Discussion
At your tables

The Next Step in the writing process:
Plan
Story map

4 Questions to ask of your topic
  • Does it interest me?
  • Can I say something about it?
  • Is it specific?
    AND—
  • What is the main point?

    Homework:

    Plus: A theme sentence for an animal essay and a theme statement for an object essay—what is the moral of the story?
English 70 Spring 09 Lesson Plan Day 8

Bonus Points: Tonight at Kendall and Tomorrow at Writing Center—7pm for both—one full page of notes due the next day.

Generating Ideas
Listing

Freewriting
Animals/Objects
Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes

Five Senses

Questioning
Five W's + How
Animals
Objects

Discussion
At your tables

The Next Step in the writing process:
Plan
Story map

4 Questions to ask of your topic

  • Does it interest me?
  • Can I say something about it?
  • Is it specific?
    AND—
  • What is the main point?

    Homework:

    Plus: A theme sentence for an animal essay and a theme statement for an object essay—what is the moral of the story?

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 7 Wednesday

  1. H/O on Ideas/Content and Organization
  2. ITMFWG Animals Favorites
  3. Generating Ideas
    1. Listing
      1. Animals/Objects
        1. Pets list already done
        2. Wild, Zoo, Farm, Fair, Friends, Relatives
        3. Souvenirs
    2. Freewriting
      1. Animals/Objects
        1. Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes
    3. Questioning
      1. Five W's + How
        1. Animals
        2. Objects
    4. Discussion
      1. At your tables
    5. Clustering/Mapping
      1. Story map?
    6. Five Senses if there's time.
    7. 4 Questions to ask of your topic
      1. Does it interest me?
      2. Can I say something about it?
      3. Is it specific?
      4. AND—
        1. What is the main point?

Homework:

Plus: A theme sentence for an animal essay and a theme statement for an object essay—what is the moral of the story?

Monday, April 06, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 6

  1. Friday night 7pm, Kim-An Lieberman poetry reading writing center 7pm
  2. Tomorrow, No Class; Wednesday, check blog for cancelation?
  3. Quiz Objects/RW
  4. Correct quiz/objects
  5. Favorite Objects stories
  6. Essay one assignment—H/O
    1. Focus on Ideas/Content + Organization
    2. NY Stray
    3. Yellow Butterfly
  7. The Writing Process
    1. Generate Ideas
    2. Plan
    3. Draft
    4. Revise
    5. Edit
    6. Present final draft
  8. Generating Ideas
    1. Listing
      1. Animals/Objects
        1. Pets list
        2. Wild, Zoo, Farm, Fair, Friends, Relatives
        3. Souvenirs
    2. Freewriting
      1. Animals/Objects
        1. Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes
        2. Pick from another list
    3. Questioning
      1. Five W's + How
        1. Animals
        2. Objects
    4. Discussion
      1. At your tables
    5. Clustering/Mapping
    6. Five Senses if there's time.
    7. 4 Questions to ask of your topic
      1. Does it interest me?
      2. Can I say something about it?
      3. Is it specific?
      4. AND—What is the main point?

Friday, April 03, 2009

Day 5

English 70 Day 5

  1. Names and Faces Quiz
  2. Six Traits Quiz
  3. Steps in the Writing Process
    1. Generate Ideas
    2. Plan
    3. Draft
    4. Revise
    5. Edit
    6. Present
  4. Essay 1
  5. Animals—Favorites, pick two
  6. Homework: read Objects in ITMFWG

Quiz Object and the writing process

Thursday, April 02, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 4

  1. Fill in some tables. It works better this way.
  2. Journal: What is the best thing you've ever read? Best story, magazine, article, comic book, sacred text, novel, play, poem, card or letter, email, text message?
  3. Chapter 2 Review
  4. Six Traits Pre-Test
  5. Six Traits defined
  6. Show outline of class using the traits
  7. Answers to Pre-Test

Homework:

Six Traits Quiz Friday.

Names and Faces, quiz Friday.

Read ITMFWG: 3-29 for Friday and 33-72 for Monday (Quiz on Objects and RW on Monday).

We won't always go this fast with reading.

We won't always have quizzes this often.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan 3

  1. Names and Faces
  2. Questions from 930 class
  3. RW: Reading Basics--Practice 1, 2, 3, 5
    1. How I grade these
      1. We will typically go over them in class.
        1. As a result, I will grade them on a 0-10 scale, based on completion of the work, not exact answers for every question. So, all the work done well=+10; Some of the work done (or all of it done not so well)= +7; Little of the work done= +4 etc.
      2. If I get a sense that we're not doing the work, I'll collect them without review in class and grade them differently.
  4. Traits of good writing according to us.
  5. Tomorrow we'll look at the Six Traits of Writing
  6. Homework?
    1. RW 25-31—Chapter Review (These are tricky and we won't hand it in b/c of the pages after it).

Homework: Names and Faces Quiz Friday
and RW work if we don't get to it in class.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Goals:

  1. What are your goals for the rest of the week?
  2. What are your goals for the rest of the quarter?
  3. What are your goals at YVCC?
  4. Chapter Review

    1. What are the five course basics?

Assumptions? Class, me (930)

  1. Questions about the class.
  2. Questions about me.

Traits

    1. Good Student
    2. Good Teacher
    3. Good Writing?


  1. Homework

    1. Read RW 9-16
    2. Do Practice 1, 2, 3, 5
    3. Buy book I Thought My Father Was God

Our first section will be on Animals

Monday, March 30, 2009

English Composition 70: Spring 2009

Dan Peters, Instructor (dpeters@yvcc.edu) 574-6800 ext 3194

Office hours: 830-930, Anthon English Dept.


 

Course Description:

Students in English 070 will learn to write unified, coherent, short compositions, following standard conventions of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. They will base their writing on a reading and understanding of basic texts, enhanced by active participation in class discussions.


 

Prerequisites:

ASSET placement score: 33-38.


 

Course Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to


 

  • Use appropriate strategies to write unified, coherent, short compositions.
  • Read and articulate an understanding of a text that uses conversational vocabulary, an easily recognizable organizational pattern, and basic sentence structure.


 

Abilities:

Students will have the opportunity to practice the following Abilities as they meet course objectives: Analytical Reasoning (AR) and Communication (C).


 

Course Objectives:    


 

During the course students will


 

  1. Participate in class discussions.
  2. Summarize and paraphrase a text.
  3. Generate ideas.
  4. Organize ideas.
  5. Write unified paragraphs.
  6. Write rough drafts.
  7. Revise rough drafts.
  8. Edit and proofread drafts, practicing conventions of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
  9. Demonstrate the ability to read critically: summarize and paraphrase, question, and analyze a text.
  10. Practice objectives 1-9 in in-class writing.


 

The Job

  • Four complete assignment sequences.
    • These sequences will include prewriting activities, rough drafts and second drafts.
  • Real Writing exercises in book and on line.
  • Daily Journal.
  • Come ready for class every day
  • Also…
    • Reading and commenting on students' papers.
    • Readings as assigned.
    • Various quizzes and assignments, as needed.

The Materials

  • Real Writing, 4e, Anker
  • I Thought My Father Was God, Auster
  • Thumb drive
  • Three Ring Binder
  • Spiral bound notebook
  • A good college-level dictionary
  • Highlighter pens
  • Mini stapler
  • Blue & black ink pens


 

The Grades


In order to move to 075, you need to earn a grade of Satisfactory (S) in English 070.


 

A Credit (Cr) grade will be given to students who are progressing in their skills but may need more time to be ready to write at the college level.


 

A No-Credit (NC) grade will be given to students who are not progressing, who have not completed the assigned work or who have not regularly attended class.

Your grade will be broken into two distinct parts:


 

  1. The first will be for all the work you do prior to a second draft (D2).

In order to move to 075, you will need to average 75% on these assignments.


 

  1. The second part of your grade is your second drafts (D2).


 

These are polished essays that I will read, give comments on and score from 0-6. (see attached for grading rubric). In order to move to 075, your scores for your second drafts must average 4 or better.


 

The Details


 

  1. All assignments are due on the date assigned. Late work will not be accepted.


 

  1. Essays are required to be between 2-3 pages long, double-spaced, in a normal sized (10-12 point) font or type comparable to Times New Roman. Essays not meeting the minimum length requirement, whether through failure to complete 2 pages, use of a larger than normal font, or large margins, will have a reduced grade. Failing to complete 2 pages by a line or two won't affect your grade, but stopping your essay on the middle of page 2 will.

  2. All essays must be typed or printed on a computer printer.


  3. Essays must be typed in MLA format: one inch margins on all sides, with your name and page number in the top right hand corner. Text should be double-spaced. You must put your name and section number on either the first page of the essay or on a title page


 

  1. Keep a HARD COPY of your essay, so that you will have a back-up in case of loss, disk crash, etc. Anyone working on computer should have a back-up copy of his/her essay on disk.


 

The Big Six

Ideas and Content

Organization

Voice

Word Choice

Sentence Fluency

Conventions


 

Don't Cheat Yourself


 

Any work that has been plagiarized will be given a zero and will not be eligible resubmission.

Do the best that you can with what you have.

Be Here, Now


 

If you miss 5 classes for any reason, the best grade you can receive will be CR.


 

If you miss 7 classes for any reason you will be withdrawn from the class.


 

Lean in…


 

Course Adaptation:
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please talk with me as soon as possible.


 

English 70 Day 1

Learning begins with questions.
Aristotle

  1. Questions
    1. Left
    2. Class
    3. Teacher
  2. Assumptions
    1. Right
    2. Class
    3. Teacher

  3. Syllabus
  4. Rewrite questions about the class

  5. Traits of a good teacher
  6. Traits of a good student
  7. Traits of good writing

Homework—

Complete Traits list

Read Real Writing 3-7