No NEO Comp I this week BUT you must turn in your final narrative by THIS Wednesday AND a free write describing a place to visit. Read around draft of descriptive due Oct. 11 or 12^th. No pronoun quiz this week, but will take it next week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freshman Comp I ENGL 1113

NEO Extension Course – Vinita High School

Fall 2011, Tuesday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Instructor: Dianna Just

djust@junct.com or justdl@vinitahornets.com

918.256.5654 or 918.244.5654

website: http://www.teacherweb.com/OK/VinitaHS/Just

The instructor reserves the right to make schedule changes if necessary. The weekly quick write prompt will be given at the beginning of the class and cannot be made up if student is absent. Instructor may give quick write prompts early if prior arrangements are made. Quick writes must be at least one half page in length. Each week there will also be a grammar/usage quiz.

Cell phone use is prohibited during class time—including texting! If asked to put his/her phone away a student will be penalized one letter grade in the class.

In the event of inclement weather or any other reason to cancel class the instructor will contact you through the website so be sure you have registered online. Otherwise assume class will meet—even if VHS did not meet that day.

Aug. 23 First class

Syllabus

Homework: Read Chapter 4 “Prewriting” for next session

Aug. 30 Quick Write prompt (177)

Discuss Chapter 4

Do numerous pre-writes in class

Homework: Study Chapter 9: “Editing Sentences and Words” types of

sentences, varying sentences, parallelism, active verbs, and modifiers

AND read Chapter 5 “Thesis” for next session and do all questions on

page 112-113. (12 questions)

Sept. 6 Quick Write prompt (99)

Discuss Chapter 5

Read during class time: Chapter 6: “Drafting an Essay” and Chapter 7 “Writing Effective Paragraphs”

Editing Test 1 (“Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices”)

Homework: Read Chapter 10 “Narration” AND study pgs. 711-758

Sept. 13 Quick Write prompt (201)

Discuss Chapter 10 “Narration”

Pre-write and write first draft of a narration

Editing Test 2 (“Subject-Verb Agreement”)

Homework: Typed narrative essay due next week ready to read to class AND study 759-767

Sept 20 Quick Write prompt (233)

Read narratives aloud to class members – Peer Review

Editing Test 3 (Pronoun Problems” 1)

Homework: FINAL narrative essay due (typed) AND study 759-767

Sept. 27 Final typed Narrative essay due

Quick Write prompt ________________

Go over Chapter 11: “Description: Portraying People, Places, and Things”

Discuss topics for a description

Editing Test 4 (“Pronoun Problems” 2)

Homework: Typed descriptive essay due next week ready to read to class AND review pronoun rules

Oct. 4 Quick Write prompt ________________

Read descriptive papers aloud to class members

Discuss topics for an illustration

Chapter 12: “Illustration: Explaining with Examples”

Editing Test 5 (“Pronoun Problems” 3)

Homework: Final of Descriptive due and Peer Review draft of illustration

due next week

Oct. 11 Final of Descriptive due

Quick Write _______________

Read illustration papers aloud to class members

Editing Test 6 (“Shifts and Mixed Constructions”)

Homework: Final typed draft of an illustration is due next week and

study pages 777-780

Oct. 18 Final of Illustration due

Quick Write _______________

Editing Test 7 (“Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers”)

Homework: Study pages 782 – (commas)

Oct. 25 Quick Write prompt (303)

Go over Chapter 13: “Process Analysis: Explaining How Something

Works or Is Done”

Editing Test 8 (“Commas”)

Start process papers

Homework: Typed draft of Process due next time for peer review

AND study 788-

Nov. 1 Quick Write prompt ___________

Peer Review of Process Analysis

Editing Test 9 (“Semicolon”)

Homework: Final draft of Process Analysis and study apostrophes

Nov. 8 Quick Write prompt______________

Final Typed draft of a process is due

Go over Chapter 14: “Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and

Differences”

Analyzing “Border Bites”

Editing Test 10 (“Apostrophes”)

Homework: Outline comparison and contrast and bring sources to next

class. Works Cited is due next class period

Nov. 15 Quick Write prompt

Go over “Using Sources to Add Details to an Essay”; “Writing In-text

Citations”

Homework: Draft of Documented Comparison and Contrast paper

Nov. 22 No class, Thanksgiving holiday

Nov. 29 Quick Write prompt

Peer Review of Comparison and Contrast essays

Homework: Final draft of Comparison and Contrast

Dec. 6 Final draft of a comparison and contrast is due

Review for FINAL

Dec. 13 FINAL EXAM