COURSE CALENDAR:
| Week 1 In-Class | Homework |
| Introduction to class. Diagnostic essay. | Email assignment |
| Writing Process and basic structure. Central Idea. Brainstorming. | Read: Ch 1, 6, 9 |
| Week 2 | |
| Description Exercises. Figurative Language. Showing vs. telling. Assign Paper 1. Brainstorming. | Read: handouts |
| Read "A Simple Gift," "Vinnie's Jacket". In-class essay. | Read: Ch 5, 7 |
| Week 3 | |
| Workshop Paper 1. Introductions/Conclusions | Read: Ch 8 and handouts |
| Narration. Read "Keepsakes," "Brothers". Drafting and revising. Assign Paper 2. | |
| Week 4 | |
| Workshop Paper 2. Compare/Contrast. Two Methods. | Read: Ch 14 |
| Compare/Contrast. Assign Paper 3. | |
| Week 5 | |
| Workshop Paper 3. In-class essay: compare/contrast. | Read: Ch 2 and handouts |
| Close Analysis. Point of view exercises. Read "The Jacket" | Read: Ch 16 and handouts |
| Week 6 | |
| Workshop Paper 4. Structure of an argument. Read "Anonymous Victims of Dreams and a River", | Read: Ch 17 |
| Writing persuasively. In-class practice using SIEL. | |
| Week 7 | |
| Workshop Paper 5 (and all previous papers) | |
| Practice Final. | |
| Week 8 | |
| Last Day of class instruction. Review | |
| Final Exam. 8:00 p.m. Portfolios are due. |
Final Exam is scheduled for Thursday, April 26, 2006 at 8:00 pm.
Portfolios are due no later than the beginning of class on April 26, 2006.