Welcome to your class page!
Here is your Class Schedule and Class Syllabus.
Instructor contact: gzff@ccc
Weekly Homework: see the Homework Assignment page for links and instructions.
In general, the weekly homework assignments have TWO parts. Your task is to:
1. write a summary of the article, identifying the main points and discussing what the article is about.
2. write an example of what you learned from the article.
For instance, if the assigned article is about how to write a good paragraph, you will first summarize WHAT the article said, and then you will WRITE a well-organized paragraph as an example. Specific directions are on the Homework Assignments page.
- All assignments are due Sunday 5pm.
- Type your responses directly into the Moodle page; do NOT upload document files for homework assignments.
- Work is accepted late for partial credit. Full credit = 5 points if submitted the week they are due. The following week = 3 points, and 1 point thereafter.
(Note: 1 point will NOT be enough to pass the course - don't put off doing the homework).
Required Text:
• Texts and Contexts 7th edition - Robinson and Tucker - here is the Amazon link
Click on the Essay Guideline Page for details and handouts.
Due dates are on the Class Schedule.
Late work receives only partial credit.
Use this template for formatting your work.
Essay grading is based on overall writing quality and improvement.
Individual grading rubrics are available in each essay section on the Essay Guideline page.
Overall, to better understand what a good essay is, read the Essay Grading Rubric.
Recognizing your own writing patterns and challenges are the only way to improve and polish your writing. To do this, you will learn how to proofread effectively and practice those writing challenges.
Click on this link to access these proofreading pages.
Handouts -
Use Active Verbs
Pre-Writing Strategies
Annotating a Text
Annotating and Active Reading
Peer Review Guidelines: Summary Writer Peer Reviews
Backwards Planning
PIE Paragraph
PIE_Checklist
Topic Sentences
Thesis Statement
Using Quotations
MLA Information
MLA Format Sheet
MLA_Works Cited Page201
Analyzing an Argument in an Outline pdf
Link to Knight Cite Citation Machine
Answer Key Diagnostic Test
Proofreading Quiz Answers
Grammar Bytes Presentation Materials
Paperrater sample paper
Day One Slides
How to Be a Successful Student
End of Class PPT
Essay Guideline page:
How to Format an Essay in MLA Style - video - 9:59
How to Format an Essay - powerpoint
Things to Avoid in Writing Essays & PPT
Essay One - Summary Response Essay
Reading: Mary Pipher - Writing for Change
Essay Two - Advertising Analysis Essay guidelines
Readings:
- Jib Fowles - 15 Basic Appeals of Advertising
- Jean Kilbourne - Jesus is a Brand of Jeans
- Mark Crispin Miller - Getting Dirty - commercial
Videos:
"Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising of Alcohol & Tobacco"
"Killing Us Softly 3" on YouTube
Rhetoric in Advertising
Coca-Cola Ad - the need to escape :36
Links to articles about visual analysis:
Ad Analysis
Breaking Down an Image
Essay Three - Should High School Students Work? - Argument essay guidelines
Readings to which you should refer in your essay:
- Amitai Etzioni - The Fast-Food Factories: McJobs are Bad for Kids
- Barbara Garson - McDonald's - We Do It All For You
- Katherine Cress - Why Not Ask the Students? Urban Teenagers Make the Case for Working
Writer's Checklist
How to Introduce Authors and Titles
Peer Review Guidelines
Grade Sheet
Timed Final Essay - Essay Prompt
- You will have 1 hour in which to respond to a writing prompt which you will write in the computer lab and submit to Moodle.
- Your response will be thesis-driven, which must be supported by reasons and examples
- This essay is required as part of the class and will count for 5% of your grade.
have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. " William Strunk, Jr.
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