Final Project, English 081
Rhetorical Knowledge
• Focus on a purpose
Define:
Focusing on a purpose means to stay on track in writing. It means to be on topic all the time.
Explain:
I know how to focus on a purpose, and I did so in my narrative essay. The job of my narrative, or its purpose, was to tell about the chocolate factory I worked in and what my job was like. In the first paragraph, I wrote, “I worked 8 hours a day, separating good from bad chocolate.” In my third paragraph, I wrote, “a chocolate factory smells nice, but don’t be fooled. It is really gross.” In my last paragraph I wrote, “That’s why you shouldn’t work in a chocolate factory.” As you can see, I focused on the same purpose throughout my essay, and that means I can focus on a purpose.
• Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
Define:
Explain:
• Write in several genres
Define:
Explain:
Processes
• Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
Define:
Explain
• Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
Define:
Explain:
Knowledge of Conventions
• Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
Define:
Explain:
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Creating a Perfect Paragraph (almost) and Breaking the Paragraph, Part 2
1. Journal:
With a partner, create a list of as many transitions as you can think of to replace For Example and This shows That.
2. Model-- Where do these paragraphs fit into the plan?
TS: Bullying is a real problem in America.
F: For Example, Robert Nott, in the October 5th edition of The New Mexican online reports that a study released by the White House shows that, "13 million children are bullied each year."
O: If 13 million children are bullied each year, this means that bullying has become a normal part of childhood.
O: Since bullying is normal to childhood, this means that bullying is a serious problem.
F: What's more, Nott reports that, "160,000 kids nationwide avoid going to school because they fear bullying."
O: This means that the bullying is so bad, that kids are afraid of attending school.
F. Also, Nott writes that in the past year, 10 students have felt so terrible about bullying that they "took their own lives as a result of being bullied."
O. Bullying is so widespread that students avoid going to school, and in some extreme cases, they think suicide is better than being bullied.
O. The amount of students who are bullied, the amount who miss school because of bullying, and the number who have recently killed themselves make it easy to see that bullying is a problem in American society.
CS: Bullying should be something society takes seriously: kids sure do.
FACTS FOR MY PARAGRPAH
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. According to a report released by the White House earlier this year, 13 million children are bullied each year. A recent report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that some 160,000 kids nationwide avoid going to school because they fear bullying.
Mohat and Meier have not been forgotten. Their photos were displayed as recently as last week — along with the images of eight other youths, 13 to 18, who took their own lives as a result of being bullied — on a mural display in the common room of the private Desert Academy on Camino Alire Street.
Robert Nott | The New Mexican 10/5/2011
3. Group Practice Handouts...
4. See me when your group is finished.
5. HW-- Type up your paragraph and return it to me on Tuesday, 10/18.
With a partner, create a list of as many transitions as you can think of to replace For Example and This shows That.
2. Model-- Where do these paragraphs fit into the plan?
TS: Bullying is a real problem in America.
F: For Example, Robert Nott, in the October 5th edition of The New Mexican online reports that a study released by the White House shows that, "13 million children are bullied each year."
O: If 13 million children are bullied each year, this means that bullying has become a normal part of childhood.
O: Since bullying is normal to childhood, this means that bullying is a serious problem.
F: What's more, Nott reports that, "160,000 kids nationwide avoid going to school because they fear bullying."
O: This means that the bullying is so bad, that kids are afraid of attending school.
F. Also, Nott writes that in the past year, 10 students have felt so terrible about bullying that they "took their own lives as a result of being bullied."
O. Bullying is so widespread that students avoid going to school, and in some extreme cases, they think suicide is better than being bullied.
O. The amount of students who are bullied, the amount who miss school because of bullying, and the number who have recently killed themselves make it easy to see that bullying is a problem in American society.
CS: Bullying should be something society takes seriously: kids sure do.
FACTS FOR MY PARAGRPAH
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. According to a report released by the White House earlier this year, 13 million children are bullied each year. A recent report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that some 160,000 kids nationwide avoid going to school because they fear bullying.
Mohat and Meier have not been forgotten. Their photos were displayed as recently as last week — along with the images of eight other youths, 13 to 18, who took their own lives as a result of being bullied — on a mural display in the common room of the private Desert Academy on Camino Alire Street.
Robert Nott | The New Mexican 10/5/2011
3. Group Practice Handouts...
4. See me when your group is finished.
5. HW-- Type up your paragraph and return it to me on Tuesday, 10/18.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Argument and Breaking the Format, Part One.
1. Journal: Using the PP format, tell me what the best meal is.
Model:
The best meal is homemade spaghetti.
For Example, it is full of flavor with tomatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, sugar, salt, pepper, and even cheese.
This shows that it is very flavorful.
This also shows that spaghetti is full of healthy ingredients.
In Addition, homemade spaghetti allows for a cook's freedom.
This shows that the meal can be adapted to one's personal tastes.
This also shows that it can become personal.
Since Spaghetti is flavorful, healthy, and adaptable, it is the best homemade meal.
2. Breaking the format... Transitions... Handout...
3. Groups and Practice Cont.
4. Show me your paragraph to leave. Each of you should have a copy...No TST or FE or IA....
Model:
The best meal is homemade spaghetti.
For Example, it is full of flavor with tomatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, sugar, salt, pepper, and even cheese.
This shows that it is very flavorful.
This also shows that spaghetti is full of healthy ingredients.
In Addition, homemade spaghetti allows for a cook's freedom.
This shows that the meal can be adapted to one's personal tastes.
This also shows that it can become personal.
Since Spaghetti is flavorful, healthy, and adaptable, it is the best homemade meal.
2. Breaking the format... Transitions... Handout...
3. Groups and Practice Cont.
4. Show me your paragraph to leave. Each of you should have a copy...No TST or FE or IA....
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Argument Paragraph...
1. Journal:
Have you been the victim of cyber-bullying? What happened? Regular bullying? What happened?
2. Groups and Paragraphs...
3. See me with a completed paragraph to leave.
4. Essays?
5. Essay Plan... Argument.
Have you been the victim of cyber-bullying? What happened? Regular bullying? What happened?
2. Groups and Paragraphs...
3. See me with a completed paragraph to leave.
4. Essays?
5. Essay Plan... Argument.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Editing and Practice...
1. Journal.... What bothers you about our society?
2. Pairs and papers...
3. Practice paragraphs....
4. See me to leave...
2. Pairs and papers...
3. Practice paragraphs....
4. See me to leave...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Invention and outlines...
1. Journal is on the board...
2. Practice planning
3. Outline your essay...
4. Instructor questions?
5. What's due? Typed Draft... Tuesday....
2. Practice planning
3. Outline your essay...
4. Instructor questions?
5. What's due? Typed Draft... Tuesday....
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Descriptive Writing, Cont.
1. Describe the scariest place you've ever been.
2. Practice Writing descriptively...
3. Homework... Descriptive Draft.
4. Read another's essay... Do you want to turn it in?
2. Practice Writing descriptively...
3. Homework... Descriptive Draft.
4. Read another's essay... Do you want to turn it in?
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Editorial Workshop Groups
Editorial Workshop Groups.
1. Introduce yourselves and talk about your worst class, English.
2. Read each others' papers twice.
3. While reading the second time, circle areas you don't understand to ask for further clarification.
4. Also, check four obvious spelling errors.
5. Check for Typoss.
6. If there are any fragments, you should highlight them and discuss them so that.
7. You might find a run on fix it.
8. Explain to them what you think their ultimate point is.
9. Offer two suggestions you would incorporate to make this a better paper. What would you add if this was yours?
10. Offer two compliments about what works best in their essay.
1. Introduce yourselves and talk about your worst class, English.
2. Read each others' papers twice.
3. While reading the second time, circle areas you don't understand to ask for further clarification.
4. Also, check four obvious spelling errors.
5. Check for Typoss.
6. If there are any fragments, you should highlight them and discuss them so that.
7. You might find a run on fix it.
8. Explain to them what you think their ultimate point is.
9. Offer two suggestions you would incorporate to make this a better paper. What would you add if this was yours?
10. Offer two compliments about what works best in their essay.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Narrative Writing
1. Journal: Tell me about the time you were most annoyed at someone you didn't know...
2. What's a narrative?
3. Sample narratives to read in class here
4. How do we start? What do we do first? See writing process.
1. Brainstorm/invent/plan/organize
2. Just write it.
3. Edit for words and sentences
4. Edit for grammar
5. Re read...
6. Change it.
7. Re-read
8. Print it!
Homework: Page 114-116. Read both narratives and answer the questions, 1-5 and 1-6 that follow the narration.
2. What's a narrative?
3. Sample narratives to read in class here
4. How do we start? What do we do first? See writing process.
1. Brainstorm/invent/plan/organize
2. Just write it.
3. Edit for words and sentences
4. Edit for grammar
5. Re read...
6. Change it.
7. Re-read
8. Print it!
Homework: Page 114-116. Read both narratives and answer the questions, 1-5 and 1-6 that follow the narration.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Common Errors
NOTES:
Phrase: a group of words without a subject, verb, or both.
Clause: a group of words with a subject and verb.
Two types:
Independent: i like dogs
Dependent: When I like dogs…
Simple Sentence: one independent clause.
EX: I like dogs.
Compound Sentence: Two independent clauses connected by (,and) (,but) (,or) (;)
EX: I like dogs, and I like ice cream.
Complex Sentence: dependent clause, independent clause or independent clause dependent clause.
EX: When I am hungry, I go to Del Taco.
I go to Del Taco when I am hungry.
6 Traits:
Voice: Personality
Ideas: What it is about… Important
Conventions: Grammar
Word Choice: Picking the most accurate word
Sentence Fluency: Sentences flow
Organization: The shape.
Writing Process: The steps to completing a good essay.
Invent: Create Ideas…. Watch tv, write in journals, talk..etc.
Draft: the first try.
Revise: Looking for SF and WC
Edit: for grammar
Publish: means perfect.
Topic: What it’s about.
Audience: Who it’s for.
Purpose: Why I wrote it.
Common Errors
Fragments: incomplete sentence
Ex: When I saw the dog gnawing on the bone.
Comma Splice: connecting sentences with commas
I ran, I was tired.
Parallelism: verb tenses need to match….and word endings in a list.
I went to the store, bought bread, and ate it.
Pronoun antecedent Agreement: Pronouns need to match the subject in number/tense….
Every one who drives an SUV will get bad gas mileage because he or she bought an SUV.
Run-ons:
I have a dog who likes popcorn; when I throw it, he catches it and eats it.
Phrase: a group of words without a subject, verb, or both.
Clause: a group of words with a subject and verb.
Two types:
Independent: i like dogs
Dependent: When I like dogs…
Simple Sentence: one independent clause.
EX: I like dogs.
Compound Sentence: Two independent clauses connected by (,and) (,but) (,or) (;)
EX: I like dogs, and I like ice cream.
Complex Sentence: dependent clause, independent clause or independent clause dependent clause.
EX: When I am hungry, I go to Del Taco.
I go to Del Taco when I am hungry.
6 Traits:
Voice: Personality
Ideas: What it is about… Important
Conventions: Grammar
Word Choice: Picking the most accurate word
Sentence Fluency: Sentences flow
Organization: The shape.
Writing Process: The steps to completing a good essay.
Invent: Create Ideas…. Watch tv, write in journals, talk..etc.
Draft: the first try.
Revise: Looking for SF and WC
Edit: for grammar
Publish: means perfect.
Topic: What it’s about.
Audience: Who it’s for.
Purpose: Why I wrote it.
Common Errors
Fragments: incomplete sentence
Ex: When I saw the dog gnawing on the bone.
Comma Splice: connecting sentences with commas
I ran, I was tired.
Parallelism: verb tenses need to match….and word endings in a list.
I went to the store, bought bread, and ate it.
Pronoun antecedent Agreement: Pronouns need to match the subject in number/tense….
Every one who drives an SUV will get bad gas mileage because he or she bought an SUV.
Run-ons:
I have a dog who likes popcorn; when I throw it, he catches it and eats it.
Day 4?
1. Journal: Tell me a funny story about you….
2. Sentence Types
3. Common Grammar Errors
4. Example Narratives
5. First Assignment
6. Homework?
2. Sentence Types
3. Common Grammar Errors
4. Example Narratives
5. First Assignment
6. Homework?
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Paragraph format, groups, and Journals
Journal: What things do you think you need to improve upon as a writer?
Paragraph format:
TS
CD
CM
CM
CD
CM
CM
CS
Groups... Reading looking for errors that you notice. Especially fragments and organization and topics
Paragraph format:
TS
CD
CM
CM
CD
CM
CM
CS
Groups... Reading looking for errors that you notice. Especially fragments and organization and topics
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Welcome and Diagnostic
Welcome to class!
This is: ENG 081-
The Class Number is: 12493
We Meet: Tuesday and Thursdays from 5:40 to Whenever in Room B-102
My Name is: Eric Berge
Today's assignment:
Diagnostic Essay:
Please write an essay that offers practical advice on how to be a good college student.
This is: ENG 081-
The Class Number is: 12493
We Meet: Tuesday and Thursdays from 5:40 to Whenever in Room B-102
My Name is: Eric Berge
Today's assignment:
Diagnostic Essay:
Please write an essay that offers practical advice on how to be a good college student.
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