Monday, August 31, 2009
W3 - Preview (Days 11 - 15)
Monday: Check off of homework assignment, Journal Entry #2 (Informative Essay)
Tuesday: Drill on chapters 1&2, Continue - Jamica Kincaid
Wednesday: Verbal Presentation
Thursday: Writing Lab (pending)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
W-2 Grammar Drill Site - Individual Lab Work
Directive:
This site will be used throughout the course as a self assessment tool. Add your answers to the journal under the title 'Grammar Drill'. List the drill number. If the questions are to easy - advance to a higher level by scrolling down the page.
http://www.englishforjapanese.com/exercises/prepositions/01%20preps.html
This site will be used throughout the course as a self assessment tool. Add your answers to the journal under the title 'Grammar Drill'. List the drill number. If the questions are to easy - advance to a higher level by scrolling down the page.
http://www.englishforjapanese.com/exercises/prepositions/01%20preps.html
W2- Voc. Homework - Due W3 Monday
Vocabulary
Directives: Provide the definition of the following words/terms within your course journal - under the title: Weekend Two Homework Assignment. Each answer should be a minimum of one paragraph. Paraphrase answers when outside references are used.
1. Prepositions
2. Verbs
3. Paragraphs
4. Nouns
5. Subjects
6. Dependent Clause
7. Demonstrative Pronouns
8. Dialects
9. Conjunctions
10. Adjective
Directives: Provide the definition of the following words/terms within your course journal - under the title: Weekend Two Homework Assignment. Each answer should be a minimum of one paragraph. Paraphrase answers when outside references are used.
1. Prepositions
2. Verbs
3. Paragraphs
4. Nouns
5. Subjects
6. Dependent Clause
7. Demonstrative Pronouns
8. Dialects
9. Conjunctions
10. Adjective
Sunday, August 23, 2009
W-2 Overview
Daily
Monday: Emails submitted, Library findings reviewed, Review of W-1's journal entries/class discussion
Tuesday: Introduction of course text, "Writing Intensive - Essentials for College Writers." Student Handbook review.
Wednesday: Introduction to course literature & discussion of pre-reading activity, Vocabulary words
Thursday: Writing Lab (Blackboard Training or Online Research drills) =Wesley, Room 214
Expectations
a. Journals are up to date
b. Participate in group discussions
c. Cell phones are off
d. Twitter, Blog following
e. Timely arrivals
Monday: Emails submitted, Library findings reviewed, Review of W-1's journal entries/class discussion
Tuesday: Introduction of course text, "Writing Intensive - Essentials for College Writers." Student Handbook review.
Wednesday: Introduction to course literature & discussion of pre-reading activity, Vocabulary words
Thursday: Writing Lab (Blackboard Training or Online Research drills) =Wesley, Room 214
Expectations
a. Journals are up to date
b. Participate in group discussions
c. Cell phones are off
d. Twitter, Blog following
e. Timely arrivals
Thursday, August 20, 2009
W1 - Mini Lecture - Five Paragraph Essay (class discussion & exercise: 8/18/20)
Lorenzo
ENG: 950
Topic: The Five-Paragraph Essay
Note: The Five-Paragraph Essay topic was first introduced Day 2 of course, and is associated with College Proficiency exam requirement and Journal entry
* (source and learning tool)
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.) andthe MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd ed.)D. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01 (source and learning tool)
Assignment Directive:
1. Read Assignment (Homework)
2. Review your first journal entry, J-1 performing a self edit of content and form.
3. Be prepared to discuss mini lecture and your self-evaluation of first essay (week2).
The Five-Paragraph Essay
The five-paragraph essay is used in all areas of academia and throughout the business world as well. In addition to improving your skills in written communication, the five-paragraph essay also helps to develop a system of organized thought. This system not only assists in scoring well on academic tests, but also is an asset throughout an individual’s lifetime.
Note About Transitions
A transition is a word, a phrase or a sentence that helps your reader understand your thought process and maintains your reader’s interest from point to point in your essay.Transitions create a bridge from one paragraph to the next. In addition, effective use of transitions adds continuity to your writing and cohesion to your essay as a whole.
The five-paragraph essay is also called the “classic” essay and as such has a traditional structure. Although like other essays, the five-paragraph essay contains a title, introduction, body and conclusion, each paragraph also ends and/or begins with a transition that links one paragraph to the next.
The Introduction: The first paragraph introduces your thesis/topic to your readers and directs them to the points you’ll develop in the body of your essay. Carefully craft your first sentence to capture your reader’s attention. Introduce your thesis and, in sequence, list your three supporting points. Like all parts of a five-paragraph essay, the sequence of supporting points follows a particular format.
The Body: Each of the three paragraphs of the body of a five-paragraph essay is devoted to examining one of the three points that support your thesis. In addition, the paragraph that supports each of your points has a specific position within the body.In writing the body, begin each paragraph with a restatement of the supporting point and follow it with your evidence. Make sure your evidence is detailed and specific to the point it supports. Although each supporting point needs at least three pieces of evidentiary information to support it, use as much evidence as is necessary to make your viewpoint clear to your reader. The body of your five-paragraph essay is the “meat” of your essay. The first bite needs to be very tasty!
Body Paragraph #1: Begin your first paragraph with a “reverse hook”, a transition that alludes to your thesis as a whole. As in paragraph numbers two and three of the body, be sure to restate your point in the first or second sentence. Follow the restatement of your supporting point with your best evidence, your strongest point and/or most interesting example. End the first paragraph with a transitional word, phrase, or statement that progresses to your second paragraph.
Body Paragraph #2: Connect your bridge at both ends. Begin the second paragraph with a transition that alludes to the information in the first. State your second point in the first or second sentence of this paragraph. The supporting point and evidence presented in the second paragraph is the second most important evidence that supports your overall thesis. Conclude the second paragraph with a transition to the third.
Body Paragraph #3: The final paragraph of your essay body contains your weakest argument and evidence. Strengthen this paragraph by again beginning it with a transition that connects it the second paragraph and your thesis as a whole. Use a transition at the end of this paragraph to connect the three points of the body in leading to the conclusion of your essay.
The Conclusion: Your essay conclusion is the fifth and final paragraph of your essay. Use it to strongly restate your thesis, now backing it up with your three supporting points (again in sequence) and important evidence your essay brought to light. In writing your conclusion, try to grasp the feelings you have evoked in your reader and end your essay by using those feelings to add the final “sway” to your argument.In retrospect, this final part of your essay should restate both your thesis and the points that support it in a way that unmistakably shows the reader how your reached the conclusions you’ve drawn.
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ENG: 950
Topic: The Five-Paragraph Essay
Note: The Five-Paragraph Essay topic was first introduced Day 2 of course, and is associated with College Proficiency exam requirement and Journal entry
* (source and learning tool)
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.) andthe MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd ed.)D. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01 (source and learning tool)
Assignment Directive:
1. Read Assignment (Homework)
2. Review your first journal entry, J-1 performing a self edit of content and form.
3. Be prepared to discuss mini lecture and your self-evaluation of first essay (week2).
The Five-Paragraph Essay
The five-paragraph essay is used in all areas of academia and throughout the business world as well. In addition to improving your skills in written communication, the five-paragraph essay also helps to develop a system of organized thought. This system not only assists in scoring well on academic tests, but also is an asset throughout an individual’s lifetime.
Note About Transitions
A transition is a word, a phrase or a sentence that helps your reader understand your thought process and maintains your reader’s interest from point to point in your essay.Transitions create a bridge from one paragraph to the next. In addition, effective use of transitions adds continuity to your writing and cohesion to your essay as a whole.
The five-paragraph essay is also called the “classic” essay and as such has a traditional structure. Although like other essays, the five-paragraph essay contains a title, introduction, body and conclusion, each paragraph also ends and/or begins with a transition that links one paragraph to the next.
The Introduction: The first paragraph introduces your thesis/topic to your readers and directs them to the points you’ll develop in the body of your essay. Carefully craft your first sentence to capture your reader’s attention. Introduce your thesis and, in sequence, list your three supporting points. Like all parts of a five-paragraph essay, the sequence of supporting points follows a particular format.
The Body: Each of the three paragraphs of the body of a five-paragraph essay is devoted to examining one of the three points that support your thesis. In addition, the paragraph that supports each of your points has a specific position within the body.In writing the body, begin each paragraph with a restatement of the supporting point and follow it with your evidence. Make sure your evidence is detailed and specific to the point it supports. Although each supporting point needs at least three pieces of evidentiary information to support it, use as much evidence as is necessary to make your viewpoint clear to your reader. The body of your five-paragraph essay is the “meat” of your essay. The first bite needs to be very tasty!
Body Paragraph #1: Begin your first paragraph with a “reverse hook”, a transition that alludes to your thesis as a whole. As in paragraph numbers two and three of the body, be sure to restate your point in the first or second sentence. Follow the restatement of your supporting point with your best evidence, your strongest point and/or most interesting example. End the first paragraph with a transitional word, phrase, or statement that progresses to your second paragraph.
Body Paragraph #2: Connect your bridge at both ends. Begin the second paragraph with a transition that alludes to the information in the first. State your second point in the first or second sentence of this paragraph. The supporting point and evidence presented in the second paragraph is the second most important evidence that supports your overall thesis. Conclude the second paragraph with a transition to the third.
Body Paragraph #3: The final paragraph of your essay body contains your weakest argument and evidence. Strengthen this paragraph by again beginning it with a transition that connects it the second paragraph and your thesis as a whole. Use a transition at the end of this paragraph to connect the three points of the body in leading to the conclusion of your essay.
The Conclusion: Your essay conclusion is the fifth and final paragraph of your essay. Use it to strongly restate your thesis, now backing it up with your three supporting points (again in sequence) and important evidence your essay brought to light. In writing your conclusion, try to grasp the feelings you have evoked in your reader and end your essay by using those feelings to add the final “sway” to your argument.In retrospect, this final part of your essay should restate both your thesis and the points that support it in a way that unmistakably shows the reader how your reached the conclusions you’ve drawn.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
W1 -NOTICE Computer Lab - Wesley #214
Students,
All CSU classes with Lorenzo are on 8/19/09 - don't let the rain stop you from this exciting day of learning. =) ENG950 -10:00 AM class meets in Wesley - room 214 for a computer text day.
All CSU classes with Lorenzo are on 8/19/09 - don't let the rain stop you from this exciting day of learning. =) ENG950 -10:00 AM class meets in Wesley - room 214 for a computer text day.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
W1 - Library Visit (Individual Assignment) 8/20/09
Individual Assignment
Library Visit8/20/09 - Thursday
Directive: Visit the CSU Library, answering questions 1-10. Record answers in your journal as: Day 4 -8/20/09.
- What is the official name of the CSU Library?
- Tell the story behind the CSU library name.
- What year was the library erected ?
- What building number (refer to the campus map) is the library?
- How many floors are there?
- What are the names of each room per floor - and what services are provided?
- What are the operating hours of the library?
- What is the process of taking out material (book, journal, DVD)?
- Where can you find information concerning the library on CSU's official online site?
- What is the name of the on-line site that the Library offers students? What services does it provide?
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