SEP assignment schedule

SUMMER 2011, SEP

Hello all!

You can use this blog to:

• turn in assignments by posting your work as a comment on this post (be sure you write your full name, and just cut/paste your work. No trying to attach, please)


• just stay on top of what is due and when

Schedule

1. June 8, Wed: First Writing Workshop

In workshop, we will:

• introduce ourselves, talk about college hopes/dreams/fears


• do some freewrites


• unpack the first essay prompt/dicuss college entrance judges' dislikes and likes


• brainstorm ideas


• submit a writing sample


• note the most common grammar errors you can look out for

----->>> these are: comma splice, fragment, run together sentence, mixing up plural with possessive, not matching your subject with your verb and not matching your subject with your pronoun.
----->>>You can Google any of these by name or you can just look up "most common grammar problems" for a review.

Homework:

1. By June 12, Sunday, noon: Do your outline of prompt 1, and either post your work here to the blog as a comment, or email it to me at misshsfsu@yahoo.com for feedback. Please do not attach anything: just cut/paste; also identify yourself by full name on all your work. You can also email to Jean or Ben and they can print it and bring it to class on June 15. You can also handwrite and bring your work to class on the 15th.

note: please don't start drafting essay 1 until I sign off on your outline! You need a plan before you go crazy!


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• June 15, 3pm: Writing Workshop#2 (bring your final prompt 1 draft and word count to class with you if you did not already email it to me). Be/Jean can print for you if you email your work to them, but do so by noon that day so they have time to print it and bring it later.

In workshop we will:

• discuss outlines


• remind ourselves of the common grammar errors


• start working on drafting essays around a clear thesis


• discuss paragraphing and show, not tell

Homework:

1. rough draft of prompt 1, with a word count (your wordprocessing has a work count feature. Be sure to do a word count! These essays are very limited in # of words allowed!). Again, you can post it here or you can email it to me by Sunday, June 19, noon: misshsfsu@yahoo.com . Do not attach, and put your full name on your work. You'll get feedback online. You can also email work to Jean or Ben to print for you or bring a handwritten document to the next class, but keep in mind hand writing will have to be typed sometime, and it's a lot easier to revise a typed essay than start over with a handwritten one.
   *Some people may have additional changes to make on prompt 1 even after one round of revision. Those people will be notified. You won't be able to be "done" with prompt 1 until I say so, and I will let Jean and Ben know when you are done!
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• July 22, Wed, 3PM: Writing Workshop 3

In workshop, we will:

• discuss the ups and downs of prompt 1


• discuss focus, the way to make your paper really sing with clear subjects and active, vibrant verbs


• revise a passage for extreme focus, in groups


• unpack prompt 2, discuss how to make it different from #1

Homework

• create an outline for prompt #2. Email to me by noon on Sunday June 26, or bring it to class on July 6. Jean and Ben can also print it and bring it for you.


• revise essay 1 as needed. You will know if you still need to work on it, and so will Jean and Ben.

July 6: Final writing workshop

• Discuss how #2 is easier or harder than #1


• Time for drafting the outline into an essay, with reminders: show, not tell! Clear thesis! Good focus!


• Discuss conclusions and what they are for.

Homework

1. Finalize prompt 2 and email it to me by Sunday, July 10 at noon.You won't see me in person again until your poster session, so everyone must email essay 2 to me as well as #1 if you are still working on that. Again, do a word count of each prompt, and then add it up: how many words do you have total? Send that info with the prompts when you send the work to me!
   


2. If we decide you need additional revising, the absolute deadline for all work on these essays is TBA
3. as soon as essays 1 and 2 look good, I will let you and Jean and Ben know, and you will be set to complete this part of your SEP WORK. FINAL DEADLINE FOR BOTH ESSAYS IS JULY 12 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!__________________________________________________________________
4. congrats and best wishes to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   
   

Welcome

Week 1, June 24

Hello all,
For our first workshop, we'll get to know each other a bit, and then we'll try to unpack the prompt and do a little freewriting.

Your homework is as follows: create a detailed outline (so not just 5 words- I'm looking for 5 or more actual sentences you can later develop into a paragraph) for the Prompt 1 question. Don't worry about Prompt 2 yet. Let's do one at a time.

If you need help with outlines, here are some really great links:

http://www.lavc.edu/Library/outline.htm
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Meteorology/MET0202c.pdf

To turn in your outline, you have 3 options:

1. Submit your outline as a comment for the blog. Make sure you write your name is on the posting as otherwise it may post as "anonymous." If you do this, post by June 30 at 10pm.
2. Email your outline to me, personally, at misshsfsu@yahoo.com, by June 30 at 10pm.
3. Bring a typed or handwritten (neatly enough to read, please) version to workshop on July 1. I will try to find time to write comments, or possibly just discuss the outlines with you.

Week 2, July 1

In workshop we will discuss PIE paragraphing and transitions which help hold the sentences together in a smooth paragraph.

Homework:

Write out your paragraph(s) for Prompt 1, taking your oultine into an actual draft. This is a rough draft, so isn't perfect maybe, but is still your best work.

Here is an example of how to take an outline to a paragraph:

• First, the outline:

Sample Outline for a One-Paragraph Essay

This is in relation to "The Hazards of Movie going" (the paragraph)

Introduction: Thesis statement: I love going to the movies but there are problems going there.

Body:

• First Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): Time getting there long drive long lines
• Second Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): The theater smelly broken seats sticky floors
• Third Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): Other moviegoers kids running noisy teenagers people of all ages make noises dropping cups and popcorn tubs cough and burp elbowing one another

Conclusion Restate topic: I prefer staying at home where it is comfortable and safe.

• Now make it into a paragraph:

Introduction/Thesis
Although I love movies, going to see them drives me slightly crazy.

Body
First of all, getting to the movie can take a lot of time. I have a thirty five-minute drive down a congested highway. Then, with a popular film, I usually have to wait in a long line at the ticket booth. Another problem is that the theater itself is seldom a pleasant place to be. A musty smell suggests that there has been no fresh air in the theater since it was built. Half the seats seem to be failing apart. And the floor often has a sticky coating that gets on your shoes. The worst problem of all is some of the other moviegoers. Kids run up and down the aisle. Teenagers laugh and shout at the screen. People of all ages loudly drop soda cups and popcorn tubs, cough and burp, and elbow you out of the armrest on either side of your seat.

Conclusion
All in all, I would rather stay home and wait for the latest movie hits to appear on TV in the safety and comfort of my own living room.

Easy, right?

In working on your paragraph, you may want to edit or proofread after you write out your draft. Here are some good sites for editing and drafting.

http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/fawcett/evergreen/7e/students/grammar_errors.html

http://www.tameri.com/edit/gramerrors.html

The procedure for turning this draft in is the same as for your outline. Post to the blog or email to me by July 7, 10pm, or bring the draft to class July 8.

Week 3, July 15

In workshop we will unpack Prompt 2, and generate ideas. We will discuss how to "fill in holes" on the applications, and review Shannon's advice. We'll then freewrite for the this prompt. Next we will discuss using vibrant language and you will get to try it in class.

Homework: draft prompt 2, as complete as possible.

Turn in via blog comment or by emailing it to me by July 21, 10pm.

Last workshop, July 22:

• Please bring your most recent and updated draft of Prompt 1 response to class, as well as your outline for prompt 2 if you did not email or post the outline before class. You need 2 copies of each prompt for peer review. You can email this to Andrew or Jean to print and copy for you if you don't have a printer!!

I am leaving this open to see what you all need most, but for sure we will discuss common problems and questions you have as you work on your draft of Prompt 2. Then you will get actual time to draft, and review your Prompt 1 draft with classmate peer review groups as well as with me.

Homework:

Email both prompts, edited, or post it to the blog, by July 28 at 10pm. We do not meet again, so this is your only option. I will email any feedback I have.

Final draft deadlines:

Final drafts of Prompts 1 and 2 are both due at the latest by July 31, emailed to me or posted to the blog, by 10pm. If I feel your draft if final before this date, I will let you, Andrew, and Jean know that this is complete and you are free then focus on abstracts and poster sessions!