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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!