Jeni DiSalvo, Instructor

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Writing

Freshman Composition

Proposals

Business Communication

Fall 2003

 

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Schedule 118

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

January 12

Introduction to Course

 

 

January 14

Assessment Test

January 16

Audience

Read: p. 3-20

Quiz

Audience Exercise

January 19

NO SCHOOL

January 21

Purpose

Watch:  Film

D-Discussion Questions

January 23

Essay Response

Turn in via email at

 

disalvo@qwest.net

January 26

Position

Read: “A Real Loss”

Read: p. 22-48

D-Argument

Argument Exercise

January 28

Position

Writing Arguments

Read: p. 49-69

 

D-Written Response

January 30

Position

Writing Position Papers

Discussion

Essay Response to film

February 2

 

SCHOOL CLOSED

February 4

Read: p. 75-86

Work on Position Paper

February 6

 

NO CLASS

February 9

Due:  Draft of Position Paper

Research and Documentation Annotated Bibliographies

 

February 11

Position

Credibility

February 13

Position        

Revision and Editing

 

February 16

Position

Logic

Logic Exercise

February 18

Work day for Position Paper

February 20

Evaluation

Criteria

 

February 23

 

Film: 

Review Questions

February 25

Film: 

Review Questions

Choc Chip Cookie Qs

February 27

Evaluation

Cookie Evaluation

Weighted Criteria

Literary Criticism

March 1

Evaluation

Write cookie evaluation in class

 

Grade Conferences

March 3

Discuss Evaluation Paper

 

 

Grade Conferences

March 5

NO SCHOOL

March 8

Due:  Final Draft of Position Paper

Read: p. 306-310

Answer the questions on page 310.

March 10

Conferences

 

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March 12

Conferences

 

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Spring Break

March 15th-19th

March 22

Due:  Evaluation Paper

Cause and Effect Intro

Read: p. 304-305

Revision of Eval.

Logic in causal arguments

March 24

 

Causal Relationships

Immediate/Hidden

Read: p. 241-245

Developing an argument

Read: p. 246-254

March 26

 

Creating an argument stream

Read: p. 254-261

Pre-Writing Exercise

 

March 2

Creating an argument without holes

Peer Editing Checklist

March 31

 

April 2

Work Day for Cause and Effect Paper

 

April 5

Peer Editing for Cause and Effect Paper

April 7

Introduction to Proposals

Read: p. 319-322

Defining the Problem and addressing audience needs

April 9

Slots in proposals

Audience Expectation

Read: p 323-326

Audience Expectations

Proposal questions

April 12

Due:  Cause and Effect paper

Developing a persuasive argument

April 14

Proposing a solution

Defining the Problem

April 16

Research Day for Proposals

Work Day for Rewrites

April 19

Work Day for Proposal

April 21

Work Day for Proposal

April 23

Work Day for Proposal

April 26

Due: Proposal Paper

Literary Criticism

April 28

Last Day for Rewrites

 

Creative Writing Workshop

April 30

Ethical Issues

Monday, May 3rd 1-3:15

Final Exam

 

 

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118 Syllabus