March 2014
College Composition - Exposition
Mon.
3
Tue.
4
Collect process essays
Intro. descriptive essay
Select a topic, brainstorm
HW: “Marrying Absurd” pgs
121-123 & questions
10
11
One Flew discussion
Characters
Film clip
HW: compare/contrast,
grammar #3, read Narration
pgs. 39-37 & journal
31
Workshop narratives
HW: grammar/vocab #4,
Final narrative due Friday,
read 42-61 One Flew
6
12
18
19
13
26
Cause/effect essays due
Grammar/Vocab #3 due
Journal - who is a “character” you know?
Describe them (like Mac).
Intro. Narration
Childhood narrative activity
HW: read 21-41 One Flew & journal, select a
topic & brainstorm
7
14
Descriptive Essay Due
Work time - filming or editing process essay
Coming to your senses activity
HW: Grammar/vocab #2, read cause &
effective intro pgs. 357-364 & journal
20
Grammar/Vocab #2 due
Week #2 vocab quiz
Work time - process film or cause/effect
HW: cause/effect drafts, grammar #3
25
Fri.
Intro. Grammar/vocab packets - notes on
transitional devices
Essay openings
Start descriptive essay
Intro. Process film, select partner
HW: draft to peer edit Monday,
grammar/vocab #1
Grammar/vocab #1 due
Notes on parallelism
Work time - filming or descriptive essay
HW: grammar/vocab #2, final descriptive
essay due Friday
Edit process videos
Intro. Cause/effect paper
Brainstorm & select topics
HW: outline, grammar #2,
“Drugs” pgs. 365-367 &
questions
24
5
Thu.
Glossary #3 quiz
Imagery activity
Check descriptive pre-writing
Extending descriptive writing
HW: finish pre-writing
Peer edit descriptive essays
Workshop one essay - whole
class
Script for process film
HW: finish script, grammar 1,
descriptive essay due Friday
17
Wed.
21
Process videos due - share
Workshop/peer edit cause/effect drafts
Intro. One Flew - biographical info.
HW: cause/effect due Wed., One Flew pgs 120 & journal, grammar #3
27
28
Check narrative topics, create outlines
One Flew activity - characters, film clips
HW: grammar/vocab #4, draft of narrative to
workshop