Composition 110 & 120
ENG 110 & 120
 Writing
 Researching
 Annotating
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Dual Credit
 Summer 2008
 Jane Overmoe
 Email:jane.over
moe.2@sendit.n
odak.edu
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Jane Overmoe’s Family
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Jane
Kristian
Kate
Beth
June 2005 at a
Huey Lewis
Concert
Hip to Be Square!
The Farndale Murder Mystery
November 2005
Background
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BS in English, Speech and Theater
MA in Speech Communication
Educational Specialist Degree in
Technology USD August 2006
Working toward Phd at UND HE
Leadership
Retail
Public relations experience
E-Portfolio:
http://sweb.lakeareatech.edu/webdesign/
overmoe/
Favorite Places
Key
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Western SD
Oh Canada!
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Favorite Books & Authors
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne
Frank
Killer Angels
She Stoops to Conquer
Sophie's Choice, William Styron
The Bible
Long Days Journey Into Night
Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House
byHenrik Ibsen
Beowulf
Shakespeare
Tennessee Williams
The Stand, Stephen King
Oprah’s Book Club (All)
The Coming Plague
John Keats
William Butler Yeats
Anne Sexton
Pride and Prejudice
Maureen Dowd
Ellen Goodman
Debra Marquart
Cormac McCarthy
Why Write?
Explore thoughts and feelings
 To articulate ideas
 To discover what we think
 To scrutinize opinions
 To effectively communicate
 To cynically reason and understand
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Textbooks
Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R.
Mandell. Patterns for College Writing:
a Rhetorical Reader and Guide. 10th
ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's,
2007.
 Kennedy, X J., Dorothy M. Kennedy,
and Sylvia A. Holladay. The Bedford
Guide for College Writers with
Reader, Research Manual and
Handbook. 5th ed. Boston:
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Prewriting
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Reflection Piece
Venn Diagram
SVES
Story/Grammar
Map
Circular Picture
Mary Barton
Strategies
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Getting Started
Pump-Primer
Techniques
Audience
Keeping a Journal
Scrap booking
Pre Assessment
Strategies
The Thesis Statement
www.owl.org
 Working Thesis
 Essay Map
 http://www.library.unr.edu/instructio
n/courses/engl/engl101essay.html
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The Body Paragraphs
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Topic sentence
Development
Length
Unity
Coherence
Sequence
Transitions
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Planning the body
of your essay
Composing the
body paragraphs
http://www.library.
unr.edu/instruction
/courses/engl/engl
101essay.html
Beginnings
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Four part introductions
1
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Teaser or ATTENTION GETTER
Background data
THESIS
Division statement
And Endings
Four Part Conclusion
 1 Refer to teaser
 2 Restate thesis
 3 Remind readers of divisions
 4 Closing appeal or statement
Never lose sight of what reflection a
reader may encounter with your final
words…
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A Concise Handbook
Major Errors in Grammar
 Punctuation
 Mechanics
 www.onlinewritinglab.com
 http://www.writersdigest.com/101sit
es/categorysearch.asp?year_101=20
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Exposition
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Cause and Effect
Essay
Comparison/Contrast
Process/Analysis
Division and
Classification
Definition
Mixed MODE
Description
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Imagery
How to write
effective
description
Sample student
essay
Narration
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Childhood story
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Discuss rumors
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Elements of story
telling
Argumentation
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One-sided
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Two-sided
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Research & The Citation Machine
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Three appeals of persuasion:
emotional, logical and ethical
Sentence Combining
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/sen
tencesTOC.html
 http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sen
tencev.html
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Grammar and Mechanics
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/me
chanics.html
 http://watertown.k12.sd.us/schools/
srhigh/resources.htm
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Da Vinci Principles
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Curiostia
Dimonstrazione
Sensazione
Sfumato
Arte/scienze
Corporalita
Connessione
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Curiosity
Commitment
Refine senses
Willingness to look
twice at ambiguity
Whole brain
Poise
Systems thinking