TJ CURRICULUM SAMPLE
Session #
1
Problem-Solving Essay
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Icebreaker
Intro to Folders
HW turn-in and expectations
Intro to PSE
ProblemSolving Essay Structure
PSE Clarity Exercise
Organizing scrap paper: blueprint to
clarity
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Review of Math Worksheet #1
Peer review of clarity exercises
In-class drill: Clarity Exercise Pt 2
- Presentation
Verbal Math
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Review of Math Worksheet #2
Peer review of Clarity Exercise Pt 3 +
Presentation
Skills focus:
- Separating steps
- Topic sentences
- Transitions
PSE Peer Review Chart
Helicopter Prompt
PSE Peer Review Chart Cylinder
Prompt
Time Management
PSE Scientific Method
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Review of Math Worksheet #3
PSE Peer Review Chart Oyster
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2
Student Portrait Sheet
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Icebreaker
Intro to Folders/HW
Tweet and 6-word memoir
intro
Rhetorical triangle
Introduction to SPS Structure
Activity List
Portrait of a Graduate
Review Activities List + Portrait
of a Graduate (and preview Core
Stories)
Topics to Avoid
Read First Paragraphs & rate
Types of Hooks
Intro to sentence fragments +
run-ons
TEST 1
3
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Review Hook practice and Core
Stories
Reminders on Troubleshooting
Hooks
Read Sample Essays
Essay Organization - Test 2
version
Peer review Test 1 (Peer Review
- Hook Specific Google doc)
Intro revision expectations
Commas & Semi-colons
TEST 2
4
Review Troubleshooting Hooks
and Essay Organization
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Prompt
PSE Peer Review Chart Science
Acne Prompt
PSE Critical Insights
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Time Management and whole
app
Writing with Specifics
Peer review revisions or share best
revision to Test 1
Peer review Test 2
Parallelism
TEST 3
5
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Review of Math Worksheet #4
PSE Peer Review Chart Stairs
Prompt
PSE Peer Review Chart Salt
Solution Prompt
PSE Thesis
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Review of Math Worksheet #5
PSE Peer Review Chart Space
Agency prompt
PSE Peer Review Chart Pool Ph
Prompt
PSE Conclusions
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PSE Peer Review Chart Painting
the Fence Prompt
PSE Peer Review Chart The Red
Giant Prompt
PSE Alternative Creative Forms
& PSE Alternative Creative Form
Examples
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PSE Peer Review Chart Ben &
Jerry Prompt
PSE Peer Review Chart Zulema’s
Triangle Prompt
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Review TJ Research List and
Writing with Specifics
Intro The Power of Narratives
Peer review Test 3
Appositives
TEST 4
6
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Review Narratives practice
Outlining practice
Intro Troubleshooting
Reflection vs. Description
Intro Sentence and Paragraph
Structure
Peer review Test 4
Participial Phrases
TEST 7
7
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Review Sentence and Paragraph
Ordering and Reflection vs.
Description
Intro Reviewing Your SPS
Intro SPS Checklist
Intro Timed Revising Tips
Peer review Test 5
Essential and nonessential clauses
TEST 8
8
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Review Timed Revising Tips and
Reviewing Your SPS
Peer review Test 8
If needed: additional timed
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PSE Hooks
PSE Introductions
Time Management: Revision
writing practice