ENG 080 Pacing Guide Outline
THE WRITING PROCESS
Week One and Two
Prewriting
Writing
(Chapter 1: Exploring)
(Chapter 2: Developing)
Lab 1: Diagnostic Pre-Tests
Lab 2: Diagnostic Pre-Tests
Assignments:
Practices 1 – 3 and Writing Activity 1 in Chapter 1
Practices 1 – 9 and Writing Activity 2 in Chapter 2
Week Two
Revising and Editing
Proofreading
(Chapter 3: Revising and Editing)
Lab 1: The Writing Process: Pre-Writing, The Paragraph, Topic Sentence
Lab 2: The Writing Process: Developing and Organizing a Paragraph, Revising the Paragraph and
Editing the Paragraphs
Assignments:
Practices 1 – 4 and Writing Activity 1 in Chapter 3
PARTS OF SPEECH
Week Three
Subjects/Verbs
(Chapter 6: Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions)
Parts of Speech
(Chapter 8: Subjects and Verbs)
Phrases and Clauses
Apostrophe
(Chapter 26: The Apostrophe)
Reading 18: “The Rewards of ‘Dirty Work,’” Linda Lindsey and Stephen Beach (Illustration)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Subject and Verbs and Parts of Speech,
Lab 2: Editing Handbook: The Apostrophe and Final Punctuation
Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 18 then edit concentrating on subjects,
verbs, and the writing process.
Assignments:
Complete Reading 18
Final Review in Chapter 6
Final Review in Chapter 8
SENTENCE BUILDING
Week Four
Sentence Building
(Chapter 15: Compound Sentences)
(Chapter 16: Complex Sentences)
Reading 1: “Fish Cheeks,” Amy Tan (Description)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Sentence Combining
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 1 then edit your paragraph building on
the skills that have been taught thus far.
Week Four Continued
Assignments:
Complete Reading 1
Final Review in Chapter 15
Final Review in Chapter 16
Week Five
Sentence Variety and Exact Language (Chapter 17: Sentence Variety)
Fragments
(Chapter 18: Fragments )
Reading 12: “What It Feels Like to Walk on the Moon,” Buzz Aldrin (Description)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Sentence Variety and Fragments
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 12 then edit your paragraph building on
the skills that have been taught thus far.
Assignments:
Complete Reading 12
Final Review in Chapter 17
Final Review in Chapter 18
Week Six
Run-ons
(Chapter 19: Run-ons)
Parallelism
(Chapter 20: Faulty Parallel Structure)
Commas
(Chapter 25: Comma Usage)
Reading 17: “Meet the Zippies,” Thomas L. Friedman (Definition)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Run-ons
Lab 2: a) Editing Handbook: Parallelism and Commas
b) Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 17 then edit your paragraph building
on the skills that have been taught thus far.
Assignments:
Complete Reading 17
Final Review in Chapter 19
Final Review in Chapter 20
TENSES
Week Seven
Present and Past Tenses
Past Participles
Progressive Tenses
Other Verb Forms
(Chapter 9: Present and Past Tenses)
(Chapter 10: Past Participles)
(Chapter 11: Progressive Tenses)
(Chapter 12: Other Verb Forms)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Verb Tense
Lab 2: Editing Handbook: Regular & Irregular Verbs
Assignments:
Final Review in Chapter 9
Final Review in Chapter 10
Final Review in Chapter 11
Final Review in Chapter 12
Week Eight: MIDTERM
Review for Midterm
Reading 2: “Birth” Maya Angelou (Narration)
Midterm EXAM (Midterm should not include Tenses Information)
Lab 1: As a part of your midterm exam, create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 2.
Lab 2: Edit and revise your paragraph to demonstrate skills that have been taught thus far. (Peer editing is
allowed, if time permits.)
Assignments:
Study for Midterm
Complete Reading 2
Week Nine
Subject and Verb Agreement
Tense Consistency
(Chapter 13: Subject-Verb Agreement)
(Chapter 14; Tense Consistency)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Subject-Verb Agreement
Lab 2: Editing Handbook: Consistent Verb Tense
Assignments:
Final Review in Chapter 13
Final Review in Chapter 14
PRONOUNS
Week Ten
Pronouns
(Chapter 7: Pronouns)
Reading 7: “The New Addiction,” Josh Freed (Comparison and Contrast)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 7 then edit your paragraph building on
the skills that have been taught thus far.
Assignment:
Complete Reading 7
Week Eleven
Continue with Pronouns
(Chapter 7: Pronouns)
Reading 4: “For Marriage,” Kristeen McLeod (Argument)
Reading 5: “Against Marriage,” Winston Murray (Argument)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Pronoun Case
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Readings 4 and 5 then edit your paragraph
building on the skills that have been taught thus far.
Assignments:
Complete Readings 4 and 5
Week Twelve
Continue with Pronouns
(Chapter 7: Pronouns)
Reading 10: “What’s Your Humor Style?,” Louise Dobson (Classification)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Pronoun Reference and Capitalization
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 10 then edit your paragraph building on
the skills that have been taught thus far.
Week Twelve (Continued)
Assignment:
Complete Reading 10
Final Review in Chapter 7
MODIFIERS
Week Thirteen
Adjectives and Adverbs
(Chapter 21: Adjectives and Adverbs)
Reading 9: “The Culture War,” Linda Chavez (Cause and Effect)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Adjectives
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 9 then edit your paragraph building on
the skills that have been taught thus far.
Assignment:
Complete Reading 9
Week Fourteen
Continue with Adjectives and Adverbs (Chapter 21: Adjectives and Adverbs)
Reading 15: “How to Handle Conflict,” P. Gregory Smith (Process)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Adverbs
Lab 2: Create a paragraph based on the discussion from Reading 15 then edit your paragraph building on
the skills that have been taught thus far.
Assignments:
Complete Reading 15
Final Review in Chapter 21
Week Fifteen
Mistakes with Modifiers
(Chapter 22: Mistakes with Modifiers)
Lab 1: Editing Handbook: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
Lab 2: Editing Handbook: Other Punctuation, Spelling, and Easily Confused Words
Assignment:
Final Review in Chapter 22
Week Sixteen: FINAL
Review
Reading 8: “Sports and Life: Lessons to be Learned,” Jeff Kemp
Final Exam
Lab 1: As a part of your midterm exam, create a two-three paragraph essay based on the discussion from
Reading 8.
Lab 2: Edit and revise your paragraphs to demonstrate all the skills taught during the semester.
(Peer editing is allowed, if time permits.)
Assignment:
STUDY!