ENG 075 CLASS SCHEDULE
FALL 2007
Websites:
promptly. Pop quizzes may be given to check that reading has occurred.
Date The Writer’s Response
Wed.,
Aug.
29
And Lecture Topics

Introduction

Course Expectations

Review of Course Syllabus and Class Schedule

Proper Paragraph Structure

Proper Paper Headings

MLA format

Sample Writing

Diagnostic Pre-test
Sept. 3 No Class – Labor Day
Wed.,
 Discuss “A View From Mt.
Sept. 5 Ritter”

Steps in the Writing Process o Types of
Prewriting o Ways to
Organize o Drafts o Revising and
Editing o Interconnection of Steps

The Narrative Essay

Chapt. 1: Writing With a
Central Idea
Formal Writing
Assignments
Skills Bank
Assignments

Grammar and Usage
Pretest, #1,
2

Capitalizati on Pretest,
1, 2

Punctuatio n Pretest,
#1, 2

Spelling
Pretest
Homework
 Read “A View From Mt. Ritter” (11). Be prepared to discuss reading in class.

Journal #1 : Halfway through his article, Joseph O’Connor writes, “I found out on that trip that nature is underestimated.”
Have you ever had an encounter with nature that affected you deeply? Briefly describe any such encounters that you can remember.
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Journal #2 : Read “Buddhists.” In the article, the author discusses how Buddhism is becoming more acceptable in mainstream America. What do you think of this phenomenon?
Do you think the acceptance of East Asian religions will have a positive or a negative impact on American society? Explain your reasons for your feelings.
 Read “Without Emotion” by G. Gordon Liddy. Be prepared to
 discuss .
Journal #3
: Have you ever had to act “without emotion”?
Describe a time when you can remember that you had to repress or ignore your emotions.
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Journal #4
: Read “Vanishing Greenback.” What effect do you think the decreasing use of actual cash is having? Is this make our lives less complicated, or are we losing some of our privacy?
Explain the reasons for your feelings.

Sentence Combining: Embedded Adjectives, Adverbs, and
Prepositional Phrases (31) Exercises 1.8; 1.9; 1.10; 1.12

Commonly confused words: http://www2.actden.com/WRIT_DEN/tips/sentence/confused.htm
o Accept, except o Advice, advise
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Mon.,
Sept.
10
Wed.,
Sept.
12 o Erma Bombeck
(8) o Topic Sentences
(15) o Ex. 1.1; 1.2; 1.3;
1.4; 1.5; 1.6; 1.7

Discuss “Without Emotion”

Exercise 1.13

The Three-Part Thesis
Statement

Format of a Five-Paragraph
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
Essay
The Essay Outline
The Geometrics of Writing
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Chapter 2: Reading for the
Central Idea o Paragraphs and
Topic Sentences o Ex. 2.1 o Essays and
Thesis
Statements o “Three Passions” o Steps to Active
Reading o “A Required
Course in
Beating the
Freshman Blues.” o Evaluating
Sample Papers
(64)

Coordinate Conjunctions (67)
Ex. 2.2
 Discuss “Ordinary People
Produce Extraordinary
Results.”


Review homework exercises
Combining Parts of
In Class: FW #1
Using either Journal
Entry 1 or 3, write a thesis statement for a narrative story.
Begin writing an essay describing this event.
In Class:
Complete writing narrative essay based on Journal 1 or 3. This writing

Grammar and Usage:
#3, 4, 5,

Quiz
Capitalizati o All ready, already o Buy, by
 Read “Ordinary People Produce Extraordinary Results” (51). Be prepared to discuss in class.
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Journal #5 : Consider people in your life whom you do or do not love, respect, or admire. What specific actions caused them to gain or lose your love, respect, or admiration?
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Journal #6 : Philadelphia is quickly becoming one of the most dangerous cities in the country. The murder rate is breaking records. What do you think is causing this outbreak of murders?
Can anything be done to make the city safe again?
 Read “Jailbreak Marriage” (44). Write a sentence to state the central idea. Is there any sentence in the piece that appears to be a thesis statement?

Sentence Combining: Coordination. Exercises 2.3. 2.4

Commonly confused words: http://www2.actden.com/WRIT_DEN/tips/sentence/confused.htm
o Choose, chose o Complement, compliment o Emigrate, immigrate o It’s, its

At Home writing assignment: FW #2 Using Journal #5 as your prewriting activity, outline an essay describing the actions of someone that cause you to gain or lose your love, respect, or admiration for that person. Attach Journal #5 to the writing assignment when it is turned in.
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Mon.,
Sept.
17
Wed.,
Sept.
19
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
Sentences and Parallel
Sentence Structure (73) Ex.
2.5
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Chapter 9: Some Basic
Editing Terms o Main clause and subordinate clause o Coordinate
Conjunctions o Conjunctive
Adverbs
Review homework exercises
Chapter 3: Supporting Central
Idea o Discuss the importance of details o Brief Examples o Extended
Examples o Statistics o Expert Opinion o Combining
Types of Support o Writing
Introductions and
Conclusions o Evaluating
Sample Papers

Chapter 10: Sentence
Fragments

The Illustration Essay –
Power Point


Review of Outlining
Chapter 3: Sentence
Combining: Using
Subordination (107)

Chapter 11: Fused Sentences assignment must be typed. Attach the journal entry used for inspiration to the final writing assignment.

In-Class
Writing
Assignment :
FW #3 on: #3, 4,
5, 6
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Punctuatio n: #3, 4

Spelling:
#1, 2, 3
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Grammar and Usage:
Induction:
A TV

Journal #7: Read “Morgan Freeman.” Freeman talks about what he has learned about the lifestyle that works best for him. What lifestyle do you embrace? Why do you embrace it?

Sentence Combining: Coordination (67). Exercises 2.2, 2.4, 2.5

Take-Home Test

Commonly confused words: http://www2.actden.com/WRIT_DEN/tips/sentence/confused.ht
m o Loose, lose o Miner, minor o Past, passed o Principal, principle
 Read “Male Fixations” (90). Be prepared to discuss in class.

Journal #8:
Read “Fear of Heights: Teachers, Parents, and
Students are Wary of Achievement” (92). Chase states, “In many communities, after-school activities are more sacrosanct than academics.” Do your own experiences or observations confirm this statement? Explain why or why not.

Journal #9: Read “Attention Shoppers: Your Dreams in Aisle
3.” In the second half of her essay, Zukin suggests that in some ways shopping can be deeply dissatisfying and often full of conflict. Do you agree? Give some examples drawn from personal experience or observation to illustrate a variety of ways that you or others find shopping to be a dissatisfying experience.

Grammar Bytes Exercises: Fragments Ex. 1, 2, 3

Commonly confused words: http://www2.actden.com/WRIT_DEN/tips/sentence/confused.ht
m o Stationary, stationery o Than, then o Their, there, they’re o Threw, through
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
Journal #10:
Read “Stem Cells.” What do you think about the debate about stem cell research? Should we use stem cells from fetuses, or should this be banned? Defend your opinion.
Journal #11: Find a news article about the presidential
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Mon.,
Sept.
24
Wed.,
Sept.
26

Discuss Illustration Essay
Assignment: Write an essay about the qualities of a person that you know well. Be certain to include specific examples to prove your points.

Journal Check

Fragment and Run-On
Sentence Power Points

The Introductory Paragraph
Power Point

Chapter 4: Unity and
Coherence o Coherence o Exercises 4.1 – 3 o Improving Unity and Coherence with Thesis
Statements and
Topic Sentences o A Generation of
Bigots Comes of
Age

Chapter 12: Consistency in
Verb Tense and Verb Voice
 Discuss “Colorblind.”

Sentence Combining: Verbal
Phrases (143). o Exercises 4.5,
4.6

Journal Check
Develop thesis statement and outline for your illustration essay. Thesis statement and outline must be approved by instructor before leaving class.

Begin writing your illustration essay. By the end of class, your introductory paragraph and at least two
Writer, #6,
7, 8, 9

Capitalizati on: #7,
Quiz, #8,
9, 10

Punctuatio n: #5, 6, 7,
8

Spelling:
#4, 5, 6, 7,
8

Grammar and Usage:
#10, 11,
12, 13, 14

Capitalizati on: #11,
12, Quiz

Punctuatio n: Quiz, candidates, either in a newspaper, magazine, or online. Write a short summary of the article and give your opinion of its content.
Attach a copy of the article to the journal entry.

Grammar Bytes Exercises: Comma Splices Exercise 1, 2, 3

Sign on for WebBoard Class Discussion

Commonly confused words: http://www2.actden.com/WRIT_DEN/tips/sentence/confused.ht
m o To, too, two o Weather, whether o Your, you’re

Journal #12: Read “Colorblind” (131). Outline the article.
Summarize the article in one paragraph.
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
Take-Home Test.
Test Extra Credit: Attach the following Grammar Bytes exercises for 10 additional points on test (this will raise score by a full grade) o Fragments Exercises 4, 5 o Comma Splices Exercises 4, 5

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Abstruse/obtuse o Adapt/adopt o Adverse/averse o Aesthetic/ascetic

Reread “Three Passions I Have Lived For” (43).

Journal #13: Like Russell, classify three of your most significant passions; be sure to provide adequate support for each one.

Journal #14: Read “Are Families Dangerous?” In this article,
Ehrenreich says that families are often “where we learn nasty things like hate and rage and shame.” What do you think of this statement? Give some examples that either prove or disprove this point in the article.
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Mon.,
Oct. 1
Wed.,
Oct. 3
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

The Division/Classification
Essay
The Concluding Paragraph
Chapter 5: Writing About
Reading o Summarizing and
Responding to
Reading o Discuss “The
Decline of
Neatness.” o Exercise 5.1, 5.2,
5.3, 5.4 o Evaluate Sample
Papers

Review Sentence Fragments and Fused Sentences

Sentence Combining:
Appositives o Exercises 5.5, 5.6

Journal Check body paragraphs should be completed.

Peer edit illustration essay.

Illustration essay due by end of class.
#9, 10, 11

Spelling:
#9, 10

Grammar and Usage:
Quiz, #15,
16, 17, 18,
19

Capitalizati on: #13,
14, 15

Sentence Combining: Verbal Phrases (143) Exercises 4.7, 4.8

Continue writing illustration essay, except for the conclusion. Be ready to peer edit on Monday.
 Read “The Decline of Neatness” (154). Be prepared to discuss in class.

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Afterwards/afterwords o Allusion/illusion o Aloud/allowed o Already/all ready o Amoral/immoral
 Read “Killing Women: A Pop-Music Tradition” (168).

Journal #15
: Hamerlinck refers to “a disturbingly casual level of acceptance in society when it comes to so-called ‘crimes of passion.’” What does he mean by this? In what way do we casually accept violence?

Journal #16 : Read “Holy City.” Do you think Jerusalem should be split into two cities, or should it be a united city? Explain your views.

Grammar Bytes: Irregular Verbs Exercises 1, 2, 3

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Biweekly/semiweekly o By/bye/buy o Cannot/can not o Capital/capitol o Complement/compliment o Continual/continuous

Sign on for WebBoard Class Discussion

Journal #17: Read “The Changing Face of America” (171).
Write a summary of the article.

Journal #18: Read “Serve or Jail” (175). Write a summary of the article.

At-Home Writing Assignment: FW #4 Use Journal #14 to write a 5 paragraph illustration essay in response to Ehrenreich’s article. Due by Wed., Oct. 17.

Sentence Combining (192) Ex. 5.7, 5.8
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Mon.,
Oct. 8
Wed.,
Oct. 10

Discuss “The Changing Face of America.”

Chapter 6: Evaluating
Reading Selections o Audience and
Purpose o Evaluating
Support o Generalizations vs. Specific
Statements o “Appearances
Are Destructive” o Evaluating
Sample Papers

Sentence Combining:
Parallelism (221) Exercises
6.4, 6.5

Chapter 13: Subject-Verb
Agreement

Discuss Division and
Classification Essay
Assignment: Every social group is governed by a hierarchy, a system whereby individuals or groups are ranked at different levels according to their relative importance. Choose one group you know well – your extended family, the people in your neighborhood or town, members of a group

In-Class
Assignment:
FW #5 Begin writing
Division and
Classification
Essay

Punctuatio n; #12, 13,
14, 15,
Quiz

Spelling:
11, 12,
Quiz,
13,14

Grammar and

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Desert/dessert o Empathy/sympathy o Everyone/every one o For all intensive purposes
 Read “Why Competition?” (205). Answer questions 1 – 6.
 Read “Hell is Other iPods: The Aural Loneliness of the Long
Distance Shuffler (213). Answer questions 1 – 6.

Sentence Combining: Parallelism: Exercises 6.6, 6.7

Grammar Bytes Exercises: Irregular Verbs Exercises 4, 5; S-V
Agreement Exercises 1, 2, 3

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Hear/here o I me myself o Noone o Persecute/prosecute

Journal #19: Read “The Middle Class Black’s Burden” (402).
Summarize this article. Do you agree or disagree with this article?
Why do you feel the way you do?

Work on the division and classification essay at home. This essay must be ready for peer editing by Monday, Oct. 15.

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Prejudice/prejudiced o Principal/principle o Quiet/quite o Threw/through
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Mon.,
Oct. 15 you belong to or your church
– and write a division and classification essay in which you place each group in the hierarchy and explain why it ranks where it does according to your scheme.

Journal Check
 Discuss “The Middle Class
Black’s Burden.”

Chapter 7: Synthesizing Ideas
From Reading Selections o What is
Synthesis? o Jigsaw – articles on Physician-
Assisted Suicide o Class discussion o Evaluate Sample
Papers

Chapter 14: Pronoun
Agreement and Reference

Chapter 15: Pronoun Case

Journal Check

Continue writing
Division and
Classification
Essay – Peer editing.

Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Agreement Exercises 1, 2, 3; Pronoun
Reference Exercises 1, 2, 3

Write a synthesis of the ideas presented in the articles in
“Physician-Assisted Suicide” section. The synthesis should be no longer than two typed pages. Due Monday, Oct. 22.

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Within/among o Were/where o Who/whom o Weather/wether/whether
Wed.,
Oct. 17

Division and
Classification
Essay due by end of class.

Usage:
Exit Test

Capitalizati on: #16,
17, 18,
Exit Test

Punctuatio n: Quiz,
#16, 17,
18, 19, 20

Spelling:
#15, 16,
17,
Quiz,18,
19, 20

At-Home Writing Assignment: FW #6 Division and
Classification Essay. Chris Rock once said, “People always say we can't have gay marriage because marriage is a sacred institution. No it's not! Not in America! Not with ‘Who Wants to
Marry a Millionaire’ and ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Who Wants to
Marry a Midget.’” It is true that reality shows have become a mainstay of American television. These reality shows can be broken down into various categories. Choose three categories of reality shows and write an essay explaining each of the categories. You may use Chris Rock’s quote as a hook if you so desire. Due Wed., October 24.

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Affect/effect o Breath/breathe o Emigrate/immigrate o Empathy/sympathy
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Mon.,
Oct. 22
Wed.,
Oct. 24
Mon.,
Oct. 29

Chapter 7 Sentence
Combining: Sentence Variety
(261) o Exercise 7.1

The Comparison-Contrast
Essay

Discuss Comparison-Contrast
Essay Assignment: Compare or contrast any two athletes, movie or TV stars, writers, or musicians with whom you are familiar

Review homework exercise.

Writing Conferences with instructor.

Journal Check

Commonly Confused
Words Quiz

Chapter 16: Misplaced and
Dangling Modifiers

Video – View a comedy and an action show in class.

Asset Test Practice

In-Class
Writing
Assignment:
FW #7
Complete
Comparison-
Contrast essay during class.

Peer edit
Comparison-
Contrast essay and turn in by end of class.

Sentence Combining: Sentence Variety (261) Exercise 7.2

Journal #20 : We have read several articles about race. What manages to best perpetuate misconceptions about race? Which misconceptions are the most prominent?

Outline Comparison-Contrast Essay that will be written in class
(FW #7). Make sure to write thesis statement.

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Cite/site/sight o Precede/proceed o Good/well o Desert/dessert

Take-Home Test

Sign on for WebBoard class discussion.

Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Assure/ensure/insure o Beside/besides o Lay/lie o Imply/infer

At-Home Writing Assignment: FW #8 Compare and Contrast essay. Compare and/or contrast the two videos shown in class.


Due Monday, Nov. 5.
Commonly confused words: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
o Conscience/conscious/consciousness o Council/counsel o Stationary/stationery o Wander/wonder
Halloween Homework Break. Wed.,
Oct. 31

Review Pronoun Agreement and Pronoun Case

Chapter 22: Clear and
Concise Sentences

Chapter 23: ESL Issues

All Skills
Bank work must be completed by end of class. Turn in record of completion
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Mon.,
Nov. 5

The Cause-Effect Essay

Discuss Cause-Effect Essay
Assignment: We have all had experiences as a child that have a long-lasting effect on us. Choose something positive or negative that happened to you as a child and explain how this experience continues to effect your life today.

Chapter 17: Comma Usage

Review for ASSETT Test

Writing Conferences with instructor.

Journal Check

Grammar Bytes: Comma Exercises 1, 2, 3

Outline Cause-Effect Essay that will be written in class (FW #9).
Wed.,
Nov. 7
Mon.,
Nov.
12



Chapter 8: Arguing from
Several Reading Selections o Attitude of the
Effective Arguer o Preparing the
Argument o Outlining and
Organizing the
Argument o Jigsaw Drug
Legalization articles and discuss
The Argument and
Persuasion Essay
Argument Essay Assignment

In-Class
Writing
Assignment:
FW #9
Complete
Cause-Effect
Essay
 Read “The Minimum Legal Drinking Age: Facts and Fallacies”
(247).

Journal #21: Analyze three causes of underage drinking. Why does underage drinking continue to occur in spite of such daunting scientific evidence of its negative affects on one’s body and mind?

Commonly confused words review websites: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/4778/CattCnfsd


Wrds-prt1.htm
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/classicerrors/confused/
Outline Argument and Persuasion Essay that will be written in class (FW #11).

At Home Writing Assignment: FW #10 Using Journal #21 as the prewriting, write a paper that analyzes the three causes of underage drinking and explain why underage drinking continues.

Grammar Bytes Exercises: Word Choice 1, 2, 3, 4
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Wed.,
Nov.
14
– After reading and discussing the articles, should drugs be legalized? Discuss your point of view and try to persuade the reader that your point of view is valid.

Chapter 18: Semicolons and
Colons

Review for ASSETT Test

Review for ASSETT Test

Writing Conferences with instructor.

Final Journal Check.

In-Class
Writing
Assignment:
FW #11
Complete argument and persuasion essay in class.

At-Home Writing Assignment: FW #12. The importance of the symbol of the American flag has been contentious for many years.
Some believe that the flag should be revered and protected, while others believe that the flag should be burned when an act of the
United States is abominable. What do you think? If you would like to reflect on both points of view, read “The American Flag: A
Symbol We Should Protect” (439) and “Flag Burning and the
First Amendment” (441). Write an essay that respects both points of view, but that tries to convince the reader that your point of view is correct while the other point of view is flawed.

Grammar Bytes: Commas Exercises 4, 5

Grammar Bytes: Word Choice Exercises 5, 6, 7, 8

Sign on for WebBoard Class Discussion
 I’m overwhelmed! Homework Break Mon.,
Nov.
19

Commonly Confused
Words Quiz

Chapter 19: The Apostrophe


Chapter 20: Quotation Marks
Chapter 21: Title,
Capitalization, and Numbers

Review for ASSETT Test
No Class – Thanksgiving Wed.,
Nov.
21
Mon.,
Nov.
26
Wed.,
Nov.
28

Thanksgiving Homework Break

Class Open for scheduling of
ASSETT Test

Discuss the Definition Essay

Review Comparison-
Contrast Essay; Outline

Students must have outlines for final exam

Prepare for final.

Sign on for WebBoard Class discussion.
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Preparation
Final
Essays-
Mon.,
Dec. 4
Wed.,
Dec. 6
Mon.,
Dec. 11
Wed.,
Dec 13

FINAL EXAM ESSAY 1
(Comparison-Contrast)
Last day to turn in any overdue work. Late work will be marked down by at least one letter grade.

Cause-Effect Review;
Outline Preparation

Argument and Persuasion
Review; Outline Preparation

FINAL EXAM ESSAY 2
(Cause-Effect)

FINAL EXAM ESSAY 3
(Argument and Persuasion
Essay) essay #1 approved before leaving class.
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