ENG 64/SDCC1: WRITING ESSAYS
Course Schedule
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Week
Date
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3/30
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3
4
5
6
**SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
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Amanda Fuller
afuller@sdccd.edu
By Appointment Only
profamandafuller.weebly.com
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Homework Due
#833338 - Section ID #1
M/W
8am to 10:20am
Mandeville B-146
In Class
- Introductions
- Review Course Syllabus, Course
Schedule & Course Website
- Purdue OWL Resource
4/1
Purdue OWL: Essay Writing, Paragraphs, Spelling
Other Reading: Sentence Structure
- College Writing: Building Better
Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays
- Writing Rubric
4/6
Purdue OWL: Essays for Exams, Writing Process,
Prewriting, Outlines, Numbers
- The Writing Process
- Pre-writing and Outlining Techniques
- Scoring Guidelines for Writing Exam
- Prompt Practice
4/8
Purdue OWL: Adjectives and Adverbs, Parts of Speech
Overview
ICE #1 (50 points)
4/13
Have course text by TODAY
Purdue OWL: Thesis, Argument Papers, Nouns
TSIS: Introduction (1-18); Part 1: “They Say” (19-29)
- Qualities of a Strong Argument Essay
- Entering the Conversation
- Essay Development: Description
4/15
Purdue OWL: The Rhetorical Situation, Articles
TSIS: finish Part 1 (30-54)
- What is Rhetoric?
- The Dangers of Oversimplification
- Essay Development: Narration
4/20
Purdue OWL: Establishing Arguments, Prepositions
TSIS: Part 2 (55-77)
- Warrants and Backing
- Counterargument and Rebuttal
- Logical Fallacies
- Framing
- Essay Development: Exemplification
4/22
Purdue OWL: Pronouns
ICE #2 (75 pts)
4/27
Purdue OWL: Basic Punctuation, Apostrophes,
Independent/Dependent Clauses
TSIS: finish Part 2 (78-103)
- Opposing Viewpoints
- The importance of answering "Who
Cares?" and "So What?"
- Essay Development: Process Analysis
4/29
Purdue OWL: Commas, Semicolons
ICE #3 (100 pts)
5/4
Purdue OWL: Transitions, Parallel Structure
TSIS: Part 3 (105-128)
- Transitions
- Essay Development: Cause and Effect
5/6
Purdue OWL: Subject-Verb Agreement; Verb Tenses
TSIS: Part 4 (141-155)
- Framing in Class Discussions
- Prompt Practice
- Essay Development: Comparison and
Contrast
ENG 64/SDCC1: WRITING ESSAYS
Course Schedule
Week
Date
7
8
9
10
FINAL
Homework Due
**SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
In Class
5/11
Purdue OWL: Sentence Work
TSIS: Part 4 (156-174)
- Prompt Practice
- Essay Development: Definition
5/13
Purdue OWL: Quotation Marks
ICE #4 (100 pts)
5/18
Purdue OWL: Conciseness
TSIS: "Don't Blame the Eater" by David Zinczeko (195197) AND "Nuclear Waste" by Richard Muller (206213)
- Prompt Practice
- Essay Development: Division and
Classification and Argument
5/20
Purdue OWL: More on Sentences and Language
ICE #5 (125 pts)
5/25
NO CLASS, MEMORIAL DAY
5/27
Purdue OWL: Active and Passive Voice
ICE #6 (150 pts)
6/1
TSIS: "Hidden Intellectualism" by Gerald Graff (198205) AND "Agonism in the Academy: Surviving the
Argument Culture" by Deborah Tannen (214-220)
- Prep for Basic Writing Exam on
Saturday
6/3
- Questions, Celebration
6/6
BASIC WRITING EXAM