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Week 16
(12/7-12/11)
Complete your research
Paper
Identify two or three
goals for improving your writing skills. Describe two or more strategies
you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision
process.
Please write 3-4 well-developed
sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double
space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)
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Week
1
(8/24-8/28)
Self-introduction paragraph due in class.
Introduce yourself by name and/or nickname.
Describe your educational and career goals:
What are your educational
goals in this class?
(e.g., the skills you
hope to develop, the grade you hope to earn, the number of hours you plan
to spend on homework . . .?)
What
are your educational goals at MiraCosta College?
(e.g.,
major, certificate, transfer, degree . . .)
How do your educational goals in this class relate to your educational goals at MiraCosta College?
Do
you plan to transfer to another college or university after reaching your
educational goals at
MiraCosta
College? (Have you met with an academic counselor?)
How do your educational goals relate to your career goals?
What are your career goals? (Have you met with a career counselor?)
How/Why did you choose your career goals?
How can this class help you succeed in your career?
Describe
your favorite hobby.
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Quiz
Please write 2-3 well-developed
sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double
space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)
Introduce the "title" of your favorite reading selection and briefly describe the main characters, key scenes or examples, the message/theme, etc. Also, explain what you liked about the reading.
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Week 2
(8/31-9/4)
Introduce and summarize in chronological order the reading selection you have selected as the focus for Essay 1/Paragraph 2. Briefly describe the main characters, key scenes or examples, the message/theme, etc.
Be sure to provide plenty
of specific details: who, what, when/where, how, why. . . .
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Who might benefit from
reading this text? (potential audience) How? Why? (potential
message/theme)
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Week 3
(9/8-9/11)
Introduce a key scene/passage
from your favorite reading selection: Who is doing what, where, why. .
. .
Explain how the scene
helps us understand the author's message/theme(s).
Who might benefit from
reading this passage from the reading? How? Why? (Specific Audience)
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Week 4
(9/14-9/18)
Explain how the process of writing essay one has complicated, confirmed, and/or challenged your understanding of the topics you analyzed throughout your paper. What do you want your audience to learn from--and/or think about while--reading your essay? Where is that lesson best demonstrated? Be sure to provide plenty of specific details: who, what, when/where, how, why . . . .
Identify two or three
goals for improving your writing skills. Describe two or more strategies
you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision
process.
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Essay 2 introduction:
Summarize the (imaginary) scenario that has forced you to relocate.
Be sure to provide plenty of details(who/when/where/what/how/why) as you
explain the cause of your forced relocation from your home.You may choose
to imagine being under a time constraint as you are gathering or prioritizing
your list of personal objects.
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Week 5
(9/21-9/25)
Summarize your first body
paragraph. Describe the setting and action and how your first item
fits into that setting and action. You may also describe the reason(s)
behind your choice to bring the object and/or how the item is helping you
to carry on during your captivity. Use as many sensory details
as possible to help your readers imagine seeing, hearing, touching, or
otherwise experiencing the object, action, and/or setting.
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Week 6
(9/28-10/2)
Explain how one of your objects fits into the plot of your story. Describe the setting and action in your second body paragraphs and how one of your items fits into that action/setting. Also describe the reason(s) behind your choice to bring the object and/or how the item is helping you to carry on during your captivity. Use as many sensory details as possible to help your readers imagine seeing, hearing, touching, or otherwise experiencing the object, action, and/or setting.
Conclusion: You may choose
from a variety of different and equally creative approaches to concluding
your story. Just be sure to indicate where you are (for example,
at home, on the way to the camp, in the camp, on the way home from the
camp, at home afteryou return from the camp . . .), who is with you, what
you are doing, how you are feeling . . .
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Identify two or three
goals for improving your writing skills. Describe two or more strategies
you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision
process.
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Week 7
(10/5-10/9)
Conclusion: You may choose from a variety of different and equally creative approaches to concluding your story. Just be sure to indicate where you are (for example, at home, on the way to the camp, in the camp, on the way home from the camp, at home afteryou return from the camp . . .), who is with you, what you are doing, how you are feeling . . .
Explain how the
title "Letter from Birmingham Jail" relates to the Dr. King's message/argument/audience.
Identify Dr. King's explicit
audience and his message(s)/argument. Provide a brief overview of
the key examples he uses to support his message/argument in your group's
section of the text.
What is Dr. King arguing
for and against in "Letter from Birmingham Jail?"
What does he want his
critics to think about, to understand, and to do?
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Week 8
(10/12-10/16)
Explain how the
title "Letter from Birmingham Jail" relates to the Dr. King's message/argument/audience.
Identify Dr. King's explicit
audience and his message(s)/argument. Provide a brief overview of
the key examples he uses to support his message/argument in your group's
section of the text.
What is Dr. King arguing
for and against in "Letter from Birmingham Jail?"
What does he want his
critics to think about, to understand, and to do?
Summarize the section
of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that was assigned to your group.
Describe the types of support/evidence Dr. King uses to support his
message/theme. Provide an extended overview of the key examples he
uses to support his message/argument. Explain how the examples
and evidence might appeal to the values, intellect, and emotions of his
target audience
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Introduce a key example/quoted
passage from the section of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that was assigned
to your group.
To establish a context,
describe who is doing what, where, why, how. . . .
Explain how the scene/example
might appeal to the ethos/values, logos/intellect, and pathos/emotions
of Dr. King's audience.
Focus your response on
King's diction, tone, and imagery.
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Week 9
(10/19-10/23)
Introduce a different
key example/quoted passage from the section of "Letter from Birmingham
Jail" that was assigned to your group.
To establish a context,
describe who is doing what, where, why, how. . . .
Explain how the scene/example
might appeal to the ethos/values, logos/intellect, and pathos/emotions
of Dr. King's audience.
Focus your response on
King's diction, tone, and imagery.
Identify two or three
goals for improving your writing skills. Describe two or more strategies
you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision
process.
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Identify two or three
goals for improving your writing skills. Describe two or more strategies
you plan to use to
make those improvements
during the revision process.
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Week 10
(10/26-10/30)
Midterm exam
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Write a proposal defining
your research topic, specifying the time period, and explaining why you
selected the topic.
In addition, based on
your preliminary assumptions, explain how your topic relates to the idea
of improving US society.
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Week 11
(11/2-11/6)
Revise your proposal defining your research topic, specifying the time period, and explaining why you selected the topic. In addition, based on your preliminary assumptions, explain how your topic relates to the idea of improving US society.
Begin your Working Bibliography.
Summarize your research
findings. Write a source introduction sentence for each source.
Identify the
type of source (historical,
literary, legal, biographical . . .), Title, name(s) of author(s) and credentials,
and
research subtopics addressed.
Also, identify the author's debate position.
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Week 12
(11/9-11/12)
Complete your Working
Bibliography
Complete your Research
Summary and Working Thesis
Summarize your research
findings. Write a source introduction sentence for each source.
Identify the
type of source (historical,
literary, legal, biographical . . .), Title, name(s) of author(s) and credentials,
and
research subtopics addressed.
Also, identify the author's debate position.
Begin your research Paper
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Week 13
(11/16-11/20)
Continue drafting/expanding your research Paper.
Analyze
a key piece of evidence/support from your research.
Integrate key words from
the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and
values surrounding your research topic.
Who might benefit from
reading this source? How and why? (specify potential audience)
Create a transition between paragraphs two and three.
Analyze
a key piece of evidence/support from your research.
Integrate key words from
the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and
values surrounding your research topic.
Who might benefit from
reading this source? How and why? (specify potential audience)
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Week 14
(11/23-11/25)
Analyze a final key piece
of evidence/support from your research that supports a point of concession.
Integrate key words from
the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and
values surrounding your research topic.
Who might benefit from
reading this source? How and why? (specify potential audience)
Finish drafting/expanding
your research Paper
Complete/revise all transitions
between paragraphs.
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Week 15
(11/30-12/4)
Identify two or three goals for improving your writing skills. Describe two or more strategies you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision process.
Continue drafting/expanding/revising your research Paper
Transition Check:
Be sure the last sentence of each paragraph and the topic sentence of the
next paragraph share key words or phrases and an implicit or explicit connection
to the central idea of your paper.
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Please write 2-3 well-developed
sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double
space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)