Before Class |
WEEK 1 |
During Class |
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Tuesday aug20
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- intro
- setting up blog
- Dear John
- patterns-of-the-week
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set up blog
purchase More Nitty Gritty Grammar.
Bring $4 for coursepack. |
Thursday aug22
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- setting up blog: trouble-shooting
- blog #1: my goals
- apostrophes/homophones
- style sheets/"house style"
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Before Class |
WEEK 2 |
During Class |
see "my goals" assignment sheet
blog#1 "My Goals"
PATTERNS-OF-THE-WEEK
1. "generous, kind, thoughtful."
2. "generous and kind and thoughtful."
NO RESPONSE REQUIRED FOR THIS FIRST BLOG |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday aug27
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- feedback on blogs
- apostrophes/homophones & style sheets, continued
- student writing: "Death"
- "rules" posters - principles
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Thursday aug29
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- how to bartle puzballs
- word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions
- word classes in newspaper headlines
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Before Class |
WEEK 3 |
During Class |
see "dora" assignment sheet
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Tuesday sept3
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- Socratic Seminar #1 on first half of "Dora Learns to Write...," pp. 59-71 (stop at "What Older Writers Do")
- turn in print-out after seminar (counts as blog#2 in gradebook)
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see "dora" assignment sheet
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Thursday sept5
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- Socratic Seminar #2 on second half of "Dora Learns to Write...,"pp. 71-83.
- turn in print-out after seminar (counts as blog#3 in gradebook)
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Before Class |
WEEK 4 |
During Class |
blog#4 (due Sunday noon) & response(due Monday noon): post your "Dora" part 1, incorporating these Patterns-of-the-Week:
(1) punctuate title of an article; (2) eliminate all apostrophe errors; (3) use at least 3 of the following possessive pronouns: its, yours, theirs, whose
Check email for more details on POWs
Print out blog and tuck in course pack for future workshops. |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday sept10
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- feedback on blogs / workshop
- what is a "sentence"?
- 3 sentence patterns: It's all about the verb
- magnetic sentences
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Thursday sept12
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- History of English assignment
- magnetic sentences, follow-up
- compounding elements with and
- pronouns and case
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Before Class |
WEEK 5 |
During Class |
blog#5 & response
POWs:
the reason . . . is. .
Another thing . . . is . . .
This is. . .
There is/are . . .
--compounded subject ( two or more subjects joined with and)
--compounded verb (two or more verbs joined with and)
--compounded subject with two or more personal pronouns
--compounded object of preposition with two or more personal pronouns
--compounded direct object with two or more personal pronouns
--who or whoever
--whom or whomever
check email for detailed instructions |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday sept17
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- feedback on blogs
- faulty parallelism
- People contest
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Thursday sept19
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- FANBOYS
- simple v. compound sentences
- ,then | ,but
- comma splices
- run-together sentences
- more practice
- conjunctive syntax: "The First Day of Kindergarten"
- Gary Provost and sentence length
- state scoring rubrics
- our own sentence lengths
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Before Class |
WEEK 6 |
During Class |
blog#6 & response
check email for patterns of the week to incorporate into your blog |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday sept24
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- feedback on blogs
- complex sentences: AAAWWUBBIS clauses
- "Honey, I'm Home"
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Thursday sept26
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- semicolons (theoatmeal.com)
- appositive phrases & relative clauses
- Gwen the Zen Comedienne
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Before Class |
WEEK 7 |
During Class |
blog#7 & response
check email for patterns of the week to incorporate into your blog |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday oct1
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- feedback on blogs
- image grammar: appositives punctuated 4 ways
- more practice
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HISTORY OF ENGLISH POSTER DUE. BRING TO CLASS. |
Thursday oct3
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- image grammar: appositives punctuated 4 ways
- more practice
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Before Class |
WEEK 8 |
During Class |
blog#8 & response
check email for patterns of the week to incorporate into your blog |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday oct8
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- feedback on blogs
- Student Writing Assignment
- more practice
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MID-TERM GRADES DUE |
Wednesday oct9
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Thursday oct10
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- image grammar: participle phrases (present & past)
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Before Class |
WEEK 9 |
During Class |
blog#9 & response
check email for patterns of the week to incorporate into your blog |
sun-mon noon
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Tuesday oct15
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- feedback on blogs
- more practice
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Thursday oct17
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Before Class |
WEEK 10 |
During Class |
blog#10 & response |
Tuesday oct22
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- feedback on blogs
- more practice
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Thursday oct24
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Before Class |
WEEK 11 |
During Class |
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Tuesday oct29
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- feedback on blogs
- more practice
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Thursday oct31
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Before Class |
WEEK 12 |
During Class |
STUDENT WRITING ANALYSIS: "context/Intro" and analysis of first paper DUE for feed-forward via email to bjmonroe@wsu.edu by 11:59 pm |
Tuesday nov5
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- Teaching grammar: the 3Es (groups)...Amy Walker "21 Accents"
- Another English assignment (extra credit to replace lowest blog grade)
- Do You Speak American?
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Thursday nov7
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- Do You Speak American?, cont'd
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Before Class |
WEEK 13 |
During Class |
STUDENT WRITING ANALYSIS DUE by 11:59pm |
Tuesday nov12
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- Do You Speak American?, conti'd
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Thursday nov14
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- informal reports on Another English
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Before Class |
WEEK 14 |
During Class |
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Tuesday nov19
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- informal reports on Another English
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Thursday nov21
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- Final Reflection & IDs assignment
- Teaching grammar: the 3Es (groups)
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THANKSGIVING |
nov25-29 |
THANKSGIVING |
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Tuesday dec 3
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Thursday dec 5
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FINAL REFLECTION & IDs DUE |
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