Unit 1: the Foundation

Unit 1: The Foundation

Writing Process -- Chapter 1, pgs. 1-12 (animated video:

--coming up with ideas, drafting, revising, proofreading

**What is Your Writing Process? Post/Discussion

Reading – Chapter 9, pgs. 329-342

--how to read closely, make notes, identify how the writing is put together (video:

--outlining what you’ve read (assignment or post about this?)

**Activity/Quiz on Reading comprehension

What is Plagiarism and how to avoid it, Ch. 17, pgs. 486-509

--need good quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills,

**Activity on how to quote vs. paraphrase

Summarizing

Resources for more information on how to summarize:

University of Victoria "How to Write a Summary":
Drew University "Summary Writing":
San Diego State "How to Summarize" (this one has a very thorough sample, as well):

**Peer Review

**Summary assignment

Unit 2: Rhetoric and Argument (Analyzing Texts)

Understanding Rhetoric

--Ethos, Pathos, Logos (video:

Parts of an Argument

--Understand the writer’s ideas (remember how to read?), Ch. 9, pgs. 343-352

--Handouts on argument and rhetoric

--Identifying the parts of argument in a reading/text, Ch. 5, pgs. 158-182 (awful/funny rap video:

Logical Fallacies, pg. 416

Analyzing a Text, Ch. 11, pgs. 368-380

Constructing an Analytical Essay

--Introductions, Body, Conclusion, Title (video:

--PIE paragraphing

Editing/proofreading

--Using Commas before Coordinating Conjunctions, pgs. 202-203

--Punctuation of Quotations, pgs.102-103

**Analysis of a Text assignment

Unit 3: Evaluation, Ch. 7, pgs. 260-313

--summary/overview of item (remember what we learned in the last unit?)

--Setting appropriate criteria

-- comparing item to criteria

--making a judgment

-- using evidence to support judgment (remember what we learned about argument in Unit 2?)

Writing an Evaluation (how to write a critique essay video:

--Writing tight transitions, Ch. 10, pgs. 363-367

Editing/proofreading

--Using Commas before Coordinating Conjunctions, pgs. 202-203

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**Evaluation/Critique assignment

-Unit 4: Proposing a Solution, Ch. 6, pgs. 206-259

--Evaluate a problem (remember what we learned in the last unit?)

--Convince audience problem exists and is worth finding solutions to (audience awareness – remember rhetoric?), Ch. 13, pgs. 404-415

--Propose a solution to the problem

Intros to Proposals

--use evidence to show how exactly solution solves problem

--consider the opposition and retort (remember argument?)

--Document Design choose an appropriate form (letter? Article?Billboard?)– Ch. 14, pgs. 417-432

----Coming up with a thesis, (video:

**Proposal assignment

Unit 5: Writing under pressure

--“real world” situations where you write under timed conditions

--Taking Essay Exams

--practice writing on the fly

--editing yourself is key

Final Exam: In-Class/Timed Analysis of a Text