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Welcome back to English

Composition

Welcome back to English

Composition

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Agenda: Agenda: • Review of the first 4 weeksReview of the first 4 weeks

• Engrade accessEngrade access

• Attendance reminderAttendance reminder

• Introduce the Drafting or Writing StageIntroduce the Drafting or Writing Stage

• Writing WorkshopWriting Workshop– Individual workIndividual work– Group work for peer review of outlinesGroup work for peer review of outlines

What we’ve covered so far…What we’ve covered so far…• Grammar

– Parts of speech (+ 4 topics on pronouns!)– Simple, compound, complex sentences

• Front, middle, back baskets (dependent clauses)• FANBOYS• Transitional words and phrases• Incomplete and run-on sentences

– Use of commas, apostrophes, semicolons, colons, periods

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What we’ve covered so far…What we’ve covered so far…

– Items in a list– Word choice, capitalization– Who/whoever versus whom/whomever– Which versus that

• The writing process– Stages of writing– Tools to avoid writers’ block– Thesis statements and topic sentences

• Introductions and conclusions• Hooks

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– Body paragraphs• Support statements• Examples• Parallelism

– Quality resources– Citations and references

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– Outlining• Compare and Contrast essays

– Block method– Point-by-Point method

• Persuasive essays– Counterclaims and rebuttals

• By the end of class, everyone should have an approved thesis statement and be working on their outline and/or 1st draft

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Questions?Questions?

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Step 2: Drafting or WritingStep 2: Drafting or Writing• Consider Consider

– Your questioning, mind-mapping, freewritingYour questioning, mind-mapping, freewriting– Your outline Your outline

• Stay focusedStay focused– Address the needs of your assignmentAddress the needs of your assignment– Keep your reader in mindKeep your reader in mind

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Recommendations:Recommendations:• Be open to new ideas -- but avoid becoming Be open to new ideas -- but avoid becoming

sidetrackedsidetracked– Many interesting ideas are not appropriate for your Many interesting ideas are not appropriate for your

essayessay– This is not a collection of everything that ever This is not a collection of everything that ever

happened concerning your topic or that you thought happened concerning your topic or that you thought aboutabout

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Recommendations:Recommendations:• Don't stop to make corrections, check facts, or Don't stop to make corrections, check facts, or

look up words look up words – Your goal is to get your ideas on paperYour goal is to get your ideas on paper– If you stop to check spelling, punctuation, etc. you If you stop to check spelling, punctuation, etc. you

may run out of time or break your train of thoughtmay run out of time or break your train of thought– Just circle words you think are misspelled or Just circle words you think are misspelled or

misusedmisused– Make side notes of things you want to checkMake side notes of things you want to check– Keep writing!!Keep writing!!

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Recommendations:Recommendations:• If you run out of ideas, return to prewriting to If you run out of ideas, return to prewriting to

explore ideasexplore ideas– Sometimes you become stalled after a few wordsSometimes you become stalled after a few words– Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you fully Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you fully

explained your ideas? Can you support an idea with explained your ideas? Can you support an idea with relevant details or examples?relevant details or examples?

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Recommendations:Recommendations:• If the draft becomes too long, review the If the draft becomes too long, review the

assignment, your mind-mapping or freewriting, assignment, your mind-mapping or freewriting, your outline your outline • Have you limited your focus?Have you limited your focus?• Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you can Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you can

delete secondary details while keeping the delete secondary details while keeping the message?message?

• Do you have redundant passages?Do you have redundant passages?

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Remember:Remember:• A draft is a work in progressA draft is a work in progress• Writing is a series of trials and errorsWriting is a series of trials and errors• Just keep writingJust keep writing• Don’t worry about punctuationDon’t worry about punctuation• Don’t worry about grammarDon’t worry about grammar• Set it aside when you finish, before you reviseSet it aside when you finish, before you revise

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Wrap-upWrap-up• Reviewed our first four weeks togetherReviewed our first four weeks together• Introduced the Drafting or Writing stageIntroduced the Drafting or Writing stage• Outlines are due Friday, 11/30Outlines are due Friday, 11/30• No late submissionsNo late submissions• Typed in Times New Roman 12, Word, double-Typed in Times New Roman 12, Word, double-

spacedspaced• Hardcopy with your nameHardcopy with your name• List of your reviewers from class (at least 3 names)List of your reviewers from class (at least 3 names)• Turn in your worksheetTurn in your worksheet

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