Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Spring Syllabus -- Writing & Grammar


Writing
Grammar
Assignment Due this Week
Writing Discussion
Discussion & Assignment
Week 1
1/17

Observation Skills
Writer’s SourceBank

Week 2
1/25
News Story
Pre-Write
Gathering information
Observing & investigating

Building Sentences
Run-on & Comma splice sentences
Week 3
1/31
News Story
Rough Draft
Organizing information
Review common errors in rough drafts
Week 4
2/7

Writing better introductions
Writing better conclusions
Using commas correctly
Week 5
2/14
News Story
Final Copy
Opinions vs. Fact
Using commas correctly
Week 6
2/21
Editorial/ Persuasive
Pre-Write
Choosing the right words
Using commas correctly
Week 7
3/6
Editorial/ Persuasive
Rough Draft
Revision strategies
Review common errors in rough drafts
2/28



Week 8
3/13

Logical thinking
“Fuzzy” thinking

Week 9
3/20
Editorial /Persuasive
Final Copy


Week 10
3/27
Themes/Character Paper
Pre-Write
Writing about literature
Review worksheets

4/3



Week 11
4/10
Themes/Character Paper
Rough Draft

Review common errors in rough drafts
Week 12
4/17



Week 13
4/24
Themes/Character Paper
Final Copy
Revision strategies

Week 14
5/1
Re-Write


Week 15
5/8



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