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

Spring Syllabus -- Literature

	Literature
	Reading Assignment Due this Week	Assignment Due this Week
Week 1 1/17	Introduce short stories & O. Henry
Week 2 1/25	Short Stories: Gift of the Magi (p. 1);  After Twenty Years (p. 21); Makes the Whole World Kin (p. 85)	Read 3 stories:  Make a list of similarities.  What do they tell you about O. Henry?
Week 3 1/31	Short Stories:  A Retrieved Reformation (p. 49); The Ransom of Red Chief (p. 71); The Pimenta Pancakes (p. 29)
Week 4 2/7	ACY:  p. vii – 37 Intro & Ch. 1 – 7	2 Baseball questions 2 Critical Thinking questions
Week 5 2/14	ACY:  p. 37 – 71 Ch.  8 - 15
Week 6 2/21	ACY:  p, 71 – 107 Ch. 16 - 21	2 Baseball questions 2 Critical Thinking questions
Week 7 3/6	ACY:  p. 107 – 150 Ch. 22 – 26
2/28	No CHAT
Week 8 3/13	ACY:  p. 150 – 188 Ch. 27 - 31	2 Baseball questions 2 Critical Thinking questions
Week 9 3/20	ACY:  p. 188 – 226 Ch. 32 - 37
Week 10 3/27	ACY:  p. 226 – 268 Ch. 38 – Final PS	2 Baseball questions 2 Critical Thinking questions
4/3	No CHAT
Week 11 4/10	ACY:  Final Exam
Week 12 4/17	ACY:  Baseball
Week 13 4/24	Poetry (TBA)
Week 14 5/1	Poetry (TBA)
Week 15 5/8	Poetry (TBA) Presentations

Writing 1 Spring Semester Initial Syllabus

Writing 1 Syllabus

Semester 2

Tammy Prichard (tamprichard@gmail.com)

Resources:

·         A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court  (Mark Twain)  Dover Publications

·         Great Short Poems (Philip Smith, ed.)  Dover Publications

Objectives:

Literature

            As we read Mark Twain’s classic, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (ACY), we will specifically study the character development, themes, and humorous language of the book.  Not only is this book an entertaining story, it is well-crafted and artful.

Writing

            The students will write 4 papers for this class.  Since Mark Twain was a reporter, it seems fitting to do some journalistic writing.  The first assignment will require some research, while the second one will utilize some persuasion techniques.  The third papers will be an analytical response to our literature.  All of these papers will follow the 3-step process (pre-writing to rough draft to final copy).  The final paper will be a re-write of any of the papers that they’ve written this year.  “There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.” (Louis D. Brandeis)

Grammar

            We will continue to study grammar, paying special attention to building strong, clear, accurate sentences.  Again, the open spaces on the syllabus leave room to work on weak areas.

Initial Draft – Subject to change

Week	Literature	Writing	Grammar
1	Introduction to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (ACY)		Sentence construction review
2	ACY:  Intro; Ch. 1 – 4	News Story Pre-Write	Correcting weak sentences
3	ACY:  Ch. 5 – 9	News Story Rough Draft
4	ACY:  Ch. 10 – 14		Review common errors in rough drafts
5	ACY:  Ch. 15 – 19	News Story Final Copy
6	ACY:  Ch. 20 – 24	Editorial Pre-Write
7	ACY:  Ch. 25 – 29	Editorial Rough Draft
8	ACY:  Ch. 30 – 34		Review common errors in rough drafts
9	ACY:  Ch. 35 – 38; Final PS	Editorial Final Copy
10	ACY:  Presentations	Theme & Character Pre-Write
11	ACY:  Baseball	Theme & Character Rough Draft
12	American Poetry		Review common errors in rough drafts
13	American Poetry	Theme & Character Final Copy
14	American Poetry & Poetry Presentations	Re-Write #1
15	Poetry Presentations & Final Exam	Re-Write #2