Showing posts with label syllabus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label syllabus. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Writing 1 Fall Syllabus



Week/Date
Literature
Literature Assignments Due
Writing Assignments Due
Grammar Topics
Week 1 (8/22)
Introduction to Animal Farm


“Why Grammar?”
Week 2 (8/29)
Read  Introduction & Handouts
Before Reading Exercise:  “What makes a good leader?”
Descriptive Essay Rough Draft
Intro to Parts of Speech, part 1
Week 3 (9/5)
Read  Chapters I & II
3 Reader Responses
3 Vocabulary words.

Intro to Parts of Speech, part 2
Week 4 (9/12)
Read  Chapters III & IV
Take Home Quiz #1
3 Vocabulary words.
Descriptive Essay
Final Draft
Intro to Parts of Speech, part 3
Parts of Speech Pre-Test
Week 5 (9/19)
Read  Chapters V & VI
3 Reader Responses
3 Vocabulary words.
Personal Essay Rough Draft
Interjections Presentation
Week 6 (9/26)
Read  Chapters VII & VIII
3 Reader Responses
3 Vocabulary words.

Verbs Presentation
Week 7 (10/3)
Read  Chapters IX & X
Take Home Quiz #2
3 Vocabulary words
Personal Essay
Final Draft
Adjectives Presentation
Week 8 (10/10)
Character Presentations
Final for Animal Farm
Biography Essay Pre-Write
Nouns Presentation
FALL BREAK
Week 9 (10/24)
Introduction  to A Christmas Carol

Biography Essay
Rough Draft
Conjunctions Presentation
Week 10 (10/31)
Read  Stave One
3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.

Adverbs Presentation
Week 11 (11/7)
Read  Stave Two
3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.
Biography Essay Final Draft
Pronouns Presentation
Week 12 (11/14)
Read  Stave Three
3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.
History Pre-Write
Prepositions Presentation
Week 13 (11/21)
Read  Stave Four
2 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.
History Rough Draft
Review
Parts of Speech Post Test
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 14 (12/5)
Read  Stave Five

Vocabulary Quiz
4 Vocabulary words.

Word of the Day Test
Week 15 (12/12)

Final Exam
History Final Draft



Friday, January 19, 2018

Writing 1 Spring 2018 Syllabus


Week/
Date
Literature
Assign. Due
Writing
Grammar Topic
Week 1
(1/18)
Introduction to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


Introduce:  Subject-Verb Identification
Week 2
(1/25)
Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 1 – 2
(pg.1 – 11)
Answer 2 questions for Ch. 1 and 2 for Ch. 2.
Narrative Essay Pre-Write
Review:  Subject-Verb Identification
Week 3
(2/1)
Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 3 – 4
(pg. 12 – 17)
Be prepared to discuss the study questions for Ch. 3 & 4.
Narrative Essay Rough Draft
Introduce:  Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Week 4
(2/8)
Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 5 – 6
(pg. 18 – 24)
Answer 2 questions for Ch. 5 and 2 for Ch. 6.

Review:  Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Week 5
(2/15)
Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 7 – 8
(pg. 25 – 35)
Be prepared to discuss the study questions for Ch. 7 & 8.
Narrative Essay Final Draft
Introduce:  N-LV-N and N-LV-Adj Sentences
Week 6
(3/1)
Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 9 – 10
(pg. 36 – 54)
Answer 2 questions for Ch. 9 and 2 for Ch. 10.
Theme & Character Pre-Write
Review:  N-LV-N and N-LV-Adj Sentences
Week 7
(3/8)
Short Stories: Gift of the Magi (p. 1);  After Twenty Years  (p. 21)
2 Short Story Chart Worksheets
Theme & Character Rough Draft
Introduce:  Direct Objects & Indirect Objects
Week 8
(3/15)
Makes the Whole World Kin (p. 85); A The Furnished Room (p. 23)
2 Short Story Chart Worksheets

Review:  Direct Objects & Indirect Objects
Week 9
(3/22)
Short Stories:  Retrieved Reformation (p. 49); The Pimenta Pancakes (p. 29)
2 Short Story Chart Worksheets
Theme & Character Final Draft
Introduce:  Compound Sentences
Week 10
(4/5)
Short Stories:  The Ransom of Red Chief (p. 71); Poems of Robert Service (handout)
2 Short Story Chart Worksheets
News Story Pre-Write
Review:  Compound Sentences
Week 11
(4/12)
Poetry:  Hughes (p. 51); Williams (p. 48); Frost (p. 44)
2 Poetry Analysis worksheets
News Story Rough Draft
Introduce:  Complex Sentences
Week 12 (4/19)
Poetry:  Wordsworth (p. 12); Browning (p. 19); Bronte (p. 24); Hopkins (p. 31)
2 Poetry Analysis worksheets

Review:  Complex Sentences
Week 13 (4/26)
Poetry:  TBD
2 Poetry Analysis worksheets
News Story Final Draft
Grammar Test
Week 14 (5/3)
Poetry:  T.S. Eliot (Handout)
Poetry Presentations

Re-Write
Spring Writing Test

Week 15 (5/10)
Poetry Presentations






Thursday, August 24, 2017

Writing 1 Syllabus -- Fall, 2017

Writing 1 Fall Syllabus

Week
Literature
Literature Assignments Due
Writing Assignments Due
Grammar
Week 1 (8/24)
Introduction to Animal Farm



Week 2 (8/31)
Read  Introduction & Handouts
Before Reading Exercise:  “What makes a good leader?”
Descriptive Essay Rough Draft
Intro to Parts of Speech, part 1
Week 3 (9/7)
Read  Chapters I & II
3 Reader Responses
3 Vocabulary words.

Intro to Parts of Speech, part 2
Week 4 (9/14)
Read  Chapters III & IV
Take Home Quiz #1
3 Vocabulary words.
Descriptive Essay
Final Draft
Intro to Parts of Speech, part 3
Parts of Speech Pre-Test
Week 5 (9/21)
Read  Chapters V & VI
3 Reader Responses
3 Vocabulary words.
Personal Essay Rough Draft
Conjunctions Presentation
Week 6 (9/28)
Read  Chapters VII & VIII
3 Reader Responses
3 Vocabulary words.

Nouns Presentation
Week 7 (10/5)
Read  Chapters IX & X
Take Home Quiz #2
3 Vocabulary words
Personal Essay
Final Draft
Pronouns Presentation
Week 8 (10/12)
Character Presentations
Final for Animal Farm
Example/Illustration Essay Pre-Write
Adjectives Presentation
FALL BREAK
Week 9 (10/26)
Introduction  to A Christmas Carol

Example/Illustration Essay
Rough Draft
Adverbs Presentation
Week 10 (11/2)
Read  Stave One
3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.

Verbs Presentation
Week 11 (11/9)
Read  Stave Two
3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.
Example/Illustration Essay Final Draft
Prepositions Presentation
Week 12 (11/16)
Read  Stave Three
3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.
History/Biography  Pre-Write
Interjections Presentation
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 13 (11/30)
Read  Stave Four
2 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.
History/Biography Rough Draft
Review
Parts of Speech Post Test
Week 14 (12/7)
Read  Stave Five

Vocabulary Quiz
4 Vocabulary words.

Word of the Day Test
Week 15 (12/14)

Final Exam
History/Biography
Final Draft