Friday, September 24, 2010

Writing II Friday Evening 6-9 p.m.

Notice: We are booked into L112 from 6:30-8 on Friday night. You will be writing from your outline. I will work with each student as they write.

Come to the regular classroom first.
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Writing 99 Assignment
Prepare a detailed outline for an essay by selecting a topic from the ideas at the end of Ch. 1 (Joy 9, for 4th edition, p. 10).

Read Ch. 3 through p. 53 and do the following:
a. Do exercises on pages 34-35, 1-5 (4th ed, p. 32, 5th, p. 35)
b. Do Choosing a Topic on p. 35.
c. Thinking your audience, p. 36 (p. 35 in 4th edition, 5th, p. 39)
d. Draw an Idea Wheel (39) or list (42) for your own topic (41-42, 4th ed., 43-44, 5th ed.)
e. Write a “working thesis” and the topic sentences (44) (4th ed., p. 91, 5th ed., p. 94
f. Do exercises on 44-46. 5th, 96. 4th, 93.
g. Write a detailed outline (47).
We will write the first draft next week in class. The instructor will book a computer room and will sit with students to help them write.