Project I (Weeks 1–3)
Week 1
- In-Class Writing (Diagnostic)
- course structure/writing as a process
- Utilizing invention as part of the writing process
- genre conventions
- http://writingcommons.com/process/play-the-believing-game/organize
- topic selection
- Early Draft Due (in class writing)
Week 2 - In class Peer Review/constructive critique
- Prose Models
-
Focus/Organization
- Intermediate Draft due
Week 3
- Peer Review In-Class
- Final Draft Due – Uploaded to My Reviewers
-
Conference Expectations (i.e. preparedness/content outline, etc.)
Project II (Weeks 4-8)
Week 4
- Introduce Project II
- genre conventions
- point of view
- purpose
- prose models (modeling components of Project II)
- Students choose topic/complete a document planner/and this is approved in class as instructor moves from student to student
- (homework/request proof) research sources using librarian's assistance (if necessary)
Week 5
- In-class group review of a summary of a text that all students read
- Active reading and the usefulness of annotations, summary vs. paraphrase
- In-class drafting of summaries, drafting while teacher moves from student-to-student
- Connecting and integrating sources
- modeling peer review
- full MLA citation
- in-text citation (quote)
- summary/paraphrase
- Early Draft due in class
- In-class review
Week 6 WRITING WORKSHOP WEEK
- revision and editing exercises; additional Peer Review in class
- Conferences to Intermediate Draft (no class)
- Instructors should still require students to upload drafts to MyReviewers
- Intermediate Draft due (bibliographic essay) –
- Homework: Students complete two Peer Reviews (via My Reviewers)
Week 7
- revision techniques/modeling revision
- style/format/organization/paragraphs/sentence structure
Week 8
- Transitional language and segues
- Read all pieces in “Evidence” section
- Final Draft of Project II due (in-class editing/marking changes/upload to MyReviewers by 12:00a.m.)
- introduce Project III
- genre conventions
- reflection
- point of view
- purpose/audience
Project III (Weeks 9–11)
Week 9
- research original text/draft proposal for remediation
- Reading a non-traditional text (analyzing images, videos, etc.)
- Remediation
- Early Draft due (remediation proposal/remediation)
Week 10 WRITING WORKSHOP WEEK
- Homework: Students complete two Peer Reviews (via My Reviewers)
- Intermediate Drafts & Peer Reviews due
Week 11
- Project III: Final Draft due
- Genre conventions
- Revisiting past projects
- Thesis: modeling appropriate theses
- Workshop: focus on thesis development
Project IV (Weeks 12-15)
Week 12 WRITING WORKSHOP WEEK
- Conferences to review Early Draft/proposal (students bring proposal/outlining how to incorporate previous projects and proposal of Project IV thesis)
Week 13
- Workshop: Effectively Integrating Sources
- Model possible organization for Project IV
- Using third-person point of view
- In small groups, collaborate on determining the audience for each student’s paper
- Intermediate Draft Due (uploaded to My Reviewers) early this week
Week 14
- Peer review on My Reviewers using the “Peer Review Worksheet for Intermediate Draft” from NWS
- Peer review a second peer essay on My Reviewers using the “Peer Review Worksheet for Intermediate Draft” from NWS
Week 15
- Editing/Revising Workshop: “Eliminating the ‘Fluff’” from NWS
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