ENG 060 July 19

We reviewed the descriptive paragraphs in class and wrote more description. We also covered commas and semicolons.

The final will be in class on Thursday, July 26.

ENG 060 July 17

We started working on descriptive paragraphs (for a favorite food) and covered end punctuation and adverbs and adjectives. Rough drafts of the paragraphs are due Thursday.

ENG 060 July 12

We finished covering verbs today, including subject-verb agreement and active and passive voice. We also worked on writing descriptive words. The next paragraph will be a descriptive one. Your first paragraph, along with the drafts, is due next Tuesday.

ENG 131 April 9

We went over definitions and descriptions. The remainder of the class time was spent on the group projects.

ENG 090 March 12 and 13

We reviewed pronoun agreement (Writing @ RRCC 475-77) and worked through an exercise (Pronoun Agreement Exercise 1). For more practice, go to Grammar Bytes.

In groups, the students wrote paragraphs about characters from 12 Angry Men who used logic and reason--rather than emotion--to make their decisions. Eventually, we'll use these paragraphs to create an essay.

Descriptive paragraphs were due. I'll accept them on Wednesday or Thursday without deducting points, but I won't accept them after that.

ENG 090 March 7 and 8

We watched the rest of 12 Angry Men and did peer reviews of the description paragraphs. Next week we'll be writing about the movie, so don't forget what you saw.

Also, next week, please bring Writing @ Red Rocks with you to class instead of Evergreen.

Due next Monday and Tuesday: Final descriptive paragraph with worksheet and draft(s)

ENG 090 March 5 and 6

Peer reviews of the descriptive paragraphs have been postponed to next class. We watched the first part of the movie 12 Angry Men as an introduction to critical thinking and, hopefully, a starting point for the first essay.

Next class, we'll finish watching the movie, discuss it, and conduct peer reviews of the paragraphs.

I've made some changes to the syllabus because we're behind schedule. I'm cancelling the group essay, which should put us back on track. In order to keep the total points for the class at 1000, I've distributed the 75 points for that essay as follows:

Comparison-contrast paragraph -- 50 + 10 = 60
Descriptive paragraph -- 50 + 15 = 65
Five-paragraph essay -- 125 + 25 = 150
Process essay -- 150 + 25 = 175

ENG 090 (all) Wednesday and Thursday

We discussed similes and metaphors and looked at two sample descriptive paragraphs. Then you had time to complete the descriptive paragraph worksheet and go over it with me.

Due next Monday and Tuesday: Drafts of descriptive paragraphs

ENG 090 Feb. 26 and 27

I collected the comparison-contrast essays. (I'll accept them on Wed., Feb. 28, and Thurs., Mar. 1, without counting them late, but I won't take them at all after that.) We went over Practice 7 on pages 458 and 459. I then handed out instructions for the description paragraph, and we looked at the example on pages 84-86 in Evergreen. The in-class writing exercise including planning and writing a paragraph describing a picture I provided.

For next class: Decide on the topic for your descriptive paragraph.

ENG 090 (all) Wednesday and Thursday

In class you practiced writing descriptions, and we reviewed how commas are used (Chapter 35 in Evergreen).

Due Next Class: Final comparison-contrast paragraph along with worksheet and draft(s) and Review 7 (will not be collected) on pages 458-59 in Evergreen (due Feb. 26 for sections 006 and 004 and due Feb. 27 for section 003)