ENG 090 April 30

Section 006--We completed evaluations, looked at a sample narrative essay, and reviewed the narrative essay worksheets.

Section 004--We completed evaluations, looked at a sample narrative essay, and practiced writing dialogue.


Use the links at http://del.icio.us/eclark131/narrative to find more sample essays.

ENG 090 April 18 and 19

First we looked at some sample process essays:

• "Kool-Aid, Oh Yeah"
• "Bath Time"
• "How To Prepare for a Final Exam" (page 206 in Evergreen)

Then we completed and reviewed the process essay worksheets and introductions.

Due April 23 and 24: Rough draft of process essay

ENG 090 April 16 and 17

We discussed the two types of process writing (instruction and explanation), practiced writing instructions, and worked on the Process Essay Worksheet. The completed worksheet is due next class.

ENG 090 March 21 and 22

We reviewed thesis statements for the five-paragraph essays and talked about parallelism. In groups, you wrote an introduction or conclusion to an essay about 12 Angry Men. Then individually, you completed the Five-Paragraph Essay Worksheet. (Click on the ENG 090 Files link to access the handouts.)

Due after Spring Break: First draft of essay

ENG 090 March 19 and 20

After freewriting and clustering on the topic for your first essay, we discussed thesis statements and looked at some sample essays.

ENG 090 March 14 and 15

At the beginning of class I discussed the first essay you'll be writing. Click on the ENG 090 Files link to the right to get the Five-Paragraph Essay handout.

Then I held individual conferences to go over current grades.

For next class: Select the topic for your first essay.

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