ENG 030 December 3

You reviewed and revised your paragraphs in class.

ENG 030 November 28

We covered end punctuation and commas. The first draft of your paragraph is due on Monday.

ENG 030 November 26

We went over the last test in addition to talking about and writing paragraphs.

ENG 030 July 18

We covered comma splices and run-ons, freewriting, and clustering. The final draft of the paragraph is due on Monday.

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 060 July 10

Today we revised the first paragaphs in class and started discusing verbs. For Thursday, please revise your first paragraph, "type" it into the MLA template (ENG 060 Files), print the paragraph, and bring it to class on Thursday.

Continue working on the Eduspace exercises. Skip the one on conjunctive adverbs.

ENG 060 July 5

The midterm was given in class. If you were absent, please contact me about making it up.

For next Tuesday, write a draft of a paragraph on any topic with the topic sentence at the beginning, middle, or end. The paragraph should be well developed (at least five to seven sentences) with variety in the length and types of sentences.

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 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) Monday and Tuesday

In my Monday classes, we discussed active- and passive-voice sentences. In all three classes, you peer reviewed drafts of the comparison-contrast paragraphs and met with me to go over your graded initial paragraph.

The first class of next week, the final draft (and the worksheet and earlier drafts) of your comparison-contrast paragraphs are due. The final drafts must be done on the computer in MLA format.

ENG 090-004 and -006 Day 9

After I collected your initial paragraphs, we talked some more about comparison-contrast paragraphs and looked at examples at the beginning of Chapter 10 in Evergreen. We also talked about possible plans for this type of paragraph.

Most of class time was dedicated to completing the worksheet for the comparison-contrast essay, writing a preliminary topic sentence, and developing a plan for it. As each student finished, I reviewed what he or she had done.

Monday: The draft of your comparison-contrast paragraph is due.

ENG 090-003 Day 8

Yesterday we discussed your comparison-contrast paragraphs, and I handed out instructions for the paragraph and a worksheet, which will be due by the end of class next Tuesday. You can access Word files with the handouts in my ENG 090 folder at Box.net.

We also discussed revising for support and unity, and we practiced revising the group paragraphs you wrote last week.

Reminder: The final draft of your initial paragraph (and all preliminary work and drafts) is due on Tues., Feb. 13.

ENG 090 Topic Sentences

I found a good web page about topic sentences: Topic Sentences: Fact Sheet and Exercises on MIT's web site.

ENG 090 Day 7

This morning, we reviewed MLA format. There is a template in the online course in the Templates folder for you to use in Word, and I saved the file to the desktop of the computer in the classroom. You can copy it to a floppy disk or flash drive.

We also reviewed clauses, sentences, and sentence errors. (See pages 337-73 in Evergreen and pages 439-40 and 445-57 in Writing @ Red Rocks.) We then did peer reviews of the paragraphs. (The second draft was due today.)

If you need more of a review of sentences, try one of the grammar sites bookmarked at http://del.icio.us/eclark131/grammar.

Reminder: The final draft (and all preliminary work and drafts) of the paragraph is due on Tues., Feb. 13.

ENG 090-004 and -006 Day 6

In class I reviewed your topic sentences, and you wrote the first draft of your paragraph and exchanged the draft with another student for review. Instructions for the paragraph are in the Assignments folder in the online course.

For Wednesday: Revise your paragraph based on your classmate's and/or your own review. Bring the second draft to class with you. It may be handwritten, but "typed" would be better. Please doublespace the draft.

ENG 090-003 Day 6

I reviewed your topic sentences. In class you wrote the first draft of your paragraph and exchanged the draft with another student for review. Instructions for the paragraph are in the Assignments folder in the online course.

For Tuesday: Revise your paragraph based on your classmate's and/or your own review. Bring the second draft to class with you.

ENG 090-004 and -006 Day 5

We discussed narrowing topics and writing topic sentences, worked on some exercises in Evergreen (pp. 27-31), and wrote paragraphs in groups.

For Monday: Write three possible topic sentences using the topic you've selected for your first paragraph. (The one you selected for freewriting last Thursday.) You may change your topic at this point, but this will be your last chance to do so.