intros

syllabus

activities

Class Orientation;
Teaching Philosophy/Policies

Setting Up, Talking Story.

ICEBREAKERS

Expository Essay;

Expository Genre;

Reading an Essay for this Course; (online);

Take a few days to read over the online course content, especially the syllabus. Your main goal is to familiarize yourself with my class, course policies, and website. Please generate some questions for me if you have them: ask them in class, or, if you are shy, email me, davink@hawaii.edu or talk to me during office hours at the Lama Library (see link). I want to really make sure that you feel welcome in my class, and want to discuss the class with you if you feel confused, apprehensive, or forsee any difficulties with English 100.

1. WRITE: complete my QUESTIONNAIRE (1-2 pages); try to write in a format of your choosing: if formal, write a resume; if informal, write a letter.

2. READ: "Syllabus" (online) very thoroughly and carefully; refer to Style Sheet. Be aware of the portfolio grading manner of this course.

3. POST a signed comment on my blog, http://mrkenglish100.blogspot.com/ In the future, feel free to post comments and questions on that blog and treat it like a message board. If you want to make things easier on me, just use your name.

Direct deliberate SV. (Simple SV pattern for dramatic effect)

Pattern of the Week: S V. "Jesus wept." "Huo Yuanjia kicked and punched."

Turn IN "Questionnaire" and

begin Expository Writing Sample (SR);

Writing Process;
Expository Writing Sample (SR);
Brainstorming and Freewriting;

Action Verbs

Style Sheet

Read Style Sheet

1.REVISE Expository Writing Sample (SR); 20 HW pts.

2. WRITE "Movie Assignment" (Action Verbs) (SR) (practicing action verbs in a narrative context) 20 HW pts.q

DUE: Movie Assignment; + Expository Writing Sample (SR);

Share Movie Assignment;

Brainstorming;
Developing the Character(s) in Your Essays.
Start Character Freewrite;

In-class:

Menu Assignment

"Syllabus" ;

How to Analyze An Assignment

1. Write: a 250 word (1 pg. or more) "Character Freewrite" (SR) that features a product or food dish in your essay so far, based on the store or eatery in your Expository Writing Sample (SR); ; (SR) 20 HW points

SAMPLE (LINK 1) (person)

SAMPLE (LINK 2) (person)

Adjectives describing food (LINK 3)

OR OPTION #2,

2. Write your Menu Assignment (SR) if needed.

DUE: Character Freewrite or Menu Assignment

Shift away from people: shift into describing settings and places.

Loop Writing Poem:

Describing your favorite food at your favorite Restaurant, Menu Assignment

Writing Process

Describing People

Description

Writing a Restaurant Review ;

Evaluation

1. (OPTIONAL) REVISE Movie Assignment; OR Expository Writing Sample (SR); . OR Menu Assignment OR Character Freewrite if appropriate.(1-2 pages) Focus on grammar-based revisions and learn from your mistakes by writing out 1) the code, 2) the rule; 3) the sentence(s) for improvement; 4) the revised sentence(s), and the function of that rule. You can earn back 3-5 points by doing this for this assignment only.

2. Continue with your same Expository Store or Restaurant, or, if desired, make your parents/bf/gf treat you to a nice meal at a fancier. After all, you deserve it for working so hard. Tell them it's important for your English assignment.

Go to a restaurant* this weekend. A cheap restaurant is fine. Document, if it's okay with the staff, and probably with a digital camera, the general atmosphere of that restaurant. Also document the meal itself (with pictures). In writing, do a 1-2 page "Restaurant Review," imagining that you were a food critic writing for a famous Food Network blog column. Include pictures in your assignment to make it more appealing for the reader.

*or store

Write out a Restaurant/Store Review

-Things you might consider: 1) the exterior appeal of the restaurant, if any; 2) the interior mood or ambiance; 3) THE FOOD; 4) describing the food presentation and taste; 5) the service...6) Overall appeal (Star Rating or Fork Rating is acceptable)

Sample from Honolulu Advertiser: Hakkei

Sample from Star Bulletin: Hinone Mizunonue

Introductory or concluding Participles:

Participle phrase, SV.

SV, participle phrase.

Charging into the Persian flanks, Leonidas threw (SV) his mighty spear into their midst and roared, "Spartans, rally to me!"

Exhausted by Neo's lack of progress in kung fu, Morpheus sent (SV) Neo to virtual training to improve his skills.

To avoid hearing McLovin's weird sex stories about the party, McLovin's roommate turned on (SV) his iPod and ignored him.

DUE: Optional revised or Character Description/ Menu Assignment and

DUE: Restaurant Review

1. Write: Craft out three versions of a potential thesis statement for your expository essay. (1 page) Try for contrast, consistent, and verbal-based diversity.

2. Create a description of your place, "Place Description" 20 HW points (this assignment is similar to the narrative essay's Character Freewrite, but this time, your character is the place you've selected). It's advisable that you actually go to that place so as to get a better sense of what that place looks like, etc.

You might also like to refer to your "Restaurant Review" to see how to structure your Description around objective, then descriptive, then subjective structures.

1. Expository Thesis Statements Due.

2. "Place Description" 20 HW points DUE

Reading: EXPOSITORY ESSAY SAMPLES:

"An Oasis in the City," Andrei Lyovin

"The Soul of Kaimuki," Kristen Lee

Thesis Review/PIE Intro.

discussion;

Continue searching for your one source, one quote requirement on Google (or conduct an interview, survey, etc).

Format your quote for your essay. I expect you to format it properly, and do your ONE PERFECT QUOTE ASSIGNMENT.

Look at samples:

mla paper sample

apa paper sample

ONE PERFECT QUOTE ASSIGNMENT. DUE

1.. Start prewriting process; a working outline of your essay will be useful.

2. Strenthgen your outline for your expository essay;

3. Plan and outline for your Expository Essay 1st Draft.

4. Create and write a first draft for your "Expository Essay"; two copies, anonymous okay.

DUE: 1st Draft

1st

Draft Conferences

Collaborating;

Peer-editing;

Revising

1. At this stage, check to see if your expository essay possesses 1) a catchy title; 2) an effective "thesis statement; 3) effective descriptions of place; 4) a strong sense of the place.

2. Fully Mark up your own paper; read your paper aloud;

3. Write Second Draft; CONFERENCE WITH ME.

4. "Learn Strategies for Rewriting,"

5. Expository Evaluation

Compound sentence: with explanatory statement.

General statement (idea): specific statement (example).

Brah, jes' get one da kine I no can stand about her: she get hauna farts li'dat.

One thing at Apple Headquarters is certain: Nobody regrets the invention of the iPod.

The following quote underscores the passion and import I hold regarding this place: " " (12-13).

DUE: 2nd draft (1 copy)

2nd part of class:

Introduction to Argument.Freewriting. Ethos, Logos, Pathos I

LINK ONE

LINK TWO

1. Start to think about potential argumentative essay topics. Try for a very ORIGINAL TOPIC. Read newspapers, magazines, or go online and begin preliminary research.

2.. For next class, bring in a print advertisement from ANY magazine or periodical that is selling a product. In class, we will be analyzing how that advertisement appeals to the viewer on a rhetorical level. Put your advertisement in a manila folder. You may want to bring the entire magazine in case you choose at the last minute, to change your topic.

3. Prepare for your Expository Final Draft + Grade Sheet, Rubric, Eval. (DEADLINE HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO W, 2/22/12, so that you might use the opportunity to submit your paper to Smarthinking services.

In-Class: Work on Advertisement Analysis.

Homework: Using the same Advertisement you used in class, staple the ad-analysis to your worksheet about advertisements.

Prepare for your Expository Final Draft + Grade Sheet, Rubric, Eval. (DEADLINE HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO W, 2/22/12, so that you might use the opportunity to submit your paper to Smarthinking services.

start preparing for 2nd major essay, Advertisement Analysis

Look at the grading criteria.

FINALIZE YOUR AD-ANALYSIS REPORT.

DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF EXPOSITORY ESSAY (stapled)

ad-analysis worksheet DUE, stapled together to

AD ANALYSIS REPORT (FINAL DRAFT)

1. begin discussion of argumentative issues/topics.--begin selecting a topic of your choice, and be mindful of the topic selection DEADLINE.

2. Begin your research in the library or online, etc.
Learn how to use Project LILO, Ebsco.host, PLEASE, or Issues and Controversies (see me or research librarian for help)

3. PREPARE for In-Class Essay III, a short response to ONE of the articles or movie about "Cyber-Identities and Cyber-bullying" (50 HW points)

Article One: "Cracking Down on the Cyberbully"

Article Two: "The Friend Game"

Article Three: "Social Networking Websites"

Movie Four: "Growing Up Online"

Questions worth considering for each article or the movie:

1. What is the author's principal thesis? How can you tell that it is a thesis, and is the thesis effective? Use quotes when applicable.
2. In this piece, what evidence is effective in supporting the thesis? What makes the evidence effective? Use quotes when applicable.
3. What assumptions does the author make about the audience (where they are from, how much they know about the topic, what kinds of beliefs the audience has)?
4. How does the author include "real-life" stories about actual people to increase their credibility? Why do "real-life" stories appeal to the audience?
5. How does each author appeal to the emotions of the readers in their respective essay? In what ways do these "emotional" strategies strengthen or detract from her logical arguments?

6. Are there any "fatal" or "grave" flaws to each essay's argument?

A. Read "Apostrophes"

Hacker, 68-70.

DUE: IN-Class Essay

Argument

Argumentative Essay

Rhetorical Analysis

1. Continue with work on "Argumentative Essay"

2. Show me a working topic proposal for your argumentative essay.

A. What is your argumentative topic?

B. What is your stance/position?

C. What resources are you planning on using?

D. Why are those resources useful?

DUE: TOPIC PROPOSAL for Argumentative Essay

REVIEW OF LOGOS, ETHOS, PATHOS; PREPARATION FOR MATERIALS.

1. BRING IN 3 articles in a manila folder that you will USE in your ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY. I will check to see if these articles are appropriate for your project.

After you get your expository essay back,

skim through my Grammar Helper and Grammar Sampler. Identify the types of errors you typically make on a sheet of paper. For every major essay, identify the 3-4 errors that YOU ALWAYS seem to be making. Try to find out the rule for the mistake, then correct the sentence. Try to revise and write the correct sentence using my feedback as a guide. This is the only tried and true method for self-improvement—learning from your mistakes. You can receive extra-credit for doing this.

A. Refer to websites on Quoting: LINK 1

LINK 2

Try to use these structures effectively.

1. Articles DUE

LIBRARY DAY: TODAY, the librarian will be visiting us in class...

1. Make sure your MLA Works Cited is close to perfect.

2. Review and do MLA-Review QUIZ (20 points--HW)

Dashes

AOSS 58-67

(Dashes)

DUE: MLA-Review QUIZ (20 points--HW)

1. Write: Argumentative Essay 1st Draft

Research;

Drafting

Write: Argumentative FINAL DRAFT; make sure that you have a correct Works Cited. (sample) + Evaluation 3. Prep: Evaluation for Argumentative Essay.

(At this stage, you should check if you have 1) a catchy hook and title; 2) a bold and clear thesis statement; 3) a strong overview of both sides of the issue; 4) some sense of the solution to the controversy)

Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole Day

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

Writing About Literature

Literary Analysis

1. Read and XEROX: one piece in Course Reader (found online); (OR)

Look online to SELECT your own POEM: do a "lyrics search" on google

2. Prep: Literary Analysis Topic Proposal

3. Prep: Evaluation for Argumentative Essay.

DUE: FINAL DRAFT of "Argumentative Essay" (in manila folder); also include EVALUATION

Lit. Analysis, continued. Old versus New School.

1. Read: Suheir Hammad, "First Writing Since" or Lisa Kanae, "Island Girl," (IC #4) (50 HW points)

2.HW over the Weekend: Prepare for last in-class essay, regarding Hammad or Kanae (in terms of preparation, it helps to answer a minimum of 5 questions, since the answers to your questions can be used as body paragraphs for your in-class essay.

Prompt: Constructing a viable thesis statement, identify, to the best of your knowledge, the theme of "First Writing Since" or "Island Girl." Explain how the details in the poem support that theme.

1. CONTINUE With today's in-class assignment; use that in-class assignment to create a preliminary draft. As always, please bring 2 copies.

2. USE (about 2-3 pages) of
"Invention Activity 1" to assist you in your draft. (ANSWER 4-5 QUESTIONS, then use the material you've discovered for the body paragraphs in your essay.)

Write 1st Draft, Literary Analysis (2 copies)

DUE: DRAFT ONE
Peer editing

CONSULTATION WEEK

Evaluation of Course

Write: 2nd Draft (Lit. Analysis 2 drafts) + LitAnalysis Evaluation

(You can bring other essays to these conferences, time permitting)

1. Prepare FINAL DRAFT, Literary Analysis + Evaluation

DUE: FINAL DRAFT of Lit. Analysis Essay Due + LitAnalysis Evaluation;

ALL BACK WORK/FINAL REVISIONS DUE

(ALL BACK WORK DUE)

Please do not bombard me with late work / revisions (in other words, don't revise all 4 of your major essays then give all of them to me to grade on this day. You should be revising your essays and turning them a week after you receive back my grades and comments.

(the end of the semester can be quite stressful, so I want to allow more flexibility for you to conference with me on ALL LATE WORK/REVISIONS, and your Literary Analysis)

OMG!

FRI, 5/04 ENG 100 FINAL PORTFOLIO DUE by 3 p.m.

Art of Styling Sentences, Ann Longknife, K.D. Sullivan (AOSS) (MANDATORY)

The Pocket Style Manual, Diana Hacker (HACKER) (OPTIONAL)

(some of the readings are placed online)

SR=Supplemental Response (an assignment that helps you practice some of the techniques found in the main assignment, this is a fully-graded assignment that should assist you in the writing of the MAJOR FOUR ESSAYS worth 20 HW points)

IC=In class Essay (an assignment mandated by the LLL Department, this 1-2 page in-class essay is worth 100 HW points)

GP=Weekly Grammar Point;/Sentence Structure Points I ask that you practice the online grammar quizzes available to you by clicking on the relevant link. I do not grade these quizzes and do not need your scores for these quizzes.

NOTE: On certain conference days, I may ide to hold class OUTSIDE, weather permitting, so please bring sunscreen, sunglasses, and tasty food and beverages.

Grossman, Lev. "Didn't He Use to Be A Musician?"

Time. 24 Feb. 2003. 10 Mar. 2003. www.ebscohost.com.

Avail. Online:

<http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9120776&db=aph>

Please use the Schedule of Classes to keep track of important deadlines and obligations, and look at the list of big dates at the bottom of the page as well.

(Please pay careful attention to add/drop/withdrawal dates and holidays). Please remember that it is entirely your responsibility to handle your registration status in this course. If you wish to add this class, you must get the appropriate Registration form so as to add into this section. If you must withdraw due to unforseen circumstances, you must get the applicable form at the Kekaulike Information Center (Ilima 101/2) to firmly declare your withdrawal status. Since I cannot withdraw ANY students from my class, please note that after the LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM FULL SEMESTER CLASSES, if you are no longer attending this class after this date, your grade will more than likely resolve as an "F."

This is K.C.C.'s discussion about plagiarism:

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism includes but is not limited to submitting any document, to satisfy an academic
requirement, that has been copied in whole or part from another individual’s work without
identifying that individual; neglecting to identify as a quotation a documented idea that has not
been assimilated into the student’s language and style, or paraphrasing a passage so closely that
the reader is mislead as to the source; submitting the same written or oral material in more than
one course without obtaining authorization from the instructors involved; or in the dry-lab
setting, which includes (a) obtaining and using experimental data from other students without the
express consent of the instructor, (b) utilizing experimental data and laboratory write-ups from
other sections of the course or from previous terms during which the course was conducted, and
(c) fabricating data to fit the expected results, (d) dictation papers to or copying from others.

Course policy is as follows: for the first infraction, you get an "F" and no revision for the paper; the second incidence results in an "F" grade for the course.

NOTE: FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER, every essay that employs some form of documentation (uses quotes) must be submitted with the following items:
A. PRINTED COPY OF RESOURCE with QUOTE (highlighted);
B. A WORKS CITED ENTRY: you do not need to make another page for this, but make sure that formatting is CORRECT. For confirmation of correct WORKS CITED FORM, see Bullock, 233-270.
1. REMEMBER, your WORKS CITED NEEDS TO BE ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, by AUTHOR.

2. BE CAREFUL ABOUT FORMATTING. Remember to indent the other lines after the first one.

3. MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING HOW TO CITE INTERNET SOURCES, especially, EBSCO HOST ones. Here is a sample:
(NAME, "TITLE," SOURCE, PUBLISHING DATE, ACCESS DATE, WEB HOST, WEB ADDRESS)

 
(the first line is indented 5 spaces, while every subsequent line is indented 10 spaces)