WEEK 1
Introductions
Review
Syllabus
Standard Formal English
Tech Stuff
MLA Paper Requirements
Chapter 1 and 2
Stages of Writing
Process
Prewriting Techniques
MLA Paper – diagnostic paragraph
Chapter 12 – Subject/Verb
WEEK 2
Chapter 12 – Subject/Verb
MLA
Quiz
Chapter 3 –Topic Sentence
Chapter 12 - Prepositions
Grammar Practice
Chapter 4 – Specific
Detail
Chapter 5 –Transitions
WEEK 3
Chapter 7 – Descriptive
Writing - Sensory Detail, Spatial Order
Grammar Practice
Chapter 7 – Descriptive Writing – Dominant
Impression
Reading: Against the Wall
Pg. 97 Assignment #3 First Draft
Journal #1 Due
Chapter 12 Test
WEEK 4
Ch. 20 – Adjectives
Peer
Edit Paragraphs
Paragraph Revisions
Grammar Practice 4
Ch. 20 – Adverbs
Good/Well, Bad/Badly, Worse/Worst,
Articles (A/An)
Chapter 20 Test
WEEK 5
Chapter 7 – Examples
Pg.
112 Assignment #4
Chapter 15 – Sentence Variety (Concise, Openings, Prep Phrases, Verbal Phrases)
Peer Review
Paragraphs
Chapter 15 – Sentence Variety (Coordination – FANBOYS) Conjunctions
Writing Assignment #2 Due
(Example)
WEEK 6
Chapter 7 – Narration
Chapter
15 – Sentence Variety (Subordination)
Sentence Variety Handouts
(Compound Sentences)
Grammar Practice –
Sentence Variety
Ch. 10 – Classification pg. 124
Sentence Variety Handouts
(Complex Sentences)
pg. 131 Assignment
2 or 3 or 4 (paragraph)
Journal #3 Due
Classification Essay First Draft
Sentence Variety Handouts (Compound and Complex
Sentences)
Chapter 15 Test
Narration Paragraph Due
WEEK 7
Ch. 10 – Parts of
an Essay, Thesis Statements
Ch. 17 Sentence Fragments
Classification Essay First Draft
Journal #4 Due
Ch. 10 –
Introductions
Ch. 17 Sentence Fragments
Classification Essay First Draft
Chapter 17 Test
WEEK 8
Ch. 10 – Body Paragraphs
Classification
Essay First Draft
Ch 10 – Conclusions
Ch 16 – Run-on Sentences
Finish Rough Draft of Classification
Essay
Ch. 16 – Run-on Sentences
WEEK 9
Rough Draft WA#3 Classification
Due
Peer Reviews of Classification Essay
NO CLASSES 11th
NO CLASSES 12th
Final Revisions Classification
Essay
Ch. 16 Test
Journal #5 Due