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English 305OL - Intermediate Expository Writing
Course Number: 13479
Tuesday 7:00-9:45 p.m.
Week One - Tuesday, August 26th
Introduction to Course
Invention Techniques: Clustering & Freewriting
NOTE: Please read & study the following links PRIOR to our first class:
Please email Instructor to Complete Registration!
Netiquette Rules: Internet Etiquette in Our Discussion Forums
Technical Requirements for WebCT as listed on Course Syllabus
Plagiarism Statement & Student Conduct Code as listed on Course Syllabus
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
- 8:30pm - Class Meets in WebCT Discussion Forum: "Student Introductions"
Homework: Due 9/2
- Please practice WebCT Chat & Threaded Discussions! Click on our course links to visit the appropriate tutorials. You will need to be familiar and comfortable with the online applications by next week.
- Please read the online essay: “Man’s Place in the Universe” by John Muir: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/muir1.html
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post an initial 250 word response to the Muir essay prior to next week's class time. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Muir discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
- Prior to the end of week one, please post a response in our WebCT Writing Self-Audit discussion forum.
Week Two - Tuesday, September 2nd
Discuss Muir Essay
Discuss: Composition Lecture #1 & Peer Workshop Guidelines
Discuss Paper Assignment #1
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review Composition Lecture #1
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review Paper Assignment #1 - Descriptive Narrative
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review our Peer Workshop Guidelines
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Discussion Forum: "John Muir"
- 8:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due 9/9
- Post a first draft of Paper Assignment #1 in your WebCT Small Group Workshop Forum PRIOR to next week's class time. You have the entire class period next week to read and respond to your peers according to the Peer Workshop Guidelines. Please be thorough and on-time with your responses!
- BLUE GROUP: Michael Cieplik, Linda Elliot, Jeff Levinson, Kallie White
- PURPLE GROUP: Jassamy Bonilla, Tim Nickson, Matt Sarto, Venus Zometa
- RED GROUP: Rocio Campos, Lisa Finkelstein, Audrey Herman, Dalnim Kim
- GREEN GROUP: YooJin Chae, Erica Fletcher, Sora Kim, Elizabeth Orozco
- TEAL GROUP: Yolonda Boswell, Tracy Enriquez, Jessica Soto, Matt Turnquist, Frank Walling
- ORANGE GROUP: Jose Camberos, Laura Diaz, Sarah Han, Sherley Rubins, Brent Ware
Week Three - Tuesday, September 9th
Peer Workshop for Paper #1
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- PRIOR to Class Time - Post your First Draft of Paper #1 in your WebCT Small Group Workshop Forum PRIOR TO 7pm!!!
- 7:00pm 9:45pm - Class Meets in WebCT Small Group Workshop Forums to respond to peers using the Peer Workshop Guidelines!!!
Homework: Due 9/16
- Please consider the peer feedback you received in the workshop forum and post a 2nd Draft of Paper #1 on our Turnitin page. Remember, the class ID, name and password are listed on our WebCT main page! I will post my comments to your 2nd Drafts on Turnitin.
- Please review our Composition Lecture #2 AND Composition Lecture #3 for our next class meeting.
- Please read the online essay: "Nature, Chapter I" By Ralph Waldo Emerson:"http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/emerson1.html
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post an initial 250 word response to the Emerson essay prior to next week's class time. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Emerson discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
- Rent or purchase the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth, prior to Tuesday, September 30th. You will be required to EMAIL your film analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class time on September 30th. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The film analysis assignment is online at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/truth.html
Week Four - Tuesday, September 16th
Discuss Emerson Essay
Discuss: Composition Lectures #2 & #3
Discuss Paper Assignment #2
Discuss An Inconvenient Truth Film Analysis Assignment
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review Comp Lecture #2 & Comp Lecture #3
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review Paper Assignment #2 - Argumentation
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review our Inconvenient Truth Film Analysis Assignment
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Emerson Discussion Forum
- 7:45pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due 9/23
- Please read the online poem: "Some Questions You Might Ask" by Mary Oliver: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/oliverpoem.html
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post your initial response and peer responses to the Oliver poem DURING next week's class time.
- Rent or purchase the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth, prior to Tuesday, September 30th. You will be required to EMAIL your film analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class time on September 30th. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The film analysis assignment is online at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/truth.html
Week Five - Tuesday, September 23rd
No Live Chat Tonight!!!
Discuss Oliver Poem
Post WPE Practice Exam #1
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Oliver Discussion Forum
- 8:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT WPE #1 Practice Exam Discussion Forum
Homework: Due 9/30
- Rent or purchase the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth, prior to Tuesday, September 30th. You will be required to EMAIL your film analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class time on September 30th. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The film analysis assignment is online at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/truth.html
Week Six - Tuesday, September 30th
Discuss the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth!!!
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due 10/7
- Post a first draft of Paper Assignment #2 in your WebCT Small Group Workshop Forum PRIOR to next week's class time. You have the entire class period next week to read and respond to your peers according to the Peer Workshop Guidelines. Please be thorough and on-time with your responses!
- BLUE GROUP: Michael Cieplik, Linda Elliot, Jeff Levinson, Kallie White
- PURPLE GROUP: Jassamy Bonilla, Tim Nickson, Matt Sarto, Venus Zometa
- RED GROUP: Rocio Campos, Lisa Finkelstein, Audrey Herman, Dalnim Kim
- GREEN GROUP: YooJin Chae, Erica Fletcher, Sora Kim, Elizabeth Orozco
- TEAL GROUP: Yolonda Boswell, Tracy Enriquez, Jessica Soto, Matt Turnquist, Frank Walling
- ORANGE GROUP: Jose Camberos, Laura Diaz, Sarah Han, Sherley Rubins, Brent Ware
Week Seven - Tuesday, October 7th
Peer Workshop for Paper #2
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- PRIOR to Class Time - Post your First Draft of Paper #2 in your WebCT Small Group Workshop Forum PRIOR TO 7pm!!!
- 7:00pm 9:45pm - Class Meets in WebCT Small Group Workshop Forums to respond to peers using the Peer Workshop Guidelines!!!
Homework: Due 10/14
- Please consider the peer feedback you received in the workshop forum and post a 2nd Draft of Paper #2 on our Turnitin page. Remember, the class ID, name and password are listed on our WebCT main page! I will post my comments to your 2nd Drafts on Turnitin.
- Please read the online essay: "Walden - Solitude" By Henry David Thoreau: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/thoreau1.html
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post an initial 250 word response to the Thoreau essay prior to next week's class time. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Thoreau discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
Week Eight - Tuesday, October 14th
Discuss Thoreau Essay
Discuss Paper Assignment #3
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- PRIOR to Class Time - Please review Paper Assignment #3 - Simplification
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Thoreau Discussion Forum
- 8:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due 10/21
- Post a first draft of Paper Assignment #3 in your WebCT Small Group Workshop Forum PRIOR to next week's class time. You have the entire class period next week to read and respond to your peers according to the Peer Workshop Guidelines. Please be thorough and on-time with your responses!
- BLUE GROUP: Michael Cieplik, Linda Elliot, Jeff Levinson, Kallie White
- PURPLE GROUP: Jassamy Bonilla, Tim Nickson, Matt Sarto, Venus Zometa
- RED GROUP: Rocio Campos, Lisa Finkelstein, Audrey Herman, Dalnim Kim
- GREEN GROUP: YooJin Chae, Erica Fletcher, Sora Kim, Elizabeth Orozco
- TEAL GROUP: Yolonda Boswell, Tracy Enriquez, Jessica Soto, Matt Turnquist, Frank Walling
- ORANGE GROUP: Jose Camberos, Laura Diaz, Sarah Han, Sherley Rubins, Brent Ware
Week Nine - Tuesday, October 21st
Peer Workshop for Paper #3
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- PRIOR to Class Time - Post your First Draft of Paper #3 in your WebCT Small Group Workshop Forum PRIOR TO 7pm!!!
- 7:00pm 9:45pm - Class Meets in WebCT Small Group Workshop Forums to respond to peers using the Peer Workshop Guidelines!!!
Homework: Due 10/28
- Please consider the peer feedback you received in the workshop forum and post a 2nd Draft of Paper #3 on our Turnitin page. Remember, the class ID, name and password are listed on our WebCT main page! I will post my comments to your 2nd Drafts on Turnitin.
- Next week we will be deviating from our nature them. I would like you to visit Randy Pausch's Web Site (and/or a site about his "Last Lecture"):
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post an initial 250 word response to Randy Pausch's Life/Last Lecture prior to next week's class time. During our scheduled class time you need to return to this discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
Week Ten - Tuesday, October 28th
Discuss Randy Pausch's Last Lecture
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Randy Pausch's Life/Last Lecture Discussion Forum
- 8:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due 11/4
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post your initial response and peer responses to the Naturalist Rachel Carson DURING next week's class time.
- Rent or purchase the Tom Hanks film, Cast Away, prior to Tuesday, November 18th. You will be required to EMAIL your film analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class on November 18th. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The film analysis assignment is online at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/castaway.html
- In addition to your EMAIL analysis, please post a response in Our WebCT Whole Class Cast Away Discussion Forum prior to our class on November 18th. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Cast Away discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
Week Eleven - Tuesday, November 4th
No Live Chat Tonight!!!
Discuss Rachel Carson
Post WPE Practice Exam #2
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Carson Discussion Forum
- 8:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT WPE #2 Practice Exam Discussion Forum
Homework: Due in Two Weeks - 11/18
- Rent or purchase the Tom Hanks film, Cast Away, prior to Tuesday, November 18th. You will be required to EMAIL your film analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class on November 18th. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The film analysis assignment is online at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/castaway.html
- In addition to your EMAIL analysis, please post a response in Our WebCT Whole Class Cast Away Discussion Forum prior to our class on November 18th. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Cast Away discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
Week Twelve - Tuesday, November 11th - No Class - Veterans Day!!!
Week Thirteen - Tuesday, November 18th
Discuss Cast Away
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Cast Away Discussion Forum
- 7:45pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due 11/25
- Visit our WebCT Discussion Forums to post your initial response and peer responses to the Naturalist Jacques Cousteau DURING next week's class time.
- Visit ProfPat's MySpace Page to listen to John Denver's song "Calypso."
- Begin reading our book, Into the Wild. You will be required to EMAIL your book analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class on December 2nd. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The Into the Wild assignment can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/wild.html.
- In addition to your EMAIL analysis, please post a response in our WebCT - Krakauer's Writing Style Discussion Forum prior to our class on December 2nd. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Krakauer discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
Week Fourteen - Tuesday, November 25th
No Live Chat Tonight!!!
Discuss Jacques Cousteau
Post WPE Practice Exam #3
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Cousteau Discussion Forum
- 8:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT WPE #3 Practice Exam Discussion Forum
Homework: Due 12/2
- Finishing reading our book, Into the Wild. You will be required to EMAIL your book analysis to the Instructor PRIOR to class on December 2nd. Paste your analysis into the body of your email!!! The Into the Wild assignment can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/wild.html.
- In addition to your EMAIL analysis, please post a response in our WebCT - Krakauer's Writing Style Discussion Forum prior to our class on December 2nd. During our scheduled class time you need to return to the Krakauer discussion forum to respond to five (5) of your peers.
- Please revise two of the three expository papers (Narrative, Argumentation, Simplification) and post a third and final draft on our Turnitin page PRIOR TO our last class on Tuesday, December 9th. Carefully incorporate the comments that I made on your second drafts. Remember, you will be graded on your effort to revise as well as the quality of your writing!
Week Fifteen - Tuesday, December 2nd
Discuss Into the Wild
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Into the Wild Discussion Forum
- 7:45pm - Class Meets in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room
Homework: Due - 12/9
- Please revise two of the three expository papers (Narrative, Argumentation, Simplification) and post a third and final draft on our Turnitin page PRIOR TO our last class on Tuesday, December 9th. Carefully incorporate the comments that I made on your second drafts. Remember, you will be graded on your effort to revise as well as the quality of your writing!
- Prior to the end of our last class, please post a response in our WebCT Analytical Writing Process discussion forum.
Week Sixteen - Tuesday, December 9th
POST Final Drafts of Two Expository Papers on TURNITIN - PRIOR TO Midnight!!!
Post your Analytical Writing Process Essay on WebCT - PRIOR to the end of Tonight's Class!!!
*Today's Schedule of Class Time Activities:
- 7:00pm - OPTIONAL ATTENDANCE -- Instructor Available for Questions/Final Thoughts & Goodbyes in Our WebCT Whole-Class Chat Room!!!
- PRIOR TO 10:00pm - Post in Our WebCT Analytical Writing Process Discussion Forum!
- PRIOR TO Midnight - Post Final Drafts of Two Expository Papers on Turnitin!!!