ENG 101: Effective Writing I
Fall 2007

Weeks 10-14 Return to Weeks 5-9 or Weeks 1-4

During this part of the course, we will work on more complex analysis and thorough revising, culminating in the final portfolio, on which your grade for the course will be based.

Week 10

 

 

Activities, Assignments, Resources

Overview of Schedule:

Weeks 1-3--Writer's notebook, reflective writing and goal-setting, time management, reading as a writer, selecting readings
Weeks 4-6--Reading and writing in the humanities
Weeks 7-9--Reading and writing in the sciences
Weeks 10-12--Reading and writing in the social sciences
Weeks 13-14--Revising, developing portfolio

Revising Recommendations:

  • Building a writing vocabulary

  • Avoid wordiness--using roundabout phrasing when a single word will communicate the same idea.

AMA Documentation Format (For additional, or alternative, google "AMA documentation.")

CSE Manuscript Format

APA Documentation Format

Diana Hacker Web Site

Editing/Proofreading Guidelines

BC Plagiarism Policy

Essay Assignments

Writer's Notebook

 
11/6 (T)
 Second revision of Humanities essay due. Work on PowerPoint presentations. Start work on science essay, time permitting.  Scientific documentation format.
Assignment for 11/8: Begin drafting science essay. Begin reading social science book (you'll need to finish before 11/27).
 11/8 (R)
 Workshop on Power Point (see these guidelines for recommendations) or science essay.  Focus on paragraph development and documentation.   Notebook check over the weekend: Bateman, Bay, Bradley, Burton, Clemons, Denisar.
Assignment for 11/13: Science essay due Thursday, 11/15. Continue reading social science book.
Week 11
11/13 (T)
Workshop on science essay.  Focus on paragraph development and documentation. Model paragraphs for discussion. 
Postponed: Quality in writing, revisited: What constitutes quality in the social sciences? Evidence in the social sciences: How is research conducted?
Assignment for 11/15: Continue reading social science book. Begin gathering original data for social science essay.
11/15 (R)
 POSTPONED TO TUESDAY: Gathering, interpreting, and reporting data in the social sciences. Q&A on revision of science essay. Notebook check over the weekend: Fenwick, Giles, Hayes, Howell, Keffer, Limbrick.
Assignment for 11/20: Continue gathering data for social science essay; plan essay. Finish reading social science book, if you have not yet done so. Revise science essay.
Mini-conferences: developing a topic for social science essay. The conventions of writing in the social sciences: Verb tense, active or passive voice; point of view and pronoun use, revisited.
Week 12
11/20 (T)
Formatting and proofreading considerations. Work on science essay: Revision of science essay due 11/27. Gathering, interpreting, and reporting data in the social sciences.  Time permitting, take paraphrasing quiz. Notebook check over the holiday: Madison, Morton, Richards, Rowe, Savage, Whisman-Dietz.
 Assignment for 11/27: Read a substantial amount of social science book. Revise and proofread science essay.
Week 13

11/27 (T)
 APA format. Compare different citation formats for books and periodical articles in databases. Workshop on social science essay.  Final portfolio assignment, including reflective cover essay. Mini-conferences, as needed. (Consider making an appointment with Dr. Trupe or visiting the Writing Center.)
Assignment for 11/29: Revise social science essay as needed. Revisit humanities essay and consider what you should revise.
 11/29 (R)
Review of formats: humanities, sciences, social sciences. Editing and proofreading concerns. Workshop on final portfolio. Mini-conferences, as needed. (Consider making an appointment with Dr. Trupe or visiting the Writing Center.)
Assignment for 12/4: Revise for portfolio and write reflective cover essay. Complete Writer's Notebook.
Week 14
12/4 (T)
Writer's Notebook due. The reading for Final In-class Essay: peer discussion is okay, no comments from Dr. Trupe. Q&A about final portfolio.
Final Exam Period, Friday, 12/7, 8:00-10:00 a.m. (Exam Schedule on Registrar's Web page)
Portfolio due. Final In-class Essay. Documentation Quiz.

Happy Holidays!

Updated by Dr. Trupe Sept. 20, 2007