GE 101 – English I

Week 1 – Agenda

Winter 2008

Topics• Introduction & Course Overview

• Syllabus Presentation

• Grammar—Chapter 17/”Writing & Editing for Subject Verb Agreement

• Writing Effective Paragraphs

• Introduction to the Writing Process

• Learning Logs

• Writing Workshop: KWL

– Narration (See Rubrics & RENNS)

– Process

– Compare & Contrast

Grammar Focus/Ch. 17

Writing Practice: Page 433—Complete exercise 17n.

Review:• Complications introduced by the letter “s”• Transforming past to present• How to identify the subject

—rule out prepositional phrases first!--identify singular indefinite pronouns--Review variable indefinite pronouns

(count vs. amount nouns)--Understand special word pairs

(neither/nor; not only/but also)--Pronoun antecedents

Extra Practice?

See page 433 for suggestions!

Review Exercise 17 n

Peer Proofread and Discuss Corrections

First Steps in College Composition

• Freewriting & Keeping a JournalChapter 1

Write to music

Quickwrite: Stress Management

Langston Hughes

Dream Deferredhttp://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/video/hughes.html

Langston Hughes

Theme for English BAnnenberg

location-http://www.learner.org/resources/series41.html#

(Litrrary visions #12 minute 11:30 #12)

The Essay

• Chapter 3Paragraph

• Thesis• Introduction• Body Paragraphs• Conclusion

What is a paragraph? (p. 29)Relationship of paragraphs to essays

The Writing Process—One View

• Develop a topic

• Determine your audience

• Develop ideas

• Organize ideas—write a thesis & outline

Decide on a pattern of organization

• Draft and Revise the essay

• Publish your writing

The Writing Process—Another View

Plan

Write

Cool

Revise

Edit

Read Aloud

Homework for Week 2

1. Edit your work from page 4332. Complete journal entries 1-5

--Choose a writing time and place and try to keepthem every day

3. Review chapter 34. Read pages 119-123; 108-112; 124-125 5. Think about a topic for Narrative Writing

—you will write a draft of your 5-paragraphessay next time; this will be peer-edited