Welcome to Effective Writing 1- CM 107

Unit 3: Seminar with John Gravener

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Feel free to chat and get acquainted until the music stops near the top of the hour. This session is held 6:00-7:00 PM (EST). Once the seminar starts, please keep all comments relevant to the class topic.

Let’s review: What amulets and helpers exist for Composition

students?

What is Standard English and why is it

important?

What are the differences between informal and

formal language?

What is concise writing? How can we make our

writing concise?

How does the writer’s journey connect to the hero’s journey?

Presentation

Editing

Revising

Drafting

Invention

Invention

Drafting

Revising

Editing

Presentation

What is invention?

•What other names is it known by?

•Why is the invention step necessary?

What invention (prewriting) strategies do you use?• Freewriting?Freewriting?• Listing?Listing?• Bubbling?Bubbling?• Clustering?Clustering?• Observation?Observation?• Discussion?Discussion?• Annotating?Annotating?• Outlining?Outlining?• Etc.?Etc.?

What is a paragraph?

• Let’s hear some ideas from you on what a paragraph is.

• The paragraph is a group of unified sentences that generally express one main idea.

• The topic sentence summarizes the main idea of the paragraph

What is the structure of a body paragraph?

• What is the relationship of the body paragraph to the entire essay?

• What does it mean to “develop” a body paragraph?

• The body paragraph structure:

I. Topic sentence

A. Supporting Sentence

1. Supporting detail

2. Supporting detail

B. Supporting Sentence

1. Supporting detail

2. Supporting detail

C. Supporting Sentence

1. Supporting detail

2. Supporting detail

D. Closing Sentence

Workshop in paragraphing

• What should the body of the paragraph do?

• The body should explain and develop the idea put forth in the topic sentence.

• Let us start building a paragraph

• Suggest some possible topic sentences.

Let us now get some practice

• For the topic sentence we have picked, let us add some sentences to create a body

• We also need to consider transitions between sentences and between paragraphs.

• How should we conclude our paragraph?

Concluding your paragraph

• What should your final sentence of your paragraph do?

• How should you conclude your paragraph

• Consider now if you have fully developed the topic sentence of your paragraph.

Any questions so far?

• Questions about the material we have discussed today

• A preview of the Unit 3 Assignment and discussion question this week

• The criteria for the Unit 3 assignment.

Thank you for a great seminar!

Have a wonderful week!Have a wonderful week!

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