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January X, 2013 <-- //date the first draft is due// UGB Writing ---> Title <-- ||
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 * Please be familiar with the information on the Writing Center's website regarding the WSPT: **

Below is a calendar so that you can keep track of assignments.
NO CLASS || __1/16__ Syllabus Essay: Who has influenced you the most in your life? || __1/18__ || Due today- Rough draft : Narrative 350-400 words (30 points) *Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) TOPIC SUGGESTIONS: || __1/25__ Narrative: In class rewrite (50 points) BRING LAPTOPS Due today: WR - Read Sections G2 + do DEWR pages 51-57 (30 points) || Due today- http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1627/416757.cw/index.html || __1/30__ Practice for Quiz: http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=281 Due today: 2. Read & be prepared to discuss for class: || __2/1__ Quiz - Verb Tenses (25 points) Due today: Practice: Verb Tenses worksheet (15 points) || Due today-Rough draft: *Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) [30 points] On a separate sheet of paper, include proper citation (bibliography) of what you observed. If you are not sure how to document, see A Writer's Reference http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1627/416757.cw/index.html || __2/6__ Due today: Read WR page 373 Due today-Rough draft: *Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) [30 points] Topic suggestions: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1627/416757.cw/index.html || __2/13__ Due today : READ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/ BRING WRITER'S REFERENCE to class Due today http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1626/416421.cw/index.html || __2/20__ BRING WRITER'S REFERENCE to class Due today: If you're writing your research paper MLA style--read WR pages 379-388 If you're writing your research paper APA style--read WR 448-458 // *There will be some form of evaluation that you've done the reading. // || __2/22__ Research paper conferences--BRING ALL RELATED MATERIAL Print or bring a tablet/laptop to read types of essays pages 74-77 (DESCRIBING A PROCESS) Due today: If you're writing your research paper MLA style--read WR pages 388-389 If you're writing your research paper APA style--read WR 458-459 // *There will be some form of evaluation that you've done the reading. // || > *Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) [30 points] > Topic suggestions: 1. Explain how you chose to attend ODU. 2. Explain how you chose your major. 3. Describe your own process for how you write an essay. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1626/416421.cw/index.html || __2/27__ || __3/1__ Due today: Due today: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1626/416421.cw/index.html || __3/6__ || __3/8__ Due today: Construct an outline comparing costs at ODU vs. another school you considered. Consider tuition, housing, etc. Due today: Due today: Due today: http://english.sxu.edu/musgrove/combine.html || || __3/27__ Due today: Sentence Combining & Revising worksheet || __3/29__ Due today: Research paper - 1st draft due || Due today: Exercise Two: Global Warming Due today: . || Due today: Research paper: include notes and works cited page (70 points) || Due today: Read WR pages 126-128 (Section S5) Do DEWR pages 18-19 || __4/17__ Due today: Read WR pages 111-117 Do DEWR pages 1-2 || __4/19__ WRITING SAMPLE PLACEMENT TEST (WSPT) - in class - BRING LAPTOPS - Transitions/Adjectives Handouts ok BE ON TIME || Due today: [] http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_harris_phrefguide_1/56/14508/3714243.cw/content/index.html || __4/24__ [] || __4/26__ || I will be in BAL classroom --you can come pick up your research papers and conference with me if you have any questions on it. || __5/1__ ||  ||
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 * __1/28__
 * Read Types of Essays pages 60-61(on Wiki under Resources page). Do Questions for Analysis, p 61 [15 points]
 * Do Advanced 1-3 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu (10 points):
 * __2/4__
 * Describing a Scene 350-400 words
 * DVD - p 422 #61
 * live performance - p 423 # 67
 * work of art - p 423 #69
 * Do Advanced 4-7 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
 * Bring your laptops or tablets so that you can open up //Types of Essays.// Otherwise, please print out pages 81, 82, 84 ** || __ 2/8 __
 * In-class rewrite: **
 * BRING LAPTOPS & FOLDERS (if you didn't submit your folder on Monday) **
 * Research paper topic + bibliography (10 points) ||
 * __2/11__
 * Cause Effect 350-400 words
 * 1) Describe how not working very hard in high school may impact your performance in university.
 * 2) Choose an invention or technological innovation and discuss how it has had a profound effect on the world. (or has affected your family/local community/nation).
 * Do Advanced 8-10 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
 * Bring A Writer's Reference to class. ** || __2/15__
 * In-class rewrite: **
 * BRING LAPTOPS & FOLDERS (if you didn't submit your folder on Monday) ** ||
 * __2/18__
 * Do Advanced 1-3 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
 * __2/25__
 * Due today-Rough draft:
 * Describing a Process 350-400 words
 * Do Advanced 4-6 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
 * In-class rewrite: **
 * BRING LAPTOPS & FOLDERS **
 * Research paper - Notetaking
 * See Wiki Page "//Notetaking - Research Paper//" ||
 * __3/4__
 * Read Types of Essays: Making Comparisons and Contrasts pages 94-97 - Do Questions for Analysis page 97
 * Do Advanced 7-10 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
 * In-class writing: **
 * BRING LAPTOPS & outlines ** ||
 * __3/11__
 * NO CLASS ** || __3/13__
 * NO CLASS ** || __3/15__
 * NO CLASS ** ||
 * __3/18__
 * Bring your laptops or tablets so that you can open up //Types of Essays.// Otherwise, please print out pages 102-106 **
 * Read Types of Essays: Persuading an Audience pages 109-114- Do Questions for Analysis page 111 and page 121 || __3/20__
 * Read WR - pages 134- 136 (Section S7)
 * Do DEWR - pages 25-27 || __3/22__
 * __3/25__
 * In-class writing: **
 * BRING LAPTOPS & outlines **
 * __4/1__
 * Quiz-Sentence Combining ** || __4/3__
 * Read Types of Essays: Summarizing and Responding- pages 116-123 --Do Questions for Analysis page 117 and page 121
 * Bring your laptops or tablets so that you can open up //Types of Essays.// Otherwise, please print out pages 116-123 ** || __4/5__
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 * Quiz-Parallel Structure **
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