1. GE 101 – English I Week 1 – Agenda Winter 2008

2. 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

3. 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

4. Extra Practice? See page 433 for suggestions!

5. Review Exercise 17 n  Peer Proofread and  Discuss Corrections

6. First Steps in College Composition Freewriting & Keeping a Journal Chapter 1 Write to music  Quickwrite: Stress Management 

7. Langston Hughes Dream Deferred http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/video/hughes.html

8. Langston Hughes Theme for English B Annenberg location- http://www.learner.org/resources/series41.html# (Litrrary visions #12 minute 11:30 #12)

9. The Essay Chapter 3 Paragraph Thesis Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion What is a paragraph? (p. 29) Relationship of paragraphs to essays

10. 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

11. The Writing Process— Another View Plan Write Cool Revise Edit Read Aloud

12. Homework for Week 2 1.Edit your work from page 433 2.Complete journal entries 1-5 --Choose a writing time and place and try to keep them every day 3.Review chapter 3 4.Read pages 119-123; 108-112; 124-125 5.Think about a topic for Narrative Writing —you will write a draft of your 5-paragraph essay next time; this will be peer-edited