Shasta 1A
Powerpoints and handouts for study and review

Mrs. Lange's Shasta College English 1A Composition Class
Assigned PowerPoints (homework) have an *asterisk next to them.
All other PowerPoints are presented during the semester, and made available here to you for review.                 

           Click here to download class schedule/syllabus.

           Click here to download FFFT Chapter 8.

        Click here to download FFFT Chapter 9.

        Click here to download
        ASKING AN ANALYTICAL QUESTION

           Click here to download the 2009 updates on MLA Citation Instructions for OWL Purdue.
          

DAY 1: 
               ~Welcome to English 1A: Wallowing (C. Lange)
               ~Link to time management video from Dartmouth:  
             
     http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_tm.html
               ~MLA Format Sample & Detailed Instructions
DAY 2: 
                ~ESSAY PROMPT #1: INTERVIEW RESEARCH ESSAY
                ~Summarizing: http://www.ius.edu/WritingCenter/quoting.cfm#3. 
                ~Introductory Paragraph Samples
               
*Part of Assignment Pack #1: Secrets of the Clause  (C. Lange)
                    Instructions for Assignment Pack #1
                    Questions for Amy Tan and Annie Dillard Essays           
                 
  Link to Conducting an Inteview--Purdue OWL 
                ~Catch the Wave: Introductions and Hooks (C. Lange)

DAY 3: 
                ~Writing Deliberately: Structuring the Essay (C. Lange)
               
~Link to "The Seven Steps of the Research Process" (Cornell University)
                ~Link to college reading skills video from Dartmouth:
                      
www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video>ri.html

DAY 4:
                ~How to Paraphrase in the Essay (C.Lange)
                ~Link to strategic learning skills for college from Dartmouth:
                     www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_sl.html 
               *Part of Assignment Pack #2: 
                     Link to "Paraphrase and Summary" (University of Toronto)

DAY 5:
               ~Link to the information in the pamphlet from Indiana U, "Using Outlines."
                      http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/outlines.shtml   

DAY 6:
               *Part of Assignment Pack #3: Link to
                     
Outlining:OWL Purdue Powerpoint   also:
                      http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/

              ~Sample Thesis Statements Pro/Con Gun Control (C. Lange)

Day 7:   
              ~How to Write an Analysis Essay (C. Lange)
              ~Link to the information in the pamphlet from Indiana U, "Using Evidence":
                     http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/using_evidence.pdf
                                     
Day 8:    ~Link to In-text citations instructions explained in class:
                    www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/HANDOUTS/documents/MLAin-textcitations2008.doc
              *Part of Assignment Pack #4:
                   
Thesis Statement Guideline (GMU) link:
                    http://classweb.gmu.edu/rnanian/ThesisGuidelines.html

                   Integrating sources link:
                    http://www.monm.edu/cac/resources/2006/other-resources/using-quotations.pdf 

Day 9:    ~Transitions
              ~Transitional phrase samples (Lange)
              ~Conducting Research (C. Lange)
              ~Rhetorically Speaking (C. Lange)

Day 10:  ~ESSAY #2: Using Sources
                  *Part of Assignment Pack #5:
                   Works Cited samples: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html
                   Quoting Smoothly

 Day 11:   
              ~ Link to Dershowitz essay for in-class assignment: "Why Fear National ID Cards?"   
 
Day 12:
             ~Long Quotations (C. Lange)
            
*Part of Assignment Pack #6:
                  Documenting Sources (C. Lange)

Day 13:
             ~Cause and Effect (ttampa)
      
Day 14: ~http://www.literarylions.com-a.googlepages.com/Midterm_Review_1A.doc--
               This does NOT include everything we covered in class, but most of it.
            *Part of Assignment Pack # 7:
                  Link to "How to Make a Good Essay" (Scribd)--Review of elements of the essay
                  Ellipsis Mark Usage (C. Lange)
                  Subject/Verb Agreement (C. Lange)
                  Link to essay you study and answer questions for "Finding Elements in a Research Paper": 
                  
"Performance Enhancement through Biotechnology has No Place in Sports."                  
                
Day 17: 
            ~Comparison/Contrast Structure & Instructions (Lange)      
            ~Logic: the Study of Argument (C. Lange)
            ~How to Write the Argument/Synthesis Essay (Lange)

Day 18: 
           *Part of Assignment Pack 8
                 
MLA Documentation by Les Hanson
                  
Argumentation PowerPoint by Alisa Cooper (to go with worksheet)

           ~Passive and Active Voices (C. Lange)

Day 19: 
           ~Understanding Classical Argument (C. Lange)

Day 20:
           ~Fast Food, Fast Track Analysis Questions, Ch.1-2
           *Part of Assignment Pack #9:
                 Persuasive Essay by G. Reynolds (South Texas College)

   

DAY 23: 
           ~Fast Food, Fast Track Analysis Questions, Ch 5

        
DAY 24: 
            ~Essay 45 Prompt: Final Research Project (Persuasive Essay)
            ~Apstrophes: How to Use and NOT Use (C.Lange)
           * Part of Assignment Pack #10:
                  - Apostrophe Usage  (C. Lange)
                  - OWL Purdue website on apostrophes:                
                  -
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
                   -Revising the Research Paper--from TCR (C. Lange)

Day 27:
            ~Subjects as Characters & Actions as Verbs PPT (Duke)

            ~Plagiarism Pamphlet: Indiana U.

DAY 29: 
            ~Checklist for Self-assessment for Research Paper 
(C. Lange)


DAY 30:
            ~Proofreading Essays -- by Les Hanson     
                

Occasions for Argumentation Link: http://english.ttu.edu/KAIROS/3.1/news/paradigm/argufrms.htm