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.
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Click here to download FFFT Chapter 8.
Click here to download FFFT Chapter 9.
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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