WR115 Spring 2007 Michael Dembrow,
Instructor
SCHEDULE
IV
Assignments are either from The Mercury Reader or from the LB
Brief. If the latter, the page
reference will be followed by (LB).
Week VII
Mon., May 14 An Introduction to Library and Library/Internet Research
“On Dumpster Diving” and another excerpt from The
Gleaners and I
This
I Believe: Jon Carroll
Evaluating Sources
Homework
for Wednesday:
FINALIZE
Your Essay #3 Topic
FIND and summarize 2 Ebscohost sources for your
paper
Wed., Nov. 16 Debrief
On Your Topic and Sources
Doing
a Works Cited Page
Introductions: Lead-in and Thesis
An
Outline for Essay #3
Organizational Strategy: Source by Source or Point by
Point
Homework
for Next Monday:
WRITE
Draft, Essay #3
Week VIII
Mon., May 21 Draft
Workshop, Essay #3
Process
Writing (Instructions vs. Descriptions)
Avoiding
the Passive
This
I Believe: Betsy Chalmers
Homework
for Wednesday:
READ
“Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
PREPARE
for in-class essay #4 (on the above essay)
Wed., May 23 In-Class
Essay #4
From Direct Quotes to Indirect Quotes (The Art of the
Paraphrase)
Commas
(1)
Homework
for Next WEDNESDAY:
WRITE
final draft, essay #3 (due Wed., May 23)
READ, SUMMARIZE, AND ANSWER
QUESTIONS for
“Neat
People vs. Sloppy People,” 84-87
“That Lean and Hungry Look,” 87-90
“Neat People vs. Sloppy People”
1. How
can you tell that the author is being sarcastic in this essay, that her tone is
“tongue
in cheek”?
2. Does
Britt use point by point or block method in organizing this essay? Why do you
think she chose this method?
3. So,
where do you fit into this spectrum--neat or sloppy? Give examples.
“That Lean and Hungry Look”
1. Again,
how can you tell that Suzanne Britt Jordan is being sarcastic in this essay,
that
her tone is “tongue in cheek”?
2. This
is another essay full of all sorts of clichés and stereotypes. List some of them.
3. In
a nutshell, what is the author saying is the major difference between “thin”
people
and “fat” people?