WR
121 Summer 2008 Michael
Dembrow, Instructor
SCHEDULE (I)
· Reading assignments from the web will be followed by (W). Handouts will be followed by (H). Assignments from The LB Handbook will be followed by (LB). You do NOT need to do the exercises in the handbook unless the schedule tells you to do so.
· Drafts and final drafts of essays should be typed. Please attach drafts and draft comments to final essays when you hand them in.
· Links to readings and others resources are at http://spot.pcc.edu/~mdembrow/wr121.htm
Week I
Tues., June 24 Entry Questionnaire
What Makes Great Writing Great?
Presentation of the Course
Interviews
Writing Up Interviews
Presentation of Essay #1
For
Thursday:
READ “Graduation” (H); you’ll be writing about it on Thursday
READ “How To Mark A Book” (H)
WRITE in journal summary (c. 50 words) of "How to Mark a
Book" and answer question below
THINK about topic for essay #1
Thurs., June 26 Set Up Conference #1
Writing Summaries
In-Class Response Essay on “Graduation”
Discussion
of
A look at some sample essay #1s
Brainstorming 1 (for essay #1)
For Next Tuesday:
WRITE typed draft Essay #1
READ
"Once More to the
WRITE in journal summary (c. 50 words) of "Once More”
WRITE in journal response to question below (c. 100 words)
Week II
Tues., July 1 A Look at Some In-Class Writings from Thursday
Draft Workshop
Discussion
of
Discussion of journals
For Thursday:
READ pp. 2-17 (LB)
WRITE in journal summary of pp. 2-17 (LB)
WRITE in journal a 100-word response to question below
Thurs., July 3 A Look at Some Drafts, Essay #1
The Writing Process
Revising
Some Preliminary Grammar
For Next Tuesday:
BEGIN to revise essay #1
READ pp. 17-47 (LB)
DO Exercise 5.2 on p. 46
READING QUESTIONS
“How to Mark a Book”:
Select two
quotes from the essay that you agree with.
Why do you agree with them?
“Once More to the
How do you interpret the final image of the essay: the reference to “the chill of death”? Discuss this. Why does he end the essay in this way?
Reading from LB Brief (pp. 1-17):
In the discussion of “Invention,” we are told of several of the ways that writers get ideas. What are they? Which of these do you find most interesting, and why?