Week 1 in FCWR101

Syllabus objectives for week 1 Tuesday, Sept 13, 2011 Writing spaces used in class Tuesday Sept 13, 2011 Homework assigned Tue Sept 13, due Sunday Sept 18

 

Syllabus objectives for week 1

• Course intro. & overview & Syllabus - DONE

• Diagnostic in-class paragraph writing - DONE by all students present first week

• Common writing errors (discussed & reviewed)

• Discuss diagnostic writing sample (feedback session) - Feedback is being given via shared Google Doc

• Process Writing: 2-4 - We went over this in class in the writing spaces noted below

• Pre-Writing: Getting Ready to Write: 5-10 - Assigned reading for Sunday Sept 18

Tuesday, Sept 13, 2011

Writing spaces used in class Tuesday Sept 13, 2011

• FAB 1 (12:30-2:00)
• Google Doc: http://tinyurl.com/writingprocess-sept13 
  

• Typewithme: http://tinyurl.com/p4sept13

• FAB 2 (17:00-18:30)
• Google Doc: http://tinyurl.com/process-sept13fab2 
  
• Typewithme: http://tinyurl.com/p4sept13fab2 
  

Homework assigned Tue Sept 13, due Sunday Sept 18

• Please create an account at http://posterous.com
• Please email your ID to vancestev at gmail.com 
• When you have done that you can be added to this space:http://fcwr101.posterous.com/ 
• Please create an account at http://gmail.com  
• Please obtain the course textbook and read pages 2-4 and 5-10 
  College Writing from Paragraph to Essay by Dorothy Zemach and Lisa Rumisek 
• Please create a Google Doc in which you revise the writing sample you did on the first day of class.  
  Try to improve it through revision techniques suggested on pp.5-10 of the textbook.
• Share this document with vancestev@gmail.com BEFORE Sunday Sept 18 (so I can give feedback)