Summer Term 2005, Nielsen
1. May 18 Course Introduction, Syllabus, Model Paragraph;
Type I Errors; Writing Sample
2. May 23 Subject/verb Agreement; (Wordsmith, pp. 271-284)
The Writing Process (Wordsmith, pp. 3-35)
Brainstorming, Freewriting, Mapping
Support: Examples, Statistics, Authorities; Writing Lab
May 25 Comma Splices/Fused Sentences (Wordsmith, pp. 285-300)
Topic Sentences, Coherence;
Overview of the One-Paragraph Essay
Semicolons (Wordsmith, pp. 414-415)
Assign one-paragraph essay (topics pp. 36 and 37 in Wordsmith)
3. May 30 Sentence Fragments and Clauses (Wordsmith, pp. 301-316)
One-Paragrah Essay Due
Overview of the Five-Paragraph Essay (Wordsmith, pp. 39-58)
Thesis Statements and Plans of Development
June 1 Introductions (Wordsmith, pp. 61-71)
Developing Body Paragraphs; Unity (Wordsmith, pp. 73-101)
Conclusions (Wordsmith, pp. 101-109)
4. June 6 Movie/TV/Book Group Essay; Comma Rules (Chapter 21 of Wordsmith)
Outline for 1st Essay; Chapter 7, Revising, pp. 111-126 of Wordsmith)
June 8 In-class Movie, Television, or Book Essay (Essay 1)
Pronoun Agreement (Chapter 17, Wordsmith)
5. June 13 Comparison and Contrast (Chapter 10, pp. 195-205)
Small Group Comparison/Contrast Practice
Pronoun Case (Chapter 16, Wordsmith)
June 15 Comparison/Contrast Essay Due (Essay 2)
Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers (Chapter 18, Wordsmith)
6. June 20 Cause and Effect Essays (Chapter 10, pp. 205-212)
Apostrophes (Chapter 26, Wordsmith)
June 22 In-Class Cause and Effect Essay (Essay 3)
Midterm Averages; Word Choice (Chapter 23, Wordmsith)
7. June 27 Regents’ Scoring Criteria
Process Essays; Group Process Essay
June 29 Mock Regents’ Essay (Essay 4)
Parallelism (Chapter 19, Wordsmith)
Editing Exercises
8. July 4 Independence Day Holiday: No Class
July 6 Process Essay Due (Essay 5)
Detail Activities (“Noah” & Descriptive Detail)
9. July 11 Division and Classification
Quotation Marks (Chapter 27 in Wordsmith)
July 13 Classification Outlines; Apostrophes (Chapter 26 in Wordsmith)
In-Class Classification Essay (Essay 6)
(Cannot Be Revised for Points)
10. July 18 Colons and Dashes; (pp. 415-418 in Wordsmith)
Regents’ Essay (Cannot Be Revised for Points) (Essay 7)
July 19 Last Day to Earn Lab Points
July 20 Regents’ Reading Test; Last Day of Class; Folders Due (with ALL
Graded Assignments)
Note: Topics may be added or deleted as neces