MWF -- Assignments for Week # 2 ENL 111 (Vavra)
Note: The links in the left column will not work for you. They take me to my class notes.
  Due In-class
Mon
Jan 18
W2A		 1.      I have put most of the basic instructional material in one MS Word document titled Writing Papers for College. Click here to get it. Read and take notes on:
a.) "Background Material" (pp. 2-7).
b.) "Writing as a Process and Product" through "Thesis (pp. 8-21)
Suggestion: This is a fair amount of reading, but you are not expected to remember or understand all of it. The best way to read it is to print it out and then read with a pencil or pen in your hand. Underline important ideas and put question marks in the margin wherever you want more explanation. Use your question marks to:

2. Bring a specific, written relevant question about this assignment to class.

 Quiz

Discuss

Whimbey
 

 
Wed 
Jan 20
W2B		 1. In Writing Papers for College read and take notes on pages 22 - 41 (to "Using Resaerch & Documentation").

2. Read They Say/I Say, pages 28 - 38 (Chapter 2)

3.Review the Assignment and Grading Sheets  for MP # 2. After your question (See # 5), write a controversial topic that you are thinking about using. After the topic, list two smaller issues in it. (You should be able to do this even if you have not yet found many sources.)

4. Study Syntax Assignment 1 (S/V/C) and do the Exercise.

5. Bring a specific, written relevant question about this assignment to class.

Optional, but encouraged: 
Read the essay on Causes of Grades. 

 Basic MLA format for papers.

Using ProQuest & other databases

Quiz

Questions on Optional Reading

Discuss topics

Syntax
Fri 
Jan 22
W2C		 1. Read They Say/I Say, pages 39 - 48 (Chapter 3) 

2. Grading Two Essays 
     Look up the meanings of the adjectives "abstract" and "concrete." (You can use the online Webster's Dictionary.)
     Next, print out and read the following two short essays written by students on the distinction between abstract and concrete words

Essay # 1
Essay # 2
Print a copy of the general grading sheet for this assignment and grade the two essays. Don't forget to explain your reasons. 

3. Study Syntax Assignment 2 (The Types of Complements) and do the Exercise.

 Quiz

Collect grading of two essays

Questions?

Discuss
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