Spring 2015 Writing III Course Schedule

Week One -through- Midterms

WEEK 1

January 22

Introduction to the Course; MWL Registration & Introduction; Parts of Speech

Review the on-line syllabus

Discussion of on-line blogs
Parts of Speech hand-out

Student Checklist

_Reviewed syllabus
_Purchased book
_Purchased flash drive (or set up Cloud storage)
_Read Chapter 1
_Decided on blog topic
WEEK 2

January 27 and 29

Timed Essay; Basic of Essay Structure (Ch.1); Thesis (Ch. 2); Subject and Verbs (Ch. 20)

Registered for MWL

Completed MWL Pathbuilder Diagnostic
Diagnostic timed essay. The diagnostic essay is scored using a 1-6 holistic scale and
returned with general comments about areas for improvement
Set up blogs
Read Chapters 1 and 2

Student Checklist

_Read Chapter 2 and Chapter 20

_Set up blog
_Wrote 1st blog posting
_Completed MWL 2.1
_Completed thesis worksheet

WEEK 3

February 3 and 5

Developing an Essay (Ch. 3 & 4); Summarizing (Ch. 16) and In-class summation exercise;
Illustration (Ch. 6); Manuscript Form (283-86, end of Ch. 17), Plagiarism discussion;
Capitalization

Essay Development; Summarizing; Illustration

Continued discussion on essay development
Discussion of techniques for summarizing
Grammar Thursday: Capitalization
Summary assignment (in-class)

Student Checklist

_Read Chapters 3, 4, and 16

_Completed in-class summary assignment
_Second blog post completed
_Review Grammar Thursday videos
_Post (MWL) first draft of Essay 1 by Monday (Feb. 2) at 9 am

WEEK 4

February 10 and 12

Revising & Editing (Ch. 5); Parallel Structure (Ch. 25); Fragments (Ch. 23); Semicolons &
Colons (Ch. 38); ESSAY 1 DUE

Revision discussion and editing information

Parallel Structure discussion
Grammar Thursday: Fragments, semicolons and colons

Student Checklist

_Read Chapters 5, 25, and 23

_Completed final draft of Essay 1, submitted it online by Thursday 2/12 at 9:00 am
_Viewed weeks videos on Grammar Thursday page
_Completed MWL 2.2, 2.10, 3.4

WEEK 5

February 17 and February 19

Definition (Ch. 8); Essay 2 Outline & Draft; Run-ons (Ch. 24); Commas (Ch. 35); MWL 2.3, 3.1

Definition Essay discussion

Essay 2 outline discussion
Grammar Thursdays: Run-ons and Commas

Student Checklist (September 29 and October 1)

_Read Chapters 8, 24, and 35

_Completed first draft of Essay 2
_Reviewed weeks videos on Grammar Thursday page
_Completed MWL 2.3, 3.1

WEEK 6

February 24 and 26

Verbs (Ch. 28 & 29); Subject-Verb Agreement Review(Ch. 27); ESSAY 2 DUE; Classification
(Ch. 11); ESSAY 3;

Classification Essay discussion

Essay 3 prompt discussion
Grammar Thursdays: Review Subject-Verb agreement

Student Checklist

_Read Chapters 28, 295

_ Completed final draft of Essay 3, submitted it online by Thursday
_Completed MWL 2.4, 2.5

WEEK 7 March 3 and 5

MIDTERM PORTFOLIO

Midterm portfolio instruction review

Cover letter creation
Midterm portfolio construction