Writing Skills Seminar (ENG 099) – Fall 2020
Weeks 9-16
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Abbreviation Key:
LA = Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers, 13th edition
RfW = Rules for Writers, 9th edition
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Week # / Date Topics / Activities, Homework assignments
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9) Week of Nov 2 (WSS – ENG 099)
Mid-Term Essay during classes on 11/3 & 11/5;
*Late FWA #2 Deadline: Tuesday, 11/5*.
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REMINDER: WSS Homework due Tue. 11/3
1) Complete Journal_D, reading & annotating the two Midterm Essay readings (distributed 10/29 on Perusall);
2) Review Midterm Essay Instructions (without prompts) & prepare for the Midterm Essay to be written in class on 11/3 & 11/5;
3) Complete RfW Exercises (based on ENG 101 – Faculty Responses to Essay #1 & #2)
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WSS Homework due Thu. 11/5:
1) Consider ways to continue and to finish your Midterm Essay during class on 11/5.
2) Review appropriate RfW sections and complete more exercises (based on ENG 101 – Faculty Responses to Essay #1 & #2)
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WSS Homework due Tue 11/10:
1) Positive Psychology Journal #7 (PPJ#7) & PPJ Posting Instructions (Link to VIA Character Strengths Test: https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/register.aspx)
2) Journal_E;
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources: Midterm Essay Instructions (without prompts) ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099; Journal_D ; Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Fragments – Exercises Handout; Run-Ons – Exercises Handout ; Mackenzie PowerPoint on Timed Writing Strategies; Dell Hymes’ “SPEAKING” (handout); Organizing & Converting files – Google folders, Essay Template, etc.; Link to VIA Character Strengths Test for PPJournal #7; Journal_E; Topic Sentence Outline Form ;
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10) Week of Nov 9 (WSS – ENG 099)
(11/11 Holiday – No Classes) Speech Communities; Timed Writing Reflections; Fixed vs. Growth Mindset – #1; Fixed vs. Growth Mindset-#2 ; Copied MidTerm Essay; FWA#3 Peer Review; Specifics Chart tool; FWA#3 Peer Review; Sites Observations; Developing VIA Character Strengths; Grammar based on MidTerm Essays – Fragments & Run-On Exercises, Apostrophes, Commas;
*Late FWA #2 Deadline: Tuesday, 11/10*
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WSS Homework due Thu 11/12:
1) Read MidTerm Essay Responses carefully. Create a plan for your continued growth during the final five weeks of the semester. (Consider your resources, including RfW book, LA book, Writing Center tutors, Supplementary Instruction Sessions with Mackenzie, conferences with Prof. Laughlin, class handouts, website links, etc.)
2) Formal Writing Assignment #3 Draft for Peer Review
(Topic Sentence Outline Form; save and add to depending on number of paragraphs; see also sample TSO Form below)
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WSS Homework due Tue 11/17:
1) Positive Psychology Journal #8 (PPJ#8) – see 10 Reasons to Build and Use your Character Strengths ; Activities List for Developing Character Strengths from Jonathan Haidt;
2) Formal Writing Assignment #3 – Final Draft (Topic Sentence Outline Form; save and add to depending on number of paragraphs; see also sample TSO Form below)
3) Use Specifics Chart tool to help with ENG 101 Essay #3
4) Use FWA#3 Final Related Materials Checklist to gather materials for posting in class on 11/17
5) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101 Essay responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources:10 Reasons to Build and Use your Character Strengths ; Activities List for Developing Character Strengths from Jonathan Haidt; Formal Writing Assignment #3_ ; FWA#3_Peer Review Sheet ; FWA#3 Final Related Materials Checklist ; Topic Sentence Outline Form ; Sample Topic Sentence Outline forms of Copied Essay #2s ; Specifics Chart ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ; Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Fragments – Exercises Handout; Run-Ons – Exercises Handout ; Organizing & Converting files – Google folders, Essay Template, etc.;
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11) Week of Nov 16 (WSS – ENG 099)
Speech Communities; Timed Writing Reflections; Fixed vs. Growth Mindset; Copied MidTerm Essay; FWA#3 Peer Review; Specifics Chart tool; FWA#3 Peer Review; Sites Observations; Developing VIA Character Strengths; Grammar based on MidTerm Essays – Fragments & Run-On Exercises, Apostrophes, Commas;
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Homework due Thu 11/19:
1) Find Answers to Fragments & Run-Ons Quiz Questions
2) Read and annotate the Sample MidTerm Essay (see Bb announcement)
3) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101 essay responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
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WSS Homework due Tue 11/24:
1) Positive Psychology Journal #9 (PPJ#9) & PPJ Posting Instructions
2) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101 Essay #3 responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources:10 Reasons to Build and Use your Character Strengths ; Activities List for Developing Character Strengths from Jonathan Haidt; Formal Writing Assignment #3_ ; FWA#3 Final Related Materials Checklist ; Topic Sentence Outline Form ; Sample Topic Sentence Outline forms of Copied Essay #2s ; Specifics Chart ; Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Fragments – Exercises Handout; Run-Ons – Exercises Handout ; Comma Rules with Exercises ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ; Organizing & Converting files – Google folders, Essay Template, etc.; ;
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12) Week of Nov 23 (WSS – ENG 099)
(11/26-28 Thanksgiving Break – No Day Classes) Letter to Your Future Self; Electronic Communication; Library Research Workshop; Sites Observations; Grammar based on Essays – Fragments & Run-On Exercises, Apostrophes, Commas;
**Late Deadline for FWA#3 is 12/3**
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Homework due Tue 12/1:
1) Positive Psychology Journal #10* (*PPJ#10 – CORRECTION: As noted in class on 11/24, the title should read “Letter FROM Your Future Self”)
2) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101
Essay #3 responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
3) Review / Study for Fragments & Run-Ons Quiz.
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources: Topic Sentence Outline Form ; Sample Topic Sentence Outline forms of Copied Essay #2s ; Specifics Chart ; Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Fragments – Exercises Handout; Run-Ons – Exercises Handout ; Comma Rules with Exercises ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ; Site Observations – CUT ; Dell Hymes’ “SPEAKING” (handout); Organizing & Converting files – Google folders, Essay Template, etc.; ;
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13) Week of Nov 30 (WSS – ENG 099)
Letter to Your Future Self; Electronic Communication; Sites Observations; Grammar based on Essays – Fragments & Run-On Exercises, Apostrophes, Commas;
*Late Deadline for FWA#3 is 12/3**
**In order to help students have more time to focus on their ENG 101 Essay #4 research / writing and on their ENG 099 exercises and other work in preparation for the Final Essay, I have decided to delete FWA #4 and to add this assignment’s full 50 points to all students’ Blackboard Gradebook. I will count the Writing Center tutoring completed for Essay #4 in ENG 101 for the FWA#4 related Writing Center tutoring points, also.)**
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Homework due Thu. 12/3:
1) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101 Essay #3 responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
2) Review / Study for Fragments & Run-Ons Quiz.
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Homework due Tue. 12/8:
1) Find at least one potential source from MCC Library resources that you might use in your Essay #4
2) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101 Essay #3 responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
3) Review / Study for Fragments & Run-Ons Quiz
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources: FWA #4 – Deleted; Topic Sentence Outline Form (longer form here for longer ENG 101 Essay #4; save and add to this depending on the number of paragraphs in your essay; use questions at bottom to revise & strengthen your thesis and topic sentences); Specifics Chart; Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Fragments – Exercises Handout; Run-Ons – Exercises Handout ; Sample Sentence Worksheet ; Comma Rules with Exercises ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ;
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14) Week of Dec 7 (WSS – ENG 099)
MLA formatting review / workshop; Grammar based on Essays – Fragments & Run-On Exercises, Apostrophes, Commas; ENG 101 Essay #4 Revision; Final Essay readings distributed;
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WSS Homework due Thu 12/10:
1) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises (based on Midterm Essay responses and/or ENG 101 Essay #3 responses; what section and exercises would help your writing?)
2) Using your resources to help with your Essay #4: Meet with one of the following:
a) Mackenzie in S.I. Session, b) Writing Center tutor, c) a MCC Librarian,
d) Prof. Laughlin during office hours, or e) other MCC support services staff
3) Read the Final Essay Instruction Sheet (without the prompts) ;
4) Review / Study for Fragments & Run-Ons Quiz
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WSS Homework due Tue. 12/15:
1) Download copies of the two articles from Perusall (available 12/10). Read & annotate these Final Essay articles, preparing to begin the Final Essay in class on 12/15. Review the Final Essay Instruction Sheet (without the prompts) .
2) Journal_F (Perusall Journal for the 2 articles to help with Final Essay preparations).
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources: Journal_F ; Final Essay Instruction Sheet (without the prompts) ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ; Mackenzie PowerPoint on Timed Writing Strategies; Specifics Chart ; Topic Sentence Outline Form (longer form here for longer ENG 101 Essay #4; save and add to this depending on the number of paragraphs in your essay; use questions at bottom to revise & strengthen your thesis and topic sentences); Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Fragments – Exercises Handout; Run-Ons – Exercises Handout ; Sample Sentence Worksheet ; Comma Rules with Exercises ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ;
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15) Week of Dec 14 (WSS – ENG 099)
Final Essay completed during classes (12/15 & 12/17); Final regular class meeting (12/17);
*NOTES: Deadline for showing me RfW exercises completed for 2nd half of semester is 12/17.
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WSS Homework due Thu. 12/17:
1) Consider ways to prepare to continue and finish the Final Essay during class on 12/17.
2) Use your plan for continued growth; review appropriate RfW sections and complete exercises.
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WSS (ENG 099) Resources: Journal_F ; Final Essay Instruction Sheet (without the prompts) ; Timed Writing Rubric_ENG 099 ; Mackenzie PowerPoint on Timed Writing Strategies; Specifics Chart ; Topic Sentence Outline Form (longer form; use questions at bottom to revise & strengthen your thesis and topic sentences); Fragments & RunOns – Identifying & Fixing Help Sheet; Sample Sentence Worksheet ; Comma Rules with Exercises ;
MCC Notice: Extended Withdrawal Deadline & Pass / Fail Option for Fall 2020 ;
MCC Notice: Emergency Pass / Fail Option for Fall 2020 ;
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16) Week of Dec 21 (Final Exam Period 12/18- 12/23)
Writing Skills Seminar (ENG 099-303) Class Official Final Block:
Tue., 12/22, 10:30am-12:30pm
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Tue., 12/22, 10:30am-12:30pm: (Sign-Up Sheet for Final Conferences*)
*FINAL CONFERENCES to review the following:
1) WSS Final Essay Results;
2) WSS Course Assessments;
3) Grading Points Calculations & Course Grade;
4) Recommendations.
MCC College Notices for all students:
MCC Notice: Extended Withdrawal Deadline & Pass / Fail Option for Fall 2020 ;
MCC Notice: Emergency Pass / Fail Option for Fall 2020 ;.
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Prof. Tom Laughlin 