Class Schedule (all assignments subject to change at Mr. Clanahan's discretion)
Week 1
Diagnostic Writing Assessment and Test
Read and Discuss Chapters 1 & 2, “Understanding the Writing Process” and “Prewriting: Developing Ideas”
Read and discuss page 449, part 6, Discovering Connections Through Reading
Assign: Chapter 3, Composing: Creating Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences
Chapter 4, “Revising: Refining your Draft”
Week 2
Read and Discuss Chapter 3, “Composing: Creating Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences”
Discuss Chapter 4, “Revising: Refining Your Draft” and Chapter 6, “Subjects and Verbs”
Read “To Be an All-American Girl,” p. 453, discuss summarizing an essay.
Assign: Write a summary of the essay “Education” p. 456
Week 3
Read and Discuss Chapter 6, “Subjects and Verbs”
Read and Discuss Chapter 7, “Sentence Fragments” and Chapter 20, “Mastering Spelling”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 141 for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 7
Assign: Chap. 8, “Subordination”
Week 4
Discuss Chapter 8, “Subordination”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 173 for your portfolio.
Read “Becoming a Writer,” p. 458 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 8
Assign: Chap. 9, “Coordination”
Week 5
Discuss Chapter 9, “Coordination”
Write a paragraph choosing a topic from p. 184 for your portfolio.
Read “Complaining,” p. 461 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 9
Assign: Chapter 10, Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
Week 6
Discuss Chapter 10, “Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 205 for your portfolio.
Read “The Old Store,” p. 477 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 10
Assign: Chap. 11, “Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement”
Week 7
Discuss Chapter 11, “Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 27 for your portfolio.
Read “Baseball,” pg. 463 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 11
Assign: Chap. 12, “Forming Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs”
Week 8
Discuss Chapter 12, “Forming Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 248 for your portfolio.
Read “Why Couldn’t I Have Been Named Ashley?” p. 479, and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 12
Assign: Chap. 13, “Using Irregular Verbs Correctly”
Week 9
Discuss Chapter 13, “Using Irregular Verbs Correctly”
Write a paragraph choosing a topic from Discovering Connections, p. 261 for your portfolio.
Read “Forget the Past. No One Becomes Successful in the Past.” p. 469, and write a response for you portfolio.
Test Chapter 13
Assign: Chap. 14, “Passive Voice, Progressive Tenses and Maintaining Consistency in Tense”
Week 10
Discuss Chapter 14, “Passive Voice, Progressive Tenses and Maintaining Consistency in Tense”
Write a paragraph choosing a topic from p. 274 for your portfolio.
Read “I Do Remember You,” p. 473 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 14
Assign: Chap. 15, “Dealing with Additional Elements of Verb Use” and Chap. 16 “Working with Nouns”
Week 11
Discuss Chapters 15 and 16
Write a paragraph over a topic of your choice
Read “Moving to America,” p. 475 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 16
Assign: Chapter 17, “Maintaining Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement” and Chapter 5, “Moving from Paragraph to Essay”
Week 12
Discuss Chapter 5, “Moving from Paragraph to Essay” and Chapter 17, “Using Pronouns: Considering Case . . .”
Read “Remembering India,” p. 467 and write a response for your portfolio.
Pick topic for a 5-part essay and do prewriting.
Discuss introductions and conclusions.
Rough Draft of Essay
Assign: Chapter 23 “Capitalizing Correctly” and Chapter 22, “Using Punctuation Properly”
Week 13
Discuss Chapters 23 and 22
Read “Differences in Child Rearing in Russia and the United States,” p. 471 and write a response in your portfolio.
Discussion of Portfolios
Continue Writing on 5-part essay
Peer Editing of Rough Draft of Essay
Test Chapter 23 and 22
Assign: Chap. 21, “Using Commas” and Chap. 19, “Maintaining Parallelism”
Week 14
Final Draft of Essay due Tuesday
Discuss Chapter 21 & 23.
Take home tests for Chapter 21 and 19
Read “The Pleasures of the Text,” p. 464 and write a response in your portfolio.
(Papers within your portfolio are to be arranged in the order the writings were assigned. Your essay should be the last page of your portfolio.)
Practice Test
Week 15
COMPASS Testing and Essay Presentations
Students must take all portions of the test as scheduled by the instructor. Any delays may result in not passing this course.
Week 16
FINALS Week – Diagnostic Test or other final examination procedure
Diagnostic Writing Assessment and Test
Read and Discuss Chapters 1 & 2, “Understanding the Writing Process” and “Prewriting: Developing Ideas”
Read and discuss page 449, part 6, Discovering Connections Through Reading
Assign: Chapter 3, Composing: Creating Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences
Chapter 4, “Revising: Refining your Draft”
Week 2
Read and Discuss Chapter 3, “Composing: Creating Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences”
Discuss Chapter 4, “Revising: Refining Your Draft” and Chapter 6, “Subjects and Verbs”
Read “To Be an All-American Girl,” p. 453, discuss summarizing an essay.
Assign: Write a summary of the essay “Education” p. 456
Week 3
Read and Discuss Chapter 6, “Subjects and Verbs”
Read and Discuss Chapter 7, “Sentence Fragments” and Chapter 20, “Mastering Spelling”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 141 for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 7
Assign: Chap. 8, “Subordination”
Week 4
Discuss Chapter 8, “Subordination”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 173 for your portfolio.
Read “Becoming a Writer,” p. 458 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 8
Assign: Chap. 9, “Coordination”
Week 5
Discuss Chapter 9, “Coordination”
Write a paragraph choosing a topic from p. 184 for your portfolio.
Read “Complaining,” p. 461 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 9
Assign: Chapter 10, Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
Week 6
Discuss Chapter 10, “Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 205 for your portfolio.
Read “The Old Store,” p. 477 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 10
Assign: Chap. 11, “Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement”
Week 7
Discuss Chapter 11, “Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 27 for your portfolio.
Read “Baseball,” pg. 463 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 11
Assign: Chap. 12, “Forming Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs”
Week 8
Discuss Chapter 12, “Forming Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs”
Write a paragraph using a topic of your choice from p. 248 for your portfolio.
Read “Why Couldn’t I Have Been Named Ashley?” p. 479, and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 12
Assign: Chap. 13, “Using Irregular Verbs Correctly”
Week 9
Discuss Chapter 13, “Using Irregular Verbs Correctly”
Write a paragraph choosing a topic from Discovering Connections, p. 261 for your portfolio.
Read “Forget the Past. No One Becomes Successful in the Past.” p. 469, and write a response for you portfolio.
Test Chapter 13
Assign: Chap. 14, “Passive Voice, Progressive Tenses and Maintaining Consistency in Tense”
Week 10
Discuss Chapter 14, “Passive Voice, Progressive Tenses and Maintaining Consistency in Tense”
Write a paragraph choosing a topic from p. 274 for your portfolio.
Read “I Do Remember You,” p. 473 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 14
Assign: Chap. 15, “Dealing with Additional Elements of Verb Use” and Chap. 16 “Working with Nouns”
Week 11
Discuss Chapters 15 and 16
Write a paragraph over a topic of your choice
Read “Moving to America,” p. 475 and write a response for your portfolio.
Test Chapter 16
Assign: Chapter 17, “Maintaining Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement” and Chapter 5, “Moving from Paragraph to Essay”
Week 12
Discuss Chapter 5, “Moving from Paragraph to Essay” and Chapter 17, “Using Pronouns: Considering Case . . .”
Read “Remembering India,” p. 467 and write a response for your portfolio.
Pick topic for a 5-part essay and do prewriting.
Discuss introductions and conclusions.
Rough Draft of Essay
Assign: Chapter 23 “Capitalizing Correctly” and Chapter 22, “Using Punctuation Properly”
Week 13
Discuss Chapters 23 and 22
Read “Differences in Child Rearing in Russia and the United States,” p. 471 and write a response in your portfolio.
Discussion of Portfolios
Continue Writing on 5-part essay
Peer Editing of Rough Draft of Essay
Test Chapter 23 and 22
Assign: Chap. 21, “Using Commas” and Chap. 19, “Maintaining Parallelism”
Week 14
Final Draft of Essay due Tuesday
Discuss Chapter 21 & 23.
Take home tests for Chapter 21 and 19
Read “The Pleasures of the Text,” p. 464 and write a response in your portfolio.
(Papers within your portfolio are to be arranged in the order the writings were assigned. Your essay should be the last page of your portfolio.)
Practice Test
Week 15
COMPASS Testing and Essay Presentations
Students must take all portions of the test as scheduled by the instructor. Any delays may result in not passing this course.
Week 16
FINALS Week – Diagnostic Test or other final examination procedure