Tentative Syllabus
 
Sophomore Writing/Conversation
Fall 1999 (Tues. 10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; Thurs. 1:40 a.m.-3:30 a.m.)
Daphne Shuo-Yin Lin
SF844  (02) 2903-1111 ext. 3811
Email : Soph_comp@yahoo.com
 
Tue
Topics/Activities
Thu
Topics/Activities
9- 21
Orientation CCP
& CMP
9-23
Email Tryout due
Basics of Writing: SPA 
(pp. 47-49) 
Narration (pp. 51-54) 
"Salvation"
9-28
Holiday
9-30
*EJ#1 due
Description (pp. 87-90)
"My Dearest Sarah"
(pp. 90-94)
10-05 )
Narration/Description 
Characters in Comic Strips 
Free Writing & Mapping 
CMP: Theme
10-07
Shaping Introduction & Conclusion 

Conversation: Mysteries

10-12
C#1 due
Items for Classification
10-14
Comparison/Contrast (pp. 235-240) 
CMP: Cover & Table of Contents
 10-19
Comparison/Contrast 
"Snarl Words and Purr Words" (pp. 241-248)
Brainstorming
 10-21
EJ#2 due
Comparison/Contrast 
Outlining 
 10-26
CMP Plans due
Comparison/Contrast 
Thesis Statement/Topic Sentence
 10-28
C#2 due
Conversation: Love or Obsession?
 11-02
C#1 rewrite due
Synthesis: Paraphrasing
 11-04
EJ#3 due 
Synthesis: Paraphrasing (Songs)
11-09
Synthesis: Paraphrasing
11-11
Synthesis: Paraphrasing (Poems)
11-16
C#2 rewrite due
Synthesis: Summarizing
11-18
EJ#4 due
Synthesis: Summarizing (News)
11-23
Synthesis: Summarizing 
11-25
Synthesis: Summarizing (Essays)
11-30
EJ#5 due
Synthesis: Summarizing
12-02
Synthesis: Organizing Information
12-07
CMP: Editing
12-09
No Class
12-14
CMP: Editing
12-16
CM due
Conversation: Fads & Fashions
12-21
Christmas Special    10:10-13:00
12-23
TJ#1 due
Synthesis: Quoting & Documenting
12-28
C#3 due
Peer Review
12-30
Group Magazine Presentation
1-04
TJ#2 due
Movie Showing
1-06
Oral Presentation of C#3
1-11
Oral Presentation of C#3
1-13
C#3 rewrite due
1-18
Final (Written)
1-20
Final (Oral)
C=Composition CMP=class magazine project
CCP=cultural connections project EJ=e-journal
TJ=talking Journal
NOTE: The page numbers indicated here are those in Kelly's Stategies and Structure.

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