Week of 23-27 September 2013
English
1301, both sections
You
and Mr. Hall
1. Find a seat and begin writing
in your journal, ten syllables per line. There is no down-time in this
class. Don’t wait to be told to begin;
passivity is your enemy.
2. Open your Orwellian telescreen
to angryverbs.blogspot.com for your syllabus and lessons. Begin reading your
notes and the assigned pages in Bedford.
There is no down-time in this class. Don’t wait to be told to begin; passivity
is your enemy.
3. Roll call and administrivia
4. As assigned two weeks ago, the
final draft of your descriptive essay is due at roll call in your first class
of the week. If you are absent, submit
it at the beginning of the next class. Absences
are not an excuse in college or on the job.
Tuesday
only: return last Thursday’s quiz.
5. Persuasive writing
A.
I have a stack useful assortment of
handouts for you; these handouts are not posted on angryverbs.blogspot.com or
BlackBoard, so you must take a physical copy.
If you are absent, I will save these, as with other work, for the next
class only.
B.
Your specific reading assignment for
persuasive writing is on pp. 104-129, and you should begin reading now. Don’t wait for class time; passivity is your
enemy.
C.
I
will babble teach an introductory lesson on persuasive writing. Pay attention and take notes.
D.
A
quiz is always possible, and on any topic discussed this term in class,
information posted on angryverbs.blogspot.com and BlackBoard, and
handouts.
A.
11:04
– go away.
Avoid using the 2nd person, that conversational “you,” in essays and on tests. Employ the 3rd person. Write like a young professional.
Please
– no whiteout / Liquid Paper on, well, papers.
Save it for art class. If you
must make a correction on a quiz, draw one line through the error, like this,
and then go on with your emendation.
Write like a young professional.
Write
in complete sentences. Take your time
and work like a craftsman. Sound the
sentence to yourself – does it sound right?
Does it contain a complete subject and a complete predicate? Does it state a complete thought? Does it feature standard punctuation,
including an end-stop? Does it answer
the question, or have you drifted off-topic to tiptoe through the tulips? Write like a young professional.
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