Lessons, Week of 2-6 September 2013

Week of 2-6 September 2013

 

Monday: Federal holiday

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday:

 

1.   Help yourself to a blank journal and an instruction sheet, find a seat, and begin writing. 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.  There is no down-time in this class. Don’t wait to be told to begin; passivity is your enemy.

3.   Roll call

4.   Administrivia

A.   Syllabus (in angryverbs.blogspot.com).  Discussion.  This will take a long while.

B.   Notes on your Bedford Handbook, including reading assignments

C.   Block form business letter format and example

5.   Descriptive essay

A.   Assignment, handout, discuss

B.   Notes re George Orwell’s “Confessions of a Book Reviewer”

C.   Excerpt from “Confessions of a Book Reviewer”

D.  Template / MLA format for essay writing

E.   Scoring matrix

6.   Questionnaire (handout) – write in complete sentences