1. EWRT 1A Spring 2014
Week 1 April 7-11 Class Work Homework
Essay 1 The Argument Essay
Class 1 Monday
Adding the Class
Syllabus/Green Sheet
Website
In-class Writing
Buy: The Hunger Games and The St. Martin’s Guide to
Writing.
Make your Word Press Website or establish your user
name
Post #1 Your finished list. Make sure you note in detail
why you chose these items.
Post #2: Journal: If you had to survive out on your own,
what would be the easiest part for you and what would
be some of the more difficult aspects of surviving
outdoors on your own?
Bring a hard copy of your list and reasons to class.
Class 2 Tuesday
Brainstorming Activity
Continued
Introduce essay #1
Outlining
Thesis
Topic Sentences
Counterargument
Read: HG through chapter 2
Post #3: Post your completed in-class writing
Class 3
Wednesday
Presentation: Four Sentence
Types
Discussion: review for essay #1
Post #4: Outline with thesis
Bring: A hard copy of your outline, pen, and a large blue
or green book to class tomorrow for the test.
Class 4 Thursday
In-class Essay #1
You may use only these tools:
Black or Blue Pen or #2 Pencil
Blue Book
Your Own, Original Outline
Read: HG through chapter 4
Class 5 Friday
Online
Work Through Presentation
#5
Study the Vocabulary Read The
St. Martin’s Guide to Writing
pages 16-38 (available on the
website) Answer the assigned
questions in the “Analyzing
Writing Strategies” section.
Writing: Journal Prompt In
your own life, when was a time
when you felt defeated? How
did you regain your
confidence?
Read SMG 16-38
Post #5: Analyzing Writing Strategies
Post #6 Journal: In your own life, when was a time
when you felt defeated? How did you regain your
confidence?
Study: Vocab (chapters 1 and 2).
Bring: SMG to class

2. Week 2 Apr. 14-18 Essay #2 The Narrative Essay
Class 6 Monday
Teams
Analyzing Writing Strategies
Basic Features of a Narrative
Essay (40-41)
“Calling Home” by Jean Brandt
“An American Childhood” by
Annie Dillard
“On Being a Real Westerner”
by Tobias Wolff
“100 Miles per Hour, Upside
Down and Sideways” by Rick
Bragg
Read: HG through chapter 5. As you read, look for a
passage that reminds you of a personal experience.
Study: Vocabulary chapters 1-4
Bring: HG and SMG
Class 7 Tuesday
Presentation: Vocabulary
Lecture: Formatting dialogue
In-Class Writing: Practicing
Dialogue
Read: HG through chapter 6. As you read, look for a
passage that reminds you of a personal experience you
had. Post #7: the
dialogues from the in-class writing
Study: Vocab (Chapters 1-6).
Bring: HG and SMG
Class 8
Wednesday
Quiz: Vocabulary (chapters 1-
4)
Discussion: The Hunger
Games: Characters and Events
Presentation: Essay #2
In-Class Writing: page 46 SMG
1. Beginning with a
quotation/transitioning to your
remembered event.
Post #8: Finish and post your narrative ladder
Post #9: Choose a provocative or interesting quotation
(four typed lines or more) from The Hunger Games
Summarize what is happening in the novel at the point of
your quotation, and then explain the context (particular
setting) for the quotation.
Then, write a transition paragraph, making a connection
between the quotation and the event in your life. Bring:
HG and SMG; bring a hard copy of your writing
Class 9 Thursday
Using sensory details:
SMG 643-648
Creating a vivid presentation of
a place.
Describing a person central to
your event.
Writing Dialogue.
Framing: beginnings and
endings
Read: HG through chapter 7.
Post #10: finish and post your in-class writing:
Listing and describing place; listing and describing
people; recreating dialogue; conclusions. Review slides 3-
8 to remind yourself.
Study: Vocabulary (Chapters 5-7)
Bring: HG and SMG; draft of your writing
Class 10 Friday
Online
Reflecting on the Event's
Significance pp. SMG 48-49
Vocabulary (Chapters 5-9)
Reading (HG through chapter
12) Journal Writing
Post #11: Answer the questions on slide #5, “Recall
Remembered Feelings and Thoughts”
Post #12: Journal
People in power always want more
power. Agree or disagree with this
statement and give examples from your
life, literature, or history to support your
answer.
Read: HG through chapter 12.
Study: Vocab (Chapters 5-9)

3. Week 3 April 21-
25
Essay #2 The Narrative Essay
Class 11 Monday
The Hunger Games: What is
your take on the game so far?
Grammar: “Me,” “Myself,”
and "I"
Writing Discussion: “Exploring
your present perspective” and
“The Thesis Statement”
In-Class Writing: Finding your
present perspective
Formulating a Thesis
Post #13: Post your working draft: Long quotation; transition;
intro to event, description of place(s), description of people, a
dialogue or two, the thesis, the significance of your event, and
end with your framing plan. (Remember, this is still just
drafting.)
Bring: HG and SMG; draft of your outline/writing
Class 12 Tuesday
Vocabulary 5-9
Discussion: A Well-Told Story
In-Class Writing
Focus on the climax of your
event. Use the strategies we
have discussed so far—
dialogue, description,
metaphors and similes, and
sentence length—to make it
dramatic and meaningful.
Write: Work on your draft.
Post #14: Start integrating the pieces into one coherent essay.
The Beginning
Set the frame: Long quotation; explanation; transition; thesis
The Body
Exposition: descriptions of places, people, and dialogue
worked into a narrative form.
The Rising Action: Events or tension leading to the climax
The Climax: The emotional high point! (short and long
sentences for suspense)
The Falling Action: Tensions subside
The Ending
The Resolution
The significance of the event
The framed conclusion
Class 13
Wednesday
Vocabulary Test #2 (5-9)
The Hunger Games
In-Class Writing: Temporal
Transitions and Verb Tenses
Read: Catch up on HG (You should be through chapter 12.)
Post #15: Write or revise a section of your essay (likely the
exposition where you explain the situation), working in
temporal indicators of the series of events.
Class 14 Thursday
Presentation: Frequently
Misused Words
Preparing the complete draft:
SMG 52-53
Prepare final draft
Screen carefully for frequently misused words
Read HG (through chapter 13)
Class 15 Friday
Online
Prepare your final draft of
essay #2
Read The Hunger Games
Study Vocabulary
Journal #4
Read: HG (through chapter 15).
Post #16 Complete Draft of Essay #2
Post #17: Journal
What questions would you most like to ask the tributes in the
interview? What questions do you think the capitol would
NOT want asked in front of a live audience and television
audience?
Study: Vocabulary (1-12)
Bring: Two clean, complete copies of your draft; SMG

4. Week 4 April 28-
May 2
Essay #2 The Narrative Essay
Class 16 Monday
Writing Workshop: Bring two
clean copies of your draft
Post #18: Your revised draft
Using the comments you received from your readers, revise
your draft. Consider carefully what each person had to say.
Improve your essay!
Read: HG through chapter 16
Bring: A clean copy of your revised draft; SMG
Class 17 Tuesday
Editing Strategies: compound
sentences, dangling modifiers,
homonyms
Discussion: Open for questions
In-Class Writing: Writing
Workshop Editing
Post #19: Your edited Essay #2
Study: Vocabulary (1-16)
Bring: Clean copy of Essay #2; SMG
Class 18
Wednesday
Presentation: MLA Format
Editing Strategies: Wordiness
Discussion: Open for questions
In-Class Writing: Writing
Workshop Editing
Read: SMG 134- 148
Post #20: Your best two paragraphs of Essay #2
Study: Vocabulary (1-16)
Bring: SMG Send essay #2
as an MS Word document to
palmoreessaysubmission@gmail.com before class
Thursday.
Essay #3 The Concept Essay
Class 19 Thursday
Due: Essay #2
Discussion: Ngo
Ngo: focused concept:
definitions; classifications
In-class writing
Read: HG through chapter 17
Post # 21
Finish and post your concept paragraphs
find two different definitions for one of your concepts. One
can be from a dictionary.
Study: Vocab (10-18)
Class 20 Friday
Online
Discussion: Toufexis
Toufexis: Hooking the reader.
Toufexis: A focused concept,
logical plan 145-48
Writing: Consider topics for
your essay from The Hunger
Games.
Read: HG through chapter 19; SMG 148-163
Post #22: Finish and post your concept paragraph.
Find two different definitions for your concept. One can be
from a dictionary.
Post #23: Name two concepts about which you wrote
paragraphs (one from today and one from yesterday). Find a
few lines from The Hunger Games that illustrate each concept.
Copy them into your post, and then explain how the example
demonstrates, defines, or embodies the concept.
Study: Vocab (10-18)
Bring: SMG to Class
Post # 24 Journal: Write from the perspective of Prim
watching the Hunger Games live on her television. What does
she feel, say, and experience seeing her sister in the games.

5. Week 5 May 5-9 Essay #3 The Concept Essay
Class 21 Monday
Review: Ngo, Toufexis, and
the Concept Essay
Discussion:
Friedman: Anecdotes;
Compare and Contrast
Holmes: Illustrations and
Examples
Writing: Beginning your
concept essay.
Read: SMG “Basic Features: Explaining a Concept” pages
164-65
When you finish, consider each feature, noting how you will
integrate it your own essay.
Post #25: Finish your in-class writing “Applying these Ideas
to Your Own Essay”
Study for Vocabulary test tomorrow: Chapters 10-18
Crossword puzzle—no word bank
Class 22 Tuesday
Vocabulary Test #3
Review
Presentation: Basic Features
Discussion: Ways to begin
your concept essay.
In-Class Writing:
Focusing your Concept
Read: HG through chapter 22
Post #26: Finish and post your in-class writing: A focused
concept
Follow the example on slide #7
1 Concept
1 Limiter
2-3 Categories
2-4 Types
Meet in Library Lobby for our next class
Class 23
Wednesday
Library Workshop
Meet in the lobby at 8:25
Library Project Homework
Class 24 Thursday
Review
Essay focus
Discussion: The Thesis;
Writing an Outline
In-Class Writing:
Writing your Thesis
Outlining
Post #27: Make an outline for your concept essay.
Include a preliminary idea for what kind of anecdote you
might include in your introduction.
Include your thesis
Name at least two categories
Include at least two or three types you may be able to discuss
under each category
Use the format on slide nine if you need help
Study: Vocab (1-22)
Class 25 Friday
Online
Review: The outline/Thesis;
Writing Strategies
Discussion:
Examples;Illustrations
Presentation: Outside
sources/research
In-text citations
Works Cited page
Post #28: Find four examples of your concept in HG.
Endeavor to find examples to represent your
classifications or categories.
Post #29: Do some research to find at least one more
source. Post a list of three texts you plan to use. Endeavor
to follow the MLA forma

6. Week 6 May 12-16 Essay #3 The Concept Essay
Class 26 Monday
Appositives
How and When to cite
Plagiarism
Quoting and Summarizing
Integrating Quotations
Writing the draft
Tips for writing your essay
Read: HG through chapter 24
Post #30: Post a list of five appositive phrases you have
included in your essay.
Post #31: Draft of your complete concept essay
Study: Vocab (1-24)
Bring a copy of your draft or your device
Class 27 Tuesday
Individual student meetings in-
class; please have your draft
and your questions ready.
In-Class Writing: The Concept
Essay
Write: Work on your concept essay
Post # 32: Your improved draft
Bring two clean, double-spaced, MLA style copies of your
draft to class. Make sure you have your works cited page.
Study: Vocab (all)
Class 28
Wednesday
Writing Workshop: Revision
strategies: Your grade depends
on your active participation in
the peer review session.
Write: Post #33 Your two best paragraphs of essay #3
Bring: One clean copy of your REVISED essay to class.
Class 29 Thursday
You should have one clean
copy of your revised draft.
Revision Strategies
Eliminating passive voice
Post #34: Provide ten examples of how you eliminated the
passive voice and “to be” verbs in essay #3.
Write both the old and new versions of the sentence.
Class 30 Friday
Online
You should have one clean
copy of your revised draft for
these exercises.
Common Writing Errors
Incorrect spacing
Missing Words.
Revision Strategies
Eliminating Repetition
Review; MLA review
Read SMG p 684 "Logical Fallacies"
Post #35: Introduction and conclusion Essay #3
Study Vocab chapters 19-23
Test next Tuesday: Class 32
Submit essay #3 as an MS Word document to
palmoreessaysubmission@gmail.com before our next class.
Bring SMG

7. Week 7 May 19-23
Essay #4: The
Problem/Solution Essay
Class 31 Monday
Due: Concept Paper: Essay #3
Presentation: Essay #4
Discussion: SMG p 684
"Logical Fallacies"
In-Class Writing: Finding a
problem to write about
Write: Post # 36 Identify a problem faced by one of the
districts or communities in The Hunger Games. How
would you solve the problem?
Study Vocab: Test tomorrow Chapters 19-23
Class 32 Tuesday
Vocabulary Game/Hunger
Games Trivia
Vocab Test #4 Chapters 19-
23
Read: SMG 326-359 O'Malley and Basic Features of a
Problem Solution Essay. Bring: SMG
Class 33
Wednesday
Discussion O'Malley and
Basic Features
In-Class Writing: Finding a
problem to write about: De
Anza
Read SMG 326-359 Miller and Sciara
Writing: Post #37 Identify a problem faced by De Anza
students. How would you solve the problem? Write one
paragraph outlining the problem. Write another explaining
a solution.
Class 34 Thursday
Review: Essay #4
Basic Features
Discussion Kornbluh
In-Class Writing: Finding a
problem to write about:
Community
Writing: Post #38 Identify a problem faced by citizens in
a group, club, or community to which you belong. How
would you solve the problem?
Class 35 Friday
Online
Choosing a topic
Describing the problem
Figuring out a solution
Implementing a solution
Post #39: Your revised and developed description of your
problem. This should be two or three good paragraphs.
Post #40: Write one or more sentences to serve as your
tentative thesis statement. In most essays proposing
solutions to problems, the thesis statement is a concise
announcement of the solution. Think about how emphatic
you should make the thesis and whether you should
forecast your reasons.
Post #41: Answer the questions on slides 9-12
Review the readings in this chapter to see how other
writers construct their thesis statements.
Bring SMG

8. Week 8 May 26-
30
Essay #4: The
Problem/Solution Essay
No Class Monday HOLIDAY
Class 36 Tuesday
Review
Describing the problem
The solution: the thesis
The counterargument
Evaluating Alternative
solutions Preparing
for research
Write: Post #42: post your writing in response to slides
four, seven, and eight. Be thorough. This will be part of
your final essay Bring all of
your posts for essay #4 or your computer. Your phone will
not do for the purposes of the work we will do in class
We will meet in the libary tomorrow
Wednesday
Library Day: Meet in the
library lobby at 8:25
Library Activity posting.
Class 37 Thursday
OUTLINING YOUR ESSAY
DRAFTING YOUR ESSAY
Post # 43 Reasons and support for the solution
Topic sentence with the first reason that supports your
solution
List statistics, anecdotes, examples, scenarios, testimony
you might use to support your reason
Topic sentence with another reason
List statistics, anecdotes, examples, scenarios, testimony
you might use to support your reason
Topic sentence with another reason
List statistics, anecdotes, examples, scenarios, testimony
you might use to support your reason
Put all of the parts we wrote today into a single document.
Read it aloud to make sure it is in a logical order. Change
the order of your paragraphs if that makes sense to you.
Post your draft.
Bring your draft or your device with your draft to our next
class.
Class 38 Friday
Online
REVIEW
OUTLINING YOUR ESSAY
DRAFTING YOUR ESSAY
Post #44 Put all of the parts we wrote today into a single
document. Read it aloud to make sure it is in a logical
order. Change the order of your paragraphs if that makes
sense to you. Post your draft.
Study the rest of the vocabulary words.

9. Week 9 June 2-6
Essay #4: The
Problem/Solution Essay
Class 39 Monday
Introductions
Conclusions
Integrating quotations
Post #45: Your introduction and conclusion
Finish your draft of Essay #4
Study the rest of the vocabulary words
Bring one clean, hard copy to class.
It should be in MLA format
It should include a works cited page
Class 40 Tuesday
Integrating Sources
Works Cited Page
Editing Strategies
Open Discussion: Essay 4
Revise: Essay #4
Integrating citations: slides 4-11
Works Cited page: slides 13-15
Ambiguous use of “this” and “that”: slides 16-18
Revising sentences that lack an agent: slides 19-21
Bring:
One complete, clean, revised copy of Essay #4
Class 41
Wednesday
Drafting the final essay:
Writers workshop
Review your grading rubric
Revise Essay #4 accordingly
Submit essay 4 before noon Friday, class 42
Thursday Optional student meetings
Class 42 Friday
Essay #4 due
Print and Read King’s “I Have
a Dream”
(it is under “Primary Texts”) on
the website.
Bring a copy of King’s Speech to Class

10. Week 10 June 9-13 Essay #5 The Speech
Class 43 Monday
"Presentation: Intro to Speech:
Speeches: Ethos, Logos, and
Pathos Discussion: "I have a
Dream." Rhetorical Strategies
Post #46 Find five examples of Pathos through language
use in “I Have a Dream. ” Slides 8-10 will help.
Use the list of strategies to generate several ideas for your
own speech.
Read: SMG "Oral Presentations” 835-39
Study the vocabulary words: 24-27
MONDAY: Bring a clean copy of essay #4, or bring it on
your device.
Class 44 Tuesday
Introduce Essay #5
New Teams
Vocabulary Game
Organizing your speech
Side by Side: The Essay and
the Speech
Post # 47 Rearrange your essay #4 into a draft of your
speech using Monroe’s motivated sequence. Your speech
should be shorter. Remember to save your essay format.
Be prepared to discuss King’s rhetorical strategies: (Bring
your Post # 46 to class)
Bring your speech to class.
Study Vocabulary Words: Test tomorrow
Class 45
Wednesday
Vocab Test 5
Language in Speech
Presentation: Rhetorical
Strategies: Anaphora, theme
words, Quotations and
Allusions, Examples, and
Metaphors.
Post #48: The Attention Step: Refine and develop the
"Attention step" in your speech. Use the techniques we
practiced in class to make it grab the readers attention.
Describe your problem!
Post #49: The Need Step: Refine and develop the "Need
step" in your speech. Describe the difficulty, trouble,
distress, crisis, emergency, or urgency. (Its Seriousness)
Class 46 Thursday Start Film
Post #50: Speech writing: The Satisfaction Step: Refine
and develop the "Satisfaction step" in your speech. Tell
listeners how to satisfy the need they establish. (The
Solution)
Class 47 Friday
Online
Speech writing:
Post #51: Speech writing: The Visualization Step: Refine
and develop the "Visualization step" in your speech.
Speakers offer listeners a vision of what life can be once
their solution (offered in the satisfaction step) is adopted.
(The Promise)

11. Week 11 June 15-
21
Class 48 Monday Film Screening
Post #52: Speech writing: The Action Step: Refine and
develop the ""Action Step"" in your speech. Offer
listeners a specific course of action to follow. (Call to
Action: Conclusion)
Work on speech presentation extras
Study for vocabulary make up test.
Class 49 Tuesday
Finish Film
Make up Vocab test
Revising Essay 2 or 3 ( Due
Monday class 53)
Revise Essay 2 or 3
Practice Speech.
Work on speech presentation extras
Bring your final speech hard copy to class to turn in (no
electronic copies; MLA format).
Bring essay 2 or 3 to class for revision work
(electronically is fine).
Class 50
Wednesday
All speeches due: Hard copy
Speeches 6
Revise Essay 2 or 3
Practice Speech.
Class 51 Thursday
Self-Evaluation
Speeches 6
Revise Essay 2 or 3
Practice Speech.
Write self-evaluation for posting grade
Class 52 Friday
Online
Practice Speeches
Write Self-Evaluation
Revise Essay 2 or 3
Practice Speech.
Write self-evaluation for posting grade

12. Finals Week
Class 53 Monday
DUE: Self-Evaluation
DUE: Revision of Essay 2 or 3
Speeches 6
Practice Speech.
Final Class 54
Thursday 6/26
from 7-9am
7-9 am Speeches remaining 15