VOCABULARY

ENG I VOCAB LIST General Academic Words 1.pdf ENG I VOCAB LIST General Academic Words 1.pdf
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IMPORTANT READINGS & DOCUMENTS

Using & Weaving Quotes Handout.pdf Using & Weaving Quotes Handout.pdf
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The Argument Handout.pdf The Argument Handout.pdf
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REQUIRED CLASSWORK & ASSESSMENTS

ADDITIONAL ENRICHMENT & MULTIMEDIA 

 Collins' 5 Types of Writing

Type 1 writing gets ideas on paper--it's brainstorming. Type 1 is timed and requires a minimum number of items or lines to be generated. Questions and/or guesses are permitted. (A.C. 20 POINTS)  

Type 2 writing shows that the writer knows something about a topic or has thought about the topic. It has a correct answer to a specific question. (A.C. 50 POINTS) 

Type 3 writing has content and meets up to three specific standards called focus correction areas (FCA's). It is read out loud and reviewed to see if the draft completes the assignment, is easy to read and meets standards set for the focus correction areas. Revision and editing are done on the original. (A.C. 100 POINTS)  

Type 4 writing is Type 3 writing that is read aloud and critiqued by another. Two Drafts(QUIZ 100 POINTS)   

Type 5 writing is error free and of publishable quality. Multiple Drafts (TEST 100 POINTS)  

 Essential Conventions

RULE 1: COMPLETE SENTENCES

1A: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

1B: RUN-ONS

1C: COMMA SPLICES

1D: PARALLEL STRUCTURE

RULE 2: CAPITALIZATION

2A: SENTENCES

2B: PROPER NOUNS

2C: PUBLISHED WORKS

2D: ORGANIZATIONS

2E: ABBREVIATIONS

2F: TITLE OF COURSES

RULE 3: COMMAS

3A: ITEMS IN A SERIES

3B: TWO COMPLETE THOUGHTS

3C: TWO OR MORE ADJECTIVES

3D: DIRECT ADDRESS

3E: INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS

3F: SENTENCE INTERRUPTERS

3G: NON-RESTRICT. PHRASES

RULE 4: QUOTATION MARKS

4A: TITLES

4B: SPECIAL WORDS

4C: DIRECT QUOTES

4D: PUNCTUATION PLACEMENT 

RULE 5: APOSTROPHES

5A: POSSESSION

5B: FORM CERTAIN PLURALS

RULE 6: SPECIAL PUNCTUATION

6A: COLON

6B: SEMI-COLON

6C: ELLIPSIS

6D: HYPHEN 

RULE 7: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

7A: SINGULAR, PLURAL, & COMPOUND

7B: INDEFINITE PRONOUN

 

RULE 8: FREQUENTLY MISUSED WORDS

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”

—Ernest Hemingway 

Writing Resources 

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words."

—Mark Twain

Sites of Citation

Research Paper Guides

"So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads." 

—Dr. Seuss

Helpful Handouts