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1. Assignment: What Is Culture? Discussion and Photo Activity
2. Reading Strategies
3. How to Write an Annotation
4. "The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students" by Andrew Lepp, Jacob E. Barkley, and Aryn C. Karpinski
5. Assignment: Practice Exit Exam
6. Introduction to Writing Process
7. Selecting a Topic
8. Prewriting
9. Finding Evidence
10. Drafting
11. Revising
12. Proofreading
13. Organizing
14. Organizing an Essay
15. Classical Essay Structure
16. Formulating a Thesis
17. 5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis
18. Thesis 21 Activity
19. Writing Ninjas: How to Write a Strong Thesis Statement
20. Process: Writing a Thesis Statement
21. Creating Paragraphs
22. Paragraphs
23. How to Write Introductory Paragraphs
24. Assignment: Writing Effective Intros Activity
25. Conclusions
26. Assignment: Critical Analysis Essay
27. Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts
28. How to Analyze a Short Story
29. Literary Criticism
30. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
31. Discussion Questions for "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
32. "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
33. Discussion Questions for “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain
34. "Moriah's Mourning" by Ruth McEnery Stuart
35. Discussion Questions for “Moriah’s Mourning” by Ruth McEnery Stuart
36. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" Chapter 1
37. Discussion Questions for Chapter 1 of Frederick Douglass’s Slave Narrative
38. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs, Chapter 1
39. Discussion Questions for "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Chapter 1
40. General Revision Points to Consider
41. Specific Revision Points to Consider
42. Revising and Editing
43. Questions: Workshop Guidelines
44. "Multiple Intelligences" by Fred Mednick
45. Practice Exit Exam: "Multiple Intelligences"
46. "Piracy Gave Me A Future" by Daniel Starkey
47. Practice Exit Exam: "Piracy Gave Me a Future"
48. Example Exit Exam Essay
49. Exit Exam Outline
50. Exit Exam Format and Structure
51. Introduction to Research Process
52. MLA Documentation
53. Finding Sources
54. Source Analysis
55. Writing Ethically
56. MLA Activity
57. Assignment: Research Essay
58. Introduction to Illustration/Example Essay
59. "She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D" by Perri Klass
60. "April & Paris" by David Sedaris
61. Writing for Success: Illustration/Example
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62. Assignment: Narrative Essay
63. Introduction to Narrative Essay
64. Student Sample: Narrative Essay
65. "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
66. "Sixty-nine Cents" by Gary Shteyngart
67. Writing for Success: Narration
68. Student Sample: Narrative Essay
69. 5 Senses Activity
70. Sensory Details Examples
71. Show Don't Tell
72. Assignment: The Final Project
73. Reflection
74. Assignment: Reflection Essay
75. Assignment: Portfolio
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