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About This Course
1. Instructor Welcome
2. Sources for Reading Material
3. Tips for e-Teaching
4. Digital Storytelling Unit
5. Jeopardy Game
6. Annotation Assignments
7. Media Annotation Assignments
8. Summary Assignments
9. Writing Process Essay Materials
10. Definition Essay Materials
11. Narrative Essay Materials
12. Illustration/Example Essay Materials
13. Compare/Contrast Essay Materials
14. Cause and Effect Essay Materials
15. Argument Essay Materials
16. Literature Options
17. I Need Help
18. Introduction to the Writing Process
19. Introduction to Writing
20. Your Role as a Learner
21. What is an Essay?
22. Reading to Write
23. Defining the Writing Process
24. Videos: Prewriting Techniques
25. Audience
26. Thesis Statements
27. Organizing an Essay
28. Creating Paragraphs
29. Paragraphs
30. Conclusions
31. Revising
32. Editing and Proofreading
33. Matters of Grammar, Mechanics, and Style
34. Peer Review Checklist
35. Comparative Chart of Writing Strategies
36. Evidence
37. Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism
38. MLA Format
39. Formatting the Works Cited Page (MLA)
40. Citing Paraphrases and Summaries (APA)
41. APA Citation Style, 6th edition: General Style Guidelines
42. Definitional Argument Essay
43. How to Write a Definition Essay
44. Critical Thinking
45. Video: Thesis Explained
46. Effective Thesis Statements
47. Student Sample: Definition Essay
48. Introduction to Narrative Essay
49. Student Sample: Narrative Essay
50. "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
51. "Sixty-nine Cents" by Gary Shteyngart
52. Video: The Danger of a Single Story
53. How to Write an Annotation
54. How to Write a Summary
55. Writing for Success: Narration
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56. Student Sample: Narrative Essay
57. Introduction to Illustration/Example Essay
58. "She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D" by Perri Klass
59. "April & Paris" by David Sedaris
60. Writing for Success: Illustration/Example
61. Student Sample: Illustration/Example Essay
62. Introduction to Compare/Contrast Essay
63. "Disability" by Nancy Mairs
64. "Friending, Ancient or Otherwise" by Alex Wright
65. "A South African Storm" by Allison Howard
66. Writing for Success: Compare/Contrast
67. Student Sample: Compare/Contrast Essay
68. Introduction to Cause and Effect Essay
69. "Cultural Baggage" by Barbara Ehrenreich
70. "Women in Science" by K.C. Cole
71. Writing for Success: Cause and Effect
72. Student Sample: Cause and Effect Essay
73. Introduction to Argument Essay
74. Rogerian Argument
75. "The Case Against Torture," by Alisa Soloman
76. "The Case for Torture" by Michael Levin
77. How to Write a Summary by Paraphrasing Source Material
78. Writing for Success: Argument
79. Student Sample: Argument Essay
80. Grammar/Mechanics Mini-lessons
81. Mini-lesson: Subjects and Verbs, Irregular Verbs, Subject Verb Agreement
82. Mini-lesson: Sentence Types
83. Mini-lesson: Fragments I
84. Mini-lesson: Run-ons and Comma Splices I
85. Mini-lesson: Comma Usage
86. Mini-lesson: Parallelism
87. Mini-lesson: The Apostrophe
88. Mini-lesson: Capital Letters
89. Grammar Practice - Interactive Quizzes
90. De Copia - Demonstration of the Variety of Language
91. Style Exercise: Voice
92. Welcome
93. Course Schedule-What's Due When?
94. Course Learning Activities
95. How you will be evaluated
96. Course description and objectives
97. Instructions for Writing Lab
98. Icebreaker Activities
99. SafeAssign Dropbox #1
100. Discussion Forum #1
101. The Writing Process Overview
102. Being Specific/Concrete
103. Discussion Forum #2
104. INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING LAB #1
105. Essay #1
106. Narrative Module Overview
107. Sample Student Essay
108. EFFIE
109. Discussion Forum #3
110. Discussion Forum #4
111. Instructions for Writing Lab #2
112. Narrative Essay
113. Module #3 Overview
114. Discussion Forum #5
115. READ in ONLINE Textbook
116. Instructions for Definition Essay
117. Instructions for Writing Lab #3
118. Definition Essay
119. Research Project Overview
120. Discussion Forum #6
121. Research Project
122. Instructions for Writing Lab #4
123. Module Overview
124. Txtng is killing language...
125. Discussion Forum #7
126. Discussion Forum #8
127. Instructions for Writing Lab #5
128. Argument Essay
129. Experiential Essay (Real-Life Writing)
130. Experiential Essay draft letter
131. Discussion Forum #9
132. Instructions for Writing Lab #6
133. Discussion Forum #10
134. Culminating Activity
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